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Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

Notre Dame Fighting Irish
2017 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team
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First season 1887 (1887)
Athletic director Jack Swarbrick
Head coach Brian Kelly
8th year, 59–31 (.656)
Other staff Chip Long (OC)
Mike Elko (DC)
Brian Polian (ST)
Stadium Notre Dame Stadium
Year built 1930
Seating capacity 80,795
Field surface Natural grass (1930–2013)
FieldTurf (2014–present)
Location Notre Dame, Indiana
NCAA division Division I FBS
Conference Independent
All-time record 896–321–42 (.728)
Bowl record 17–18 (.486)
Claimed nat'l titles 11 (1924, 1929, 1930, 1943, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1966, 1973, 1977, 1988)
Unclaimed nat'l titles 11
Heisman winners 7
Consensus All-Americans 97
Current uniform
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Colors Blue and Gold
         
Fight song Victory March
Mascot Notre Dame Leprechaun
Marching band Band of the Fighting Irish
Outfitter Under Armour
Rivals
Irish in the NFL
NFL Draft Selections
Total selected: 485
First picks in draft: 5
1st Round: 65
NFL Achievements
In the Super Bowl: 49
Won the Super Bowl: 40
Hall of Famers: 13

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team is the intercollegiate football team representing the University of Notre Dame in Notre Dame, Indiana. The team is currently coached by Brian Kelly. The team plays its home games at the campus's Notre Dame Stadium, with a capacity of 80,795. Notre Dame is one of four schools that competes as an Independent at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Football Bowl Subdivision level; however, they play five games a year against opponents from the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), which Notre Dame is a member of in all other sports (except ice hockey).

One of the most iconic and successful programs in college sports, have 13 national championships recognized by the NCAA, second out of all FBS schools in the NCAA era. A record seven Notre Dame players have won the Heisman trophy, and the program has produced 97 consensus All-Americans, 33 unanimous All-Americans, and 50 members of the College Football Hall of Fame, all NCAA records. With 495 players selected, Notre Dame is second to USC in the number of players chosen by NFL teams in the draft.

All Notre Dame home games have been televised on NBC since 1991, and Notre Dame is the only school to have such a contract. It was the only independent program to be part of the Bowl Championship Series coalition and its guaranteed payout, and it has one of the largest, most widespread fanbases in college football. These factors help make Notre Dame one of the most financially valuable football programs in the country, allowing them to remain independent of a conference.


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