Notre Dame vs. Washington

Notre Dame and Washington have 8 meetings on file, the first in 1948; Notre Dame leads the series 8–⁠0 in the games on file. Over the last 8 meetings it’s Notre Dame 8–⁠0, and Notre Dame has won the last 8.

Notre Dame wins
8
Washington wins
0
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1948
Longest streak
8 Notre Dame
Current streak
8 Notre Dame
Last 10 meetings
Notre Dame 8–⁠0
Most recent
2009

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1940s2–⁠0
1990s2–⁠0
2000s4–⁠0
Both ranked
2 meetings: Notre Dame 2, Washington 0
Average margin
24.4 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Notre Dame
4–⁠0 Notre Dame’s record at home
At Washington
0–⁠4 Washington’s record at home
Shutouts
1

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Notre Dame’s biggest win1948: Notre Dame 46, Washington 0by 46 points
  2. Ranked showdown1996: Notre Dame 54, Washington 20No. 16 Washington at No. 11 Notre Dame
  3. Ranked showdown1995: Notre Dame 29, Washington 21No. 23 Notre Dame at No. 15 Washington

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Notre Dame and Washington, 1948 on13001500170019501960197019801990200020102020

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.

Stars of the series

Biggest days

Jimmy Clausen Notre Dame23 of 31, 422 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT2009 Passing
Golden Tate Notre Dame9 catches, 244 yards, 1 TD2009 Receiving

Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).

From the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story of the 1948 game

    1948 · Evening star, Nov 28, 1948

  • The Evening star's story of the 1949 game: Notre Dame Statement Is Due Today on Row Over Officials

    1949 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 4, 1949

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.

Every game

Oct 3, 2009Notre Dame 37, Washington 30at Notre Dame
Oct 25, 2008Notre Dame 33, Washington 7at Washington
Sep 24, 200516Notre Dame 36, Washington 17at Washington
Sep 25, 2004Notre Dame 38, Washington 3at Notre Dame
Oct 12, 199611Notre Dame 54, 16Washington 20at Notre Dame
Oct 7, 199523Notre Dame 29, 15Washington 21at Washington
Oct 1, 1949Notre Dame 27, Washington 7at Washington
Nov 27, 19482Notre Dame 46, Washington 0at Notre Dame

Every game is listed as played on the field.