Rivalry leaderboard
Frank Leahy Memorial Bowl Greatest Games
The series' top 25 meetings, ranked without team allegiance by game-time AP strength, final-score closeness, and overtime.
- Games
- 25
- Top score
- 67/100
- Overtime
- 0
Series context
- Completed meetings
- 27
- Series record
- Boston College 9-18 Notre Dame
- Tracked years
- 1975-2022
- Trophy
- Ireland Trophy
Series ranking
The rivalry's top 25 games
20 of these games include at least one AP-ranked team at kickoff. Open a supported game for its box score and statistics.
- 1993Week 13
Boston College at Notre Dame
Boston College 41, Notre Dame 39
Winner: Boston College
No. 17 Boston College vs. No. 1 Notre Dame · 2-point margin
Ranking 34/50 · Closeness 33/35 · Overtime 0/15
67
Game score
- 1983PostseasonNeutral site
Boston College vs. Notre Dame
Boston College 18, Notre Dame 19
Winner: Notre Dame
No. 13 Boston College vs. No. 18 Notre Dame · 1-point margin
Ranking 21/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15
55
Game score
- 2002Week 11
Boston College at Notre Dame
Boston College 14, Notre Dame 7
Winner: Boston College
Unranked Boston College vs. No. 4 Notre Dame · 7-point margin
Ranking 22/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15
50
Game score
- 1987Week 11
Boston College at Notre Dame
Boston College 25, Notre Dame 32
Winner: Notre Dame
Unranked Boston College vs. No. 7 Notre Dame · 7-point margin
Ranking 19/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15
47
Game score
- 1998Week 11
Notre Dame at Boston College
Notre Dame 31, Boston College 26
Winner: Notre Dame
No. 12 Notre Dame vs. Unranked Boston College · 5-point margin
Ranking 14/50 · Closeness 30/35 · Overtime 0/15
44
Game score
- 1995Week 10
Boston College at Notre Dame
Boston College 10, Notre Dame 20
Winner: Notre Dame
Unranked Boston College vs. No. 12 Notre Dame · 10-point margin
Ranking 14/50 · Closeness 25/35 · Overtime 0/15
39
Game score
- 1975Week 2
Notre Dame at Boston College
Notre Dame 17, Boston College 3
Winner: Notre Dame
No. 9 Notre Dame vs. Unranked Boston College · 14-point margin
Ranking 17/50 · Closeness 21/35 · Overtime 0/15
38
Game score
- 2000Week 12
Boston College at Notre Dame
Boston College 16, Notre Dame 28
Winner: Notre Dame
Unranked Boston College vs. No. 11 Notre Dame · 12-point margin
Ranking 15/50 · Closeness 23/35 · Overtime 0/15
38
Game score
- 2004Week 9
Boston College at Notre Dame
Boston College 24, Notre Dame 23
Winner: Boston College
Unranked Boston College vs. No. 24 Notre Dame · 1-point margin
Ranking 2/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15
36
Game score
- 1992Week 11
Boston College at Notre Dame
Boston College 7, Notre Dame 54
Winner: Notre Dame
No. 9 Boston College vs. No. 8 Notre Dame · 47-point margin
Ranking 35/50 · Closeness 0/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
- 1994Week 7
Notre Dame at Boston College
Notre Dame 11, Boston College 30
Winner: Boston College
No. 8 Notre Dame vs. Unranked Boston College · 19-point margin
Ranking 18/50 · Closeness 16/35 · Overtime 0/15
34
Game score
- 1999Week 13
Boston College at Notre Dame
Boston College 31, Notre Dame 29
Winner: Boston College
No. 25 Boston College vs. Unranked Notre Dame · 2-point margin
Ranking 1/50 · Closeness 33/35 · Overtime 0/15
34
Game score
- 2003Week 10
Notre Dame at Boston College
Notre Dame 25, Boston College 27
Winner: Boston College
Unranked Notre Dame vs. Unranked Boston College · 2-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 33/35 · Overtime 0/15
33
Game score
- 2001Week 10
Notre Dame at Boston College
Notre Dame 17, Boston College 21
Winner: Boston College
Unranked Notre Dame vs. Unranked Boston College · 4-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 31/35 · Overtime 0/15
31
Game score
- 1996Week 12
Notre Dame at Boston College
Notre Dame 48, Boston College 21
Winner: Notre Dame
No. 17 Notre Dame vs. Unranked Boston College · 27-point margin
Ranking 9/50 · Closeness 8/35 · Overtime 0/15
17
Game score
Methodology
How each game earns up to 100 points
AP ranking, 50 points: each team earns 26 minus its game-time AP rank. Unranked teams receive zero.
Closeness, 35 points: the final margin is subtracted from 35, with margins of 35 or more receiving zero.
Overtime, 15 points: overtime starts at nine points and rises by two per additional period, capped at 15.
Regular-season rankings use the AP Top 25 recorded for the game's week. Postseason meetings use the final regular-season AP poll before bowl and playoff results. Games before 2005 remain in the ranking but do not link to unsupported box-score pages. Videos are matched by canonical game ID or by a rematch-safe season matchup.