Notre Dame Stadium
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Overview
Notre Dame Stadium is the football home of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in Notre Dame, Indiana. It is one of the most iconic venues in college football, overlooked by the 'Touchdown Jesus' mural on the nearby Hesburgh Library. Saturdays there carry a singular ritual weight — the golden dome, the marching band, and a national fan base that fills the bowl for nearly every home date.
History & Legacy
Designed with input from legendary coach Knute Rockne and opened in 1930, 'The House That Rockne Built' has hosted generations of Irish football, national-title contenders, and Heisman Trophy winners. The 2014-2017 Campus Crossroads Project added academic, athletic, and student-life buildings around the bowl, and while it widened the seats, the renovation actually trimmed capacity to its current figure. Its sideline horseshoe shape and lack of a video board for decades (until the renovation) preserved an old-school character that fans and alumni closely guard.
Source: RateGame editorial
Opened1930
Capacity77,622
Notable EventsNotre Dame football; 'Touchdown Jesus'; Campus Crossroads renovation (2014-2017)
9.1
Average ratingStadium
43Ratings
Games
3.3
21 fans rated
Midshipmen vs Fighting Irish
CFB • Week 11• Nov 9 20257.9
34 fans rated
Trojans vs Fighting Irish
CFB • Week 8• Oct 18 20255.7
18 fans rated
Wolfpack vs Fighting Irish
CFB • Week 7• Oct 11 20257.3
19 fans rated
Boilermakers vs Fighting Irish
CFB • Week 4• Sep 20 2025
View Buckeyes vs Fighting Irish6.1
98 fans rated
Buckeyes vs Fighting Irish
CFB • Championship• Jan 21 2025Stadium ratings
8.4
@jaxonjett24
3mo
Small but historic. Not intimidating like neyland, Death Valley, or the shoe but it can get pretty loud. Great overall stadium
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9.2
@lbabydevit
3mo
CFB • Week 610/04/2025
Quite possibly the best campus in football, got the chance to go on the field the day before. Saw the Golden Dome and Touchdown Jesus from our seats
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9.0
@thecollegesportsguy
4mo
CFB • Week 810/18/2025
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9.0
@thecollegesportsguy
4mo
Critics will say Notre Dame Stadium isn’t loud enough…
But it doesn’t need to be.
Tons of these SEC stadiums, Tennessee, Texas A&M, Alabama etc…they need to be loud, that’s their schtick: we’re more passionate than you, we care more than you.
Notre Dame’s shtick is incidentally: “we’re nicer than you, we’re better at life than you.”
People think it’s a football school that happens to be Catholic, no it’s the other way around.
There was a mass promo showed in the middle of the game, and the crowd shakes everyone’s hand: “peace be with you.” Me growing up an SEC guy, I was astounded at that.
The statues are plentiful, the the brick wall is unique, the touchdown Jesus owns the message of Notre Dame.
It’s not a football school that happens to be catholic, it’s a Catholic school that happens to be very good at football.
That same thought process applies to their fanbase: It’s a mostly Catholic fanbase that happens to be richer & nicer than you.
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@brayden19
4mo
CFB • Week 1111/09/2025
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