This is a list of

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season records. The Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team with a total of 25 National Championships, is the football team of the

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, United States. The team competes as an

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at the

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level. Notre Dame has the most consensus

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and has produced more

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s than any other Football Bowl Subdivision school. Additionally, seven Fighting Irish football players have won the

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. Notre Dame is one of only two

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universities that field a team in the Football Bowl Subdivision, the other being

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, and one of a handful of programs independent of a football conference. The team plays its home games on Notre Dame's campus at

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, also known as the "House that Rockne Built," which has a capacity of 80,795. Notre Dame claims national championships in an additional three seasons, for a total of 11 consensus national championships. Notre Dame, however, is often credited with 13 national championships in total. The 1919 and 1964 seasons are the reason for the discrepancy: both are recognized as full championships by the NCAA but not claimed by the school. The 1938 and 1953 seasons are also two strong unclaimed championships. In 1938, 8-1 Notre Dame was awarded the national championship by the then widely recognized

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which awarded the Knute Rockne Memorial Trophy to Notre Dame, symbolizing a national championship, while Texas Christian (which finished 11-0) was awarded the championship by the Associated Press. In the 1953 season, an undefeated Notre Dame team (9-0-1) was named national champion by every major selector except the AP and UPI (Coaches) polls, where the Irish finished second in both to 10-1

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. As Notre Dame has a policy of only recognizing AP and Coaches Poll national championships post-1936, the school does not officially recognize the 1938 and 1953 national championships.

Seasons

The following is a list of Notre Dame's all-time season records.

Notes

References

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