Alabama and Notre Dame are discussing a home-and-home football series.
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“I’ll say that we are exploring some home-and-homes,” Alabama athletics director Greg Byrne told the Tuscaloosa News. Alabama has not played an out-of-conference home-and-home series since 2010-11 against Penn State.
Alabama and Notre Dame met six times on the football field from 1973-1987. They've only played once since, in the 2013 BCS National Championship. The last regular-season meeting for the once-dominant Irish and now-dominant Crimson Tide came in South Bend on Nov. 14, 1987. Notre Dame and second-year head coach Lou Holtz won a blowout, 37-6, on their way to an eight-victory season, their highest win total since 1980.
Their 1987 meeting was one of only four all-time regular-season games. Here's a look at the seven-game series, which Notre Dame leads, 5-2.
|
Date |
Location |
Score |
|---|---|---|
| Jan. 7, 2013 | Miami Gardens, Fla. (BCS Nat. Champ.) | BAMA 42, ND 14 |
| Nov. 14, 1987 | South Bend, Ind. | ND 37, BAMA 6 |
| Oct. 4, 1986 | Birmingham, Ala. | BAMA 28, ND 10 |
| Nov. 15, 1980 | Birmingham, Ala. | ND 7, BAMA 0 |
| Nov 13, 1976 | South Bend, Ind. | ND 21, BAMA 18 |
| Jan. 1, 1975 | Miami, Fla. (Orange Bowl) | ND 13, BAMA 11 |
| Dec. 31, 1973 | New Orleans, La. (Sugar Bowl) | ND 23, BAMA 23 |
