The Notre Dame football program has a rich history of rivalries with several prestigious programs. There’s the historic rivalry with Navy, rooted in war-time lore. There’s the Holy War with Boston College — a battle of the only two Catholic schools in FBS. You also have the history with Michigan and Stanford, and of course let’s not forget the battle for The Jeweled Shillelagh with Southern Cal.
Irish fans are quite familiar with the history of those rivalries and subsequently the history of those programs. The 2019 schedule, however, features seven games against teams that are about as close to strangers to Notre Dame fans as you can get.