Rounding out a trio of home matchups that begins the Notre Dame football schedule, the Irish welcome the Vanderbilt Commodores on September 15. The two teams have only met twice before, doing battle in home-and-home contests in both 1995 and 1996. Both games resulted in Notre Dame victories during the final two years of the Lou Holtz era.
The Commodores have the misfortune of being part of the lower rung of the potent SEC. That explains why their 5-7 record in 2017 can be broken down in this fashion: 4-0 in non-conference matchups and 1-7 within the conference.