Rivalry leaderboard
Notre Dame-Pittsburgh 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
- 2
Series context
- Completed meetings
- 73
- Series record
- Notre Dame 51-21-1 Pittsburgh
- Tracked years
- 1909-2023
- Trophy
- No named trophy
Series ranking
The rivalry's top 25 games
24 of these games include at least one AP-ranked team at kickoff. Open a supported game for its box score and statistics.
- 1974Week 11
Pittsburgh at Notre Dame
Pittsburgh 10, Notre Dame 14
Winner: Notre Dame
No. 17 Pittsburgh vs. No. 5 Notre Dame · 4-point margin
Ranking 30/50 · Closeness 31/35 · Overtime 0/15
61
Game score
- 1953Week 5
Pittsburgh at Notre Dame
Pittsburgh 14, Notre Dame 23
Winner: Notre Dame
No. 18 Pittsburgh vs. No. 1 Notre Dame · 9-point margin
Ranking 33/50 · Closeness 26/35 · Overtime 0/15
59
Game score
- 1977Week 2
Notre Dame at Pittsburgh
Notre Dame 19, Pittsburgh 9
Winner: Notre Dame
No. 3 Notre Dame vs. No. 16 Pittsburgh · 10-point margin
Ranking 33/50 · Closeness 25/35 · Overtime 0/15
58
Game score
- 1964Week 9
Notre Dame at Pittsburgh
Notre Dame 17, Pittsburgh 15
Winner: Notre Dame
No. 1 Notre Dame vs. Unranked Pittsburgh · 2-point margin
Ranking 25/50 · Closeness 33/35 · Overtime 0/15
58
Game score
- 1990Week 10
Notre Dame at Pittsburgh
Notre Dame 31, Pittsburgh 22
Winner: Notre Dame
No. 2 Notre Dame vs. Unranked Pittsburgh · 9-point margin
Ranking 24/50 · Closeness 26/35 · Overtime 0/15
50
Game score
- 1957Week 7
Pittsburgh at Notre Dame
Pittsburgh 7, Notre Dame 13
Winner: Notre Dame
Unranked Pittsburgh vs. No. 5 Notre Dame · 6-point margin
Ranking 21/50 · Closeness 29/35 · Overtime 0/15
50
Game score
- 1952Week 5
Pittsburgh at Notre Dame
Pittsburgh 22, Notre Dame 19
Winner: Pittsburgh
No. 18 Pittsburgh vs. No. 16 Notre Dame · 3-point margin
Ranking 18/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15
50
Game score
- 1936Week 6
Notre Dame at Pittsburgh
Notre Dame 0, Pittsburgh 26
Winner: Pittsburgh
No. 9 Notre Dame vs. No. 4 Pittsburgh · 26-point margin
Ranking 39/50 · Closeness 9/35 · Overtime 0/15
48
Game score
- 1988Week 7
Notre Dame at Pittsburgh
Notre Dame 30, Pittsburgh 20
Winner: Notre Dame
No. 5 Notre Dame vs. Unranked Pittsburgh · 10-point margin
Ranking 21/50 · Closeness 25/35 · Overtime 0/15
46
Game score
- 1982Week 10
Notre Dame at Pittsburgh
Notre Dame 31, Pittsburgh 16
Winner: Notre Dame
Unranked Notre Dame vs. No. 1 Pittsburgh · 15-point margin
Ranking 25/50 · Closeness 20/35 · Overtime 0/15
45
Game score
- 2002Week 8
Pittsburgh at Notre Dame
Pittsburgh 6, Notre Dame 14
Winner: Notre Dame
Unranked Pittsburgh vs. No. 8 Notre Dame · 8-point margin
Ranking 18/50 · Closeness 27/35 · Overtime 0/15
45
Game score
- 1989Week 9
Pittsburgh at Notre Dame
Pittsburgh 7, Notre Dame 45
Winner: Notre Dame
No. 7 Pittsburgh vs. No. 1 Notre Dame · 38-point margin
Ranking 44/50 · Closeness 0/35 · Overtime 0/15
44
Game score
- 1958Week 9
Notre Dame at Pittsburgh
Notre Dame 26, Pittsburgh 29
Winner: Pittsburgh
Unranked Notre Dame vs. No. 14 Pittsburgh · 3-point margin
Ranking 12/50 · Closeness 32/35 · Overtime 0/15
44
Game score
- 1978Week 7
Pittsburgh at Notre Dame
Pittsburgh 17, Notre Dame 26
Winner: Notre Dame
No. 15 Pittsburgh vs. No. 20 Notre Dame · 9-point margin
Ranking 17/50 · Closeness 26/35 · Overtime 0/15
43
Game score
- 1987Week 7
Notre Dame at Pittsburgh
Notre Dame 22, Pittsburgh 30
Winner: Pittsburgh
No. 11 Notre Dame vs. Unranked Pittsburgh · 8-point margin
Ranking 15/50 · Closeness 27/35 · Overtime 0/15
42
Game score
- 1960Week 9
Pittsburgh at Notre Dame
Pittsburgh 20, Notre Dame 13
Winner: Pittsburgh
No. 12 Pittsburgh vs. Unranked Notre Dame · 7-point margin
Ranking 14/50 · Closeness 28/35 · Overtime 0/15
42
Game score
- 2003Week 8
Notre Dame at Pittsburgh
Notre Dame 20, Pittsburgh 14
Winner: Notre Dame
Unranked Notre Dame vs. No. 15 Pittsburgh · 6-point margin
Ranking 11/50 · Closeness 29/35 · Overtime 0/15
40
Game score
- 1975Week 11
Notre Dame at Pittsburgh
Notre Dame 20, Pittsburgh 34
Winner: Pittsburgh
No. 9 Notre Dame vs. Unranked Pittsburgh · 14-point margin
Ranking 17/50 · Closeness 21/35 · Overtime 0/15
38
Game score
- 1976Week 2
Pittsburgh at Notre Dame
Pittsburgh 31, Notre Dame 10
Winner: Pittsburgh
No. 3 Pittsburgh vs. Unranked Notre Dame · 21-point margin
Ranking 23/50 · Closeness 14/35 · Overtime 0/15
37
Game score
- 1983Week 11
Pittsburgh at Notre Dame
Pittsburgh 21, Notre Dame 16
Winner: Pittsburgh
No. 20 Pittsburgh vs. Unranked Notre Dame · 5-point margin
Ranking 6/50 · Closeness 30/35 · Overtime 0/15
36
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.