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Notre Dame Fighting Irish football rivalries refers to rivalries of the University of Notre Dame in the sport of college football. [1]

USC tight end Blake Ayles recently apologized for flipping the double-fingered salute behind two Notre Dame fans before the Trojans’ game in South Bend last Saturday. [2]

Notre Dame and USC are among the most elite programs in college football, with each school winning 11 national championships and 7 Heisman Trophies. [...] November 27th, 1954- With 5:52 left in the game, USC is holding on to a 6 point lead in a 17-16 game. [3]

Notre Dame and USC are among the most elite programs in college football, with each school having won 11 national championships and 7 Heisman Trophies. [...] The Irish also spoiled Trojan title campaigns by giving them their first loss in the last game of the season in 1947 and 1952, as well as handing them a first loss in 1927, 1973 and 1995. [4]

The winner of the annual rivalry game is awarded the coveted Jeweled Shillelagh, a war club adorned with emerald-emblazoned clovers signifying Irish victories and Ruby-emblazoned Trojan warrior heads for Trojan wins. [...] Notre Dame has a major rivalry with the University of Southern California, and also has a historic and “natural enemy” in the University of Michigan. [1]

On that day (Nebraska 17, Notre Dame 0) Knute Rockne resisted the idea of a home-and-home series with USC because of the travel involved, but Mrs. Wilson was able to persuade Mrs. Rockne that a trip every two years to sunny Southern California was better than one to snowy, hostile Nebraska. [4]

… several college football historians, including Murray Sperber, have uncovered evidence that somewhat contradicts this story. [...] Because the Fighting Irish are independent of a football conference, they play a more national schedule, and have thus developed rivalries with many different schools. [1]

Barry LeBrock, author of The Trojan Ten, also confirms that Rockne lent the Trojans a helping hand in recommending that they consider hiring Iowa’s coach Howard Jones, after USC fired “Gloomy Gus” Henderson. [4]

Notre Dame quarterback, Ralph Guglielmi drops back, and throws a 72 yard touchdown pass to receiver Jim Morse, and the Irish go on to edge the Trojans in the final minutes, 23-17. [3]

Quite often, the winner of this series has gone on to win or play for the college football national title. [4]

Michigan is college football’s all-time leader in wining percentage, followed by Notre Dame, while Notre Dame and USC are tops in national championships, and Heisman Trophies. [1]

Sources:
[1] Notre Dame Fighting Irish football rivalries - Wikipedia, the
[2] USC Notre Dame
[3] Notre Dame USC Tickets
[4] Notre DameUSC rivalry - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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