Texas to face Notre Dame in blue-blood home-and-home series
Per OTF's Bobby Burton, a home-and-home series has been scheduled for the 2028 and 2029 seasons for Texas football and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish to square off in non-conference play. This is exciting news for two blue blood programs to face each other during a loaded non-conference stretch in the mid-to-late 2020s for Texas.
Texas football schedules a marquee non-conference home-and-home series with Notre Dame for first time since 2015-16
Between 2025 and 2029, the Longhorns have scheduled non-conference series against the Ohio State Buckeyes, Michigan Wolverines, and Notre Dame. Texas faces Ohio State in a home-and-home series in 2025 and 2026.
The Longhorns began a home-and-home series for 2024 and 2027 against the Michigan Wolverines.
Texas has also faced a plethora of blue-blood programs in the non-con in the past decade, including the USC Trojans, LSU Tigers, and Alabama Crimson Tide.
Athletic director Chris del Conte and the Longhorns have continued to schedule high-profile non-conference opponents since the future schedules had to adjust for joining the SEC this year. Texas was originally scheduled to face the Georgia Bulldogs (2028 and 2029) and Florida Gators (2030 and 2031) in non-conference play.
Texas has also filled future schedules with a non-conference home-and-home series against the Arizona State Sun Devils in 2032 and 2033.
Notre Dame will essentially be the top blue-blood non-conference opponent the Longhorns face in 2028 and 2029, since CDC had to replace GEorgia on the schedule. Here's how the non-conference schedule for the Longhorns stack up for the future in 2028 and 2029.
2028
Sep. 2 vs. Louisiana Tech
Sep. 16 vs. UTSA
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2029
Sep. 1 vs. UL-Monroe
Sep. 15 vs. UTEP
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Texas has faced Notre Dame a dozen times in the history of both blue-blood programs. Notre Dame owns the all-time series edge over Texas, with a record of 9-3-0.
Texas and Notre Dame last squared off in a home-and-home series in 2015 and 2016. Notre Dame defeated Texas in a 38-3 blowout win in South Bend in 2015, and the Longhorns topped the Fighting Irish in 2016 with an exciting 50-47 overtime win in Austin.
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