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A (totally definitive) ranking of every Notre Dame football game from Marcus Freeman’s three* years a head coach. Onward.
43. 2024: Northern Illinois 16, Notre Dame 14
In the moment this felt like time was a flat circle and ]Freeman had made zero tangible progress as a head coach. Notre Dame had zero passing touchdowns through two games and was pulling the same stunts as in Freeman’s first year against Marshall and Stanford. Nothing should ever be worse than this, and if it is then it will take this game’s title of “worst loss in program history.”
42. 2022: Stanford 16, Notre Dame 14
Speaking of Stanford, the haunting nature of a 16-14 score is due to this game and the NIU one. This Cardinal team finished the year 3-9 in David Shaw’s final season as head coach. Notre Dame’s offense devolved from one finding its footing the previous three games to one in which it became apparent that the margin for error was nonexistent with that quarterback and those wide receivers, even with Michael Mayer as a parachute.
41. 2022: Marshall 26, Notre Dame 21
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This three-game ranking has probably made a few people throw up already. Not only did the Thundering Herd end a more-than-30-game streak of the Irish beating unranked teams, but it was a home-opener loss to a Group of 5 team that saw Tyler Buchner go down for the regular season with a shoulder injury and saw Freeman start his head coaching career 0-3. In hindsight, the loss is a bit more conscionable if still unforgiveable, but the sky felt like it might have been falling in the moment.
40. 2023: Louisville 33, Notre Dame 20
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