Northwestern–Notre Dame football rivalry

Northwestern Wildcats

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

First meeting

November 14, 1889
Notre Dame 9, Northwestern 0

Latest meeting

November 15, 2014
Northwestern 43, #18 Notre Dame 40^OT

Next meeting

November 3, 2018

Statistics

Meetings total

All-time series

Notre Dame leads, 37–9–2

Largest victory

Notre Dame, 48–0 (1976)

Longest win streak

Notre Dame, 14 (1965–94)

Current win streak

Northwestern, 2 (1995–present)

The Northwestern–Notre Dame football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the Northwestern Wildcats and Notre Dame Fighting Irish.

History

Starting in the 1920s, Northwestern and Notre Dame played for a Shillelagh until the mid-1970s. The trophy game was created at the behest of Notre Dame head coach Knute Rockne, who wanted a rivalry in the Chicago metropolitan area to help build Notre Dame's fanbase there.^[1]

They stopped playing regularly in the 1970s, though the rivalry was renewed from 1992 to 1995. When Northwestern stunned #8 Notre Dame 17–15 as a 28-point underdog in 1995, the Chicago Sun-Times billed it as the "Upset of the Century."^[2]

In 2014, the rivalry was renewed in a two-game series, with Northwestern winning 43–40 in OT in South Bend. It gave Northwestern only their second winning streak against the Irish since they won four straight from 1959–62. Notre Dame is scheduled to travel to Evanston in 2018.^[3] Notre Dame leads the series 37–9–2.^[4]^[5]

Game results

Northwestern victories	Notre Dame victories	Tie games

No.	Date	Location	Winner	Score
1	November 14, 1889	Evanston, IL	Notre Dame	9–0
2	October 28, 1899	South Bend, IN	Notre Dame	12–0
3	October 12, 1901	Evanston, IL	Northwestern	2–0
4	November 14, 1903	Evanston, IL	Tie	0–0
5	November 20, 1920	Evanston, IL	Notre Dame	33–7
6	November 22, 1924	Evanston, IL	Notre Dame	13–6
7	November 21, 1925	South Bend, IN	Notre Dame	13–10
8	October 23, 1926	Evanston, IL	Notre Dame	6–0
9	November 23, 1929	Evanston, IL	Notre Dame	26–6
10	November 22, 1930	Evanston, IL	Notre Dame	14–0
11	October 10, 1931	Evanston, IL	Tie	0–0
12	November 12, 1932	Evanston, IL	Notre Dame	21–0
13	November 18, 1933	Evanston, IL	Notre Dame	7–0
14	November 17, 1934	Evanston, IL	Notre Dame	20–7
15	November 9, 1935	South Bend, IN	Northwestern	14–7
16	November 21, 1936	South Bend, IN	Notre Dame	26–6
17	November 20, 1937	Evanston, IL	Notre Dame	7–0
18	November 19, 1938	Evanston, IL	Notre Dame	9–7
19	November 18, 1939	South Bend, IN	Notre Dame	7–0
20	November 23, 1940	Evanston, IL	Northwestern	20–0
21	November 15, 1941	Evanston, IL	Notre Dame	7–6
22	November 21, 1942	South Bend, IN	Notre Dame	27–20
23	November 13, 1943	Evanston, IL	#1 Notre Dame	25–6
24	November 18, 1944	South Bend, IN	Notre Dame	21–0
25	November 17, 1945	Evanston, IL	Notre Dame	34–7

No.	Date	Location	Winner	Score
26	November 16, 1946	South Bend, IN	#2 Notre Dame	27–0
27	November 15, 1947	Evanston, IL	#1 Notre Dame	26–19
28	November 13, 1948	South Bend, IN	#2 Notre Dame	12–7
29	October 24, 1959	South Bend, IN	#2 Northwestern	30–24
30	October 22, 1960	Evanston, IL	Northwestern	7–6
31	October 28, 1961	South Bend, IN	Northwestern	12–10
32	October 27, 1962	Evanston, IL	#3 Northwestern	35–6
33	October 2, 1965	South Bend, IN	Notre Dame	38–7
34	October 1, 1966	Evanston, IL	#4 Notre Dame	35–7
35	October 12, 1968	South Bend, IN	Notre Dame	27–7
36	September 20, 1969	South Bend, IN	Notre Dame	35–10
37	September 19, 1970	Evanston, IL	#6 Notre Dame	35–14
38	September 18, 1971	South Bend, IN	#2 Notre Dame	50–7
39	September 23, 1972	Evanston, IL	#13 Notre Dame	37–0
40	September 22, 1973	South Bend, IN	#8 Notre Dame	44–0
41	September 21, 1974	Evanston, IL	#1 Notre Dame	49–3
42	September 27, 1975	South Bend, IN	#7 Notre Dame	31–7
43	September 25, 1976	Evanston, IL	Notre Dame	48–0
44	September 5, 1992	Chicago, IL	#3 Notre Dame	42–7
45	September 4, 1993	South Bend, IN	#6 Notre Dame	27–12
46	September 3, 1994	Chicago, IL	#4 Notre Dame	42–15
47	September 2, 1995	South Bend, IN	Northwestern	17–15
48	November 15, 2014	South Bend, IN	Northwestern	43–40^OT
Series: Notre Dame leads 37–9–2

References

↑ http://hailtopurple.com/features/trophyhistory.html
↑ Ziehm, Len (September 3, 1995). "THE UPSET OF THE CENTURY; Believe It: NU Stuns Notre Dame". Chicago Sun-Times.
↑ "Irish, Wildcats to play series". ESPN website. Retrieved April 20, 2011.
↑ "Northwestern vs Notre Dame". College Football Data Warehouse website. Retrieved September 27, 2010.
↑ "Northwestern vs Notre Dame (IN)". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved 2015-02-12.

Northwestern Wildcats football
Venues	Northwestern Field (1905–1925) Ryan Field (1926–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Illinois Notre Dame
Culture & lore	Willie the Wildcat "Go U Northwestern" Marching band 2006 Michigan State game
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
Venues	Cartier Field (1889–1928) Soldier Field (1929) Notre Dame Stadium (1930–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Emerald Isle Classic Army Boston College: Holy War Michigan Michigan State Navy Northwestern Pittsburgh Purdue Stanford USC
Culture & lore	All-time series results History Band of the Fighting Irish Irish Guard Notre Dame Box Notre Dame Leprechaun "Notre Dame, Our Mother" "Notre Dame Victory March" Play Like a Champion Today Subway Alumni T formation Tall Grass Game 1946 "Game of the Century" 1966 "Game of the Century" Catholics vs. Convicts 1993 "Game of the Century" Bush Push Navy ends the drought Knute Rockne, All American Notre Dame Football on NBC Rudy
People	Head coaches Starting quarterbacks Four Horsemen NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
National championship seasons in bold

Big Ten Conference football rivalries

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Non-conference

Notre Dame Fighting Irish rivalries
Football	Army Holy War (Boston College) Michigan Michigan State Navy Northwestern Pittsburgh Purdue Stanford USC Other Rivalries
Basketball	UCLA Connecticut
Ice Hockey	Holy War on Ice (Boston College)

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