Washington and Notre Dame have officially agreed to a home-and-home football series, scheduling matchups in September 2031 and November 2034 to renew a historic, eight-game intersectional rivalry between two college football legacy programs.
Scheduling the Future in Seattle and South Bend
The first contest of the newly announced series is slated for September 27, 2031, at Notre Dame Stadium, as reported by gohuskies.com. The series will shift to the Pacific Northwest three seasons later, with Washington hosting the Fighting Irish at Husky Stadium on November 11, 2034. At present, the Huskies do not have any other non-conference opponents booked for either the 2031 or 2034 campaigns, according to gohuskies.com.
The upcoming fixtures arrive as major conferences adapt to shifting national scheduling mandates. According to fbschedules.com, the College Football Playoff finalized a move to a 24-team field, accompanied by a scheduling standard that requires power conference teams to face at least 10 opponents from power conferences, or Notre Dame, each season. The newly minted series with the Fighting Irish satisfies that specific requirement for Washington.
| Game Date | Venue | Location |
|---|---|---|
| September 27, 2031 | Notre Dame Stadium | South Bend, Indiana |
| November 11, 2034 | Husky Stadium | Seattle, Washington |
Looking Back at the All-Time Series History
Washington and Notre Dame have met on the gridiron eight times, dating back 78 years to an initial home-and-home series in 1948 and 1949, as detailed by gohuskies.com. Notre Dame holds an 8-0 advantage in the all-time series, winning the initial 1948 matchup 46-0 in South Bend and following up with a 27-7 victory in Seattle the next year.
Onmontlake.com noted that the programs played home-and-home sets in 1995-96, 2004-05, and 2008-09. In their most recent meeting on October 3, 2009, Notre Dame prevailed 37-30 in an overtime thriller against a Washington squad led by first-year coach Steve Sarkisian and quarterback Jake Locker.
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