2020 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team
The 2020 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represents the University of Notre Dame in the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team will be led by Brian Kelly in his eleventh season at Notre Dame. The Fighting Irish play their home games at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, Indiana and compete as a independent.[2]
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| Conference | Independent |
| Head coach | Brian Kelly (11th season) |
| Offensive coordinator | Tommy Rees (1st season) |
| Defensive coordinator | Clark Lea (3rd season) |
| Home stadium | Notre Dame Stadium (Capacity: 80,795)[1] |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Army | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BYU | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Liberty | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Mexico State | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notre Dame | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UConn | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UMass | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| As of June 27, 2020; Rankings from AP Poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Previous season
The 2019 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team finished 11–2 on the season with a 33–9 victory over Iowa State in the Camping World Bowl in Orlando, Florida. They finished at No. 12 in the final AP Poll of the College Football season.
Offseason
Departures
- TE Cole Kmet (drafted by the Chicago Bears)
- WR Chase Claypool (drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers)
- LB Julian Okwara (drafted by the Detroit Lions)
- CB Troy Pride Jr. (drafted by the Carolina Panthers)
- LB Khalid Kareem (drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals)
- S Alohi Gilman (drafted by the Los Angeles Chargers)
- RB Tony Jones Jr. (signed by the New Orleans Saints)
- WR Chris Finke (signed by the San Francisco 49ers)
- S Jalen Elliott (signed by the Detroit Lions)
- LB Jamir Jones (signed by the Houston Texans)
- LB Asmar Bilal (signed by the Los Angeles Chargers)
- CB Donte' Vaughn (signed by the Los Angeles Chargers)
- QB Phil Jurkovec (Transferred to Boston College)
- WR Michael Young Jr. (Transferred to the University of Cincinnati)
- LB Jonathan Jones (entered transfer portal)
- CB Temitope Agoro (entered transfer portal)
Coaching changes
Chip Long, former offensive coordinator of the Fighting Irish, is now an offensive analyst at University of Tennessee.
2020 recruiting class
Personnel
Coaching staff
Roster
Depth chart
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result |
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| September 5 or 6 | at Navy | CBS | |||
| September 12 | 2:30 p.m. | Arkansas[4] | NBC | ||
| September 19 | 2:30 p.m. | Western Michigan[5] |
| NBC | |
| September 26 | at Wake Forest[6] |
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| October 3 | 7:30 p.m. | vs. Wisconsin[7] |
| NBC | |
| October 10 | 7:30 p.m. | Stanford[8] |
| NBC | |
| October 17 | at Pittsburgh[9] | ||||
| October 31 | 3:30 p.m. | Duke[9] |
| NBC | |
| November 7 | 7:30 p.m. | Clemson[9] |
| NBC | |
| November 14 | at Georgia Tech[10] | ||||
| November 21 | 2:30 p.m. | Louisville[9] |
| NBC | |
| November 28 | at USC[11] |
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The 2020 schedule was officially released on December 7, 2017.[12] The neutral site game at Lambeau Field has been designated the Shamrock Series game.[13]
- The game against Navy was originally scheduled to be played at Aviva Stadium in Dublin as the Emerald Isle Classic but was rescheduled and moved back to the United States due to concerns regarding the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]
Blue-Gold game
The 91st edition of the Blue-Gold game was cancelled due to COVID-19. It was to be played on April 11 at Notre Dame Stadium and broadcast Nationally by NBCSN.
Game summaries
Navy
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midshipmen | 0 | ||||
| Fighting Irish | 0 |
Arkansas
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Razorbacks | 0 | ||||
| Fighting Irish | 0 |
Western Michigan
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Broncos | 0 | ||||
| Fighting Irish | 0 |
Wake Forest
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demon Deacons | 0 | ||||
| Fighting Irish | 0 |
Wisconsin
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Badgers | 0 | ||||
| Fighting Irish | 0 |
Stanford
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cardinal | 0 | ||||
| Fighting Irish | 0 |
at Pittsburgh
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fighting Irish | 0 | ||||
| Panthers | 0 |
Duke
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Devils | 0 | ||||
| Fighting Irish | 0 |
Clemson
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tigers | 0 | ||||
| Fighting Irish | 0 |
at Georgia Tech
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fighting Irish | 0 | ||||
| Yellow Jackets | 0 |
Louisville
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cardinals | 0 | ||||
| Fighting Irish | 0 |
Rankings
References
- https://und.com/facilities-notre-dame-stadium-html/ (2020)
- "2020 Notre Dame Schedule". FBSchedules.com. January 16, 2020. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
- "Notre Dame-Navy game moved from Ireland". ESPN.com. 2 June 2020. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
- "Notre Dame and Arkansas Set Two-Game Football Series". und.com. Archived from the original on July 8, 2017. Retrieved July 7, 2017.
- Somogyi, Lou. "Report: Notre Dame To Host Western Michigan In 2020". notredame.rivals.com. Retrieved September 22, 2017.
- "Wake Forest football team to play Notre Dame in 2020 in Charlotte". TheCharlotteObserver.com. Retrieved March 3, 2017.
- "Notre Dame Schedules Wisconsin In 2020 & 2021". und.com. Archived from the original on August 15, 2017. Retrieved August 14, 2017.
- "Boston College Series". gostanford.com. Retrieved July 17, 2016.
- Fortuna, Matt. "ACC, Notre Dame announce opponents through 2025". espn.com. Retrieved October 21, 2014.
- "Report: Notre Dame And Georgia Tech Agree To Schedule Change". NotreDame.Rivals.com. Retrieved March 3, 2017.
- Huston, Chris. "USC extends series with Notre Dame, adds BYU to future schedule". cbssports.com. Retrieved June 26, 2013.
- "Notre Dame Announces 2020 Football Schedule". und.com. Archived from the original on 17 August 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
- Rittenberg, Adam. "Notre Dame-Wisconsin matchups to be played at Lambeau Field, Soldier Field". espn.com. Retrieved August 14, 2017.
- https://www.espn.com/college-football/team/schedule/_/id/87 (2020)
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