Notre Dame has been playing football since 1887 and now ranks in the top five all-time in victories with only Michigan, Ohio State, and Alabama and having more than the 948 Notre Dame has compiled (same as Texas).
In all of those wins though, there are a little more than a handful of teams that the Fighting Irish have played but never walked away with a win against.
One of those teams used to Oregon State, who Notre Dame was 0-2 against until defeating in the 2023 Sun Bowl. There are eight that remain and before you scroll down, test yourself and see how many you can guess.
And you if you can name all of them (courtesy of Winsipedia) your knowledge in the world of Notre Dame football trivia is truly second to none.
Chicago (0-4)
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Notre Dame played the old football powerhouse University of Chicago four times with the most recent contest coming in 1899. The Maroons won all four meetings and seeing as they now play at the Division III level, it’s hard to imagine the Irish will ever top them. Chicago is not only home to the first-ever Heisman Trophy winner in Jay Berwanger but also had three DIII All-Americans in 2005 when Colin Carrier (defensive back), Phil Pengiel (center), and Rob Tamillow (defensive line) received the honor in the same season.
Georgia (0-3)
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Notre Dame has played Georgia just three times historically with the only regular season contests coming in 2017 and 2019. Notre Dame dropped all of those as well as the 1981 Sugar Bowl to the Bulldogs.
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All the way back in 1914 Notre Dame was beaten badly by Yale 28-0 in what remains the only meeting all-time between the Irish and the first truly great program in the long history of college football.
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Notre Dame had a promising start to the 2009 season but a November to forget left the…
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Author : Fighting Irish Wire
Publish date : 2024-01-04 03:33:00
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