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Rivalry History

Northwestern-Notre Dame

Northwestern and Notre Dame have met 49 times since 1889. This page keeps the record, streaks, trophy context, and recent results in one canonical rivalry URL.

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Series snapshot

Record
9-37-2
Current streak
Notre Dame 1 game
Longest streak
Notre Dame 14 games (1965-1994)
Avg. margin / points
-13.8 / 30.9

Series overview

Northwestern 9-37-2 Notre Dame. Current streak: Notre Dame 1 game.

Last five meetings

Northwestern 2 | Notre Dame 3

Largest margin

48 points

Rivalry notes

  • The tracked window runs from 1889 through 2018.
  • 48 completed games currently back the series calculations on this page.
  • The latest tracked meeting was Nov 3, 2018.

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Recent rivalry results

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10 most recent tracked games

DateMatchupScoreVenueResult
Nov 3, 2018Notre Dame at NorthwesternNorthwestern 21, Notre Dame 31Venue unavailableNotre Dame
Nov 15, 2014Northwestern at Notre DameNorthwestern 43, Notre Dame 40Venue unavailableNorthwestern
Sep 2, 1995Northwestern at Notre DameNorthwestern 17, Notre Dame 15Venue unavailableNorthwestern
Sep 3, 1994Notre Dame at NorthwesternNorthwestern 15, Notre Dame 42Venue unavailableNotre Dame
Sep 4, 1993Northwestern at Notre DameNorthwestern 12, Notre Dame 27Venue unavailableNotre Dame
Sep 5, 1992Notre Dame at NorthwesternNorthwestern 7, Notre Dame 42Venue unavailableNotre Dame
Sep 25, 1976Notre Dame at NorthwesternNorthwestern 0, Notre Dame 48Venue unavailableNotre Dame
Sep 27, 1975Northwestern at Notre DameNorthwestern 7, Notre Dame 31Venue unavailableNotre Dame
Sep 21, 1974Notre Dame at NorthwesternNorthwestern 3, Notre Dame 49Venue unavailableNotre Dame
Sep 22, 1973Northwestern at Notre DameNorthwestern 0, Notre Dame 44Venue unavailableNotre Dame