Notre Dame vs. Stanford
Teams	Notre Dame Fighting Irish Notre Dame Fighting Irish football Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team is the football team of the University of Notre Dame. The team is currently coached by Brian Kelly.Notre Dame competes as an Independent at the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision level, and is a founding member of the Bowl Championship Series coalition. It is an... Stanford Cardinal Stanford Cardinal football The Stanford Cardinal football program represents Stanford University in college football at the NCAA Division I FBS level and is a member of the Pac-12 Conference's North Division. Stanford, the top-ranked academic institution with an FBS program, has a highly successful football tradition. The...
Originated	1925 (Modern Series 1988)
Series	Notre Dame leads, 17–9
Current Champion	Stanford
Trophy	Legends Trophy

The Notre Dame–Stanford football rivalry is an American college football

College football

College football refers to American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, colleges, and military academies, or Canadian football played by teams of student athletes fielded by Canadian universities...

 rivalry

College rivalry

Pairs of schools, colleges and universities, especially when they are close to each other either geographically or in their areas of specialization, often establish a college rivalry with each other over the years. This rivalry can extend to both academics and athletics, the latter being typically...

 game played by the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football

Notre Dame Fighting Irish football

Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team is the football team of the University of Notre Dame. The team is currently coached by Brian Kelly.Notre Dame competes as an Independent at the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision level, and is a founding member of the Bowl Championship Series coalition. It is an...

 team of the University of Notre Dame

University of Notre Dame

The University of Notre Dame du Lac is a Catholic research university located in Notre Dame, an unincorporated community north of the city of South Bend, in St. Joseph County, Indiana, United States...

 and the Stanford Cardinal football

Stanford Cardinal football

The Stanford Cardinal football program represents Stanford University in college football at the NCAA Division I FBS level and is a member of the Pac-12 Conference's North Division. Stanford, the top-ranked academic institution with an FBS program, has a highly successful football tradition. The...

 team of Stanford University

Stanford University

The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...

. As of 2011, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and Stanford Cardinal have met 26 times, beginning in 1925 (though the modern series began in 1988). The Notre Dame–Stanford game has been played annually since 1997, and the game site alternates between Notre Dame Stadium

Notre Dame Stadium

Notre Dame Stadium is the home football stadium for the University of Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team. The stadium is located on the campus of the University of Notre Dame in Notre Dame, Indiana, United States, just north of the city of South Bend....

 in even-numbered years and Stanford Stadium

Stanford Stadium

Stanford Stadium is an outdoor athletic stadium on the Stanford University campus, the home of Stanford Cardinal college football team. It originally opened in 1921 as a football and track stadium, an earthen horseshoe with wooden bleacher seating and flooring upon a steel frame...

 in odd-numbered years.

Trophy

The winner of the game gains the Legends Trophy, an Irish crystal

Crystal

A crystal or crystalline solid is a solid material whose constituent atoms, molecules, or ions are arranged in an orderly repeating pattern extending in all three spatial dimensions. The scientific study of crystals and crystal formation is known as crystallography...

 glass on a California redwood base. The trophy was presented for the first time in 1989 by the Notre Dame Club of the San Francisco Bay Area

San Francisco Bay Area

The San Francisco Bay Area, commonly known as the Bay Area, is a populated region that surrounds the San Francisco and San Pablo estuaries in Northern California. The region encompasses metropolitan areas of San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose, along with smaller urban and rural areas...

.

Series history

The series began on January 1, 1925 (the end of the 1924 season

1924 college football season

The 1924 college football season was the year of the Four Horsemen as the Notre Dame team, coached by Knute Rockne, won all of its games, including the Rose Bowl, to be acclaimed as the best team in the nation. Notre Dame and Stanford were both unbeaten at season's end, and the Fighting Irish won...

) when Notre Dame's Four Horsemen

Four Horsemen (football)

The Four Horsemen of Notre Dame comprised a winning group of American football players at the University of Notre Dame under coach Knute Rockne. They were the backfield of Notre Dame's 1924 football team...

 and head coach Knute Rockne

Knute Rockne

Knute Kenneth Rockne was an American football player and coach. He is regarded as one of the greatest coaches in college football history...

 faced Stanford's Ernie Nevers and head coach Pop Warner

Pop Warner

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 at the 1925 Rose Bowl

1925 Rose Bowl

The 1925 Rose Bowl was a college football bowl game. It was the 11th Rose Bowl Game. The Notre Dame Fighting Irish defeated Stanford University, 27-10. The game featured two legendary coaches, Knute Rockne of Notre Dame, and Glenn "Pop" Warner in his first year at Stanford. The game also featured...

. Notre Dame's 27–10 victory earned their first-ever national championship and the first of four national titles to come via bowl victories.

After the two teams' first meeting at the 1925 Rose Bowl, they did not play each other again until 1942. They did not meet again until playing two games in 1963 and 1964. Those four games were the only games before the modern series began. Notre Dame and Stanford have played the modern series annually since 1988 (except in 1995 and 1996).

Game results

As of 2011, Notre Dame leads the series 17–9. The Fighting Irish hold the longest win-streak in the series, with 7 wins from 2002–2008. The Cardinal's back-to-back wins in 2009 and 2010 are the school's first consecutive victories; the 2011 victory also made it Stanford's first three-game streak. Notre Dame is 10–3 at home while Stanford is 6–6 at home. Notre Dame won the only game played at a neutral site at the 1925 Rose Bowl

1925 Rose Bowl

The 1925 Rose Bowl was a college football bowl game. It was the 11th Rose Bowl Game. The Notre Dame Fighting Irish defeated Stanford University, 27-10. The game featured two legendary coaches, Knute Rockne of Notre Dame, and Glenn "Pop" Warner in his first year at Stanford. The game also featured...

.

Notre Dame victories are shaded ██ blue. Stanford victories are shaded ██ cardinal.

Date	| Away Team		| Home Team		| Location	| Series Lead	| Notes
	Notre Dame	27	Stanford	10	Rose Bowl	ND 1–0	The first meeting of the series
	Stanford	0	Notre Dame	27	Notre Dame Stadium	ND 2–0	The only shut out of the series
	Notre Dame	14	Stanford	24	Stanford Stadium	ND 2–1	Stanford's first win in the series
	Stanford	6	#2 Notre Dame	28	Notre Dame Stadium	ND 3–1	#2 Notre Dame defeated unranked Stanford
	Stanford	14	#5 Notre Dame	42	Notre Dame Stadium	ND 4–1	The first meeting of the modern series #5 Notre Dame defeated unranked Stanford
	#1 Notre Dame	27	Stanford	17	Stanford Stadium	ND 5–1	The start of a five-game streak in which the away team won #1 Notre Dame defeated unranked Stanford
	Stanford	36	#1 Notre Dame	31	Notre Dame Stadium	ND 5–2	Stanford's first win in the modern series Unranked Stanford upset #1 Notre Dame
	#8 Notre Dame	42	Stanford	26	Stanford Stadium	ND 6–2	#8 Notre Dame defeated unranked Stanford
	#18 Stanford	33	#6 Notre Dame	16	Notre Dame Stadium	ND 6–3	#18 Stanford upset #6 Notre Dame First time both teams were ranked entering the game
	#4 Notre Dame	48	Stanford	20	Stanford Stadium	ND 7–3	#4 Notre Dame defeated unranked Stanford
	Stanford	15	#8 Notre Dame	34	Notre Dame Stadium	ND 8–3	The start of a seven-game streak in which the home team won #8 Notre Dame defeated unranked Stanford
	Notre Dame	15	#19 Stanford	33	Stanford Stadium	ND 8–4	#19 Stanford defeated unranked Notre Dame
	Stanford	17	#23 Notre Dame	35	Notre Dame Stadium	ND 9–4	#23 Notre Dame defeated unranked Stanford
	Notre Dame	37	Stanford	40	Stanford Stadium	ND 9–5
	Stanford	14	#25 Notre Dame	20	Notre Dame Stadium	ND 10–5	#25 Notre Dame defeated unranked Stanford
	Notre Dame	13	#13 Stanford	17	Stanford Stadium	ND 10–6	#13 Stanford defeated unranked Notre Dame
	Stanford	7	#9 Notre Dame	31	Notre Dame Stadium	ND 11–6	The start of a seven-game winning streak for Notre Dame – the longest streak in the history of the series #9 Notre Dame defeated unranked Stanford
	Notre Dame	57	Stanford	7	Stanford Stadium	ND 12–6	The first victory for an away team since 1993 The largest margin of victory in any single game of the series
	Stanford	15	Notre Dame	23	Notre Dame Stadium	ND 13–6
	Notre Dame	38	Stanford	31	Stanford Stadium	ND 14–6
	Stanford	10	#12 Notre Dame	31	Notre Dame Stadium	ND 15–6	#12 Notre Dame defeated unranked Stanford
	Notre Dame	21	Stanford	14	Stanford Stadium	ND 16–6
	Stanford	21	Notre Dame	28	Notre Dame Stadium	ND 17–6
	Notre Dame	38	Stanford	45	Stanford Stadium	ND 17–7	The first Stanford win since 2001 The start of Stanford's first three-game winning streak The third consecutive game in which the victorious team won by exactly 7 points Notre Dame fires Coach Charlie Weis Charlie Weis Charles Joseph "Charlie" Weis is an American football coach. He currently serves as offensive coordinator for the Florida Gators. For five years, from December 2004 through 2009, he was the head football coach at the University of Notre Dame... two days later
	#16 Stanford	37	Notre Dame	14	Notre Dame Stadium	ND 17–8	Stanford's first back-to-back win in the series #16 Stanford defeated unranked Notre Dame The largest margin of victory for Stanford in the series
	#22 Notre Dame	14	#4 Stanford	28	Stanford Stadium	ND 17–9	Second time both teams were ranked entering the game. Stanford's 3rd consecutive win against Notre Dame.
	Stanford		Notre Dame		Notre Dame Stadium
	Notre Dame		Stanford		Stanford Stadium
	Stanford		Notre Dame		Notre Dame Stadium
	Notre Dame		Stanford		Stanford Stadium
	Stanford		Notre Dame		Notre Dame Stadium
	Notre Dame		Stanford		Stanford Stadium
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	Notre Dame		Stanford		Stanford Stadium
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