Navy–Notre Dame football rivalry

Navy–Notre Dame football rivalry
First meetingOctober 15, 1927
Notre Dame, 19–6
Latest meetingOctober 26, 2024
Notre Dame, 51–14
Next meetingNovember 8, 2025
StadiumsNotre Dame Stadium (2021, 2025)
M&T Bank Stadium (2022)
Aviva Stadium (2023)
MetLife Stadium (2024)
TrophyNone (1927–2010)
Rip Miller Trophy (2011–present)
Statistics
Meetings total97
All-time seriesNotre Dame leads, 81–13–1 (.858)
Trophy seriesNotre Dame leads, 12–1 (.923)
Largest victoryNotre Dame, 56–7 (1970)
Longest win streakNotre Dame, 43 (1964–2007)
Current win streakNotre Dame, 7 (2017–present)
220km
137miles
Navy
Notre Dame
Locations of Notre Dame and Navy

The Navy–Notre Dame football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the Navy Midshipmen football team of the United States Naval Academy and Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team of the University of Notre Dame. It was played annually from 1927 to 2019, which made it the longest uninterrupted intersectional rivalry in college football, the third-longest uninterrupted college football rivalry overall, as well as the second-longest never-interrupted rivalry in Division I college football (FBS). Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 game was canceled, ending these lengthy streaks, even though both schools still played a fall season schedule in 2020.

Notre Dame leads the series 81–13–1. Before Navy won a 46–44 triple-overtime contest in 2007, Notre Dame had a 43-game winning streak that was the longest series win streak between two annual opponents in the history of Division I FBS football. Navy's previous win came in 1963, 35–14 with future Heisman Trophy winner and NFL quarterback Roger Staubach at the helm. Navy had come close to winning on numerous occasions before 2007. The Midshipmen subsequently won again in 2009, 2010 and 2016.

Since 2011, the Rip Miller Trophy is awarded to the winner of the game. The trophy is named after Edgar "Rip" Miller, who played college football for Notre Dame and served as a longtime coach and administrator at Navy.