The Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team is the football team of the University of Notre Dame in Indiana. The team competes as an Independent at the NCAA Football Subdivision level. It is one of the two Catholic universities that field a team in the Football Bowl Subdivision. Their home games are played on Notre Dame's campus at Notre Dame Stadium, also known as "House that Rockne Built," which has the capacity of 80,795.
Notre Dame has the most consensus national championships. They produced more All-Americans than any other Football Bowl Subdivision school, however their beginning was not so great.
The Fighting Irish played their first game on November 23, 1887. Michigan shut them out and they lost with a score of 8-0. Their losing continue to flourish and they didn't get a W in their column until the last game in the 1888 season when they won against Harvard Prep with a score of 20-0. Between 1887 and 1899 Notre Dame had a record of 31 wins, 15 losses, and four ties.
At the beginning of the twentieth century college football began to increase in popularity and became standardized in 1906 with the IAAUS, which later became the NCAA in 1910. Notre Dame starting achieving more success during this time and got their first victory over Michigan in 1909 by a score of 11-3. By the end of the 1912 season they acquired a record of 108 wins, 31 losses, and 13 ties.
The luck of the Irish really began to grow in 1918 when they got one hell of a coach in Knute Rockne. Under his leadership the Irish had 105 wins, 12 losses, and 5 ties. Once a player for Notre Dame, Rockne led his team to six national championships, five undefeated seasons, a Rose Bowl victory 1925, and produced players such as the "Four Horsemen." Rockne has the highest win percentage (.881) in college football history. The last game he coached was on December 14, 1930, when he coached a group of Notre Dame All Stars against the New York Giants in NY. Fifty-thousand fans turned out to see the reunited "Four Horsemen" along with players from Rockne's other championship teams to take the field against the pros. Rockne died n Kansas on March 31, 1931 in a plane crash, while on his way to help in the production of the film The Spirit of Notre Dame. The crash site now features a Rockne Memorial.
Notre Dame has the 2nd highest winning percentage in the NCAA. They have produced the largest number of players to go on to play in the NFL. Notre Dame has graduated 98.74% of its football players in four years. Seven of their players have won the Heisman Trophy. Also Notre Dame is the only team professional or college, to have all of its games broadcast nationally on the radio and is the only college football team to have all of its home games televised nationally.
Notre Dame has the most consensus national championships. They produced more All-Americans than any other Football Bowl Subdivision school, however their beginning was not so great.
The Fighting Irish played their first game on November 23, 1887. Michigan shut them out and they lost with a score of 8-0. Their losing continue to flourish and they didn't get a W in their column until the last game in the 1888 season when they won against Harvard Prep with a score of 20-0. Between 1887 and 1899 Notre Dame had a record of 31 wins, 15 losses, and four ties.
At the beginning of the twentieth century college football began to increase in popularity and became standardized in 1906 with the IAAUS, which later became the NCAA in 1910. Notre Dame starting achieving more success during this time and got their first victory over Michigan in 1909 by a score of 11-3. By the end of the 1912 season they acquired a record of 108 wins, 31 losses, and 13 ties.
The luck of the Irish really began to grow in 1918 when they got one hell of a coach in Knute Rockne. Under his leadership the Irish had 105 wins, 12 losses, and 5 ties. Once a player for Notre Dame, Rockne led his team to six national championships, five undefeated seasons, a Rose Bowl victory 1925, and produced players such as the "Four Horsemen." Rockne has the highest win percentage (.881) in college football history. The last game he coached was on December 14, 1930, when he coached a group of Notre Dame All Stars against the New York Giants in NY. Fifty-thousand fans turned out to see the reunited "Four Horsemen" along with players from Rockne's other championship teams to take the field against the pros. Rockne died n Kansas on March 31, 1931 in a plane crash, while on his way to help in the production of the film The Spirit of Notre Dame. The crash site now features a Rockne Memorial.
Notre Dame has the 2nd highest winning percentage in the NCAA. They have produced the largest number of players to go on to play in the NFL. Notre Dame has graduated 98.74% of its football players in four years. Seven of their players have won the Heisman Trophy. Also Notre Dame is the only team professional or college, to have all of its games broadcast nationally on the radio and is the only college football team to have all of its home games televised nationally.
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