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Rivalry History

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Boston College and Notre Dame have met 27 times since 1975. This page keeps the record, streaks, trophy context, and recent results in one canonical rivalry URL.

Series snapshot

Record
9-18
Current streak
Notre Dame 9 games
Longest streak
Notre Dame 9 games (2009-2022)
Avg. margin / points
14.2 / 46.4

Series overview

Boston College 9-18 Notre Dame. Current streak: Notre Dame 9 games.

Last five meetings

Boston College 0 | Notre Dame 5

Largest margin

47 points

Rivalry notes

  • The tracked window runs from 1975 through 2022.
  • 27 completed games currently back the series calculations on this page.
  • The latest tracked meeting was Nov 19, 2022.

Related pages

Move from rivalry history into team-level seasons, rosters, and archives.

Rivalry guide

What this rivalry is

Boston College and Notre Dame have a tracked series that starts in 1975 and spans 27 listed meetings. The page combines series record, streaks, recent games, and research links in one canonical rivalry URL.

Ireland Trophy gives this matchup a named trophy context in addition to the team-by-team series record.

Series history

Status
Historical or inactive series
Years
1975-2022
Busiest era
1990s, 8 games
Longest pause
7 years (1975-1983)
  • 1990s8 games
  • 2000s8 games
  • 2010s6 games
  • 1980s2 games

Biggest games and recent trend

Landmark games are selected from the same tracked rivalry results used for the series record.

4 featured games

Latest meeting

2022 - Nov 19, 2022

Boston College 0, Notre Dame 44. Most recent completed chapter in the tracked series.

Closest finish

2004 - Oct 23, 2004

Boston College 24, Notre Dame 23. The smallest final-score margin in the available game log.

Highest scoring

1993 - Nov 20, 1993

Boston College 41, Notre Dame 39. The biggest combined scoring total in the available game log.

Largest margin

1992 - Nov 7, 1992

Boston College 7, Notre Dame 54. The widest final-score gap in the available game log.

Recent trend

Last five
Boston College 0, Notre Dame 5 across 5 games
Last ten
Boston College 1, Notre Dame 9 across 10 games
Scoring profile
Balanced scoring profile; average total 46.4, average margin 14.2.
Current streak
Notre Dame 9 games

Players and coaches from recent chapters

Recent leaders are capped to keep the page fast while still pointing readers toward the names around recent meetings.

  • Patrick Garwo III

    Boston College, 2022

    Rushing Yards: 403

  • Phil Jurkovec

    Boston College, 2022

    Passing Yards: 1711

  • Zay Flowers

    Boston College, 2022

    Receiving Yards: 1077

  • Audric Estime

    Notre Dame, 2022

    Rushing Yards: 920

  • Drew Pyne

    Notre Dame, 2022

    Passing Yards: 2021

  • Michael Mayer

    Notre Dame, 2022

    Receiving Yards: 809

Coach context

Coach rows summarize recent rivalry-season overlap for each program.

  • Brian Kelly

    Notre Dame - 2015-2020 - 41-10

  • Steve Addazio

    Boston College - 2015-2019 - 16-21

  • Jeff Hafley

    Boston College - 2020-2022 - 9-14

  • Marcus Freeman

    Notre Dame - 2022 - 9-4

Recent rivalry results

The latest games are rendered in the page HTML so search engines and readers can see the rivalry's recent chapter without client-side interaction.

10 most recent tracked games

DateMatchupScoreVenueResult
Nov 19, 2022Boston College at Notre DameBoston College 0, Notre Dame 44Venue unavailableNotre Dame
Nov 14, 2020Notre Dame at Boston CollegeBoston College 31, Notre Dame 45Venue unavailableNotre Dame
Nov 23, 2019Boston College at Notre DameBoston College 7, Notre Dame 40Venue unavailableNotre Dame
Sep 16, 2017Notre Dame at Boston CollegeBoston College 20, Notre Dame 49Venue unavailableNotre Dame
Nov 22, 2015Boston College at Notre DameBoston College 16, Notre Dame 19Neutral siteNotre Dame
Nov 11, 2012Notre Dame at Boston CollegeBoston College 6, Notre Dame 21Venue unavailableNotre Dame
Nov 19, 2011Boston College at Notre DameBoston College 14, Notre Dame 16Venue unavailableNotre Dame
Oct 3, 2010Notre Dame at Boston CollegeBoston College 13, Notre Dame 31Venue unavailableNotre Dame
Oct 24, 2009Boston College at Notre DameBoston College 16, Notre Dame 20Venue unavailableNotre Dame
Nov 9, 2008Notre Dame at Boston CollegeBoston College 17, Notre Dame 0Venue unavailableBoston College