The 2011 and 2012 Notre Dame football schedules are now official

NOTRE DAME – Notre Dame has finalized its football schedules for the 2011 and 2012 seasons.

Notre Dame will open up at home in 2011 on September 3rd against South Florida.  South Florida is coached by Notre Dame grad, Skip Holtz, the son of the former Irish Hall of Fame coach, Lou Holtz.

The Irish will also host Maryland in an off-site game on November 12th at Fed-Ex Field in Washington D.C.

Notre Dame opens the 2012 season in Ireland, as the Irish play Navy in Dublin.  They will also play Miami at Soldier Field on October 6th, and go to Oklahoma on October 27th.

Future Notre Dame Football Schedules

2011             
Sept. 3                        SOUTH FLORIDA                                                                        
Sept. 10            at Michigan                                                
Sept. 17            MICHIGAN STATE                        
Sept. 24            at Pittsburgh                                    
Oct. 1                        at Purdue
Oct. 8            AIR FORCE                        
Oct. 15                        Open Date
Oct. 22                        USC                                                
Oct. 29                        NAVY                                                 
Nov. 5                        at Wake Forest                                                                        
Nov. 12                        MARYLAND (Fed-Ex Field, Washington D.C.)                                    
Nov. 19            BOSTON COLLEGE            
Nov. 26                        at Stanford                                    
 
2012                         
Sept. 1                        Navy (Dublin, Ireland)                        
Sept. 8                        PURDUE                                    
Sept. 15            at Michigan State                        
Sept. 22            MICHIGAN                        
Sept. 29            Open Date                        
Oct. 6                        MIAMI (Soldier Field, Chicago)
Oct. 13                        STANFORD
Oct. 20                        BYU
Oct. 27                        at Oklahoma
Nov. 3                        PITTSBURGH
Nov. 10                        at Boston College                                    
Nov. 17                        WAKE FOREST                         
Nov. 24                        at USC