Notre Dame vs. Wisconsin
Notre Dame and Wisconsin have 18 meetings on file, the first in 1900; Notre Dame leads the series 10–6–2 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Notre Dame 7–2, and Notre Dame has won the last 3. Share
- Notre Dame wins
- 10
- Wisconsin wins
- 6
- Ties
- 2
- Earliest on file
- 1900
- Longest streak
- 4 Notre Dame
- Current streak
- 3 Notre Dame
- Last 10 meetings
- Notre Dame 7–2
- Most recent
- 2026
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 0–3 | ||||||||||
| 1910s | 0–0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1920s | 2–1 | ||||||||||
| 1930s | 3–0 | ||||||||||
| 1940s | 2–0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1960s | 1–2 | ||||||||||
| 2020s | 2–0 |
- Both ranked
- 1 meeting: Notre Dame 1, Wisconsin 0
- Average margin
- 24.2 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Notre Dame
- 4–1 Notre Dame’s record at home
- At Wisconsin
- 5–4–2 Wisconsin’s record at home
- Neutral sites
- 2–0 Notre Dame first
- Shutouts
- 8
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Notre Dame’s biggest win1943: Notre Dame 50, Wisconsin 0by 50 points
- Wisconsin’s biggest win1904: Wisconsin 58, Notre Dame 0by 58 points
- Upset1964: Notre Dame 31, Wisconsin 7Notre Dame had a 30% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Ranked showdown2021: Notre Dame 41, Wisconsin 13No. 12 Notre Dame at No. 18 Wisconsin
Both programs through the years
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.
From the newspapers
1917 · The West Virginian, Fairmont, W. Va., Oct 15, 1917
1924 · The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, Nov 9, 1924
1928 · Brownsville herald. (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, Texas, Oct 7, 1928
1935 · The Indianapolis times, Indianapolis [Ind.], Oct 14, 1935
1936 · Evening star, Oct 18, 1936
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.
On television
ESPN’s College GameDay has broadcast from this game once: 2021.
| 2026 | NBC | 7.4 million viewers |
College GameDay’s sites from Wikipedia’s list of its locations (CC BY-SA). Viewers: Nielsen, as compiled by nschultz7’s ratings tracker.
Every game
| Sep 6, 2026 | 4Notre Dame 41, Wisconsin 13 | Lambeau Field | ||
| Sep 25, 2021 | 12Notre Dame 41, 18Wisconsin 13 | Soldier Field | ||
| Sep 26, 1964 | Notre Dame 31, Wisconsin 7 | at Wisconsin | ||
| Sep 28, 1963 | 6Wisconsin 14, Notre Dame 9 | at Notre Dame | ||
| Oct 13, 1962 | Wisconsin 17, Notre Dame 8 | at Wisconsin | ||
| Oct 21, 1944 | 1Notre Dame 28, Wisconsin 13 | at Notre Dame | ||
| Oct 16, 1943 | 1Notre Dame 50, Wisconsin 0 | at Wisconsin | ||
| Sep 26, 1942 | Wisconsin 7, Notre Dame 7 | at Wisconsin | ||
| Oct 17, 1936 | Notre Dame 27, Wisconsin 0 | at Notre Dame | ||
| Oct 12, 1935 | Notre Dame 27, Wisconsin 0 | at Wisconsin | ||
| Oct 27, 1934 | Notre Dame 19, Wisconsin 0 | at Notre Dame | ||
| Oct 19, 1929 | Notre Dame 19, Wisconsin 0 | at Notre Dame | ||
| Oct 6, 1928 | Wisconsin 22, Notre Dame 6 | at Wisconsin | ||
| Nov 8, 1924 | Notre Dame 38, Wisconsin 3 | at Wisconsin | ||
| Oct 13, 1917 | Wisconsin 0, Notre Dame 0 | at Wisconsin | ||
| Oct 14, 1905 | Wisconsin 21, Notre Dame 0 | at Wisconsin | ||
| Oct 15, 1904 | Wisconsin 58, Notre Dame 0 | at Wisconsin | ||
| Nov 10, 1900 | Wisconsin 54, Notre Dame 0 | at Wisconsin |
Every game is listed as played on the field.