Notre Dame is 1-0 after their dominating 42-3 victory over Navy to start the 2023 football season. Next up for the Irish is their actual home opener as they welcome Tennessee State to town Saturday.
It’s the first time Notre Dame will take on a non-FBS program which leaves only UCLA and USC left as teams to not take on FCS opponents.
It shouldn’t be close as Notre Dame is threatening to enter the nation’s top-10 and Tennessee State is just 14-27 since the start of 2019.
So how will Notre Dame fare in their 2023 home opener? A win is expected and it should come by plenty of points.
Before we get deep into game week, let’s take a look back at how Notre Dame has done in each home opening game since Lou Holtz began with the Irish in 1986.