Notre Dame

FBSI · 2009 Season · Final

Season

Struggling

Record

6–6

0.500 Win %

Conference

—

0–0 in FBSI

All-Time Resume

Ranked Seasons

120

1899–2026

All-Time Record

919–327–33

0.731 Win %

Peak Final Rank

1929, 1930, 1953 +2

#1 Finishes

Top 5: 24 · Top 10: 42 · Top 25: 83

12-Team Playoff & Revenue Era · 2 seasons · 1 Top 10
Limited Playoff Era · 26 seasons · 5 Top 10
Independents & Bowl Tie-In Era · 16 seasons · 6 Top 10 · 1× #1
Divisional Era · 26 seasons · 9 Top 10 · 1× #1
AP Poll & Postwar Era · 20 seasons · 13 Top 10 · 1× #1
Forward Pass & Stadium Boom Era · 23 seasons · 8 Top 10 · 2× #1
Pioneer Era · 6 seasons

Final finishes, as published; the season in progress counts toward record only. Compare Notre Dame head-to-head · History & Eras

2009 Schedule & Results

Wk	Date	Opponent	Conf	Opp. Record	Result
2	Week 2 · Sep 8	Nevada (NEVADA)H2H	IND WAC	8–5	W 35–0
3	Week 3 · Sep 15	Michigan (MICHIGAN)H2H	B10	5–7	L 34–38
4	Week 4 · Sep 22	Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)H2H	B10	6–7	W 33–30
5	Week 5 · Sep 29	Purdue (PURDUE)H2H	B10	5–7	W 24–21
6	Week 6 · Oct 6	Washington (WASHINGTON)H2H	PAC	5–7	W 37–30
8	Week 8 · Oct 20	USC H2H	PAC	9–4	L 27–34
9	Week 9 · Oct 27	Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)H2H	ACC	8–5	W 20–16
10	Week 10 · Nov 3	Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)H2H	PAC	1–11	W 40–14
11	Week 11 · Nov 10	Navy (NAVY)H2H	IND FBSI	10–4	L 21–23
12	Week 12 · Nov 17	Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)H2H	IND BE	10–3	L 22–27
13	Week 13 · Nov 24	UConn (CONNECTICUT)H2H	IND BE	8–5	L 30–33
14	Week 14 · Dec 1	Stanford (STANFORD)H2H	PAC	8–5	L 38–45

Past season results come from the published weekly rankings; home/away is not recorded. Unranked = opponent outside the ranked field. Kickoff times in Eastern Time. TBD = not yet announced. vs* = neutral site. Opp. Record is the current season record; — = unavailable.

Rating Tier Spectrum

3.084

Paramount (best)Rock Bottom

Where the rating sits on the 12-tier scale (lower is better).

NOW — Net Opponent Wins

-28+33

Nevada +8
Boston College +8
Michigan State +6
Purdue +5
Washington +5
Washington State +1
Pittsburgh -3
USC -4
Navy -4
UConn -5
Stanford -5
Michigan -7

Each win stacks that opponent's win total to the right; each loss stacks that opponent's loss total to the left.

National Standing

Rank #60Better than 57%

Win % Place 66thBetter than 53%

0.500 Win % · No change

Percent of all FBS teams this team is ahead of.

Rank by Week

Higher on the chart = better rank.

Game Margins

+35

-4

-7

+26

-2

-5

-3

-7

Bars above the line are wins, below are losses; height = point margin.

Final Rank by Season

Higher = better finish. Ranks as published.