The Fiesta Bowl confirmed today that eighth ranked Notre Dame (10-2) and seventh ranked Ohio State (11-1) will square off at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona on Friday, January 1, 2016. The teams last met a decade ago at the Fiesta Bowl played in Tempe, where the Buckeyes defeated the Fighting Irish by…
Conrad Ukropina drilled a 45-yard field goal as time expired to give the Stanford Cardinal a 38-36 victory over Notre Dame on Saturday night. The Irish had gone ahead by a point with just 30 seconds remaining on a two yard bootleg by DeShone Kizer, but Brian VanGorder’s defense collapsed by allowing Stanford quarterback Kevin…
The Notre Dame football team has departed Boston, celebrated Thanksgiving on campus, and will continue its cross-country journey to Palo Alto, CA to play the Stanford Cardinal in the regular season finale on Saturday evening. The Irish have fallen to sixth in the current playoff rankings by virtue of an unimpressive 19-16 victory over 3-8…
Notre Dame survived five turnovers, a torrent of dropped passes and numerous other near-disasters, but managed to squeak past Boston College by 19-16 in a game that did more to damage the playoff prospects of the Irish than help them. All five giveaways occurred in Eagle territory, and three of them were inside the ten…
Notre Dame travels to New England this weekend to play the Boston College Eagles in the first college football game at Fenway Park since 1956. The 9-1 Irish continue to be ranked fourth in the latest Playoff Committee poll and have no margin for error, while the 3-7 Eagles are looking to make their season…