2021 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team
The 2021 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame in the 2021 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was led by Brian Kelly in his 12th season at Notre Dame. The Fighting Irish played their home games at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, Indiana.
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| Conference | Independent |
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| Offensive coordinator | Tommy Rees (2st season) |
| Defensive coordinator | Marcus Freeman (1st season) |
| Base defense | 4–2–5 |
| Home stadium | Notre Dame Stadium (Capacity: 80,795)[1] |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Army | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BYU | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Liberty | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Mexico State | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notre Dame | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UConn | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UMass | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Previous season
The 2020 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team finished 10–2 on the season with a 31–14 loss to Alabama in the Rose Bowl College Football Playoff semi-final in Arlington, Texas. They finished at No. 5 in the final AP Poll of the 2020 season.
Offseason
Departures
- RB/WR Jafar Armstrong (Transferred to Illinois)
- DT Ja’Mion Franklin (Transferred to Duke)
- C Colin Grunhard (Transferred to Kansas)
- LB Jordan Heath (Transferred to UCLA)
- DE Ovie Oghoufo (Transferred to Texas)
- OL John Olmstead (Transferred to Lafayette)
- CB Isaiah Rutherford (Transferred to Arizona)
- DE Kofi Wardlow (Transferred to Charlotte
- LB Jack Lamb (entered transfer portal)
- RB Jahmir Smith (entered transfer portal)
- WR/DB Isaiah Robertson (entered transfer portal)
Coaching changes
Clark Lea, former defensive coordinator of the Fighting Irish, accepted a position as head football coach of Vanderbilt. He was replaced by former Cincinnati defensive-coordinator Marcus Freeman.
Personnel
Schedule
The 2021 schedule was officially released on April 25, 2019.[2] The neutral site game at Soldier Field has been designated the Shamrock Series game, although television rights are owned and operated by the Big Ten Network.[3]
| Date | Opponent | Site | TV | Result |
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| September 5 | at Florida State | ABC | ||
| September 11 | Toledo | NBC | ||
| September 18 | Purdue |
| NBC | |
| September 25 | vs. Wisconsin | |||
| October 2 | Cincinnati |
| NBC | |
| October 9 | at Virginia Tech | |||
| October 23 | USC |
| NBC | |
| October 30 | North Carolina |
| NBC | |
| November 6 | Navy |
| NBC | |
| November 13 | at Virginia | |||
| November 20 | Georgia Tech |
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| November 27 | at Stanford |
Rankings
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Game summaries
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References
- https://und.com/facilities-notre-dame-stadium-html/ (2020)
- "2021 Football Schedule Announced". und.com. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
- Rittenberg, Adam. "Notre Dame-Wisconsin matchups to be played at Lambeau Field, Soldier Field". espn.com. Retrieved August 14, 2017.
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