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Notre Dame vs SMU Timeline

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

PROGRAM ONENotre Dame10 recorded wins
HEAD TO HEAD10–3WINS · LOSSES
PROGRAM TWOSMU3 recorded wins
13Recorded meetings
1930Earliest documented
1989Most recent season
0Tied games
THE RIVALRY THROUGH TIME

Head-to-head timeline

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

13 games
  1. 1930
    Notre Dame20 — 14SMU
    Oct 4, 1930Notre Dame won
  2. 1939
    Notre Dame20 — 19SMU
    Oct 14, 1939Notre Dame won
  3. 1949
    Notre Dame27 — 20SMU
    Dec 3, 1949Notre Dame won
  4. 1951
    Notre Dame20 — 27SMU
    Oct 13, 1951SMU won
  5. 1953
    Notre Dame40 — 14SMU
    Dec 5, 1953Notre Dame won
  6. 1954
    Notre Dame26 — 14SMU
    Dec 4, 1954Notre Dame won
  7. 1955
    Notre Dame17 — 0SMU
    Sep 24, 1955Notre Dame won
  8. 1956
    Notre Dame13 — 19SMU
    Sep 22, 1956SMU won
  9. 1957
    Notre Dame54 — 21SMU
    Dec 7, 1957Notre Dame won
  10. 1958
    Notre Dame14 — 6SMU
    Oct 4, 1958Notre Dame won
  11. 1984
    Notre Dame20 — 27SMU
    Dec 29, 1984SMU won
  12. 1986
    Notre Dame61 — 29SMU
    Nov 8, 1986Notre Dame won
  13. 1989
    Notre Dame59 — 6SMU
    Nov 11, 1989Notre Dame won
THE COMPLETE SCOREBOOK

All recorded results

The latest documented meeting appears first.

SeasonMatchupScoreOutcome
1989Notre Dame vs SMU59–6Notre Dame won
1986Notre Dame vs SMU61–29Notre Dame won
1984Notre Dame vs SMU20–27SMU won
1958Notre Dame vs SMU14–6Notre Dame won
1957Notre Dame vs SMU54–21Notre Dame won
1956Notre Dame vs SMU13–19SMU won
1955Notre Dame vs SMU17–0Notre Dame won
1954Notre Dame vs SMU26–14Notre Dame won
1953Notre Dame vs SMU40–14Notre Dame won
1951Notre Dame vs SMU20–27SMU won
1949Notre Dame vs SMU27–20Notre Dame won
1939Notre Dame vs SMU20–19Notre Dame won
1930Notre Dame vs SMU20–14Notre 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.