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Notre Dame all-time vs. each Big Ten football team

Which Big Ten team do you wish Notre Dame played annually and why?

Notre Dame tried for years to join the Big Ten but was not allowed.  Now many want Notre Dame to join a conference full-time but the school remains independent in football and with the good lord willing, they’ll continue to do so for the foreseeable future.

The member schools of the Big Ten have changed over the years but the conference called the Big Ten now has 14 members, and those 14 members have been playing football against the Irish for quite some time.

Notre Dame hosted and defeated Purdue and Wisconsin in 2021 in their only games against Big Ten foes.  The Irish opened the 2022 season at Ohio State in their only Big Ten match-up on the year.  2023 sees the Irish play host the Buckeyes in late September.

How has Notre Dame fared against each current Big Ten football team all-time?

Let’s take a peak.

Notre Dame Hockey Earns 5 Points at Penn State

Six and a half minutes into Saturday’s contest the Irish got on the board despite being a man-down as Cam Morrison scored his first career short-handed goal.

A quick start Saturday night put Notre Dame in position to walk out of No. 8 Penn State with a second straight win (although Friday’s was via shootout) and the Fighting Irish took full advantage.

Six and a half minutes into Saturday’s contest the Irish got on the board despite being a man-down as Cam Morrison scored his first career short-handed goal.  Seven minutes later Cale Burke made good-use of a great Jake Pivonka feed to blow by a Penn State defender en-route to a goal and 2-0 Notre Dame advantage.

That’s the way things stayed until Penn State found the scoreboard at almost the exact halfway point, scoring on a one-timer via Alex Limoges which wound up being the only goal of the second period.

The final frame saw Notre Dame get a couple of great scoring chances to start but the Irish were turned away both times, allowing for Penn State’s Nikita Pavlychev to tie things up at two with just under 14 minutes to play.

Graham Slaggert however bailed the Fighting Irish out, scoring with five minutes remaining to put them in front 3-2, a lead they wouldn’t surrender.

Tory Dello added an empty net goal as the Irish got the regulation win behind Cale Morris who finished with 23 saves on 25 shots faced.

Notre Dame improves to 12-11-5 overall and 7-7-4-3 in Big Ten play.  The Fighting Irish will enjoy a bye week next weekend before welcoming Minnesota to South Bend for a two-game series on Valentine’s Day weekend.