Notre Dame vs. West Virginia

Notre Dame and West Virginia have 4 meetings on file, the first in 1988; Notre Dame leads the series 4–⁠0 in the games on file. Over the last 4 meetings it’s Notre Dame 4–⁠0, and Notre Dame has won the last 4.

Notre Dame wins
4
West Virginia wins
0
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1988
Longest streak
4 Notre Dame
Current streak
4 Notre Dame
Last 10 meetings
Notre Dame 4–⁠0
Most recent
2001

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1980s1–⁠0
1990s1–⁠0
2000s2–⁠0
Both ranked
1 meeting: Notre Dame 1, West Virginia 0; 1 both in the top 10
Average margin
11 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Notre Dame
2–⁠0 Notre Dame’s record at home
At West Virginia
0–⁠1 West Virginia’s record at home
Neutral sites
1–⁠0 Notre Dame first

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

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Notre Dame and West Virginia, 1988 on13001500170019901995200020052010201520202025

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

Named most valuable

Tony Rice Notre Dame1988
Frank Stams Notre Dame1988

Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).

Every game

Oct 13, 2001Notre Dame 34, West Virginia 24at Notre Dame
Oct 21, 200020Notre Dame 42, West Virginia 28at West Virginia
Nov 22, 1997Notre Dame 21, 22West Virginia 14at Notre Dame
Jan 2, 19891Notre Dame 34, 3West Virginia 21Neutral siteFiesta Bowl

Every game is listed as played on the field.