The Notre Dame Fighting Irish will close out the first half of their 2022 season with a nighttime clash at home against the Stanford Cardinal. The matchup marks the first time in four years that the Cardinals have played at Notre Dame, with the scheduled 2020 meeting canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Cardinal head coach David Shaw has struggled in recent years, compiling an 11-19 record over the past three seasons. That includes last year’s miserable 3-9 campaign, a far cry from the 82-26 mark that he’d compiled over his first eight seasons at Stanford.