The Fighting Irish have announced another new addition to their 2026 programming, this time performing a program for the sixth time of its history and first since 2014
Notre Dame has confirmed that he will face rice in 2026 university football Program like the two programs are preparing to meet -for the first time in more than a decade.
Irish fighting will have to start their 2025 campaign at the end of next month when they travel on the face Miami On August 31, but attention has already taken place the following season, as the plans are launched with a long time to save. In May, The program confirmed that he will play his first game in Lambeau Field next year When you take Wisconsin in the 2026 Shamrock series.
This year, Our lady face Four teams that won at least 10 games last season and nine who came to the post -season In some way, if it were the Playoff of university football Or a bowl game. The iconic rivalry of Irish football with USC but, but is at risk for CFP uncertainty.
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However, this was confirmed on Thursday Marcus FreemanThe TEANE will be presented against Rice as part of its calendar of 2026, with the OWLS that will visit South Bend on Saturday, September 12, 2026.
It will mark the first meeting between the two programs for more than a decade, with its last that returned in August 2014 when Notre Dame arose 48-17 winners at Notre Dame Stadium.
This victory maintained the perfect record of Fighting Irish against the owls, bringing them to 5-0 in the series. The first meeting took place more than a century ago in 1915, when Notre Dame again went out to comfortable winners on a 55-2 route, its greatest victory over opponents.
Rice Vice President and Tommy McClelland Athletics Director has called for a “tremendous opportunity” next year’s game, with the OWs planned to visit South Bend for the fourth successive meeting.
“Playing Notre Dame is a tremendous opportunity for our program to compete against another that places academic excellence in the core of their mission, while offering our students-sportsmen the experience of playing in one of the most sacred places in university football” he said. “It gives us the opportunity to promote our program and the university in a national scenario and continue to build our brand.”
Dunlevie’s family football coach Scott Abell added: “Notre Dame is one of the true blue blood of university football. As we build rice football, we are excited to have the opportunity to raise our program against one of the best in the country.”
The announcement of the fixation means that the Freeman team now has 11 games scheduled for the 2026 season. Other teams planned to visit South Bend next year include Michigan State on September 19, Miami and SMU, with dates yet to be determined for the last two.
Road opponents include Wisconsin (September 6), Purdue (September 26), North Carolina (October 3), Marina (October 31), USC, Moldy State and Syracuse. The first of the first is the long-awaited final part of a series of two games, which had initially been scheduled for October 2020 before the COVID-19 pandemic stroke.
Notre Dame also recently agreed to a 12 -year agreement with the Clemson Tigers, which is scheduled to begin in 2027, which university officials insist on their efforts to maintain their rivalry with USC.
Despite Operating as an independent At the NCAA Football Bowl (FBS) subdivision level, Notre Dame has an agreement with the league to play five ACC football games per season. The Clemson annual party will have this total in games that were already part of this rotation, which is five of the twelve years.