When Notre Dame hosts Boston College for senior day on Saturday it will be one of the coldest games in recent memory at Notre Dame Stadium. According to the Notre Dame game notes from the 2013 win over BYU, that particular day was then the coldest game at the stadium since 1991. There have certainly been cold ones since but I haven’t found one officially listed as colder.
Temperature is one thing but wind, rain, snow, and perhaps icy seats can make things significantly worse, even if the temperature is warmer. With this game in mind and the idea of bundling up in my head I threw a question out to the masses on social media. I simply asked: “What is the coldest you’ve ever been at a sporting event? (Not necessarily the air temp but worst physical cold feeling you sat thru)”
I’ve got answers that involve Notre Dame and have nothing to do with Notre Dame. Living around Chicago my entire life has provided plenty of April baseball games and winter football games to freeze my rear-end off at.
Here are some of the best replies to the question. The only ones I posted are related to Notre Dame but my mentions are full of classic memories of fans freezing their fingers off while watching their teams.