2017 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The team was coached by Brian Kelly and played its home games at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend , Indiana . They competed as an independent . They finished the season 10 – 3 , an impressive turnaround from the season before , where the Irish finished with their worst record since 2007 . They were invited to the Citrus Bowl where they defeated LSU . The Irish would finish the season with four wins over teams that finished in the top 25 rankings ( both the AP and Coaches polls ) , including winning three of those by over 20 points or more
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2017 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team