Notre Dame vs. Syracuse

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

1. Notre Dame’s biggest win2025: Notre Dame 70, Syracuse 7by 63 points
2. Syracuse’s biggest win2003: Syracuse 38, Notre Dame 12by 26 points
3. Upset2008: Syracuse 24, Notre Dame 23Syracuse had a 17% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Ranked showdown2018: Notre Dame 36, Syracuse 3No. 12 Syracuse at No. 3 Notre Dame

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Notre Dame’s side (Kelly 3–⁠0 against Babers). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

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  1914 · South Bend news-times, South Bend, Ind., Nov 26, 1914

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  1961 · Evening star, Nov 22, 1961

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.

Viewers: Nielsen, as compiled by nschultz7’s ratings tracker.

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  The 2005 game

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  The 2005 game

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  The 2005 game

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  The 2005 game

From the rivalry’s and its games’ categories on Wikimedia Commons (free licenses only, each credited).

Every game is listed as played on the field.

• Notre Dame vs. Navy98 meetings, Notre Dame 84–⁠13–⁠1
• Notre Dame vs. USC96 meetings, Notre Dame 53–⁠38–⁠5
• Notre Dame vs. Purdue90 meetings, Notre Dame 62–⁠26–⁠2
• Notre Dame vs. Pittsburgh74 meetings, Notre Dame 52–⁠21–⁠1
• Syracuse vs. Pittsburgh82 meetings, Syracuse 33–⁠46–⁠3
• Syracuse vs. Penn State71 meetings, Syracuse 23–⁠43–⁠5
• Syracuse vs. West Virginia61 meetings, Syracuse 34–⁠27
• Syracuse vs. Colgate61 meetings, Syracuse 32–⁠25–⁠4