Miami, Notre Dame agree to renew rivalry
July 23, 2010
CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP)—Miami and Notre Dame have agreed to renew a footballrivalry that during the 1980s helped define each program and decide severalnational championships.
The Hurricanes and Fighting Irish will play Oct. 6, 2012, at Soldier Fieldin Chicago, then play a home-and-home starting in 2016 at South Bend, Ind. Theyplay in Miami the next season.
The rivalry dates to the 1950s and Notre Dame leads the series 15-7-1.
But it was during the 1980s, when Miami became a national power, that therivalry got interesting.
In 1985, Miami embarrassed Notre Dame 58-7 in Gerry Faust’s last game ascoach of the Fighting Irish.
Faust was replaced by Lou Holtz. Soon after Notre Dame was a national titlecontender again and the Miami-Notre Dame game was routinely one of the biggestof the season.
Miami won three national championships in the 1980s and beat Notre Dameduring the regular season each time. Notre Dame beat Miami in 1988, when theIrish won their last national title, and in 1990.
The tense and at times nasty series was dubbed Catholics vs. Convicts bysome Notre Dame supporters.
The 1988 game was marked by a pregame shoving match and the next season theteams nearly squared off at midfield before the coin toss.
After the 29-20 victory by the Irish in 1990—which knocked Miami out ofthe national title hunt and helped Notre Dame go the Orange Bowl with a chanceto win another championship—the series was stopped.
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