the 10th time notre dame claimed a national championship in football was in 1973.
when was the 10th time notre dame claimed a national championship in football?
1973
over the years, notre dame has occasionally worn green instead of blue as its home jersey, sometimes adopting the jersey for an entire season – or more – at a time. currently, notre dame reserves its green jerseys for "special" occasions. often on such occasions, the irish will take the field for warmups dressed in blue, only to switch to green when they go back to the locker room before kickoff. this tradition was started by dan devine in 1977 before the usc game. notre dame has also been known to switch jerseys at halftime, as during the 1985 usc game, and in the loss to nile kinnick-led iowa in 1939, although this was to help avoid confusion between their navy uniforms and iowa's black ones. the current design of the jersey is kelly green with gold numbers and white outlining. for the 2006 army game, coach charlie weis broke out the green jerseys as a reward to his senior players, as well finally ending the string of losses by the irish when wearing green. notre dame wore throwback green jerseys in 2007 against usc in honor of the 30th anniversary of the 1977 national championship team. on at least one occasion (1992 sugar bowl) notre dame has worn an away variant of the jersey: a white jersey with green numbers. champion supplied football jerseys for the university of notre dame for over 50 years until they switched to adidas in 2001. on july 1, 2014, the university of notre dame athletic department will begin wearing uniforms and footwear supplied by under armour.
notre dame fighting irish football
the fighting irish and falcons first met in 1964, with the fighting irish prevailing 34–7, and proceeded to play each other annually from 1972–91 (they didn't meet in 1976). notre dame won the first 11 contests before gerry faust's teams lost four straight in the early 1980s. one of the most memorable games was the 1975 contest in which notre dame, trailing 30–10 in the fourth quarter, rallied behind joe montana for a 31–30 comeback win. in the match-up in 2007, the fighting irish came into the game matching their worst start in notre dame history with a 1–8 record. the falcons won for the first time since 1996, 41–24, the largest margin of victory for air force in six wins over the fighting irish, the biggest by a military academy since navy beat the fighting irish 35–14 in 1963 behind roger staubach, and the first time that air force had ever scored 40 points in a game against notre dame. it marked the first time notre dame had lost to two service academies in the same season since 1944 and it was also a school-record sixth straight home loss for the fighting irish. notre dame leads the series 24–6. in 2010, notre dame and air force agreed to a home-and-home football series starting with the 2011 season. the series began when air force visited notre dame stadium on october 8, 2011, with notre dame prevailing 59–33. the series finale was a 45–10 notre dame win at falcon stadium on october 26, 2013.
notre dame fighting irish football rivalries