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Notre Dame Football: Irish schedule Rice Owls for 2026 home game

One Foot Down | July 3, 2025

Related Topics: Notre Dame Football, Rice Football, Ireland, Pete Bevacqua

Next year’s Notre Dame football schedule just got another opponent. On Thursday, Notre dame announced a home game in 2026 versus the Rice Owls.

— Notre Dame Football (@NDFootball) July 3, 2025

Notre dame and Rice have met 5 times in the past with the Irish winning all 5 contests. Most recently, Notre Dame played Rice at home in 2014 (48-17) and 1988 (54-11).

Besides Rice, the Irish have 10 other games scheduled for next year:

  • Navy Midshipmen
  • USC Trojans
  • SMU Mustangs

This leaves just one more slot to fill for Pete Bevacqua.

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