GAME DAY AT A GLANCE
- Saturday afternoon will mark the 40th meeting between Notre Dame and Stanford. The series stands at a 25-14-0 Notre Dame advantage all-time.
- The Irish are 3-1 against the Cardinal under Freeman.
- The two teams last faced off at Notre Dame Stadium on October 12, 2024, when the Irish defeated the Cardinal 49-7.
- The Irish are 21-4 against current ACC opponents under Dick Corbett Head Coach Marcus Freeman. Freeman has five wins against ACC opponents in every season he has coached at Notre Dame.
- The two teams play for the Legends Trophy, which is a combination of Irish crystal and California redwood.
- The Notre Dame Club of the San Francisco area first presented the trophy in 1989.
IRISH WEAR GREEN PRESENTED BY SOFI
- Notre Dame is 7-1 in Irish Wear Green contests since 2018 and is 3-1 when wearing green jerseys in Irish Wear Green games.
- The Irish are 8-1 when wearing green jerseys since 2010.
- Most recently, Notre Dame was victorious over Boise State by a 28-7 score in a 2025 early-season matchup as the Irish donned green jerseys and green pants in the annual Irish Wear Green contest.
- This year's jerseys will feature the recently introduced football leprechaun logo on the shoulders. It is the first time a sport specific leprechaun will be showcased on the Notre Dame Football uniform. The last time a leprechaun logo appeared on the shoulders of a football uniform was on the Irish green 2015 Shamrock Series jerseys that were worn in Fenway Park against Boston College.
- The football leprechaun was the first in a series of sports-specific leprechauns unveiled by the University of Notre Dame Athletics Department in August of 2025. The mark was designed in-house by Fighting Irish Media, with input from the many around Notre Dame’s athletic programs and inspired by photos, fundamentals and running styles from former and current student-athletes.
NOTRE DAME STADIUM NOTES
- Notre Dame Stadium has been the home of Irish football since 1930. The Irish are in their 98th season at Notre Dame Stadium in 2026.
- Notre Dame holds a 536-133-13 record at home all time.
- Seating capacity is listed as 77,622 while the playing surface is artificial field turf.
- All seven home games of the 2025 season were sold out: the 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th and 25th sell-outs of the Marcus Freeman era. The last 22 games in a row, dating back to the start of the 2023 season, have been sold out. Stanford has already been announced as sold out, with another capacity crowd expected this Saturday afternoon.