Notre Dame has not finished a regular season at home since 1993, fittingly also the last season the Irish beat the No. 1 team in the country. Even that second stanza of Lou Holtz’s tenure (21-2-1 in 1992-93) could not achieve what Notre Dame might this weekend. To find a stretch where the Irish went unbeaten at home across three consecutive seasons, one must go back to Holtz’s peak, winning 19 straight home games from the beginning of 1987 into the first month of 1990.
No. 2 Notre Dame (9-0, 8-0 ACC) has already smashed the longevity of that streak, looking for its 24th straight home win, but tying the bow on a third year of South Bend perfection remains the Irish focus this weekend against Syracuse (2:30 ET; NBC).