WATCH: Notre Dame 2023 football schedule revealed, grading transfer portal class

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2023 Notre Dame football schedule

Aug. 26: vs. Navy (Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Ireland)

Sept. 2: vs. Tennessee State

Sept. 9: at NC State

Sept. 16: vs. Central Michigan

Sept. 23: vs. Ohio State

Sept. 30: at Duke

Oct. 7: at Louisville

Oct. 14: vs. USC

BYE

Oct. 28: vs. Pitt

Nov. 4: at Clemson

BYE

Nov. 18: vs. Wake Forest

Nov. 25: at Stanford

The Irish are playing in Ireland for the first time since 2012 when they went 12-0 and reached the national championship game. Notre Dame beat Navy 50-10 overseas that year. This year’s game in Ireland is technically a home game for Notre Dame.

The following week’s matchup vs. Tennessee State will mark the first time Notre Dame has ever faced an FCS opponent. Going into the 2022 season, the only three FBS programs to have never squared off vs. an FCS foe were Notre Dame, UCLA and USC. The Bruins played Alabama State last fall, so the Trojans will be the only ones left in that category.

Freeman said scheduling the game is about more than sacrificing a longstanding streak.

“I grew up in Dayton, Ohio, where we had Central State University, which is an HBCU that was really successful when I was growing up as a kid,” Freeman said last April. “That’s something I’ve known about for a long time. It’s all about the opportunity for us as the University of Notre Dame to get this chance to play an HBCU and that’s extremely, extremely exciting.”

Despite roughly three hours and less than 200 miles separating the two campuses, Notre Dame has never played Central Michigan. The Chippewas went 4-8 in head coach Jim McElwain’s fourth season on the job. He has a 24-21 record in Mount Pleasant.

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