The University of Notre Dame officially released its 2020 football schedule that will have six home games plus the Shamrock Series versus Wisconsin at Green Bay’s Lambeau Field, versus Wisconsin. The top talking points include:
• Opening with Navy for the first time since the 12-1 campaign in 2012.
• The first meeting ever against the University of Arkansas, which will be the second game of the season.
• Playing in four NFL Stadiums: New Jersey's MetLife (Navy), Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, N.C. (Wake Forest), Lambeau (Wisconsin) and Heinz Field (Pitt), not to mention the temporary home of the Los Angeles Rams with the trip to the Los Angeles Coliseum.
• Unless it is a typo, the game at Pitt on Oct. 16 is listed as a Friday night clash — the week before Notre Dame’s bye.
Here is the 2020 Irish schedule, with home games in capital letters:
Sept. 5 — Navy (MetLife Stadium, E. Rutherford, N.J)
Sept. 12 — ARKANSAS
Sept. 19 — WESTERN MICHIGAN
Sept. 26 — vs. Wake Forest (Charlotte, N.C.)
Oct. 3 — vs. Wisconsin (Green Bay, Wis.)
Oct. 10 — STANFORD
Oct. 16 — at Pitt
Oct. 31— DUKE
Nov. 7 — CLEMSON
Nov. 14 — at Georgia Tech
Nov. 21 — LOUISVILLE
Nov. 28 — at USC
Here are also the 2019 and 2018 schedules that were released last season:
2019 Schedule
Sept. 2 — at Louisville (Labor Day)
Sept. 14 — NEW MEXICO
Sept. 21 — at Georgia
Sept. 28 — VIRGINIA
Oct. 5 — BOWLING GREEN
Oct. 12 — USC
Oct. 26 — at Michigan
Nov. 2 — VIRGINIA TECH
Nov. 9 — at Duke
Nov. 16 — NAVY
Nov. 23 — BOSTON COLLEGE
Nov. 30 — at Stanford
2018 Schedule
Sept. 1 — MICHIGAN
Sept. 8 — BALL STATE
Sept. 15 — VANDERBILT
Sept. 22 — at Wake Forest
Sept. 29 — STANFORD
Oct. 6 — at Virginia Tech
Oct. 13 — PITTSBURGH
Oct. 27 — vs. Navy (San Diego)
Nov. 3 — at Northwestern
Nov. 10 — FLORIDA STATE
Nov. 17 — vs. Syracuse (Yankee Stadium)
Nov. 24 — at USC
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