Game Day Central: No. 17 Louisville vs. No. 14 Notre Dame football
No. 14 Notre Dame (3-1) is looking to win a second marquee game on the season, which it desperately needs after losing to Northern Illinois this weekend. The Irish have the chance to do that when they face No. 17 Louisville (3-0, 1-0 ACC) this afternoon. Blue & Gold gets you ready with what you need to know before today’s tilt.
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GAME DAY INFORMATION
Date: Sept. 28, 2024
Site: Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend
Kickoff: 3:30 p.m. ET
Television: Streaming exclusively on Peacock
Radio: Notre Dame IMG affiliates
Series facts: Notre Dame and Louisville are tied 2-2, with the Cardinals winning the most recent matchup
33-20 in Louisville on Oct. 7, 2023.
Head coaches: Louisville — Jeff Brohm (13-4, second season at Louisville; 79-48, 11th season overall);
Notre Dame — Marcus Freeman (22-9, third season)
Noting Louisville: The Cardinals followed up their win over Notre Dame last season with a disappointing 38-21 loss at unranked Pitt before stringing together four ACC wins in a row and qualifying for the ACC Championship Game … They lost their final three games overall in 2023; a regular-season finale rivalry
bout versus Kentucky, the conference title game against Florida State and the Holiday Bowl versus USC … Brohm still posted a 10-4 season in his return to his alma mater, a program that had not won double-digit games in a season since 2013 … Louisville started this season with back-to-back offensive outings of more than 500 yards, the first such two-game stretch for the program since 2021, and the Cardinals ranked No. 4 in the FBS in yards per game through Week 3 at 590.5.
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GAME PREDICTIONS
Vegas line: Notre Dame -6.5 …. Over/under 46
Oddshark prediction: ND 43, Louisville 21
Tyler Horka: ND 23, Louisville 17
Jack Soble: Fighting Irish 23, Cardinals 13
Todd D. Burlage: Fighting Irish 24, Cardinals 21
Steve Downey: Notre Dame 26, Louisville 10
Kyle Kelly: ND 24, Louisville 23
Mike Singer: Fighting Irish 28, Cardinals 23
Full staff predictions article
PREGAME READING
- Visitor preview: Intel prior to a big recruiting weekend for ND
- Tough times, tough people: Inside Pat Coogan, Rocco Spindler’s journey back to the ND starting O-line
- How Notre Dame DE Junior Tuihalamaka is making the most of his moment
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