Notre Dame (8-3) concludes its regular season with a trip to the West Coast to face the Stanford Cardinal (2-9). The Fighting Irish have been healthy and effective on defense this year while the offense has been hampered by injuries and schematic shortcomings under first year coordinator Gerad Parker. The Cardinal have won eight of the past 13 meetings between these schools including a 16-14 upset last season in South Bend. David Shaw was Stanford’s coach in 12 of those years. Television coverage for this game is restricted to the PAC-12 Network starting at 7:00 pm Eastern time.
Coach Troy Taylor is in his first season in Palo Alto after a successful four-year stint at Sacramento State.