Ara Parseghian

(Photo: Chad Ryan) When the Notre Dame Fighting Irish take the field Saturday for the 95th Blue-Gold Game, it will feel familiar in all the right ways—and different in one…

(Photo: Chad Ryan) Rockne and Leahy defined it.Ara expanded it.And Lou Holtz—laid to rest this week in Cedar Grove Cemetery—lived it in a way that earned him a statue, a…

(Photo: Fighting Irish Media) Nick Eddy, a cornerstone of Notre Dame football’s golden era and a central figure on the Irish’s 1966 national championship team, passed away this week at…

Long before Notre Dame was a national brand—long before Knute Rockne, the Four Horsemen, or packed Saturdays in South Bend—the Irish found legitimacy through an unlikely pioneer from Australia. More…

(Photo: AJ Houk) Joe Montana came to Notre Dame out of Monongahela, Pennsylvania, in 1974. At the time, Ara Parseghian was still the head man in South Bend, and was…

(Photo: WikiCommons) Dave Casper’s path to greatness was anything but ordinary. A high school star in Elgin, Illinois, and later Chilton, Wisconsin, he was a member of the 1969 Chilton…

Coley O’Brien, best remembered for stepping in at quarterback to help Notre Dame secure the 1966 national championship, passed away recently at the age of 76. A native of McLean,…

(National Football Foundation) By a wide margin, Notre Dame holds the distinction of having the most players inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame, with 50 Fighting Irish greats…

(Photo: Notre Dame Archives) Eric Penick died on April 16 due to complications from clostridioides difficile (c.diff) which he contracted during a hospital stay. He was 71-years-old. As Notre Dame’s…

(Photo: Chad Ryan) "NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL" a worldwide brand synonymous with excellence. Rockne, Leahy, Parseghian, Devine, Holtz. Bowl wins, Heisman trophies, All-Americans. And national championships. Lots of 'em, 11 consensus,…