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Illinois vs Notre Dame Timeline

Explore every documented meeting, final score and season in the recorded history between Illinois and Notre Dame.

PROGRAM ONEIllinois0 recorded wins
HEAD TO HEAD0–11–1WINS · LOSSES · TIES
PROGRAM TWONotre Dame11 recorded wins
12Recorded meetings
1898Earliest documented
1968Most recent season
1Tied games
THE RIVALRY THROUGH TIME

Head-to-head timeline

Meetings are listed oldest first. Scores and dates reflect the available historical records.

12 games
  1. 1898
    Illinois0 — 5Notre Dame
    Oct 8, 1898Notre Dame won
  2. 1937
    Illinois0 — 0Notre Dame
    Oct 9, 1937Tie
  3. 1938
    Illinois6 — 14Notre Dame
    Oct 15, 1938Notre Dame won
  4. 1940
    Illinois0 — 26Notre Dame
    Oct 26, 1940Notre Dame won
  5. 1941
    Illinois14 — 49Notre Dame
    Oct 25, 1941Notre Dame won
  6. 1942
    Illinois14 — 21Notre Dame
    Oct 24, 1942Notre Dame won
  7. 1943
    Illinois0 — 47Notre Dame
    Oct 23, 1943Notre Dame won
  8. 1944
    Illinois7 — 13Notre Dame
    Oct 28, 1944Notre Dame won
  9. 1945
    Illinois0 — 7Notre Dame
    Sep 29, 1945Notre Dame won
  10. 1946
    Illinois6 — 26Notre Dame
    Sep 28, 1946Notre Dame won
  11. 1967
    Illinois7 — 47Notre Dame
    Oct 21, 1967Notre Dame won
  12. 1968
    Illinois8 — 58Notre Dame
    Oct 19, 1968Notre Dame won
THE COMPLETE SCOREBOOK

All recorded results

The latest documented meeting appears first.

SeasonMatchupScoreOutcome
1968Illinois vs Notre Dame8–58Notre Dame won
1967Illinois vs Notre Dame7–47Notre Dame won
1946Illinois vs Notre Dame6–26Notre Dame won
1945Illinois vs Notre Dame0–7Notre Dame won
1944Illinois vs Notre Dame7–13Notre Dame won
1943Illinois vs Notre Dame0–47Notre Dame won
1942Illinois vs Notre Dame14–21Notre Dame won
1941Illinois vs Notre Dame14–49Notre Dame won
1940Illinois vs Notre Dame0–26Notre Dame won
1938Illinois vs Notre Dame6–14Notre Dame won
1937Illinois vs Notre Dame0–0Tie
1898Illinois vs Notre Dame0–5Notre Dame won
OUR DATA STANDARD

Sources and historical coverage

These results are compiled from season-by-season records imported from CollegeFootballData. Only games with both final scores are counted. Older seasons and some lower-division records may be incomplete; the earliest documented year is not necessarily the first meeting ever played.

Page updated November 7, 2026 · Historical records are subject to correction.