Nick Saban Owned Notre Dame: Numbers Behind The Dominance

The average halftime score…yikes, Irish fans.

The huge news out Wednesday is that legendary head football coach [autotag]Nick Saban[/autotag] is retiring from Alabama.  The 72-year old leaves behind a coaching legacy that includes seven national championships and the greatest modern coaching career the sport has seen.

Saban began his head coaching career spending one year at Toledo in 1990 before joining the staff with the Cleveland Browns.  Before too long he was back in college as Michigan State‘s head coach he spent five seasons.

He left for LSU where he won the 2003 national championship, then to the NFL with the Miami Dolphins before returning to the college ranks and developing Alabama back into a dynasty.

In all that time Nick Saban coached five games against Notre Dame as a head coach.  Saban’s teams went 5-0 and only one game was even moderately close.

Here is a closer look at just how much Nick Saban owned Notre Dame during his illustrious head coaching career.