As discussed yesterday, the four-game series between Texas and Notre Dame is now official.
From the official release:
Administrators at Texas and Notre Dame have been discussing reuniting on the football field for a long period of time, and now, two of the winningest programs in NCAA history have been able to work out a four-game series beginning in 2015, the schools announced on Thursday. Texas ranks second on the NCAA all-time victory list (845) and Notre Dame is third (837)."We have a wonderful relationship with Notre Dame, and (AD) Jack (Swarbrick) and I have become great friends,” said DeLoss Dodds, Texas men’s athletics director. “I really admire and respect him and am excited we were able to pull this off. Texas and Notre Dame have met in a lot of great games over the years and I was lucky enough to be here for the series we had with them in 1995 and ’96. Those games created a lot of interest and we’ve had a number of talks over the years to try to do it again. Football scheduling is always challenging so we’re happy that we found a place on both teams’ schedules to pull it off. When you match up two schools with so much pride, tradition and history, it’s an event that everyone enjoys being a part of and we’ll all really looking forward to.”
“We’re thrilled to be able to renew the football relationship between Notre Dame and Texas,” said Jack Swarbrick, Notre Dame athletics director. “History already suggests that this has been an intersectional rivalry loaded with memorable moments, and I expect fans of both institutions will eagerly look forward to these matchups on the respective campuses. We’ve been looking at the prospect of putting together these matchups for some time, and we hope these games may lead to further conversations about the prospect of additional contests, potentially in other sports as well as football.”
The series will kickoff with Texas traveling to South Bend on Sept. 5, 2015. Notre Dame is slated to head to Austin on Sept. 3, 2016, and again on Aug. 31, 2019. The Longhorns return to South Bend on Sept. 12, 2020.