Ohio State and Notre Dame will play each other in a home-and-home series in 2022 and 2023, the schools announced Thursday morning.
The Buckeyes and Fighting Irish will play in Columbus on Sept. 3, 2022 and in South Bend on Sept. 23, 2023.
— Jerry Emig (@BuckeyeNotes) September 4, 2014
The Fighting Irish will travel to Columbus Sept. 3, 2022 before the Buckeyes head to South Bend Sept. 23, 2023.
“We are extremely pleased to have this series with Notre Dame scheduled,” Martin Jarmond, Ohio State executive associate athletic director, said in a released statement.
“Notre Dame adds to the prestigious series of non-conference games we have been seeking to schedule that are competitive, attractive for our fans and exciting for our student-athletes to be a part.”
Ohio State and Notre Dame have met five times previously: twice in the 1930s and twice in the mid-90s. The last time they played was in the in the 2006 Fiesta Bowl. The Buckeyes won, 34-20.
Combined, the schools have 1,725 wins, 18 claimed national championships, and 14 Heisman Trophy winners.
Ohio State's future non-conference schedules include: Oklahoma (2016, 2017), TCU (2018, 2019), Oregon (2020, 2021), Notre Dame (2022, 2023), Texas (2022, 2023) and Boston College (2023, 2024). If the expected matchups hold, the Buckeyes will play the Fighting Irish, the Longhorns, and the Eagles in the first few weeks of the 2023 season.
