Notre Dame Football Schedule 2023: Early Game-By-Game Thoughts

We’ve known the opponents for quite some time now but we haven’t known the official dates the games would all be taking place for Notre Dame football in 2023.

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The football program announced the dates of the games that were still to be determined on Wednesday,

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doing so with the ACC’s release of their 2023 schedule.

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Ireland before starting the home portion of their schedule a week later against Tennessee State.

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Traditional rivals USC and Stanford both have their regular slots while Ohio State and Clemson highlight the biggest games against non-traditional foes.

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Week 0 - vs. Navy (Dublin, Ireland) Location Aviva Stadium (Dublin, Ireland) Series Record Notre Dame leads 81-13-1

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Week 1 - vs. Tennessee State Location Notre Dame Stadium (Notre Dame, Indiana) Series Record First meeting

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Week 2 - at North Carolina State Location Carter-Finley Stadium (Raleigh, North Carolina) Series Record NC State leads 2-1

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Week 3 - vs. Central Michigan Location Notre Dame Stadium (Notre Dame, Indiana) Series Record First meeting

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Week 4 - vs. Ohio State Location Notre Dame Stadium (Notre Dame, Indiana) Series Record Ohio State leads 5-2

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Week 5 - at Duke Location Wallace Wade Stadium (Durham, North Carolina) Series Record Notre Dame leads 5-2

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Week 6 - at Louisville Location Papa John’s Stadium (Louisville, Kentucky) Series Record Notre Dame leads 2-1

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Week 7 - vs. USC Location Notre Dame Stadium (Notre Dame, Indiana) Series Record Notre Dame leads 50-38-5

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Week 8 - Bye Week No. Location Notre Dame Stadium (Notre Dame, Indiana) Series Record Notre Dame leads 48-21

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Week 9 - Bye Week No.

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Week 10 - at Clemson Location Memorial Stadium (Clemson, South Carolina) Series Record Clemson leads 4-3

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Week 11 - Bye Week No. 2 In a season that sees Notre Dame get the rare two bye weeks, I’d have much preferred to see the Irish land one before either of the USC or Clemson games.

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Week 12 - vs. Wake Forest Location Notre Dame Stadium (Notre Dame, Indiana) Series Record Notre Dame leads 5-0

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Week 13 - at Stanford Stanford Stadium (Palo Alto, California) Series Record Notre Dame leads 22-14

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