A brief history of the Notre Dame-Stanford football rivalry

A brief history of the Notre Dame-Stanford football rivalry

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WNDU) - Notre Dame travels to California to face Stanford in a rivalry that spans a century of college football history. The programs first met on January 1, 1925, in the Rose Bowl, featuring legendary coaches Knute Rockne of Notre Dame and Glen “Pop” Warner of Stanford. Stanford’s Ernie Nevers played through an injury while Notre Dame’s Four Horsemen took the field together for their final game. The Fighting Irish would go on …