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Official tickets of the College Football Classic.
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August 26th, 2023
The Fighting Irish will pack up and head to Ireland when opening the 2023 season against rival Navy as part of the Aer Lingus College Football Series in Dublin. The University of Notre Dame, the Naval Academy and Irish American Events Limited are partnering to take an American Football game to Aviva Stadium in Dublin for a Week Zero game on Aug. 26, 2023 at 7.30pm local time.
The Notre Dame-Navy game is the second in a series of games in the Aer Lingus College Football Series and will be the third time the Fighting Irish and the Midshipmen have played in Dublin.
Head Coach: Marcus Freeman; 1st season
Location: South Bend, Indiana
Conference: Independent
All-time record: 848-315-33 (.728)
Bowl record: 19-20 (.487)
Conference titles: 11 (1919, 1924, 1929, 1930, 1943, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1964, 1966, 1973, 1977 and 1988)
Founded in 1899, the Notre Dame Football mascot is the Fighting Irish.
Head Coach: Brian Newberry
Location: Annapolis, Maryland
Conference: American
Division: West
All-time record: 727–583–57 (.553)
Bowl record: 12–11–1 (.521)
Conference titles: 1 (1926)
Founded in 1879, the Navy Midshipmen Football mascot is Bill the Goat.
Aviva Stadium
The Aer Lingus College Football Classic will be held at the magnificent Aviva Stadium, which also held the 2012 Emerald Isle Classic between the University of Notre Dame and U.S. Naval Academy, as well as the 2016 Aer Lingus College Football Classic between Boston College and Georgia Tech. It is built on the site of the former Lansdowne Road stadium, which was demolished in 2007, and where Boston College played in 1988. It is home to the Irish Rugby Football Union and the Football Association of Ireland.
