Series: Stanford trails, 11-19 (.367)
At Stanford: Stanford leads, 8-6 (.571)
At Notre Dame: Stanford trails, 3-12 (.200)
Neutral: Stanford trails, 0-1 (.000) (1925 Rose Bowl)
First meeting: 1925 Rose Bowl - Stanford 10, Notre Dame 27
Last meeting: 2015 at Stanford - Stanford 38, Notre Dame 36
Last Stanford win: 2015 at Stanford - Stanford 38, Notre Dame 36
Last Notre Dame win: 2014 at Notre Dame - Stanford 14, Notre Dame 17
Longest Stanford win streak: 3 (2009-11)
Longest Notre Dame win streak: 7 (2002-08)
Largest Stanford victory: 33-18 (1997 at Stanford)
Largest Notre Dame victory: 57-7 (2003 at Stanford)
Series streak: Stanford - W1
• In a series that dates to 1925, Stanford trails 11-19.
• Stanford and Notre Dame have met every year since 1988, with the exception of the 1995 and 1996 seasons.
• The first meeting between the two programs came at the 1925 Rose Bowl in Pasadena -- the only time the schools have met at a neutral site -- and matched Notre Dame's Four Horsemen and head coach Knute Rockne against Stanford's Ernie Nevers and head coach Pop Warner. The Fighting Irish prevailed, 27-10, to capture their first national title.
• The Legends Trophy is awarded to the winner of the Stanford-Notre Dame rivalry series, named in honor of the 1925 Rose Bowl meeting which was said by sportswriters to contain more legends on one field than had ever played the game. The trophy was created by the Notre Dame Club of the San Francisco Bay Area appropriately from Northern California redwood with an Irish crystal bowl.
• Before a 2012 defeat at Notre Dame, the Cardinal had won three straight meetings, its longest streak in the series. Prior to that, the Fighting Irish won seven consecutive games from 2002-08.
• The Irish posted the only shutout in the series by blanking Stanford, 27-0, at Notre Dame in 1942.
• Fourteen games between Stanford and Notre Dame have been decided by 10 points or fewer.
• The Cardinal is 8-6 at home against the Irish and 3-12 at Notre Dame Stadium. From 1989-93, the visiting team was victorious. From 1994-2002, the home team claimed the win in the series.
• Stanford's last individual 200-yard rusher did so against Notre Dame in 2009, when Toby Gerhart rattled off 205 yards during a 45-38 win at Stanford Stadium.
• In 30 all-time meetings, Stanford and Notre Dame have both entered the game ranked by the AP in only six matchups, including five straight contests (2011-present).
Last Matchup Against Notre Dame - Nov. 28, 2015
• Kevin Hogan threw for 269 yards and four touchdown passes and drove the 13th-ranked Cardinal to the winning 45-yard field goal by Conrad Ukropina on the last play of a 38-36 victory over No. 4 Notre Dame. Hogan led the winning drive in the final 30 seconds for the Cardinal.
• The Cardinal turned all five of their red zone trips into touchdowns with Hogan throwing for four and Remound Wright running in one.
• The Irish were held to field goals on their first three trips inside the 20, costing them a chance to build a substantial lead. Notre Dame was more potent from farther away from the end zone, getting three touchdowns of more than 60 yards on the game.
• McCaffrey gained 228 all-purpose yards to become the third FBS player top 3,000 in a season, but was held to 94 on the ground to have a nine-game streak of 100-yard games snapped.
• Kizer threw for 234 yards and ran for 128 more for the Irish. Josh Adams added 168 on the ground but it wasn't enough.
It Happened Against Notre Dame
1925 - Ernie Nevers rushed for 114 yards, but Knute Rockne and the Four Horsemen led Notre Dame to a 27-10 victory over Stanford in the 1925 Rose Bowl as the Irish captured their first national championship.
1989 - Steve Smith set a school-record with 68 pass attempts, but Stanford's upset bid of the top-ranked Irish fell short at Stanford Stadium, 27-17.
1990 - Stanford rallied from a 24-7 second quarter deficit to upset the top-ranked Irish, 36-31, at Notre Dame Stadium. "Touchdown" Tommy Vardell scored the game-winning touchdown on a one-yard run with 0:36 left, his fourth rushing touchdown on the day. Jason Palumbis completed 26 of 34 passes for 256 yards.
1991 - Tommy Vardell rushed for 140 yards on 23 carries but eighth-ranked Notre Dame avenged its loss from the previous season to the Cardinal with a 42-26 win at Stanford Stadium. Stanford went on to win its last seven regular season games.
1992 - Steve Stenstrom completed 21 of 32 passes for 215 yards and Glyn Milburn rushed for 119 yards on 20 carries as 18th-ranked Stanford posted a road upset of No. 6 Notre Dame, 33-16. Stanford scored 33 unanswered points after spotting Notre Dame a 16-0 lead in the second quarter to hand the Irish their only loss of the season.
1994 - Steve Stenstrom completed 37 of 59 passes for 360 yards and two touchdowns in a 34-15 loss at Notre Dame. The 59 pass attempts rank third on Stanford's all-time single-game list.
1997 - Anthony Bookman (142) and Mike Mitchell (135) each rushed for more than 100 yards in Stanford's 33-15 win over Notre Dame at Stanford Stadium. The Cardinal defense sacked Irish quarterback Ron Powlus four times and held Notre Dame to just 298 yards in total offense.
1999 - Mike Biselli's 22-yard field goal as time expires lifted Stanford to a 40-37 win over the Irish in a nationally-televised, post-Thanksgiving Day game at Stanford Stadium. It was one of four Biselli field goals on the afternoon. Todd Husak completed 24 of 34 passes for 334 yards and two touchdowns and Troy Walters caught eight passes for 183 yards, the 11th-best receiving performance in school history.
2005 - In the final event at 84-year-old Stanford Stadium, Notre Dame scored with 55 seconds remaining as the sixth-ranked Fighting Irish pulled out a 38-31 victory over the Cardinal. Construction began immediately after the clock expired, with three bulldozers and three dump trucks pulling onto the field to start pulling up dirt. A ceremony was held at halftime in honor of the stadium with dozens of former players in attendance.
2009 - Playing in his final game at Stanford Stadium, Toby Gerhart rushed for 205 yards and three touchdowns and threw for another as Stanford rallied for a 45-38 victory, snapping Notre Dame's seven-game winning streak in the series.
2010 - Nate Whitaker kicked five field goals to tie a Stanford single-game record and the Cardinal defense limited the Irish to just 44 yards rushing and one offensive touchdown to break a seven-game losing streak at Notre Dame, 37-14. It was Stanford's largest margin of victory in the series. Owen Marecic scored a pair of touchdowns within 13 seconds of one another (first as a fullback on a short dive play, then later making an interception for a score from his inside linebacker position).
2011 - Andrew Luck set the school record for the most career touchdown passes and eclipsed his own single-season mark, throwing for 233 yards and four scores to lead fourth-ranked Stanford past No. 22 Notre Dame, 28-14, in his home finale. Luck topped John Elway's record of 77 touchdown passes and helped the Cardinal build a 21-0 halftime lead. The victory vaulted Stanford into an at-large BCS bowl bid for the second straight year.
2012 - A wall of Notre Dame defenders stopped Stepfan Taylor inches from the end zone on fourth down in overtime and the seventh-ranked Irish remained unbeaten with a 20-13 victory against No. 17 Stanford on a soggy evening in South Bend. Taylor went up the middle and was knocked back, but kept reaching and turning with bodies underneath him. His knee never did hit the ground before reaching the ball across the goal line. But the officials ruled it was too late. The whistle had blown, and that meant the play was stopped. It was the first overtime game in the history of the series. The Cardinal went on to win its next eight games, including its first Rose Bowl victory since 1972.
2013 - Tyler Gaffney ran for 189 yards on 33 carries and Wayne Lyons intercepted two Tommy Rees passes in the fourth quarter to lift Stanford in its regular season finale before a sellout crowd of 50,537.
2014 - On fourth-and-11 from the 23 and trailing 14-10, Notre Dame quarterback Everett Golson dropped back to pass and managed to avoid the Stanford rush just long enough to find tight end Ben Koyack as two Cardinal defensive backs tried to recover from the blown assignment. Koyack caught the pass as he fell out of bounds, while safety Jordan Richards dove to try to break it up, and scored the winning touchdown with 61 seconds left to give the No. 9 Irish the 17-14 victory on a cold, rainy day at Notre Dame Stadium.
2015 - Kevin Hogan threw four touchdown passes and drove the 13th-ranked Cardinal to the winning 45-yard field goal by Conrad Ukropina on the last play of a 38-36 victory over No. 4 Notre Dame. Hogan threw for 269 yards and calmly led the winning drive in the final 30 seconds for the Cardinal. DeShone Kizer had given the Irish a one-point lead on his 2-yard run with 30 seconds left only to see Hogan drive Stanford to the winning score. Hogan connected on a 27-yard pass to Devon Cajuste to get Stanford in field goal range. After a short run by Christian McCaffrey, Ukropina came on and drilled the field goal setting off a wild celebration with the fans rushing the field.