My off-season series of “Notre Dame Football Firsts” continues this week with the first meeting between Notre Dame and Northwestern, 1889.
So far I’ve covered USC, Stanford, Navy, Purdue, the first Spring Game at Notre Dame, Michigan State, Pitt, and Army. This week I’m going to take a look back at Notre Dame’s first matchup against Northwestern in 1889.
Notre Dame and Northwestern have played each other 49 times with Notre Dame winning 38 times, Northwestern 9 times, and two ties.