When you ask Irish football fans the question, “Who is Notre Dame’s biggest rival?,” you will undoubtedly get one of two answers – USC or Michigan (or some variation of these, depending on how family-friendly your respondents choose to be).
What will come as a surprise to some fans, however, is that Saturday will mark just the 40th meeting between the Fighting Irish and Wolverines (Michigan leads the series, 23-15-1). By comparison, this past week’s Notre Dame-Michigan State game was the 76th in the series. USC and Notre Dame have met 83 times.
When you ask Irish football fans the question, “Who is Notre Dame’s biggest rival?,” you will undoubtedly get one of two answers – USC or Michigan (or some variation of these, depending on how family-friendly your respondents choose to be).
What will come as a surprise to some fans, however, is that Saturday will mark just the 40th meeting between the Fighting Irish and Wolverines (Michigan leads the series, 23-15-1). By comparison, this past week’s Notre Dame-Michigan State game was the 76th in the series. USC and Notre Dame have met 83 times.