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Notre Dame 49, Purdue 10: Online Overreactions
Welp. Another rivalry trophy belongs in the hands of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. That’s yet another whomping of a team, and putting the Irish at 3-0 against the Big 10 this season. It wasn’t close against the Purdue Boilermakers, and that top defense continued to show it doesn’t mess around. Takes still fly online […]
Notre Dame Soccer and Volleyball get new Leprechaun logos
Notre Dame continues to add to its alternate leprechaun roster with two new logos. Notre Dame Athletics Unveils Two New Sports-Specific Leprechaun Marks SOUTH BEND, Ind. – The University of Notre Dame Athletics Department has unveiled its fifth and sixth sport-specific Leprechaun marks, with volleyball and men’s and women’s soccer the latest sports to receive […]
How Notre Dame’s opponents fared in WEEK 4 of the CFB season
Notre Dame’s 2026 college football schedule has been called many thing over the last eight months, but “tough” or anywhere near the word “hard” was certainly not among them. Still, some have mentioned that this Irish schedule could look a lot trickier as the season progresses. While they may eventually be true, it may not […]
Notre Dame remains No. 3 in AP Top 25 and Coaches Poll after wild CFB weekend
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish remain the No. 3 team in the nation according to both the AP Top 25 and Coaches Poll that came out on Sunday afternoon. It was a fantastic college football weekend full of upsets and good games, and as fun as all of that can be to involved with… the […]
PHOTO GALLERY: Notre Dame Fighting Irish 49, Purdue Boilermakers 10
Notre Dame is 4-0 after beating Purdue, 49-10. Here are some of the best images from the game in West Lafayette.
Notre Dame Football Stats: Week 4 Review of Win over Purdue
The Big Picture It’s four games, four wins for Notre Dame football. The Irish closed out Week 4 of college football’s 2026-27 season with a 49-10 win over the Purdue Boilermakers. Notre Dame kicked off the action with a 7-0 showing in the first quarter and followed that up with a 28-0 shutout in the […]
Notre Dame broke the Shillelagh Trophy after win over Purdue
This is one of those moments as a parent of children… seems all too familiar. You know — you don’t let your kids do something, and then you let them do something, and then after a time or two they break some stuff. Historically, Notre Dame doesn’t bring any of its rivalry trophies to the […]
Notre Dame puts it on EASY MODE with a 49-10 win over Purdue
Notre Dame travelled a couple hours south to take on the Purdue Boilermakers in an old timey rivalry game for the Shillelagh Trophy, and are going back home to South Bend as 49-10 winners. The Irish had little trouble in taking care of this one as the game was pretty much decided by halftime. Notre […]
GAME THREAD: No. 3 Notre Dame Fighting Irish VS Purdue Boilermakers
Notre Dame travels south today to take on the Purdue Boilermakers for the rights to the Shillelagh Trophy. This is the last leg of Notre Dame’s Big 10 portioin of its schedule, but who cares about that nonsense? What matters here is that this Irish team, which is ranked No. 3 in the country right […]
Notre Dame Hockey releases its full 2026-2027 schedule
The Notre Dame men’s Hockey season is right around the corner, and on Friday, the Irish released its full schedule with the Big 10. NOTRE DAME, Ind. — The 2026-27 season is less than a month away and the University of Notre Dame hockey team has revealed the full slate, as the program unveiled the […]
Notre Dame Football: Purdue Boilermakers Q&A with Hammer and Rails
Well friends, we’re officially 25% of the way through this 2026 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football regular season, and with our beloved Irish ranked 3rd and sitting at 3-0 after outscoring their first three opponents 120-23, they travel to good ole West Lafayette to take on the 1-2 Purdue Boilermakers. Underdogs by just under 4 […]
Hot and Cold Takes for Notre Dame VS The Purdue Boilermakers
How’d We Do Last Week? As a refresher, each week I will feature the Most Accurate, Most interesting, and Most Wildly Inaccurate takes. Let’s get to it! Most Wildly Inaccurate Welp, Williams did not seize the RB1 job and had a pretty poor game. I’m also going to throw a challenge flag on him being […]
Hot and Cold Takes for Notre Dame VS the Purdue Boilermakers
How’d We Do Last Week? As a refresher, each week I will feature the Most Accurate, Most interesting, and Most Wildly Inaccurate takes. Let’s get to it! Most Wildly Inaccurate Welp, Williams did not seize the RB1 job and had a pretty poor game. I’m also going to throw a challenge flag on him being […]
Two terrible Notre Dame takes that must be ridiculed
Notre Dame is three games into their season and are averaging 40 points a game and only allowing 7.7 points a game. They crock-potted two Big 10 schools and had a blowout/shutout against their cupcake. Oh, and by the way, the Irish are currently the No. 3 ranked team in the country. This is a […]
Sounds like Purdue wants to join the Trail of Cowards when it comes to Notre Dame
Tis the season — or something like that. More and more, college football coaches are being asked by overzealous reporters about future football schedules during their press conferences, and Notre Dame has been a hot topic for a while now. The most recent victim is Purdue head coach Barry Odom, who recently gave the classic […]
Looking back at Notre Dame’s soggy 1993 win over Purdue
The first Notre Dame football game I ever attended was in 1993, and it was against the Purdue Boilermakers in West Lafayette. I was 15 years old, and while this wasn’t the first college football game I ever went to, it was the first time I saw the gold helmets — still shiny on a […]
Still Irish: Mike Golic Sr. on Notre Dame, Football and Coming Home
For Mike Golic Sr., football has never been simply a game—it has been a thread woven through nearly every chapter of his life. From his days wearing the gold helmet at Notre Dame to a decade in the NFL, followed by a broadcasting career that made his voice familiar to sports fans across the country, […]
OFD Reacts: Which Irish Footballer is Doing the Most with the Least?
Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NCAA. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Irish fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys: Welcome back to One Foot Down Reacts, our weekly survey to gauge the pulse of Notre […]
Notre Dame and Purdue do music badly, but who does it worse?
It’s hard to remember exactly how it all went down as I was just starting to raise a family, and that generally drains some memory from the brain. However… there was this snippet in time when colleges thought they could just make their own music videos and fans would just be like THAT’S THE BEST […]
Notre Dame Football Rivalry Trophies: The Shillelagh and Purdue
There are few things in the college football world that give me as much joy as the entire collection of rivalry trophies. College football is supposed to be weird, stupid, and full of things that don’t make sense — but yet full of emotion and nostalgia. Nothing makes that more clear than the rivalry trophies […]
Is this the best Notre Dame team of the Marcus Freeman era?
We are only three games into the college football season, but there is a question about just how good this Notre Dame football team is this year is being tossed around the college football world (just as it was during the preseason). Do you really think this really best team of the Marcus Freeman era? […]
Notre Dame VS Purdue: When, Where, and How to Watch the Battle for the Shillelagh
Notre Dame and Purdue are playing this weekend for the 90th time in history, and the two teams will be playing for the rights to the Shillelagh Trophy. WHEN, WHERE, AND HOW TO WATCH When: Saturday, September 26 at 2:00 PM ESTWhere: Ross-Ade Stadium, West Lafayette, IndianaHow to watch: Peacock ONLY ODDS According to FanDuel Sportsbook, Notre Dame […]
2026 NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL: Irish VS Purdue Boilermakers
Notre Dame and Purdue are set to play for the 90th time in history on Saturday as the Irish will travel to West Lafayette take on the Boilermakers inside Ross-Ade Stadium. There are only two opponents Notre Dame has played more throughout its football history than Purdue, and that’s USC and Navy. The teams play […]
WEATHER REPORT: Notre Dame Fighting Irish VS Purdue Boilermakers
This weekend, the No. 3 ranked Notre Dame Fighting Irish travel two hours south to take on the Purdue Boilermakers in an in-state rivalry game for the Shillelagh Trophy. Notre Dame has battled heat, humidity, and rain in its first three games of the season. As we finally arrive into the official time of autumn, […]
NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL: Injury report and depth charts for Purdue Boilermakers
On Monday, Notre Dame released its injury report and depth chart as the Irish prepare to drive down the road to take on the Purdue Boilermakers for the Shillelagh Trophy. Notre Dame’s lone new injury report addition is safety Luke Talich. The Wyoming native is listed as questionable for Saturday’s game, but Notre Dame should […]
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