Notre Dame Fighting Irish
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2026: 6–1, No. 4 in the AP poll. Last: lost at No. 8 BYU 28–24. Next: vs. Navy, Saturday, Oct 31, noon ET.
- W 41–13vs. Wisconsin
- W 52–0Rice
- W 27–10Michigan State
- W 49–10at Purdue
- W 37–26at North Carolina
- W 58–7Stanford
- L 24–28at No. 8 BYU
- Oct 31vs. Navy
- Nov 7Miami
- Nov 14Boston College
- Nov 21SMU
- Nov 28at Syracuse
- No. 2 in AP national titles
- No. 4 in weeks at No. 1
- No. 5 in all-time wins
- Hosted College GameDay 12 times
- Outfitted by Under Armour
- Sudler Trophy, 2011
Notre Dame has seven Heisman winners, the Four Horsemen and a line of national-title coaches: Knute Rockne, Frank Leahy, Ara Parseghian, Dan Devine and Lou Holtz. It has played as an independent for nearly all of its history.
Notre Dame has played football since 1887 and is 929–335–36 in the 1,300 games on record here, which start in 1893. Notre Dame claims 11 national championships (1924, 1929, 1930, 1943, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1966, 1973, 1977, 1988). The Fighting Irish have finished No. 1 in the final AP poll eight times, most recently in 1988. Since 1936, the NFL Draft has taken 357 players from here in its first seven rounds, 73 of them in the first round. The AAFC and AFL drafts also took 16 players from here. The College Football Hall of Fame holds 50 players and 6 coaches from Notre Dame. Brian Kelly (2010–2021) won more games here than any other coach: 113. The most-played rival is Navy: 98 meetings, Notre Dame leads 82–13–1 (two Notre Dame wins vacated). This season, under Marcus Freeman, they’re 6–1.
Résumé
- All-time record
- 974–341–42 official; 929–335–36 on file; how we count
- Postseason
- 24–22 bowls, title games, playoff
- AP No. 1 finishes
- 8
- Weeks at No. 1
- 90 of 848 ranked
- Elo now
- 1752 5th of 138 FBS
- Computer rankings
- Massey No. 6 · Composite No. 1 in FBS, Oct 17; down 4 since Oct 11. From Massey Ratings
- Bowl record
- 22–21 official, bowls only
- Seasons
- 131 since 1893, 1,300 games
Identity
- Fight song
- Notre Dame Victory March
- Mascot
- Leprechaun
- Student section
- Student Section
- Apparel
- Under Armour deal through 2034
- Band
- Band of the Fighting Irish since 1845, 375 members
2026 season 6–1
RosterFull 2026 season| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6 | vs Wisconsin | W 41–13 | 79% |
| Sep 12 | vs Rice | W 52–0 | 89% |
| Sep 19 | vs Michigan State | W 27–10 | 85% |
| Sep 26 | at Purdue | W 49–10 | 85% |
| Oct 3 | at North Carolina | W 37–26 | 78% |
| Oct 10 | vs Stanford | W 58–7 | 90% |
| Oct 17 | at 8BYU | L 24–28 | 51% |
| Oct 31 | vs Navy | Preview | 78% |
| Nov 7 | vs Miami | Preview | 56% |
| Nov 14 | vs Boston College | Preview | 89% |
| Nov 21 | vs SMU | Preview | 70% |
| Nov 28 | at Syracuse | Preview | 84% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
This season, game by game
Future schedule
2027–34- 202712 games: 6 home, 5 away, 1 neutral
- PurdueSept. 4
- at Michigan StateSept. 18
- AuburnSept. 25
- Kent StateOct. 2
- vs. Wake Forest (Bank of America Stadium)Oct. 9
- at ClemsonOct. 30
- Virginia TechNov. 6
- NavyNov. 20
- at StanfordNov. 27
- at Duke
- BYU
- at Virginia
- 202811 games: 6 home, 5 away
- TexasSept. 9
- ArkansasSept. 16
- at PurdueSept. 23
- StanfordOct. 14
- at AuburnOct. 28
- at Virginia TechNov. 4
- ClemsonNov. 11
- at NavyNov. 18
- Boston College
- Miami
- at Pittsburgh
- 202910 games: 4 home, 6 away
- AlabamaSept. 1
- at South FloridaSept. 15
- at TexasSept. 22
- at NC StateOct. 6
- Georgia TechNov. 3
- at Florida StateNov. 10
- Wake Forest
- Navy
- at Syracuse
- at Clemson
- 20309 games: 4 home, 5 away
- at USCAug. 31
- at AlabamaSept. 14
- at LouisvilleNov. 2
- Clemson
- Duke
- Florida State
- North Carolina
- at Boston College
- at Navy
- 203110 games: 6 home, 4 away
- USCAug. 30
- South FloridaSept. 13
- at ClemsonOct. 11
- FloridaNov. 15
- NC StateNov. 22
- Miami
- Navy
- at Virginia
- at Pittsburgh
- at North Carolina
- 203210 games: 4 home, 6 away
- at FloridaSept. 11
- at NebraskaOct. 30
- at Georgia Tech
- Florida State
- Louisville
- Wake Forest
- Clemson
- at Miami
- at Navy
- at USC
- 20339 games: 4 home, 5 away
- at MichiganSept. 3
- at DukeSept. 24
- NebraskaOct. 29
- Virginia TechNov. 5
- Pittsburgh
- USC
- at Boston College
- at Louisville
- at Clemson
Notre Dame’s announced games beyond the seasons on our schedule, as its Wikipedia article lists them. Schedules change; a season shows only the games named so far, and many articles list non-conference games only. Future schedules: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
On the 2026 team
- C.J. Carr1,639 passing yards, 16 TD (No. 10 in FBS in passing touchdowns)
- Nolan James Jr.412 rushing yards, 6 TD (leads Notre Dame in rushing touchdowns)
- Jonaz Walton426 rushing yards, 3 TD (leads Notre Dame in rushing yards)
Jordan Faison34 catches, 451 yards, 4 TD (leads Notre Dame in receiving yards)- Aneyas Williams302 rushing yards, 4 TD
- Micah Gilbert22 catches, 409 yards, 2 TD
Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.
Program greats See all
Heisman finalists, College Football Hall of Famers, consensus All-Americans, national award winners and first-round picks, for what they did at Notre Dame.
Johnny Lattner1953 Heisman
Leon Hart1949 Heisman
Tim Brown1987 Heisman
Johnny Lujack1947 Heisman
Paul Hornung1956 Heisman
Angelo Bertelli1943 Heisman- John Huarte1964 Heisman
- Ross BrownerHall of Fame, 1999
Manti Te’o2012 Bronko Nagurski- Ken MacAfeeHall of Fame, 1997
George ConnorHall of Fame, 1963
Bill FischerHall of Fame, 1983
Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.
Around the program
- Apparel
- Under Armour · Independently corroborated
- CBS Sports; read 2026-10-10
- Sports Illustrated; read 2026-10-10
- Under Armour; read 2026-10-10
- Mascot
- Leprechaun · Official source
- Notre Dame Athletics; read 2026-10-10
- Notre Dame Athletics; read 2026-10-10
- Student section
- Student Section · Official source
- Notre Dame Hospitality | University of Notre Dame; read 2026-10-10
- Offensive coordinator
- Mike Denbrock · Official source
- YouTube; read 2026-10-10
- NIL collective
- Rally · Official source
- Notre Dame Fighting Irish - Official Athletics Website; read 2026-10-10
Found by several AI researchers searching the web, then kept only where the page loads and says so in words naming the program; every quote is checked again each time the data is rebuilt. Official source: the school’s own page. All of them.
The apparel deal
Under Armour, 2024 through 2034. 10 years, about $10M a year. Extension announced in August 2023.
- CBS Sports, Aug 4, 2023: 10 years through 2034, about $100M
Apparel deals: Field Drip. Terms as the outlets reported them; checked Oct 3, 2026.
Program strength since 1893
Best seasons everOn Bluesky
Forde-Yard Dash, First Quarter: It's crisis time for some elite programs. Texas, Alabama and Notre Dame top the list, but that's not all. Plus, this week's playoff bracket. bit.ly/4dJI8VT
Read on BlueskyCollege Football’s Split Zone Duo
Playoff BYU is now a likely thing. And Playoff Notre Dame is in legitimate danger
Read on BlueskyThe CFP Vibe Check gets emotional after watching the best weekend of CFB in a long time. How it all helped the Big 12, how Notre Dame's margin of error narrowed, but not as much as it might've, and what do we make of the SEC at this point? www.cbssports.com/college-foot...
Read on BlueskyNEWS: The Big 12 one second should have been put back on the clock in BYU's win over Notre Dame. Incorrectly cleared by the replay center.
Read on BlueskyBig 12 says one second was left on the clock for Notre Dame-BYU.
Read on Bluesky
From reporters and writers who cover college football, linked to their posts on Bluesky.
More coverage
- BYU Beats Notre Dame: What It Means for Boise State and Utah, 1035kissfmboise.com,
- BYU outlasts No. 2 Notre Dame following last-second controversy, kcra.com,
- Moment made: BYU takes a monumental 28-24 win over Notre Dame, heraldextra.com,
- Notre Dame drops to No. 4, Indiana falls to No. 6 in latest AP Top 25, wndu.com,
- Big 12 admits clock error in Notre Dame's loss to BYU, krro.com,
- Kirk Herbstreit didn't know the situation with 30 seconds left in Notre Dame-BYU, awfulannouncing.com,
- College football chaos: Top AP teams Georgia, Notre Dame, Alabama fall, wgauradio.com,
- Bachmeier leads winning drive, No. 8 BYU outlasts No. 2 Notre Dame 28-24 but Big 12 admits mistake, faribaultcountyregister.com,
Found through the GDELT Project, which indexes news sites worldwide. Each link opens the story on the outlet’s own site; each picture is that outlet’s own preview of its story, shown from its site and credited to it.
Podcasts
- Notre Dame-BYU Takeaways: What Went Wrong for the Irish and What Needs to Change | SUNDAY NIGHT LIVE, Locked On Irish, , 40 min
- ROUNDTABLE: Blue & Gold staff reflects on Notre Dame's 28-24 loss to BYU | What's next?, Blue & Gold Illustrated, , 1 hr 6 min
- Notre Dame Fails On The Big State In BYU Loss☘️Credibility Lost, Always Irish, , 22 min
- Notre Dame Fails On The Big State In BYU Loss☘️Credibility Lost, Always Irish, , 22 min
- Notre Dame football vs. BYU Cougars postgame reaction show | Irish lose 28-24, Blue & Gold Illustrated, , 1 hr 41 min
Found through Podcast Index, the open podcast directory. Each link opens the episode’s page.
Head coaches
| Coach | Years | Record |
|---|---|---|
 Marcus Freeman | 2021–2026 | 49–13 |
 Brian Kelly | 2010–2021 | 113–40 |
 Charlie Weis | 2005–2009 | 35–27 |
| Kent Baer | 2004 | 0–1 |
 Tyrone Willingham | 2002–2004 | 21–15 |
 Bob Davie | 1997–2001 | 35–25 |
 Lou Holtz | 1986–1996 | 100–30–2 |
| Gerry Faust | 1981–1985 | 30–26–1 |
 Dan Devine | 1975–1980 | 53–16–1 |
 Ara Parseghian | 1964–1974 | 95–17–4 |
| Hugh Devore | 1945–1963 | 9–9–1 |
| Joe Kuharich | 1959–1962 | 17–23 |
 Terry Brennan | 1954–1958 | 32–18 |
 Frank Leahy | 1941–1953 | 87–11–9 |
 Ed McKeever | 1944 | 8–2 |
 Elmer Layden | 1934–1940 | 47–13–3 |
 Hunk Anderson | 1931–1933 | 16–9–2 |
 Knute Rockne | 1918–1930 | 105–12–5 |
| Jesse Harper | 1913–1917 | 34–5–1 |
| John L. Marks | 1911–1912 | 1–0–1 |
 Frank Longman | 1909 | 2–0 |
| Victor M. Place | 1908 | 1–1 |
| Thomas A. Barry | 1906–1907 | 2–1–1 |
| Henry McGlew | 1905 | 5–4 |
| Louis Salmon | 1904 | 5–3 |
| James Farragher | 1903 | 0–0–1 |
| James Faragher | 1902 | 6–2–1 |
 Patrick O’Dea | 1900–1901 | 14–4–2 |
| James McWeeney | 1899 | 6–3–1 |
| Frank E. Hering | 1896–1898 | 1–4 |
Most-played series
All rivalries- Navy
82–13–1 † in 98
- 2015 W 41–24
- 2016 L 27–28
- 2017 W 24–17
- 2018 W 44–22
- 2019 W 52–20
- 2021 W 34–6
- 2022 W 35–32
- 2023 W 42–3
- 2024 W 51–14
- 2025 W 49–10
Won the last eight; holds the Rip Miller Trophy.
Next: Oct 31
- USC
51–37–5 † in 96
- 2015 W 41–31
- 2016 L 27–45
- 2017 W 49–14
- 2018 W 24–17
- 2019 W 30–27
- 2021 W 31–16
- 2022 L 27–38
- 2023 W 48–20
- 2024 W 49–35
- 2025 W 34–24
Won the last three; holds the Jeweled Shillelagh.
- Purdue
60–26–2 † in 90
- 2009 W 24–21
- 2010 W 23–12
- 2011 W 38–10
- 2012 W 20–17
- 2013 W 31–24
- 2014 W 30–14
- 2021 W 27–13
- 2024 W 66–7
- 2025 W 56–30
- 2026 W 49–10
Won the last 10; holds the Shillelagh Trophy.
| Opponent | Games | ND record |
|---|---|---|
| Navy | 98 | 82–13–1 † |
| USC | 96 | 51–37–5 † |
| Purdue | 90 | 60–26–2 † |
| Pittsburgh | 74 | 51–21–1 † |
| Michigan State | 74 | 43–28–1 † |
| Army | 52 | 40–8–4 |
| Northwestern | 48 | 37–9–2 |
| Michigan | 41 | 17–22–1 † |
Official records. † Without wins the NCAA vacated. ‡ The rivalry’s own count, where it differs from the games on file. Each series page gives both.
Rivals the program names: Army, Boston College, Michigan, Michigan State, Navy, Northwestern, Pittsburgh, Purdue, Stanford, USC.
Trophies it holds: Legends Trophy (Stanford, since 2023), Megaphone Trophy (Michigan State, since 2017), Shillelagh Trophy (Purdue, since 2008), Ireland Trophy (Boston College, since 2009), Jeweled Shillelagh (USC, since 2023), Rip Miller Trophy (Navy, since 2017). Who holds each comes from the games on file; the trophies from Wikipedia.
Every opponent (138)
Every program Notre Dame has played, A to Z, with Notre Dame’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.
- Air Force 23–6 †
- Alabama 5–3
- Alma 4–0
- American Medical 3–0
- Arizona 2–1
- Arizona State 2–1 †
- Arkansas 1–0
- Army 40–8–4
- Ball State 1–0
- Baylor 2–0
- Beloit 3–0–1
- Bennett Medical 1–0
- Boise State 1–0
- Boston College 18–9 †
- Bowling Green 1–0
- Butler 2–0
- BYU 5–3 †
- California 5–0
- Carlisle 1–0
- Carnegie Mellon 15–4
- Case 2–0
- Central Michigan 1–0
- Chicago 0–4
- Chicago Medical 1–0
- Christian Brothers 1–0
- Cincinnati 1–1
- Clemson 3–5
- Coe 1–0
- Colorado 3–2
- Creighton 1–0
- Dartmouth 2–0
- DePauw 5–0
- Detroit Mercy 2–0
- Drake 8–0
- Duke 6–2
- Englewood High 2–0
- Florida 1–0
- Florida State 6–6
- Georgia 1–3
- Georgia Tech 31–6–1
- Goshen 1–0
- Great Lakes Navy 1–2–2
- Haskell 5–0
- Hawai’i 3–0
- Houston 1–0
- Illinois 11–0–1
- Indiana 24–4–1
- Iowa 13–8–3
- Iowa Pre-Flight 2–0
- Iowa State 1–0
- Kalamazoo 6–0
- Kansas 4–1–1
- Knox 0–1
- Lake Forest 3–0
- Lombard 3–0
- Louisville 3–2
- Loyola (LA) 1–0
- LSU 7–5
- Marquette 1–0
- Marshall 0–1
- Maryland 2–0
- Massachusetts 1–0
- Miami 17–9–1 †
- Miami (OH) 2–0
- Michigan 17–22–1 †
- Michigan State 43–28–1 †
- Minnesota 4–0–1
- Missouri 2–2
- Morningside 2–0
- Mount Union 1–0
- Navy 82–13–1 †
- NC State 3–2
- Nebraska 7–8–1
- Nevada 2–0
- New Mexico 1–0
- North Carolina 22–1 †
- North Division High 1–0
- Northern Illinois 0–1
- Northwestern 37–9–2
- Ohio Medical 3–0
- Ohio Northern 1–0
- Ohio State 2–7
- Oklahoma 8–2 †
- Oklahoma State 0–1
- Ole Miss 1–1
- Oregon 1–0–1
- Oregon State 1–2
- Pacific 1–0
- Penn State 10–9–1
- Pennsylvania 5–0–1
- Physicians & Surgeons 2–1
- Pittsburgh 51–21–1 †
- Princeton 2–0
- Purdue 60–26–2 †
- Rice 6–0
- Rose Hulman 1–0
- Rush Medical 2–0
- Rutgers 4–0 †
- S.B. Howard Park 1–0
- Saint Louis 2–0
- San Diego State 1–0
- SMU 10–3
- South Bend A.C. 1–0–1
- South Carolina 4–1
- South Dakota 5–0
- South Florida 1–1
- Stanford 25–14 †
- Syracuse 9–3
- TCU 1–0
- Temple 2–0 †
- Tennessee 4–4
- Tennessee State 1–0
- Texas 9–3
- Texas A&M 4–3
- Toledo 1–0
- Toledo A.C. 1–0
- Tulane 8–0
- Tulsa 0–1
- UCLA 4–0
- UConn 0–1
- UNLV 1–0
- USC 51–37–5 †
- Utah 1–0
- Valparaiso 1–0
- Vanderbilt 3–0
- Virginia 5–0
- Virginia Tech 3–1
- Wabash 4–1
- Wake Forest 5–0 †
- Washington 8–0
- Washington & Jefferson 1–0
- Washington St. Louis 1–0
- Washington State 2–0
- West Virginia 4–0
- Western Michigan 3–0
- Western Reserve 1–0
- Wisconsin 10–6–2
- Yale 0–1
Official records. † Without wins the NCAA vacated, or with forfeits counted. ‡ The rivalry’s own count, where it differs from the games on file.
Conferences
- Independent 1887–1889 and 1892–2019
- ACC 2020
- Independent since 2021
Notre Dame’s football conferences by season, from CollegeFootballData.com’s memberships (renamed conferences keep the name of the time).
National award winners
All awardsConsensus All-Americans 114
Led the nation 10
| 2025 | Jadarian Price kickoff return average (37.5) |
| 1996 | Allen Rossum punt return average (22.9) |
| 1996 | Robert Farmer yards per carry (8.5) |
| 1992 | Reggie Brooks yards per carry (8.0) |
| 1988 | Raghib Ismail kickoff return average (36.1) |
| 1965 | Nick Rassas punt return yards (459 yds) |
| 1956 | Jim Morse yards per catch (22.1) |
| 1956 | Paul Hornung kickoff return average (31.0) |
| 1949 | Bob Williams passer rating (159.1) |
| 1943 | Creighton Miller rushing yards (911 yds) |
The NCAA’s official national leaders since 1937, from Wikipedia’s yearly leader lists.
Heisman runners-up and finalists
The votes| 2025 | Jeremiyah Love RB | 3rd |
| 2012 | Manti Te’o LB | 2nd |
| 2006 | Brady Quinn QB | 3rd |
| 2005 | Brady Quinn QB | 4th |
| 1992 | Reggie Brooks RB | 5th |
| 1990 | Raghib Ismail WR | 2nd |
| 1989 | Tony Rice QB | 4th |
| 1979 | Vagas Ferguson RB | 5th |
| 1977 | Ken MacAfee TE | 3rd |
| 1977 | Ross Browner DE | 5th |
| 1974 | Tom Clements QB | 4th |
| 1970 | Joe Theismann QB | 2nd |
| 1968 | Terry Hanratty QB | 3rd |
| 1966 | Nick Eddy RB | 3rd |
| 1964 | Jack Snow E | 5th |
| 1955 | Paul Hornung QB | 5th |
| 1954 | Ralph Guglielmi QB | 4th |
| 1952 | Johnny Lattner RB | 5th |
| 1949 | Bob Williams QB | 5th |
| 1946 | Johnny Lujack QB | 3rd |
| 1943 | Creighton Miller RB | 4th |
| 1941 | Angelo Bertelli QB | 2nd |
| 1935 | William Shakespeare RB | 3rd |
Second to fifth in the vote, from each season’s Wikipedia article.
In the Hall of Fame
Every inductee- Players
- 50
- Coaches
- 6
In the draft
By college- NFL picks, rounds 1–7
- 357 since 1936
- First-round picks
- 73
- AAFC and AFL picks
- 16 1947–49, 1961–62, 1964
| 2026 | Jeremiyah Love RB | No. 3, Arizona Cardinals |
| 2026 | Jadarian Price RB | No. 32, Seattle Seahawks |
| 2024 | Joe Alt OT | No. 5, Los Angeles Chargers |
| 2022 | Kyle Hamilton S | No. 14, Baltimore Ravens |
| 2019 | Jerry Tillery DT | No. 28, Los Angeles Chargers |
| 2018 | Quenton Nelson OG | No. 6, Indianapolis Colts |
| 2018 | Mike McGlinchey OT | No. 9, San Francisco 49ers |
| 2016 | Ronnie Stanley OT | No. 6, Baltimore Ravens |
Who came and went in the 2026 transfer portal, and every portal year.
The school
University of Notre Dame- Enrollment
- 13,042 8,880 undergraduates, fall 2024
- Where
- Notre Dame, Indiana
- Public or private
- Private nonprofit; Research 1
- Founded
- 1842
- Graduates’ median earnings
- $99,980 10 years after starting
Enrollment, place and Carnegie research tier from the National Center for Education Statistics (IPEDS, public domain). Earnings from the US Department of Education’s College Scorecard (CC BY 4.0): the median for students who received federal aid and were working, not in school. Founding year from Wikidata. Every school’s in the data.
Official accounts
- Football
- X @NDFootballInstagram @ndfootballYouTube FightingIrishFacebook NDFootball
Official accounts: the schools’ athletics websites: the ones fightingirish.com lists for its football program, as of Oct 12, 2026.
Voices
play-by-play- 1980–2006Tony Roberts
- 2006–17Don Criqui radio
- 2018–Paul Burmeister radio
With them: Allen Pinkett (analyst, 2006–17), Mike Mayock (analyst, from 2010).
From the announcers’ Wikipedia articles (CC BY-SA), with the years as each article gives them: those in Wikipedia’s Notre Dame football announcers category, and any whose article names them the program’s play-by-play voice. Television network crews and announcers whose articles give no years are left out.
On the newsreel
- FOOTBALL
- FOOTBALL
- NOTRE DAME VS. U.S.C
- NOTRE DAME 10, MICHIGAN STATE 10
- NOTRE DAME TROUNCES OKLAHOMA
- NOTRE DAME TROUNCES ARMY
- NOTRE DAME 26 PURDUE 14
- MICHIGAN STATE IS NUMBER ONE
- PURDUE UPSETS NOTRE DAME 25 to 21:
- NOTRE DAME'S HUARTE WINS TROPHY
And 136 more
- USC UPSETS UNBEATEN NOTRE DAME:
- NOTRE DAME 34 MICHIGAN STATE 7
- NOTRE DAME WHIPS PURDUE
- PURDUE 24 NOTRE DAME 6
- MICHIGAN STATE 17 - NOTRE DAME 7
- NOTRE DAME 30 - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 0
- PITTSBURGH UPSETS SYRACUSE
- Notre Dame 21 – California 7
- MICHIGAN STATE DOWNS NOTRE DAME 19-0
- BOILER-MAKERS HAMMER NOTRE DAME
- ARMY TOPS NOTRE DAME
- FOOTBALL HIGHLIGHTS
- NOTRE DAME BEATS S.M.U
- NOTRE DAME WINS
- NOTRE DAME-OKLAHOMA
- NAVY TOPS NOTRE DAME
- NOTRE DAME EDGES ARMY
- IOWA vs. NOTRE DAME
- OKLAHOMA TOPS NOTRE DAME
- sports: Georgia Tech vs Tulane college football; Notre Dame vs Oklahoma "Sooner's Steamroller"; Garden States Stakes hor
- Football
- NOTRE DAME–U.S.C
- FOOTBALL
- NOTRE DAME SINKS NAVY
- Football
- NOTRE DAME-S.M.U
- NOTRE DAME vs NAVY
- NOTRE DAME DOWNS TEXAS, 21-0
- NOTRE DAME GRID PREVIEW
- "IRISH" START SPRING TRAINING
- HEISMAN TROPHY TO LATTNER
- NOTRE DAME – S.M.U
- LOS ANGELES
- FOOTBALL — NOTRE DAME-GEORGIA TECH
- OKLAHOMA BOWS TO IRISH 28-21
- NOTRE DAME GRIDDERS TRAIN
- FOOTBALL
- FOOTBALL
- FOOTBALL
- NOTRE DAME UPSETS U.S.C
- MICHIGAN STATE HANDS NOTRE DAME 35-0 DEFEAT
- S.M.U.-NOTRE DAME
- TROJANS TRIP IRISH IN UPSET
- IRISH GRIDDERS OPEN TRAINING
- HART GETS TROPHY
- N.D. SWAMPS SO. CALIF
- NOTRE DAME ROUTS SO. CAROLINA (NOTRE DAME 42, NO. CAROLINA 6
- FOOTBALL!—NOTRE DAME "SINKS" NAVY
- NOTRE DAME ROUTS TULANE
- NOTRE DAME TOPS WASHINGTON
- U.S.C. BATTLES "IRISH" TO DRAW
- NOTRE DAME TOPS N'WESTERN
- NOTRE DAME 41, NAVY 7
- NOTRE DAME 28, PURDUE 27
- LUJACK RECEIVES TROPHY
- NOTRE DAME ROUTS U.S.C
- NOTRE DAME
- NOTRE DAME SINKS NAVY
- NOTRE DAME TOPS U.S.C
- NOTRE DAME ROUTS TULANE
- ARMY AND NOTRE DAME IN GRID TRIUMPHS
- ARMY AND NOTRE DAME IN GRID TRIUMPHS
- ARMY AND NOTRE DAME IN SCORELESS TIE
- NOTRE DAME ROUTS IOWA
- FOOTBALL HIGHLIGHTS
- IRISH RALLY BEATS TULANE
- IRISH 40, GA. TECH. 7
- ARMY 59, NOTRE DAME 0
- NAVY UPSETS IRISH
- NOTRE DAME VS. U.S.C. FOOTBALL
- NOTRE DAME SHADES N'WESTERN, 7-6
- NOTRE DAME TOPS NAVY, 20-13
- ARMY-NOTRE DAME IN 0-0 DEAD-LOCK!
- SNOW-FOOTBALL FOR THE "IRISH"
- NOTRE DAME BEATS U.S.C
- N'WESTERN ROUTS NOTRE DAME, 20-0
- NOTRE DAME SUBDUES NAVY, 13-7
- NOTRE DAME TOPS ARMY, 7-0
- NOTRE DAME BEATS GA. TECH., 26-20
- MOVIE HONORS KNUTE ROCKNE
- NOTRE DAME TROUNCES PACIFIC, 25-7
- FIGHTING IRISH ON THE WARPATH
- NOTRE DAME GRID ACES WARM UP
- GRIDIRON THRILLS OF THE WEEK
- IOWA TRIPS NOTRE DAME
- NOTRE DAME BEATS ARMY
- "IRISH" TRIP CARNEGIE TECH
- “IRISH” TOP S.M.U
- NOTRE DAME BEATS GA. TECH
- GRIDIRON THRILLS OF THE WEEK
- BIG "IRISH" GRID SQUAD OUT
- IRISH LOSE TO TROJANS 13-0
- GRIDIRON THRILLS OF THE WEEK
- GRID HIGHLIGHTS OF THE WEEK
- GRID THRILLS OF THE WEEK
- GRID HIGHLIGHTS OF THE WEEK
- YANKS SWEEP WORLD SERIES
- GRID TEAMS FACE BIG SEASON
- 200 'IRISH' SEEK GRID FAME
- HOBGOBLINS TAKE BROADWAY
- Football
- NEW DIZZY DERBY UNDER WAY
- BIG GRID TEAMS OPEN SEASON
- Football
- GRIDDERS SCORE IN UPSETS
- THRILLS PACK GRID CONTESTS
- EASTERN GRID TEAMS SCORE
- GRID RIVALS FIGHT IT OUT
- COLLEGE GRIDDERS WARM UP
- IRISH ALREADY ON GRIDIRON
- Football
- ETHIOPS EAGER FOR COMBAT
- IRISH OVERCOME OHIO STATE
- BALTIMORE, MD
- NO TITLE
- FOOTBALL’S ON THE WAY
- GRIDMEN IN SPRING WORKOUT
- FOOTBALL SEASON NEARS END
- UPSETS MARK GRID BATTLES
- GRIDDERS READY FOR ACTION
- GRID STARS IN SPRING PRACTICE
- SELECT ALL-AMERICA TEAM
- NOTRE DAME UPSETS ARMY
- CARNEGIE TECH BEATS NOTRE DAME ELEVEN, 7-0, IN THRILL-PACKED GAME
- SQUAD OF 300 STARTS SPRING PIGSKIN DRILL AT U. OF NOTRE DAME
- ALL-AMERICAN TEAM FOR 1932 HAS STARS FROM EVERY SECTION
- FRENZIED GRID FANS CHEER IRISH VICTORY OVER WILDCATS, 21 TO 0
- ALL-AMERICA BOARD OF FOOTBALL PICKS 1931 SUPER GRID SQUAD
- 80,000 SEE ARMY SINK IRISH, 12-0, IN SEASON’S BIGGEST GRID UPSET
- NOTRE DAME BLASTS DRAKE IN PIGSKIN THRILLER — SCORE 63-0
- SOUTH BEND, IN
- REVERENT THRONGS PAY FINAL RESPECTS TO KNUTE ROCKNE
- TROJANS LOSE TO FIGHTING IRISH, 27-0, IN GRIDIRON UPSET
- NOTRE DAME DEFEATS NORTHWESTERN, 14-0, IN GRILLING GRID DUEL
- NOTRE DAME SINKS PENNSYLVANIA IN 60-20 PIGSKIN ROUT
- ROCKNE’S TEAM SINKS NAVY GRID STARS 14 - 7
Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record); some releases also via the Internet Archive. Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.
Films and books
In books
- Talking Irish
- No excuses
- No excuses
- 100 things Notre Dame fans should know & do before they die
- Resurrection
- Knute Rockne
- Ara's knights
- Notre Dame vs. USC
And 90 more
- Rudy
- The Gipper
- Then Ara said to Joe: the best Notre Dame football stories ever told
- Touchdown Jesus
- Notre Dame golden moments
- Rockne of Notre Dame
- The Fighting Irish Football Encyclopedia
- Champions
- Fighting Spirit
- Notre Dame's era of Ara
- Unbeatable
- Greatest moments in Notre Dame football history
- Notre Dame and the Game that Changed Football
- Return To Glory
- The Fighting Irish on the air
- Irish legends
- The Notre Dame football encyclopedia
- Gerry Faust
- Shake down the thunder
- Under the tarnished dome
- Knute Rockne: His Life and Legend
- 100 Years of Notre Dame Football
- Rally!
- Rockne: the coach, the man, the legend
- Wake up the echoes: Notre Dame football
- Parseghian and Notre Dame football
- Knute Rockne, young athlete
- Terry Brennan of Notre Dame
- Rockne and Jones
- Notre Dame football
- Sports medicine, Notre Dame
- Coach for a nation
- Faith restored
- Notre Dame Fighting Irish
- Notre Dame vs. USC
- Notre Dames Happy Returns Dublin The Experience The Game Brian Conchubhair And Susan Mullen Guibert Photography By Matt Cashore
- Notre Dame Where Have You Gone Derrick Mayes Ken Macafee Nick Eddy Jerome Heavens And Other Fighting Irish Greats
- Perfect rivals
- Perfect rivals
- Perfect Rivals
- The Notre Dame Fighting Irish
- 101 reasons to love Notre Dame Football
- Football Weekends at Notre Dame
- Loyal sons
- Notre Dame football
- Here Come the Irish 2007
- University of Notre Dame Football Vault
- Fighting Irish
- Fighting Irish Madness
- Game day
- The New Gold Standard
- Echoes of Notre Dame football
- Notre Dame Fighting Irish: Where Have You Gone?
- The Chicken Soup Game
- The Phantom Letters
- Gerry Faust's Tales from the Notre Dame Sideline
- Notre Dame golden moments
- Stadium Stories: Notre Dame Fighting Irish
- What It Means to Be Fighting Irish
- Fighting Irish
- Echoes of Notre Dame Football
- Quotable Rockne (Potent Quotables)
- The Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team
- Notre Dame game day
- Knute Rockne
- Fightin' Irish
- Notre Dame football A-Z
- I hate Notre Dame
- Under the Tarnished Dome
- Winning
- Notre Dame football media guide
- Under the tarnished dome
- The glamor game
- Victory March
- Many autumns ago
- Notre Dame football
- The strength of Notre Dame
- 100 years of Notre Dame football trivia
- Fighting Irish
- The Notre Dame football play book
- Golden glory
- Knute Rockne, a bio-bibliography
- "Fight to win"
- Notre Dame football, the golden tradition
- The Notre Dame football scrapbook
- The Fighting Irish
- We remember Rockne
- Shake down the thunder!
- A proud tradition
- Frank Leahy and the fighting Irish
Films: Wikidata (CC0) and Wikipedia’s lists and categories (CC BY-SA), about the program, its seasons, games and rivalries. Books: Open Library (CC0), filed under the program’s Library of Congress subject heading; most-reissued first, each linked to its page there.
Season by season
National championsShaded: national title seasons, No. 1 in the final AP poll or claimed by Notre Dame (11 claimed).
| Season | Record | Conf. | AP pre | AP final | Coach | Elo | SP+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 6–1 | 4 | Marcus Freeman | 1752 | 28.0 | ||
| 2025 | 10–2 | 6 | 10 | Marcus Freeman | 1821 | 24.4 | |
| 2024 | 14–2 | 7 | 2 | Marcus Freeman | 1833 | 23.9 | |
| 2023 | 10–3 | 13 | 14 | Marcus Freeman | 1742 | 20.1 | |
| 2022 | 9–4 | 5 | 18 | Marcus Freeman | 1716 | 10.3 | |
| 2021 | 11–2 | 9 | 8 | Brian Kelly, Marcus Freeman | 1748 | 17.4 | |
| 2020 | 10–2 | 9–0 | 10 | 5 | Brian Kelly | 1757 | 21.0 |
| 2019 | 11–2 | 9 | 12 | Brian Kelly | 1776 | 17.7 | |
| 2018 | 12–1 | 12 | 5 | Brian Kelly | 1786 | 20.7 | |
| 2017 | 10–3 | 11 | Brian Kelly | 1707 | 20.8 | ||
| 2016 | 4–8 | 10 | Brian Kelly | 1563 | 15.7 | ||
| 2015 | 10–3 | 11 | 11 | Brian Kelly | 1699 | 22.4 | |
| 2014 | 8–5 | 17 | Brian Kelly | 1627 | 10.8 | ||
| 2013 | 9–4 | 14 | 20 | Brian Kelly | 1682 | 13.2 | |
| 2012 | 12–1 | 4 | Brian Kelly | 1772 | 19.2 | ||
| 2011 | 8–5 | 16 | Brian Kelly | 1640 | 17.2 | ||
| 2010 | 8–5 | Brian Kelly | 1645 | 16.5 | |||
| 2009 | 6–6 | 23 | Charlie Weis | 1538 | 11.0 | ||
| 2008 | 7–6 | Charlie Weis | 1557 | 6.8 | |||
| 2007 | 3–9 | Charlie Weis | 1475 | -9.7 | |||
| 2006 | 10–3 | 2 | 17 | Charlie Weis | 1675 | 11.5 | |
| 2005 | 9–3 | 9 | Charlie Weis | 1677 | 21.8 | ||
| 2004 | 6–6 | Tyrone Willingham, Kent Baer | 1556 | 12.6 | |||
| 2003 | 5–7 | 20 | Tyrone Willingham | 1533 | 11.8 | ||
| 2002 | 10–3 | 17 | Tyrone Willingham | 1623 | 17.1 |
Every season back to 1893 (106 more)
| Season | Record | Conf. | AP pre | AP final | Coach | Elo | SP+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 5–6 | 18 | Bob Davie | 1566 | 11.3 | ||
| 2000 | 9–3 | 15 | Bob Davie | 1629 | 16.3 | ||
| 1999 | 5–7 | 18 | Bob Davie | 1533 | 12.4 | ||
| 1998 | 9–3 | 22 | 22 | Bob Davie | 1628 | 12.8 | |
| 1997 | 7–6 | 11 | Bob Davie | 1601 | 11.3 | ||
| 1996 | 8–3 | 6 | 19 | Lou Holtz | 1676 | 23.5 | |
| 1995 | 9–3 | 9 | 11 | Lou Holtz | 1707 | 25.5 | |
| 1994 | 6–5–1 | 2 | Lou Holtz | 1641 | 16.1 | ||
| 1993 | 11–1 | 7 | 2 | Lou Holtz | 1818 | 28.1 | |
| 1992 | 10–1–1 | 3 | 4 | Lou Holtz | 1786 | 27.9 | |
| 1991 | 10–3 | 6 | 13 | Lou Holtz | 1760 | 26.0 | |
| 1990 | 9–3 | 2 | 6 | Lou Holtz | 1762 | 23.7 | |
| 1989 | 12–1 | 2 | 2 | Lou Holtz | 1829 | 31.1 | |
| 1988 | 12–0 | 13 | 1 | Lou Holtz | 1805 | 32.9 | |
| 1987 | 8–4 | 18 | 17 | Lou Holtz | 1667 | 24.0 | |
| 1986 | 5–6 | Lou Holtz | 1609 | 18.3 | |||
| 1985 | 5–6 | 14 | Gerry Faust | 1571 | 18.6 | ||
| 1984 | 7–5 | 8 | Gerry Faust | 1619 | 12.2 | ||
| 1983 | 7–5 | 6 | Gerry Faust | 1625 | 12.2 | ||
| 1982 | 6–4–1 | 18 | Gerry Faust | 1608 | 16.8 | ||
| 1981 | 5–6 | 3 | Gerry Faust | 1612 | 14.2 | ||
| 1980 | 9–2–1 | 11 | 9 | Dan Devine | 1694 | 24.0 | |
| 1979 | 7–4 | 9 | Dan Devine | 1647 | 14.1 | ||
| 1978 | 9–3 | 5 | 7 | Dan Devine | 1749 | 29.1 | |
| 1977 | 11–1 | 3 | 1 | Dan Devine | 1791 | 36.5 | |
| 1976 | 9–3 | 11 | 12 | Dan Devine | 1685 | 20.7 | |
| 1975 | 8–3 | 10 | Dan Devine | 1674 | 15.2 | ||
| 1974 | 10–2 | 3 | 6 | Ara Parseghian | 1716 | 17.4 | |
| 1973 | 11–0 | 8 | 1 | Ara Parseghian | 1775 | 28.1 | |
| 1972 | 8–3 | 13 | 14 | Ara Parseghian | 1667 | 19.8 | |
| 1971 | 8–2 | 1 | 13 | Ara Parseghian | 1683 | 19.5 | |
| 1970 | 10–1 | 6 | 2 | Ara Parseghian | 1768 | 30.9 | |
| 1969 | 8–2–1 | 11 | 5 | Ara Parseghian | 1707 | ||
| 1968 | 7–2–1 | 3 | 5 | Ara Parseghian | 1687 | ||
| 1967 | 8–2 | 1 | 5 | Ara Parseghian | 1748 | ||
| 1966 | 9–0–1 | 6 | 1 | Ara Parseghian | 1800 | ||
| 1965 | 7–2–1 | 3 | 9 | Ara Parseghian | 1700 | ||
| 1964 | 9–1 | 3 | Ara Parseghian | 1675 | |||
| 1963 | 2–7 | Hugh Devore | 1447 | ||||
| 1962 | 5–5 | Joe Kuharich | 1542 | ||||
| 1961 | 5–5 | Joe Kuharich | 1503 | ||||
| 1960 | 2–8 | 17 | Joe Kuharich | 1461 | |||
| 1959 | 5–5 | 16 | 17 | Joe Kuharich | 1558 | ||
| 1958 | 6–4 | 3 | 17 | Terry Brennan | 1620 | ||
| 1957 | 7–3 | 18 | 10 | Terry Brennan | 1610 | ||
| 1956 | 2–8 | 3 | Terry Brennan | 1489 | |||
| 1955 | 8–2 | 6 | 9 | Terry Brennan | 1713 | ||
| 1954 | 9–1 | 1 | 4 | Terry Brennan | 1782 | ||
| 1953 | 9–0–1 | 1 | 2 | Frank Leahy | 1798 | ||
| 1952 | 7–2–1 | 10 | 3 | Frank Leahy | 1709 | ||
| 1951 | 7–2–1 | 14 | Frank Leahy | 1650 | |||
| 1950 | 4–4–1 | 1 | Frank Leahy | 1631 | |||
| 1949 | 10–0 | 2 | 1 | Frank Leahy | 1834 | ||
| 1948 | 9–0–1 | 1 | 2 | Frank Leahy | 1782 | ||
| 1947 | 9–0 | 1 | 1 | Frank Leahy | 1802 | ||
| 1946 | 8–0–1 | 3 | 1 | Frank Leahy | 1758 | ||
| 1945 | 7–2–1 | 3 | 9 | Hugh Devore | 1681 | ||
| 1944 | 8–2 | 1 | 9 | Ed McKeever | 1741 | ||
| 1943 | 9–1 | 1 | 1 | Frank Leahy | 1773 | ||
| 1942 | 7–2–2 | 6 | Frank Leahy | 1681 | |||
| 1941 | 8–0–1 | 8 | 3 | Frank Leahy | 1705 | ||
| 1940 | 7–2 | 6 | Elmer Layden | 1637 | |||
| 1939 | 7–2 | 2 | 13 | Elmer Layden | 1664 | ||
| 1938 | 8–1 | 5 | 5 | Elmer Layden | 1700 | ||
| 1937 | 6–2–1 | 9 | Elmer Layden | 1652 | |||
| 1936 | 6–2–1 | 7 | 8 | Elmer Layden | 1667 | ||
| 1935 | 7–1–1 | Elmer Layden | 1673 | ||||
| 1934 | 6–3 | Elmer Layden | 1646 | ||||
| 1933 | 3–5–1 | Hunk Anderson | 1574 | ||||
| 1932 | 7–2 | Hunk Anderson | 1737 | ||||
| 1931 | 6–2–1 | Hunk Anderson | 1748 | ||||
| 1930 | 10–0 | Knute Rockne | 1835 | ||||
| 1929 | 9–0 | Knute Rockne | 1735 | ||||
| 1928 | 5–4 | Knute Rockne | 1592 | ||||
| 1927 | 7–1–1 | Knute Rockne | 1685 | ||||
| 1926 | 9–1 | Knute Rockne | 1693 | ||||
| 1925 | 7–2–1 | Knute Rockne | 1683 | ||||
| 1924 | 10–0 | Knute Rockne | 1779 | ||||
| 1923 | 9–1 | Knute Rockne | 1717 | ||||
| 1922 | 8–1–1 | Knute Rockne | 1690 | ||||
| 1921 | 10–1 | Knute Rockne | 1712 | ||||
| 1920 | 9–0 | Knute Rockne | 1699 | ||||
| 1919 | 9–0 | Knute Rockne | 1653 | ||||
| 1918 | 3–1–2 | Knute Rockne | 1609 | ||||
| 1917 | 6–1–1 | Jesse Harper | 1666 | ||||
| 1916 | 8–1 | Jesse Harper | 1692 | ||||
| 1915 | 7–1 | Jesse Harper | 1699 | ||||
| 1914 | 6–2 | Jesse Harper | 1628 | ||||
| 1913 | 7–0 | Jesse Harper | 1656 | ||||
| 1912few games on file | 1–0 | John L. Marks | 1543 | ||||
| 1911few games on file | 0–0–1 | John L. Marks | 1543 | ||||
| 1909few games on file | 2–0 | Frank Longman | 1563 | ||||
| 1908few games on file | 1–1 | Victor M. Place | 1508 | ||||
| 1907few games on file | 1–0–1 | Thomas A. Barry | 1501 | ||||
| 1906few games on file | 1–1 | Thomas A. Barry | 1458 | ||||
| 1905 | 5–4 | Henry McGlew | 1436 | ||||
| 1904 | 5–3 | Louis Salmon | 1465 | ||||
| 1903few games on file | 0–0–1 | James Farragher | 1528 | ||||
| 1902 | 6–2–1 | James Faragher | 1543 | ||||
| 1901 | 8–1–1 | Patrick O’Dea | 1562 | ||||
| 1900 | 6–3–1 | Patrick O’Dea | 1488 | ||||
| 1899 | 6–3–1 | James McWeeney | 1468 | ||||
| 1898few games on file | 1–1 | Frank E. Hering | 1456 | ||||
| 1897few games on file | 0–1 | Frank E. Hering | 1427 | ||||
| 1896few games on file | 0–2 | Frank E. Hering | 1422 | ||||
| 1893few games on file | 0–1 | 1468 |
Officially 974–341–42 since 1887 (per Wikipedia, rechecked weekly); game by game here, 929–335–36 (−45 wins, −6 losses, −6 ties). Our file starts in 1893; the program began in 1887. Some games are missing from our source.
No season on file for 1894–95, 1910: the program may not have played, or our source may be missing them.
Records are computed from every game on file at CollegeFootballData.com, whose coverage of the earliest seasons can be incomplete. Elo is this site’s own rating; see how it works on the records page.