Indiana–Notre Dame men's soccer rivalry

The Indiana–Notre Dame men's soccer rivalry is a college soccer rivalry between the Indiana Hoosiers men's soccer team and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's soccer program. The two programs are two of the most successful college soccer programs in the state of Indiana.

Indiana–Notre Dame men's soccer rivalry
SportCollege soccer
First meetingSeptember 14, 1973
Indiana 5–1 Notre Dame
Latest meetingAugust 29, 2024
Indiana 2-2 Notre Dame
Next meetingAugust 2025
StadiumsBill Armstrong Stadium (IU)
Alumni Stadium (UND)
Statistics
Meetings total49
All-time seriesIndiana, 33–11–5
Largest victoryIndiana 11–1 Notre Dame (1974)
Longest win streak11, Indiana (1973–1987)
Longest unbeaten streak11, Indiana (1973–1987)
Current win streakTied
Current unbeaten streak7, Indiana (2017–)

History

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Historically, the rivalry has favored Indiana, who were dominate from the 1970s to the 1990s over Notre Dame. During this period of time, the Hoosiers and Irish played 22 matches against each other, with the Hoosiers having a 20–1–1 record over the Irish.[1] Since the turn of the 21st century, the series has been much more competitive, as Indiana has a 11–10–1 advantage of Notre Dame.

Indiana began their varsity soccer program in 1973, while Notre Dame began theirs in 1977. The matches held in 1973 and 1974 were between Indiana's varsity team and the Notre Dame club team. For Notre Dame's records, the first match between the two programs was October 22, 1978 where Indiana won 7–1, while the first match in Indiana's records was September 14, 1973 where Indiana won 5–1. Indiana won the first ten matches of the series before Notre Dame earned their win in 1987.

Locations of Indiana and Notre Dame

In 1994, the programs met for the first time in the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament. The match, held in Bloomington, saw Indiana win 1–0 over Notre Dame.[2]

Over the 2010s, the series has become seen as a more fierce rivalry, as players and coaches have called the match up between the two sides as an emotional affair.[3] In 2018, Fred Glass, Indiana athletic director, called Notre Dame one of Indiana soccer's "biggest rivals".[4]

On November 30, 2018 the programs met for the fifth time in the NCAA Tournament,[5] where Indiana came out victorious, 1–0.[6] The match was played in front of 5,159 fans, making it the eighth largest crowd in the history of Bill Armstrong Stadium.[7]

Results

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Indiana victoriesNotre Dame victories
No.DateLocationWinnerScore
1 September 14, 1973 South Bend, IN Indiana 5–1
2 September 13, 1974 Bloomington, IN Indiana 11–1
3 October 22, 1978 Bloomington, IN Indiana 7–1
4 October 28, 1979 South Bend, IN Indiana 4–0
5 September 28, 1980 Bloomington, IN Indiana 4–0
6 October 25, 1981 South Bend, IN Indiana 2–0
7 September 24, 1982 Bloomington, IN Indiana 4–0
8 September 25, 1983 South Bend, IN Indiana 4–0
9 September 23, 1984 Bloomington, IN Indiana 5–1
10 September 22, 1985 South Bend, IN Indiana 4–0
11 September 12, 1986 Bloomington, IN Indiana 2–0
12 September 13, 1987 South Bend, IN Notre Dame 4–3 OT
13 September 9, 1988 Bloomington, IN Tie1–1 OT
14 September 29, 1989 South Bend, IN Indiana 3–1
15 September 27, 1991 South Bend, IN Indiana 4–1 OT
16 September 25, 1992 Bloomington, IN Indiana 3–0
17 September 24, 1993 South Bend, IN Indiana 3–0
18 September 23, 1994 Bloomington, IN Indiana 2–0
19 November 20, 1994[a] Bloomington, IN Indiana 1–0 OT
20 September 22, 1995 South Bend, IN Indiana 4–2 OT
21 September 27, 1996 Bloomington, IN Indiana 3–0
22 September 2, 1997 South Bend, IN Indiana 4–0
23 October 17, 2001 Bloomington, IN Notre Dame 1–0
24 November 27, 2002[a] Bloomington, IN Indiana 1–0
25 September 18, 2003 South Bend, IN Notre Dame 1–0 2OT
No.DateLocationWinnerScore
26 September 15, 2004 Bloomington, IN Indiana 2–0
27 October 26, 2005 South Bend, IN Indiana 3–0
28 November 22, 2005[a] Bloomington, IN Notre Dame 2–0
29 September 3, 2006 Bloomington, IN Notre Dame 5–4 OT
30 October 17, 2007 South Bend, IN Indiana 3–2
31 October 16, 2008 Bloomington, IN Indiana 3–1
32 October 14, 2009 South Bend, IN Indiana 3–0
33 October 6, 2010 Bloomington, IN Notre Dame 2–1
34 August 27, 2011 South Bend, IN Tie0–0 2OT
35 September 26, 2012 Bloomington, IN Notre Dame 1–0
36 November 25, 2012[a] South Bend, IN Indiana 2–1 OT
37 October 2, 2013 South Bend, IN Notre Dame 2–0
38 October 22, 2014 Bloomington, IN Indiana 1–0
39 August 30, 2015 Bloomington, IN Notre Dame 1–0
40 October 4, 2016 South Bend, IN Notre Dame 4–0
41 September 26, 2017 Bloomington, IN Indiana 1–0
42 September 11, 2018 South Bend, IN Indiana 2–1 OT
43 November 30, 2018[a] Bloomington, IN Indiana 1–0
44 September 17, 2019 Bloomington, IN Tie1–1
45 August 27, 2021 South Bend, IN Indiana 3–2 OT
46 October 5, 2022 Bloomington, IN Indiana 1–0
47 August 24, 2023 South Bend, IN Tie1–1
48 December 2, 2023[a] South Bend, IN Notre Dame (5)–(4) PKs
49 August 29, 2024 Bloomington, IN Tie2–2
Series: Indiana leads 33–11–5
  1. ^ a b c d e f NCAA Tournament game.[8]

Honors

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Team NCAA Conference
Tournament
Conference
Regular Season
Total
Indiana 8 13 15 36
Notre Dame 1 3 7 11
Combined 9 16 22 47

References

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  1. ^ "University of Notre Dame Men's Soccer Media Supplement" (PDF). und.com. University of Notre Dame Athletics. Retrieved December 22, 2018.
  2. ^ "#5 Men's Soccer Set To Face #1 Indiana Live On National Television". September 14, 2004. Retrieved December 24, 2018. Notre Dame enters Wednesday's match against #1 Indiana having faced the nation's top-ranked team just three times previously in the program's history. Two of those meetings came vs. Indiana (0-1 loss in 1994, 0-4 loss in 1997) with the other coming vs. Connecticut in 1998 (0-2 loss).
  3. ^ Hutchens, Terry (November 30, 2018). "IU soccer advances to 20th College Cup with 1-0 victory over Notre Dame". The Herald Bulletin. Retrieved December 19, 2018.
  4. ^ Johnston, Kevin (November 30, 2018). "IU soccer advances to NCAA record 20th College Cup with 1-0 win over Notre Dame". The Indianapolis Star. "It's a tremendous program obviously, but every team's different," explained IU athletic director Fred Glass. "For these guys to go almost all the way last year, they weren't to be denied this year. They've been on a mission, and to beat Notre Dame — one of our biggest rivals — here on our home field in front of a sellout crowd, is a very, very special night." {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  5. ^ Wallace, Dylan (November 28, 2018). "Men's soccer is ready for the challenge of Notre Dame on Friday". Indiana Daily Student. Retrieved December 20, 2018.
  6. ^ Price, Jeremy (December 1, 2018). "Indiana upends Notre Dame in men's soccer quarterfinal". Bloomington Herald-Times. ndinsider.com. Retrieved December 24, 2018.
  7. ^ Schumann, Mike (November 30, 2018). "Indiana Men's Soccer Defeats Notre Dame 1-0 and Advances to College Cup". The Daily Hoosier. Retrieved December 24, 2018. Pushed on by 5,159 fans, the 8th largest crowd in Bill Armstrong Stadium history, the Hoosiers found their edge in the second half after a sluggish start.
  8. ^ "Indiana University Men's Soccer Media Guide (2018)" (PDF). iuhoosiers.com. August 13, 2018. Retrieved December 24, 2018.
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