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Northwestern vs Notre Dame Timeline

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

PROGRAM ONENorthwestern9 recorded wins
HEAD TO HEAD9–37–2WINS · LOSSES · TIES
PROGRAM TWONotre Dame37 recorded wins
48Recorded meetings
1899Earliest documented
2018Most recent season
2Tied games
THE RIVALRY THROUGH TIME

Head-to-head timeline

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

48 games
  1. 1899
    Northwestern0 — 12Notre Dame
    Oct 28, 1899Notre Dame won
  2. 1901
    Northwestern2 — 0Notre Dame
    Oct 12, 1901Northwestern won
  3. 1903
    Northwestern0 — 0Notre Dame
    Nov 14, 1903Tie
  4. 1920
    Northwestern7 — 33Notre Dame
    Nov 20, 1920Notre Dame won
  5. 1924
    Northwestern6 — 13Notre Dame
    Nov 22, 1924Notre Dame won
  6. 1925
    Northwestern10 — 13Notre Dame
    Nov 21, 1925Notre Dame won
  7. 1926
    Northwestern0 — 6Notre Dame
    Oct 23, 1926Notre Dame won
  8. 1929
    Northwestern6 — 26Notre Dame
    Nov 23, 1929Notre Dame won
  9. 1930
    Northwestern0 — 14Notre Dame
    Nov 22, 1930Notre Dame won
  10. 1931
    Northwestern0 — 0Notre Dame
    Oct 10, 1931Tie
  11. 1932
    Northwestern0 — 21Notre Dame
    Nov 12, 1932Notre Dame won
  12. 1933
    Northwestern0 — 7Notre Dame
    Nov 18, 1933Notre Dame won
  13. 1934
    Northwestern7 — 20Notre Dame
    Nov 17, 1934Notre Dame won
  14. 1935
    Northwestern14 — 7Notre Dame
    Nov 9, 1935Northwestern won
  15. 1936
    Northwestern6 — 26Notre Dame
    Nov 21, 1936Notre Dame won
  16. 1937
    Northwestern0 — 7Notre Dame
    Nov 20, 1937Notre Dame won
  17. 1938
    Northwestern7 — 9Notre Dame
    Nov 19, 1938Notre Dame won
  18. 1939
    Northwestern0 — 7Notre Dame
    Nov 18, 1939Notre Dame won
  19. 1940
    Northwestern20 — 0Notre Dame
    Nov 23, 1940Northwestern won
  20. 1941
    Northwestern6 — 7Notre Dame
    Nov 15, 1941Notre Dame won
  21. 1942
    Northwestern20 — 27Notre Dame
    Nov 21, 1942Notre Dame won
  22. 1943
    Northwestern6 — 25Notre Dame
    Nov 13, 1943Notre Dame won
  23. 1944
    Northwestern0 — 21Notre Dame
    Nov 18, 1944Notre Dame won
  24. 1945
    Northwestern7 — 34Notre Dame
    Nov 17, 1945Notre Dame won
  25. 1946
    Northwestern0 — 27Notre Dame
    Nov 16, 1946Notre Dame won
  26. 1947
    Northwestern19 — 26Notre Dame
    Nov 15, 1947Notre Dame won
  27. 1948
    Northwestern7 — 12Notre Dame
    Nov 13, 1948Notre Dame won
  28. 1959
    Northwestern30 — 24Notre Dame
    Oct 24, 1959Northwestern won
  29. 1960
    Northwestern7 — 6Notre Dame
    Oct 22, 1960Northwestern won
  30. 1961
    Northwestern12 — 10Notre Dame
    Oct 28, 1961Northwestern won
  31. 1962
    Northwestern35 — 6Notre Dame
    Oct 27, 1962Northwestern won
  32. 1965
    Northwestern7 — 38Notre Dame
    Oct 2, 1965Notre Dame won
  33. 1966
    Northwestern7 — 35Notre Dame
    Oct 1, 1966Notre Dame won
  34. 1968
    Northwestern7 — 27Notre Dame
    Oct 12, 1968Notre Dame won
  35. 1969
    Northwestern10 — 35Notre Dame
    Sep 20, 1969Notre Dame won
  36. 1970
    Northwestern14 — 35Notre Dame
    Sep 19, 1970Notre Dame won
  37. 1971
    Northwestern7 — 50Notre Dame
    Sep 18, 1971Notre Dame won
  38. 1972
    Northwestern0 — 37Notre Dame
    Sep 23, 1972Notre Dame won
  39. 1973
    Northwestern0 — 44Notre Dame
    Sep 22, 1973Notre Dame won
  40. 1974
    Northwestern3 — 49Notre Dame
    Sep 21, 1974Notre Dame won
  41. 1975
    Northwestern7 — 31Notre Dame
    Sep 27, 1975Notre Dame won
  42. 1976
    Northwestern0 — 48Notre Dame
    Sep 25, 1976Notre Dame won
  43. 1992
    Northwestern7 — 42Notre Dame
    Sep 5, 1992Notre Dame won
  44. 1993
    Northwestern12 — 27Notre Dame
    Sep 4, 1993Notre Dame won
  45. 1994
    Northwestern15 — 42Notre Dame
    Sep 3, 1994Notre Dame won
  46. 1995
    Northwestern17 — 15Notre Dame
    Sep 2, 1995Northwestern won
  47. 2014
    Northwestern43 — 40Notre Dame
    Nov 15, 2014Northwestern wonNotre Dame Stadium
  48. 2018
    Northwestern21 — 31Notre Dame
    Nov 3, 2018Notre Dame wonRyan Field
THE COMPLETE SCOREBOOK

All recorded results

The latest documented meeting appears first.

SeasonMatchupScoreOutcome
2018Northwestern vs Notre Dame21–31Notre Dame won
2014Northwestern vs Notre Dame43–40Northwestern won
1995Northwestern vs Notre Dame17–15Northwestern won
1994Northwestern vs Notre Dame15–42Notre Dame won
1993Northwestern vs Notre Dame12–27Notre Dame won
1992Northwestern vs Notre Dame7–42Notre Dame won
1976Northwestern vs Notre Dame0–48Notre Dame won
1975Northwestern vs Notre Dame7–31Notre Dame won
1974Northwestern vs Notre Dame3–49Notre Dame won
1973Northwestern vs Notre Dame0–44Notre Dame won
1972Northwestern vs Notre Dame0–37Notre Dame won
1971Northwestern vs Notre Dame7–50Notre Dame won
1970Northwestern vs Notre Dame14–35Notre Dame won
1969Northwestern vs Notre Dame10–35Notre Dame won
1968Northwestern vs Notre Dame7–27Notre Dame won
1966Northwestern vs Notre Dame7–35Notre Dame won
1965Northwestern vs Notre Dame7–38Notre Dame won
1962Northwestern vs Notre Dame35–6Northwestern won
1961Northwestern vs Notre Dame12–10Northwestern won
1960Northwestern vs Notre Dame7–6Northwestern won
1959Northwestern vs Notre Dame30–24Northwestern won
1948Northwestern vs Notre Dame7–12Notre Dame won
1947Northwestern vs Notre Dame19–26Notre Dame won
1946Northwestern vs Notre Dame0–27Notre Dame won
1945Northwestern vs Notre Dame7–34Notre Dame won
1944Northwestern vs Notre Dame0–21Notre Dame won
1943Northwestern vs Notre Dame6–25Notre Dame won
1942Northwestern vs Notre Dame20–27Notre Dame won
1941Northwestern vs Notre Dame6–7Notre Dame won
1940Northwestern vs Notre Dame20–0Northwestern won
1939Northwestern vs Notre Dame0–7Notre Dame won
1938Northwestern vs Notre Dame7–9Notre Dame won
1937Northwestern vs Notre Dame0–7Notre Dame won
1936Northwestern vs Notre Dame6–26Notre Dame won
1935Northwestern vs Notre Dame14–7Northwestern won
1934Northwestern vs Notre Dame7–20Notre Dame won
1933Northwestern vs Notre Dame0–7Notre Dame won
1932Northwestern vs Notre Dame0–21Notre Dame won
1931Northwestern vs Notre Dame0–0Tie
1930Northwestern vs Notre Dame0–14Notre Dame won
1929Northwestern vs Notre Dame6–26Notre Dame won
1926Northwestern vs Notre Dame0–6Notre Dame won
1925Northwestern vs Notre Dame10–13Notre Dame won
1924Northwestern vs Notre Dame6–13Notre Dame won
1920Northwestern vs Notre Dame7–33Notre Dame won
1903Northwestern vs Notre Dame0–0Tie
1901Northwestern vs Notre Dame2–0Northwestern won
1899Northwestern vs Notre Dame0–12Notre 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.