Indiana–Notre Dame men's soccer rivalry

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| team1 = Indiana Hoosiers

| team1logo = Indiana_Hoosiers_logo.svg

| team2 = Notre Dame Fighting Irish

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| sport = College soccer

| firstmeeting = September 14, 1973
Indiana 5–1 Notre Dame

| mostrecent = August 29, 2024
Indiana 2-2 Notre Dame

| nextmeeting = August 2025

| total = 49

| series = Indiana, 33–11–5

| largestvictory = Indiana 11–1 Notre Dame (1974)

| longeststreak = 11, Indiana (1973–1987)

| longestunbeatenstreak = 11, Indiana (1973–1987)

| currentstreak = Tied

| currentunbeatenstreak = 7, Indiana (2017–)

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| stadiums = Bill Armstrong Stadium (IU)
Alumni Stadium (UND)

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The Indiana–Notre Dame men's soccer rivalry is a college soccer rivalry between the Indiana Hoosiers men's soccer team and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's soccer program. The two programs are two of the most successful college soccer programs in the state of Indiana.

History

Historically, the rivalry has favored Indiana, who were dominate from the 1970s to the 1990s over Notre Dame. During this period of time, the Hoosiers and Irish played 22 matches against each other, with the Hoosiers having a 20–1–1 record over the Irish.{{cite web |title=University of Notre Dame Men's Soccer Media Supplement |url=https://und.com/documents/2017/1/25/_nd_m_soccer_2016_17_misc_non_event__2016MSOCSupplement.pdf |website=und.com |publisher=University of Notre Dame Athletics |access-date=December 22, 2018}} Since the turn of the 21st century, the series has been much more competitive, as Indiana has a 11–10–1 advantage of Notre Dame.

Indiana began their varsity soccer program in 1973, while Notre Dame began theirs in 1977. The matches held in 1973 and 1974 were between Indiana's varsity team and the Notre Dame club team. For Notre Dame's records, the first match between the two programs was October 22, 1978 where Indiana won 7–1, while the first match in Indiana's records was September 14, 1973 where Indiana won 5–1. Indiana won the first ten matches of the series before Notre Dame earned their win in 1987.

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In 1994, the programs met for the first time in the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament. The match, held in Bloomington, saw Indiana win 1–0 over Notre Dame.{{cite web |title=#5 Men's Soccer Set To Face #1 Indiana Live On National Television |url=https://und.com/news/2004/9/14/_5_Men_s_Soccer_Set_To_Face_1_Indiana_Live_On_National_Television.aspx?path=msoc |access-date=December 24, 2018 |date=September 14, 2004 |quote=Notre Dame enters Wednesday's match against #1 Indiana having faced the nation's top-ranked team just three times previously in the program's history. Two of those meetings came vs. Indiana (0-1 loss in 1994, 0-4 loss in 1997) with the other coming vs. Connecticut in 1998 (0-2 loss).}}

Over the 2010s, the series has become seen as a more fierce rivalry, as players and coaches have called the match up between the two sides as an emotional affair.{{cite web |last1=Hutchens |first1=Terry |title=IU soccer advances to 20th College Cup with 1-0 victory over Notre Dame |url=https://www.heraldbulletin.com/sports/indiana/iu-soccer-advances-to-th-college-cup-with--/article_47515160-f517-11e8-bf7f-cfa888318495.html |website=The Herald Bulletin |access-date=December 19, 2018 |date=November 30, 2018}} In 2018, Fred Glass, Indiana athletic director, called Notre Dame one of Indiana soccer's "biggest rivals".{{cite web |last1=Johnston |first1=Kevin |title=IU soccer advances to NCAA record 20th College Cup with 1-0 win over Notre Dame |website=The Indianapolis Star |date=November 30, 2018 |quote=“It’s a tremendous program obviously, but every team’s different,” explained IU athletic director Fred Glass. “For these guys to go almost all the way last year, they weren’t to be denied this year. They’ve been on a mission, and to beat Notre Dame — one of our biggest rivals — here on our home field in front of a sellout crowd, is a very, very special night.”}}

On November 30, 2018 the programs met for the fifth time in the NCAA Tournament,{{cite web |last1=Wallace |first1=Dylan |title=Men's soccer is ready for the challenge of Notre Dame on Friday |url=https://www.idsnews.com/article/2018/11/column-mens-soccer-is-ready-for-the-challenge-of-notre-dame-friday |website=Indiana Daily Student |access-date=December 20, 2018 |date=November 28, 2018}} where Indiana came out victorious, 1–0.{{cite web |last1=Price |first1=Jeremy |title=Indiana upends Notre Dame in men's soccer quarterfinal |url=https://www.ndinsider.com/olympic/indiana-upends-notre-dame-in-men-s-soccer-quarterfinal/article_fa96f067-5a8d-57bd-8fbd-22d6227e430a.html |website=Bloomington Herald-Times |publisher=ndinsider.com |access-date=December 24, 2018 |date=December 1, 2018}} The match was played in front of 5,159 fans, making it the eighth largest crowd in the history of Bill Armstrong Stadium.{{cite web |last1=Schumann |first1=Mike |title=Indiana Men's Soccer Defeats Notre Dame 1-0 and Advances to College Cup |url=https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/indiana-mens-soccer-defeats-notre-dame-1-0-and-advances-to-college-cup/ |website=The Daily Hoosier |access-date=December 24, 2018 |date=November 30, 2018 |quote=Pushed on by 5,159 fans, the 8th largest crowd in Bill Armstrong Stadium history, the Hoosiers found their edge in the second half after a sluggish start.}}

Results

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| November 20, 1994{{efn|name=NCAA|NCAA Tournament game.{{cite web |title=Indiana University Men's Soccer Media Guide (2018) |url=https://iuhoosiers.com/documents/2018/8/13/2018_Media_Guide.pdf |website=iuhoosiers.com |access-date=December 24, 2018 |date=August 13, 2018}}}} | Bloomington, IN | Indiana | 1 | Notre Dame | 0 ^OT

| November 27, 2002{{efn|name=NCAA}} | Bloomington, IN | Indiana | 1 | Notre Dame | 0

| November 22, 2005{{efn|name=NCAA}} | Bloomington, IN | Indiana | 0 | Notre Dame | 2

| November 25, 2012{{efn|name=NCAA}} | South Bend, IN | Indiana | 2 | Notre Dame | 1 ^OT

| November 30, 2018{{efn|name=NCAA}} | Bloomington, IN | Indiana | 1 | Notre Dame | 0

| December 2, 2023{{efn|name=NCAA}} | South Bend, IN | Indiana | (4) ^PKs | Notre Dame | (5)

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Honors

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" ! Team ! NCAA ! Conference Tournament ! Conference Regular Season ! Total
Indiana \|8 \|13 \|15 \| 36
Notre Dame \|1 \| 3 \| 7 \| 11
Combined \|9 \| 16 \| 22 \| 47

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! Team

! NCAA

! Conference
Tournament

! Conference
Regular Season

! Total

Indiana

|13

|15

| 36

Notre Dame

| 3