Notre Dame Stadium

Opened in 1930

About Notre Dame Stadium

Notre Dame Stadium is a College Football stadium in Notre Dame, Indiana. It opened in 1930. It was designed by Osborn Engineering. It seats 80,795. Its current tenant is Notre Dame Fighting Irish (College Football), since 1930. By capacity it ranks 16th of 241 current College Football venues, counting only venues with a known capacity. On our ranked lists it ranks 54th oldest of 354 stadiums and arenas still in use and 46th longest single tenancy (96 years) of the 100 longest on record.

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Photo of Notre Dame Stadium — Photo by Tysto. License: Public domain. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

Venue Information

Capacity

80,795

#16 in College Football of 241

Year Opened

1930

#51 oldest in College Football of 242

Location

Notre Dame, Indiana 46556

Elevation

729 ft

222 m above sea level

#89 highest in College Football of 242

Architect

Osborn Engineering

Location derived from the venue's coordinates using data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence (ODbL).

Elevation of the venue's coordinates from USGS and NASA SRTM elevation data, via Open Topo Data.

Architect and operator credits from Wikidata.

Teams

Home seasons at Notre Dame Stadium by team, 1930–2026. Bars use each team's colors at the time; the table below lists every season.

Team	League	Years
Notre Dame Fighting Irish While based here: 97 seasons · 734-273-23 regular season · 42 postseason trips · 2026 in progress College Football · 1930–present Independent 2021–2026 · ACC 2020 · Independent 1930–2019 · FBS (Division I-A) Territory map on ImperialismMap Home venue unknown 1893–1899 Cartier Athletic Field 1900–1928 Soldier Field 1929 Notre Dame Stadium 1930–present	College Football	1930–present

Records are each team's full-season results while it was based here, home and away games alike, from final scores. They are not records of games played at this venue.