The Notre Dame football team will kick things off this season on Sunday, August 31, inside Hard Rock Stadium against the Miami Hurricanes. Other than a COVID changed 2020 season, Notre Dame has started each college football season since 2019 on the road. The Irish are 4-1 in those games with wins over the Navy Midshipmen, Florida State Seminoles, Louisville Cardinals, and Texas A&M Aggies. The lone loss came against the Ohio State Buckeyes.
But why? As an independent and a blue-blood program, the Irish can pretty much set the schedule as they see fit.