Miami, Notre Dame set dates for Soldier Field game and football series

By Kevin Kelley -

The Miami Hurricanes and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish have set the dates for their game at Soldier Field and their ensuing home-and-home football series, The Miami-Herald has reported.

The Canes and Irish will meet at Soldier Field in Chicago on October 6, 2012. It will be the first contest between the two schools away from their home stadiums since the 1979 Mirage Bowl in Tokyo, Japan. Notre Dame won that game 40-15.

Notre Dame will host Miami in South Bend on October 8, 2016. The return game will be November 25, 2017 at Miami, which is the Saturday of Thanksgiving weekend.

Miami and Notre Dame have played 23 times since 1955. The Fighting Irish lead the overall series 15-7-1. In their last meeting in South Bend in 1990, Notre Dame beat Miami 29-20.

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Comments (5)

IT’S GREAT TO SEE TWO OLD RIVALS GOING AT IT AGAIN, I CAN’T WAIT FOR THE GAME AT SOLDIER FIELD. IT’S ALL ABOUT THE “U” GO CANES!!!!!!

majority of team will be in prison by then and maybe the STate of FLorida will allow them to be released to play s ballgame for a bad behavior reward SEriouly the reality is not far away. GReat movie script not so cathlic ND Almost fightin tigrs i mean irish versus Miami Correctional convicts hey somewhere in there u can put your u lol

This is great for College Football and Hurricane football. Let the rivalry start again under Coach Goldens era. Go Canes