Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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BLUEGOLDONLINE.COM DECEMBER 2023 45 In terms of consecutive winning home seasons, the Irish twice had streaks of 16 years, from 1934 to 1949, and again from 1987 to 2002. As for streaks finishing .500 or better, there have been two skeins of 22 seasons each: 1934 to 1955, and 1985 to 2006. Another such streak, for 19 years, went from 1964, the start of Parseghian's tenure, through 1982. RECORDS VS. OPPONENTS In the first 500 games at the Stadium, Notre Dame has wel- comed 87 different opponents, all but a handful still playing major college football today. The Irish have a winning record against 73 of them. And 48 of them have never left the field tasting victory over the Irish. Here are Notre Dame's records vs. opponents it has defeated at home most frequently: Opponent GP W L T Pct. Navy 37 32 5 0 .865 Southern Cal 44 29 14 1 .670 Purdue 37 27 10 0 .730 Pittsburgh 33 23 10 0 .697 Michigan State 32 18 14 0 .563 Northwestern 19 14 5 0 .737 North Carolina 13 13 0 0 1.000 Georgia Tech 16 13 3 0 .813 Stanford 18 13 5 0 .722 Air Force 15 11 4 0 .733 Michigan 18 11 6 1 .639 And here are the teams Notre Dame is perfect against in games at Notre Dame Stadium, with Irish records vs. each: 13-0: North Carolina 9-0: Indiana 6-0: Carnegie Tech 5-0: Illinois 4-0: Drake, Tulane, Wake Forest, Washington 3-0: California, Rice, UCLA 2-0: Alabama, Iowa Pre-Flight, Nevada, Rutgers, Temple, Vanderbilt, West Virginia 1-0: 29 opponents Notre Dame has a .500 record against seven opponents in games at Notre Dame Stadium — 2-2 versus Tennessee, and 1-1 against Arizona, Louisville, Nebraska, South Carolina, South Florida and Virginia Tech. And there are just seven schools that hold an advantage over Notre Dame, five of which have a 1-0 margin: Cincinnati, Connecticut, Georgia, Marshall and Tulsa. Ohio State went to 2-1 all-time with its last-second victory on Sept. 23. And the opponent with the best all-time record in Notre Dame Stadium? It's Missouri at 2-0, with victories over the Irish in 1972 (30-26) and 1978 (3-0). All in all, it all adds up to an incredible legacy for the Fight- ing Irish to continue at Notre Dame Stadium. ✦ For more informa on, please visit: www.RockneSociety.org The Knute Rockne Memorial Society is dedicated to preserving and promo ng the life story of Coach Knute Rockne and all he stood for. Through its annual Rockne Awards, the Rockne Society recognizes and inspires great achievement in athle cs…and in life. The Knute Rockne Memorial Society wishes to congratulate Rockne Society curator Jim "Augie" Augus ne on the Grand Opening of Augie's Locker Room at its new loca on, 1733 N. Ironwood Drive in South Bend. Jim Lefebvre is an award-winning Notre Dame author and leads the Knute Rockne Memorial Society. He can be reached at: jim@ndfootballhistory.com