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Notre Dame Football Team History


Notre Dame Fighting Irish
University of Notre Dame
 South Bend, IN
Founded: 1842
Stadium: Notre Dame Stadium
Capacity: 80,225
Colors: Blue & Gold
Coach: Marcus Freeman
Conference: Independent-

Team Home Summary  Coaches Games by Year Opponents Rankings Bowls Conference

Notre Dame 
Team Timeline
First Team: 1887  
  2004 - On December 1st, Kent Baer was named interim head coach after head coach Willingham was fired.
  2012 - Forced to vacate all 12 wins and their appearance in the 2013 BCS National Championship Game from the 2012 season, and all 9 wins from the 2013 season.
  2021 - On November 29, Kelly resigned to become the head coach at LSU. Marcus Freeman was named the new head coach.
 
Championships
National Championships
1919, 1924, 1929, 1930, 1943, 1946, 1947
1949, 1964, 1966, 1973, 1977, 1988
Conference Championships
  2020
Division Championships
 
 
Team Records
 Overall Record 955-339-42
 Winning Pct. 74%
 Vacated Wins 21
 Forfeit Games 0
 Adjusted Record 955-339-42
 Winning Pct. 74%
 National Championships 13
 Conference Titles 0
 Division Titles 0
 Conference Record 9-0-0
 All American Players 
 NFL Players (#2)
 Home Record 560-134-14
 Away Record 365-183-28
 
By The Numbers
 Seasons 136
 Winning Seasons (#1) 117
 Losing Seasons (#1)12
 Most Wins in A Season 12 (2018)
 Most Loses in A Season 9 (2007)
 10 Win Seasons 22
 Most Points Scored in a Game 116 (10/5/1912)
 Most Points Scored in a Season 509 (2023)
 Most Points Allowed in a Game 59 (11/11/1944)
 Most Points Allowed in a Season 379 (2014)
 Largest Margin of Victory 109 (10/5/1912)
 Largest Margin of Defeat 59 (11/11/1944)
 Most Points Both Teams in a Game 123 (10/5/1912)
 Last Shutout 11/19/2022
 Last Time Shutout 11/8/2008
 Shutouts All-Time 311
 Been Shutout All-Time 75
 
Streaks
 Longest Win 23 (9/10/1988-11/18/1989)
 Longest Losing  8 (10/1/1960-11/19/1960)
 
Bowl Records
 Overall Record 20-19-0
 Rose 1-1-0
 Cotton 5-3-0
 Orange 2-3-0
 Fiesta 1-5-0
 Sugar 2-2-0
 
By the Decade
 2020-29  47-12
 2010-19  71-37
 2000-09  70-52
 1990-99 84-35
 1980-89 76-39-2
 1970-79 91-22
 1960-69 62-34-4
 1950-59 64-31-4
 1940-49 82-9-6
 1930-39 66-20-5
 1920-29 83-11-3
Next Game
 11/9/2024 (Sat)  
vs. Florida State in a Non-Conference Game
Last Time: Notre Dame won 41-38 in 2021.
All-Time:
 Notre Dame vs. Florida State 5-6-0 45.5% 
 
2024 Season
 Sat., Aug. 31  @ Texas A&M  23-13 W
 Sat., Sep. 7  vs. Northern Illinois  14-16 L
 Sat., Sep. 14  @ Purdue  66-7 W
 Sat., Sep. 21  vs. Miami Ohio  28-3 W
 Sat., Sep. 28  vs. Louisville  31-24 W
 Sat., Oct. 5  OPEN 
 Sat., Oct. 12  vs. Stanford  49-7 W
 Sat., Oct. 19  @ Georgia Tech  31-13 W
 Sat., Oct. 26  vs. Navy  51-14 W
 Sat., Nov. 2  OPEN 
 Sat., Nov. 9  vs. Florida State  
 Sat., Nov. 16  vs. Virginia  
 Sat., Nov. 23  @ Army  
 Sat., Nov. 30  @ Southern California  
 
2024 Season Totals
  Record7-1
  Scoring293-97
  Conference Record0-0
  Home Record4-1
  Away Record3-0
 
2024 Independent  Standings
 Season   Conference 
Connecticut 6-3
Massachusetts 1-7
Notre Dame 7-1
 
Longest Running Rivalry
 Notre Dame & Navy have played 95 games.
Notre Dame has won 81 games.
Navy has won 13 games.
with 1 tie games.
 
Record when scoring..... (since 2000)
 Scoring  Record 
 less than 10 0-15
 10 or more 188-86
 20 or more  178-50
 30 or more 128-18
 40 or more 71-4
 
Record when allowing..... (since 2000)
 Points Allowed  Record 
 less than 10 39-0
 10 or more 149-101
 20 or more 72-91
 30 or more 19-60
 40 or more 2-23
 
  
 
Some records may be incomplete.

NOTES:
(1) Winning and losing seasons counted only if team plays at least 8 games.
(2) NFL Players counted for any player that participated in a regular season game.

Great Moments in College Football History

In 1905, 18 men were killed in college football games, and 159 were permanently injured.