Notre Dame Fighting Irish Football

Notre Dame Fighting Irish football

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represents the University of Notre Dame in American football. It plays home games at the 77,622-capacity Notre Dame Stadium, located near South Bend in Notre Dame, Indiana. Notre Dame is one of two schools that compete as an independent at the National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Bowl Subdivision level. The Fighting Irish are one of college football's most prestigious and successful programs. It has won 22 national championships since its establishment in 1887, though the school only officially claims 11, including 8 from the major wire-services. Seven Notre Dame players have won the Heisman Trophy. Notre Dame has 972 official victories, with 21 having been vacated by the NCAA in 2016 for self-reported academic misconduct. The school recognizes 993 total wins in program history. Notre Dame has had 22 undefeated seasons including 12 perfect seasons, and their home games have been televised by NBC since 1991.

Data Source : Wikipedia

• Entity:  College Football Team

• First season:  1887, 139 Years Ago
• Head coach:  5Th Year, 48–12
• Claimed nat'l titles:  1924, 1929, 1930, 1943, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1966, 1973, 1977, 1988
• Unclaimed nat'l titles:  1919, 1920, 1927, 1938, 1953, 1964, 1967, 1970, 1989, 1993, 2012
• Rivalries:  Army (Rivalry), Boston College (Rivalry), Michigan (Rivalry), Michigan State (Rivalry), Navy (Rivalry), Northwestern (Rivalry), Pittsburgh (Rivalry), Purdue (Rivalry), Stanford (Rivalry), Usc (Rivalry), Miami (Rivalry)
• Heisman winners:  Angelo Bertelli – 1943, Johnny Lujack – 1947, Leon Hart – 1949, Johnny Lattner – 1953, Paul Hornung – 1956, John Huarte – 1964, Tim Brown – 1987
• Consensus All-Americans:  113
• Fight song:  Notre Dame Victory March
• Marching band:  Band Of The Fighting Irish
• Outfitter:  Under Armour
• Website:  Fightingirish.com
• Wikidata description:  American Football Program Of The University Of Notre Dame
• Wikidata label:  Notre Dame Fighting Irish Football
• Wikidata aliases:  Notre Dame Fighting Irish Football, University Of Notre Dame Football Team, Notre Dame Football, University Of Notre Dame Football

• Related Topics:  Notre Dame Fighting Irish Football Category