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Notre Dame vs Penn State Timeline

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

PROGRAM ONENotre Dame10 recorded wins
HEAD TO HEAD10–9–1WINS · LOSSES · TIES
PROGRAM TWOPenn State9 recorded wins
20Recorded meetings
1913Earliest documented
2024Most 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.

20 games
  1. 1913
    Notre Dame14 — 7Penn State
    Nov 8, 1913Notre Dame won
  2. 1925
    Notre Dame0 — 0Penn State
    Nov 7, 1925Tie
  3. 1926
    Notre Dame28 — 0Penn State
    Oct 16, 1926Notre Dame won
  4. 1928
    Notre Dame9 — 0Penn State
    Nov 3, 1928Notre Dame won
  5. 1976
    Notre Dame20 — 9Penn State
    Dec 27, 1976Notre Dame won
  6. 1981
    Notre Dame21 — 24Penn State
    Nov 21, 1981Penn State won
  7. 1982
    Notre Dame14 — 24Penn State
    Nov 13, 1982Penn State won
  8. 1983
    Notre Dame30 — 34Penn State
    Nov 12, 1983Penn State won
  9. 1984
    Notre Dame44 — 7Penn State
    Nov 17, 1984Notre Dame won
  10. 1985
    Notre Dame6 — 36Penn State
    Nov 16, 1985Penn State won
  11. 1986
    Notre Dame19 — 24Penn State
    Nov 15, 1986Penn State won
  12. 1987
    Notre Dame20 — 21Penn State
    Nov 21, 1987Penn State won
  13. 1988
    Notre Dame21 — 3Penn State
    Nov 19, 1988Notre Dame won
  14. 1989
    Notre Dame34 — 23Penn State
    Nov 18, 1989Notre Dame won
  15. 1990
    Notre Dame21 — 24Penn State
    Nov 17, 1990Penn State won
  16. 1991
    Notre Dame13 — 35Penn State
    Nov 16, 1991Penn State won
  17. 1992
    Notre Dame17 — 16Penn State
    Nov 14, 1992Notre Dame won
  18. 2006
    Notre Dame41 — 17Penn State
    Sep 9, 2006Notre Dame wonNotre Dame Stadium
  19. 2007
    Notre Dame10 — 31Penn State
    Sep 8, 2007Penn State wonBeaver Stadium
  20. 2024
    Notre Dame27 — 24Penn State
    Jan 10, 2025Notre Dame wonHard Rock Stadium
THE COMPLETE SCOREBOOK

All recorded results

The latest documented meeting appears first.

SeasonMatchupScoreOutcome
2024Notre Dame vs Penn State27–24Notre Dame won
2007Notre Dame vs Penn State10–31Penn State won
2006Notre Dame vs Penn State41–17Notre Dame won
1992Notre Dame vs Penn State17–16Notre Dame won
1991Notre Dame vs Penn State13–35Penn State won
1990Notre Dame vs Penn State21–24Penn State won
1989Notre Dame vs Penn State34–23Notre Dame won
1988Notre Dame vs Penn State21–3Notre Dame won
1987Notre Dame vs Penn State20–21Penn State won
1986Notre Dame vs Penn State19–24Penn State won
1985Notre Dame vs Penn State6–36Penn State won
1984Notre Dame vs Penn State44–7Notre Dame won
1983Notre Dame vs Penn State30–34Penn State won
1982Notre Dame vs Penn State14–24Penn State won
1981Notre Dame vs Penn State21–24Penn State won
1976Notre Dame vs Penn State20–9Notre Dame won
1928Notre Dame vs Penn State9–0Notre Dame won
1926Notre Dame vs Penn State28–0Notre Dame won
1925Notre Dame vs Penn State0–0Tie
1913Notre Dame vs Penn State14–7Notre 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.