Rivalry leaderboard
Northwestern-Notre Dame 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
- 53/100
- Overtime
- 1
Series context
- Completed meetings
- 48
- Series record
- Northwestern 9-37-2 Notre Dame
- Tracked years
- 1889-2018
- Trophy
- No named trophy
Series ranking
The rivalry's top 25 games
11 of these games include at least one AP-ranked team at kickoff. Open a supported game for its box score and statistics.
- 1959Week 7
Northwestern at Notre Dame
Northwestern 30, Notre Dame 24
Winner: Northwestern
No. 2 Northwestern vs. Unranked Notre Dame · 6-point margin
Ranking 24/50 · Closeness 29/35 · Overtime 0/15
53
Game score
- 1995Week 2
Northwestern at Notre Dame
Northwestern 17, Notre Dame 15
Winner: Northwestern
Unranked Northwestern vs. No. 9 Notre Dame · 2-point margin
Ranking 17/50 · Closeness 33/35 · Overtime 0/15
50
Game score
- 1993Week 2
Northwestern at Notre Dame
Northwestern 12, Notre Dame 27
Winner: Notre Dame
Unranked Northwestern vs. No. 7 Notre Dame · 15-point margin
Ranking 19/50 · Closeness 20/35 · Overtime 0/15
39
Game score
- 1970Week 4
Notre Dame at Northwestern
Notre Dame 35, Northwestern 14
Winner: Notre Dame
No. 4 Notre Dame vs. Unranked Northwestern · 21-point margin
Ranking 22/50 · Closeness 14/35 · Overtime 0/15
36
Game score
- 1968Week 5
Northwestern at Notre Dame
Northwestern 7, Notre Dame 27
Winner: Notre Dame
Unranked Northwestern vs. No. 5 Notre Dame · 20-point margin
Ranking 21/50 · Closeness 15/35 · Overtime 0/15
36
Game score
- 1931Week 5
Northwestern at Notre Dame
Northwestern 0, Notre Dame 0
Result: Tie
Unranked Northwestern vs. Unranked Notre Dame · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
- 1903Week 10
Northwestern at Notre Dame
Northwestern 0, Notre Dame 0
Result: Tie
Unranked Northwestern vs. Unranked Notre Dame · 0-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 35/35 · Overtime 0/15
35
Game score
- 1960Week 7
Notre Dame at Northwestern
Notre Dame 6, Northwestern 7
Winner: Northwestern
Unranked Notre Dame vs. Unranked Northwestern · 1-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15
34
Game score
- 1941Week 9
Notre Dame at Northwestern
Notre Dame 7, Northwestern 6
Winner: Notre Dame
Unranked Notre Dame vs. Unranked Northwestern · 1-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 34/35 · Overtime 0/15
34
Game score
- 1961Week 7
Northwestern at Notre Dame
Northwestern 12, Notre Dame 10
Winner: Northwestern
Unranked Northwestern vs. Unranked Notre Dame · 2-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 33/35 · Overtime 0/15
33
Game score
- 1938Week 10
Notre Dame at Northwestern
Notre Dame 9, Northwestern 7
Winner: Notre Dame
Unranked Notre Dame vs. Unranked Northwestern · 2-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 33/35 · Overtime 0/15
33
Game score
- 1901Week 4
Notre Dame at Northwestern
Notre Dame 0, Northwestern 2
Winner: Northwestern
Unranked Notre Dame vs. Unranked Northwestern · 2-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 33/35 · Overtime 0/15
33
Game score
- 1925Week 10
Northwestern at Notre Dame
Northwestern 10, Notre Dame 13
Winner: Notre Dame
Unranked Northwestern vs. Unranked Notre Dame · 3-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15
32
Game score
- 1962Week 7
Notre Dame at Northwestern
Notre Dame 6, Northwestern 35
Winner: Northwestern
Unranked Notre Dame vs. No. 1 Northwestern · 29-point margin
Ranking 25/50 · Closeness 6/35 · Overtime 0/15
31
Game score
- 1994Week 2
Notre Dame at Northwestern
Notre Dame 42, Northwestern 15
Winner: Notre Dame
No. 3 Notre Dame vs. Unranked Northwestern · 27-point margin
Ranking 23/50 · Closeness 8/35 · Overtime 0/15
31
Game score
- 1966Week 4
Notre Dame at Northwestern
Notre Dame 35, Northwestern 7
Winner: Notre Dame
No. 3 Notre Dame vs. Unranked Northwestern · 28-point margin
Ranking 23/50 · Closeness 7/35 · Overtime 0/15
30
Game score
- 1975Week 4
Northwestern at Notre Dame
Northwestern 7, Notre Dame 31
Winner: Notre Dame
Unranked Northwestern vs. No. 7 Notre Dame · 24-point margin
Ranking 19/50 · Closeness 11/35 · Overtime 0/15
30
Game score
- 1948Week 10
Northwestern at Notre Dame
Northwestern 7, Notre Dame 12
Winner: Notre Dame
Unranked Northwestern vs. Unranked Notre Dame · 5-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 30/35 · Overtime 0/15
30
Game score
- 1926Week 6
Notre Dame at Northwestern
Notre Dame 6, Northwestern 0
Winner: Notre Dame
Unranked Notre Dame vs. Unranked Northwestern · 6-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 29/35 · Overtime 0/15
29
Game score
- 1947Week 10
Notre Dame at Northwestern
Notre Dame 26, Northwestern 19
Winner: Notre Dame
Unranked Notre Dame vs. Unranked Northwestern · 7-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15
28
Game score
- 1942Week 11
Northwestern at Notre Dame
Northwestern 20, Notre Dame 27
Winner: Notre Dame
Unranked Northwestern vs. Unranked Notre Dame · 7-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15
28
Game score
- 1939Week 10
Northwestern at Notre Dame
Northwestern 0, Notre Dame 7
Winner: Notre Dame
Unranked Northwestern vs. Unranked Notre Dame · 7-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15
28
Game score
- 1937Week 10
Notre Dame at Northwestern
Notre Dame 7, Northwestern 0
Winner: Notre Dame
Unranked Notre Dame vs. Unranked Northwestern · 7-point margin
Ranking 0/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15
28
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.