SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Notre Dame's football program is on NCAA probation until next January after admitting to recruiting violations in 2019 in which a now-former assistant had an impermissible...
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Playing a Rose Bowl game deep in the heart of Texas is anything but normal. Top-ranked Alabama being in a College Football Playoff semifinal game is nothing new.
Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly is clearly tired of the question: Do the Fighting Irish have something to prove as they again prepare to take on one of college football's elite teams in the College...
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Brian Kelly isn't holding back on one of the primary goals for Notre Dame in the College Football Playoff semifinal against Alabama on Friday.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Notre Dame’s Brian Kelly and Clemson’s Dabo Swinney both expressed concerns about playing a College Football Playoff semifinal game at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California...
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Clark Lea is on the way out at Notre Dame just as his defense has been on the way up.
The 38-year-old Lea, a Tennessee native, was named head coach at alma mater...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Vanderbilt has hired Notre Dame defensive coordinator Clark Lea as its new football coach, bringing back a Nashville native and former Commodores fullback to revive the...
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Ian Book’s final game at Notre Dame Stadium on Saturday was one for the record books — both for him and the second-ranked Fighting Irish.
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — The script has been rewritten off and on for No. 2 Notre Dame in a year dominated by the pandemic, but the overall goal remains the same for Brian Kelly and his team: win...
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — If No. 2 Notre Dame manages to secure its second College Football Playoff berth, coach Brian Kelly’s words before his Fighting Irish secured their first one in 2018 will...
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Ian Book kept scrambling to buy time and help No. 2 Notre Dame put together multiple long touchdown drives. The Fighting Irish's defense allowed little room for Sam Howell...
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GAME OF THE WEEK
No. 2 Notre Dame at No. 25 North Carolina. Brian Kelly's Fighting Irish (8-0, 7-0 ACC) face their...
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Brian Kelly has postponed No. 2 Notre Dame’s Thanksgiving dinner for two days — perhaps for good reason.
His Fighting Irish (8-0, 7-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) need...
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Notre Dame tends to have its doubters every season. Eight victories in, the Fighting Irish have made many of them believers behind the play of Ian Book.
BOSTON (AP) — Ian Book threw three touchdown passes and ran for a score and No. 2 Notre Dame overcame an early deficit to roll to a 45-31 victory over Boston College on Saturday.
BOSTON (AP) — Notre Dame has a history of following big wins with letdowns against rival Boston College.
This time the Irish wound up making some history for their coach at the Eagles'...
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — For all that Notre Dame has accomplished in 11 seasons under Brian Kelly, the Fighting Irish at their best always seem to be just a little less than the best of the best in...
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Twice before in the last nine seasons, Notre Dame has found itself knocking on college football’s penthouse door, had it opened and then slammed shut in its face.
CINCINNATI (AP) — Cincinnati head coach Luke Fickell isn’t insulating his players from the national buzz surrounding the Bearcats program. He believes they are mature enough to handle it....
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — As Notre Dame gets set to welcome the nation’s No. 1 team, the Fighting Irish do so with a group poised to be their No. 1 defense in 40 years.
CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly doesn't try to hide it: The Fighting Irish are looking directly at No. 1 Clemson and the chance to end the Tigers' domination of the league....
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Brian Kelly understands human nature. And the longtime Notre Dame coach is fine if his players are looking forward to a showdown with top-ranked Clemson in two weeks, provided...
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Brian Kelly knows if No. 4 Notre Dame expects to play for championships in December and January, it will need to improve defensively, starting with Saturday’s visit from...
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — First-year South Florida coach Jeff Scott is looking forward to the gamble his Bulls are taking this Saturday in visiting No. 7 Notre Dame.
Notre Dame and coach Brian Kelly have agreed to a contract extension that runs through the 2024 season.
The deal was announced between the first and second quarters of the Fighting Irish’s...
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — The last time quarterbacks Ian Book and Chase Brice shared the same football field, Brice got the last laugh on his way to a championship ring.
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Championship teams are often built around great defenses and offenses that can run the ball when needed.
With all the success Notre Dame has enjoyed its last three...
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Top-ranked Clemson is the preseason favorite to win the Atlantic Coast Conference championship for a sixth straight season.
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Most seasons at Notre Dame, expectations include questions about contending for a championship. This year, there are questions about two.
The goal has long been simple for football independent Notre Dame: win big against a coast-to-coast schedule and earn a shot to play for a national championship without having to be tied to a...
After the pandemic wiped out spring practice for most major college football teams, an NCAA plan to extend the preseason by two weeks could help coaches and players make up for the lost...
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Brian Kelly already knows the outcome of Notre Dame’s next football game. It’s the rest of the schedule that matters as the Fighting Irish try to end a national...
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — So much for the notion that No. 14 Notre Dame didn't have anything to play for in the Camping World Bowl.
A year removed from an appearance in the CFP national...
STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — When Notre Dame needed a spark to get going late in the first half, the special teams delivered.
Isaiah Foskey’s blocked punt set up Ian Book’s second of four...
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — If Chase Claypool and Ian Book continue connecting as they did Saturday in No. 16 Notre Dame’s 52-20 rout of No. 21 Navy, the hotel roommates may deserve a penthouse...