Notre Dame–Stanford football rivalry

The winner of the game gains the Legends Trophy, a Dublin Irish crystal bowl resting on a California redwood base. The trophy was presented for the first time in 1989 by the Notre Dame Club of the San Francisco Bay Area. ==Series history==

The series began on January 1, 1925 (the end of the 1924 season) when Notre Dame's Four Horsemen and head coach Knute Rockne faced Stanford's Ernie Nevers and head coach Pop Warner at the 1925 Rose Bowl for the national championship. Notre Dame's 27–10 victory earned their first-ever national title and the first of four national titles to come via bowl victories. After the two teams' first meeting at the 1925 Rose Bowl, they did not play each other again until 1942 and then in 1963 and 1964; those four games were the only games before the modern series began. Notre Dame and Stanford have played the modern series annually since 1988 (except in 1995, 1996, and 2020 as part of the Pac-12 Conference's decision to cancel all non-conference games because of the COVID-19 pandemic). The series is renewed through at least the 2025 season. ==Game results==

As of 2024, Notre Dame leads the series 24–14, though the Cardinal lead 8–6 in the last fourteen games (8–7 if Notre Dame's vacated 2012 victory is included). The Fighting Irish hold the longest win-streak in the series, with seven wins from 2002 to 2008. The Cardinal's longest win streak were a pair of 3-win streaks from 2009 to 2011 and from 2015 to 2017. The back-to-back wins in 2009 and 2010 were the school's first consecutive victories in the series. Notre Dame is 13–5 at home (14–5 if Notre Dame's vacated 2012 victory is included) while the series is tied 9–9 at Stanford. Notre Dame won the only game played at a neutral site at the 1925 Rose Bowl. Game notes ==See also==