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#7/7 Stanford Cardinal (4-0)
#8/8 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (4-0)

September 29, 2018 • 4:30 p.m. PT
Notre Dame Stadium (77,622) • Notre Dame, Ind.

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TelevisionLive national broadcast on NBC with Mike Tirico (play-by-play), Doug Flutie (analyst) and Kathryn Tappen (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

  • 1 • Saturday marks the first time Stanford (No. 7) and Notre Dame (No. 8) have met while both teams carry a top-10 ranking by the AP.
  • 1988 • Stanford and Notre Dame have met every year since 1988, with the exception of the 1995 and 1996 seasons.
  • 1925 • 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.
  • 93 • The last time an unbeaten Stanford faced an unbeaten Notre Dame? It was 93 years ago at the 1925 Rose Bowl when Stanford (7-0-1) fell to Notre Dame (9-0).
  • 3 • Stanford has been home to the Legends Trophy for the past three seasons. 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.
  • 3 • Before a 2012 defeat at Notre Dame, the Cardinal had won three straight meetings, match its longest -- and current -- streak in the series. Prior to that, the Fighting Irish won seven consecutive games from 2002-08.
  • 14 • Stanford and Notre Dame have split the past 14 matchups (since 2004), which have been decided by only 18 total points. Stanford has outscored Notre Dame over that stretch, 348-330.
  • 15 • Fifteen games between Stanford and Notre Dame have been decided by 10 points or fewer.
  • 7 • Each of the three past games contested at Notre Dame Stadium have been decided by seven points or fewer.
  • .250 • The Cardinal is 4-12 (.250) at Notre Dame Stadium. From 1989-93, the visiting team was victorious. From 1994-2002, the home team claimed the win in the series.
  • 8 • In the past 32 all-time meetings, Stanford and Notre Dame have both entered the game ranked by the AP in seven matchups, including five straight contests from 2011-2015. Stanford is 5-2 against Notre Dame when both teams are ranked.
  • 0 • The Irish posted the only shutout in the series by blanking Stanford, 27-0, at Notre Dame in 1942.
  • .478 • Stanford is 22-24 (.478) all-time against independent programs -- 7-5 vs. Army, 2-0 vs. BYU, 13-19 vs. Notre Dame.
  • 2016 • Senior running back Bryce Love's first career start came at Notre Dame in 2016. With Christian McCaffrey sidelined with an injury, Love burst into the spotlight with a 129-yard rushing effort and a fourth-quarter score to give the Cardinal its final score in a 17-10 win. In two career games against the Irish, Love has accounted for 254 rushing yards (5.9 yards/rush).
  • 4 • Four-touchdown efforts have been produced by three different quarterbacks against Notre Dame under head coach David Shaw -- Andrew Luck in 2011, Kevin Hogan in 2015 and K.J. Costello in 2017.
  • 7 • In seven games against Notre Dame under Shaw, Stanford's defense has produced 22 sacks and picked off nine Fighting Irish passes.
  • 25 • Stanford's 25 wins against ranked opponents is the third-best total nationally since 2011, trailing only Alabama (40) and LSU (26).
  • 89 • Stanford's 89 wins this decade rank fourth nationally and the most of any private school, ahead of TCU (77), USC (75) and Notre Dame (73).
  • 13.5 • Stanford's defense has allowed only 13.5 points/game, a figure that ranks 10th nationally. The 2014 squad ranked second nationally with 16.4 points allowed/game, and the 1971 unit steered Stanford to a Pac-8 title and Rose Bowl win over Michigan behind a school-record 11.3 points allowed/game.
  • 4 • For the fourth time since 2010, Stanford is off to a 4-0 start (2010, 2011, 2013). Each of the past three teams to start 4-0 defeated Notre Dame.
  • 24 • Stanford, which operates on the academic quarter calendar, had 24 days between its season opener (Aug. 31) and the first day of classes (Sept. 24).