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Notre Dame Fighting Irish

128 telecasts with figures · 132 published claims
128
telecasts on the record
updated 2026-09-10

Top events · Notre Dame Fighting Irish

1
Wisconsin Badgers at Notre Dame Fighting Irish
2026-09-06 · NBC
7,421,000
College Football

Top opponents

by most-watched telecast
1
Ohio State
CFP National Championship · 2025-01-20
22,100,000
4 telecasts
2
Alabama
Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Alabama Crimson Tide · 2021-01-01
18,890,000
1 telecast
3
Penn State
Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Penn State Nittany Lions · 2025-01-09
17,800,000
1 telecast
4
Georgia
Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Georgia Bulldogs · 2025-01-02
15,800,000
3 telecasts
5
Indiana
Indiana Hoosiers at Notre Dame Fighting Irish · 2024-12-20
13,400,000
1 telecast

Top networks

by most-watched telecast
1
ESPN
CFP National Championship · 2025-01-20
22,100,000
14 telecasts
2
ABC
Indiana Hoosiers at Notre Dame Fighting Irish · 2024-12-20
13,400,000
37 telecasts
3
NBC
Clemson Tigers at Notre Dame Fighting Irish · 2020-11-07
10,070,000
60 telecasts
4
CBS
Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Georgia Bulldogs · 2019-09-21
9,290,000
5 telecasts
5
FOX
Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Stanford Cardinal · 2015-11-28
7,319,000
7 telecasts

Telecasts with figures

date

date the telecast's air date. On a series row, the year.

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telecast the telecast the figure is attached to, with its air date. A figure with no telecast row is listed without one.

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figure the telecast's lead figure: Nielsen average audience, full telecast, as published. Blank when Nielsen has not published one.

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2015-09-26Massachusetts Minutemen at Notre Dame Fighting Irish1,964,000
2015-09-19Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets at Notre Dame Fighting Irish3,700,000
2015-09-12Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Virginia Cavaliers5,744,000
2015-09-05Texas Longhorns at Notre Dame Fighting Irish4,060,000
2014-12-30Notre Dame Fighting Irish at LSU Tigers5,320,000
2014-11-29Notre Dame Fighting Irish at USC Trojans2,000,000
2014-11-22Louisville Cardinals at Notre Dame Fighting Irish3,090,000
2014-11-15Northwestern Wildcats at Notre Dame Fighting Irish2,960,000
2014-11-08Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Arizona State Sun Devils4,670,000
2014-11-01Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Navy Midshipmen3,890,000
2014-10-18Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Florida State Seminoles13,250,000
2014-10-11North Carolina Tar Heels at Notre Dame Fighting Irish3,190,000
2014-10-04Stanford Cardinal at Notre Dame Fighting Irish3,400,000
2014-09-27Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Syracuse Orange4,050,000
2014-09-13Purdue Boilermakers at Notre Dame Fighting Irish3,130,000
2014-09-06Michigan Wolverines at Notre Dame Fighting Irish4,630,000
2013-12-28Rutgers Scarlet Knights at Notre Dame Fighting Irish4,840,000
2013-11-30Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Stanford Cardinal3,330,000
2013-11-23BYU Cougars at Notre Dame Fighting Irish2,290,000
2013-11-09Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Pittsburgh Panthers3,030,000
2013-11-02Navy Midshipmen at Notre Dame Fighting Irish2,560,000
2013-10-19USC Trojans at Notre Dame Fighting Irish3,460,000
2013-10-05Arizona State Sun Devils at Notre Dame Fighting Irish3,680,000
2013-09-28Oklahoma Sooners at Notre Dame Fighting Irish3,890,000
2013-09-21Michigan State Spartans at Notre Dame Fighting Irish4,790,000
2013-09-14Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Purdue Boilermakers4,790,000
2013-09-07Notre Dame Fighting Irish at Michigan Wolverines8,650,000
2013-08-31Temple Owls at Notre Dame Fighting Irish2,500,000