Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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UNDER THE DOME Notre Dame Releases 2017 Schedule Notre Dame has officially released its 2017 football schedule. Here were the main highlights. • For the first time since head coach Brian Kelly's first season in 2010, the Fighting Irish will play seven home games. That will be the seventh overall, with the first occurring in 1988, its most recent national title. • Notre Dame will not have a Shamrock Series game in 2017, in part because of the completion of the Campus Crossroads project. "In 2017, the first year in which we will compete in the renovated stadium, we thought it was impor- tant to maximize the opportunity for our fans to attend a home game," said Jack Swarbrick, Notre Dame's vice president and director of athletics. "We look forward to restoring the Shamrock Series tradition in 2018 and the years beyond." • Temple will be the opener for the second time in five years. The Irish began the 2013 campaign with a 28-6 win versus the Owls. • Georgia, Miami (Ohio) and North Carolina State all will be first- time visitors to Notre Dame Stadium. • Notre Dame was scheduled to open the 1997 season in its newly expanded stadium against Miami (Ohio), but that was dropped to get a bigger name opponent (Georgia Tech) for the dedication. Twenty years later in another refurbished Notre Dame Stadium, the RedHawks will make their debut in the venue. The current head coach for Miami (Ohio) is 2010-13 Notre Dame assistant Chuck Martin. — Lou Somogyi Seven home games will be on the 2017 slate, when the Campus Crossroads project is completed. PHOTO BY ANDREW IVINS 2017 NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL SCHEDULE Date Opponent Sept. 2 Temple Sept. 9 Georgia Sept. 16 at Boston College Sept. 23 at Michigan State Sept. 30 Miami (Ohio) Oct. 7 at North Carolina Oct. 21 USC Oct. 28 NC State Nov. 4 Wake Forest Nov. 11 at Miami Nov. 18 Navy Nov. 25 at Stanford