No. 20/20 Stanford Cardinal (8-3)
No. 9/9 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (9-2)
November 25, 2017 • 5 p.m. PT
Stanford Stadium (50,424) • Stanford, California
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TelevisionLive national broadcast on ABC with Chris Fowler (play-by-play), Kirk Herbstreit (analyst) and Maria Taylor (sideline).
RadioLive coverage on Stanford's flagship station -- KNBR 1050 AM -- with Scott Reiss '93 (play-by-play), Todd Husak '00 (analyst) and John Platz '84 (sideline). The broadcast begins one hour before kickoff with the Cardinal Tailgate Show and concludes with the postgame Cardinal Locker Room Report. The game can be heard on Stanford student radio -- KZSU 90.1 FM -- and online at kzsulive.stanford.edu.
On the WebGoStanford.com • UND.com • #GoStanford
What You Need to Know
- 4 • For the fourth time under head coach David Shaw, Stanford can earn a spot in the Pac-12 Championship Game (Dec. 1), but needs help. The Cardinal can get there if Washington State loses to Washington in the Apple Cup (also played Nov. 25 at 5 p.m.). If the Cougars -- who beat Stanford, 24-21, on Nov. 4 -- beat the Huskies, they get the nod. USC will represent the Pac-12 South Division.
- 5 • Stanford has won five consecutive home games against AP top-10 opponents.
- 8 • Stanford has won at least eight games for a school-record nine straight years.
- 12 • Head coach David Shaw is 12-0 at home against nonconference opponents.
- 17 • The Cardinal has a 17-game home nonconference win streak dating to 2008 (does not include 2012 Pac-12 Championship Game win vs. UCLA at Stanford Stadium).
- 2008 • The Cardinal has not dropped a regular-season finale since 2008, and is 6-0 in such affairs under head coach David Shaw.
- 4 • Stanford has won four straight home games against Notre Dame, its longest streak in series history.
- 8 • The Cardinal has eight wins in 14 tries at home against the Irish. From 1989-93, the visiting team was victorious. From 1994-2002, the home team claimed wins in the series.
- 10 • Fifteen of 31 meetings between Stanford and Notre Dame have been decided by 10 points or fewer. The past five games have been decided by touchdown or less.
- 32 • Entering Saturday's 32nd all-time meeting, Stanford and Notre Dame will face each other with both teams ranked by the AP for the seventh time, including five straight contests from 2011-2015.
- 4 • This marks the fourth straight time both Stanford and Notre Dame have been ranked when meeting at Stanford Stadium.
- 1925 • 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 in a single 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.
- 2016 • Making his first career start in place of Christian McCaffrey, Bryce Love dove into the end zone from seven yards out to start the fourth quarter and cap a Cardinal comeback in a 17-10 victory as Stanford rallied back from a 10-point deficit at Notre Dame Stadium. Notre Dame nearly mounted its own comeback, but was stuffed on the Stanford 14-yard line when time expired. Stanford, which started the season ranked No. 8, averted losing three straight for the first time since 2007. The Irish, ranked No. 10 in the preseason, lost a third straight home game for the first time since 2007.
- 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.
- 2012 • 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.
- 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.
- 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).
- 1988 • Stanford and Notre Dame have met every year since 1988, with the exception of the 1995 and 1996 seasons.