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  2. Notre Dame Stadium - Wikipedia

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    Notre Dame Stadium is an outdoor football stadium in Notre Dame, Indiana, the home field of the University of Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team.. It was built in 1930 under the guidance of Knute Rockne, regarded as one of the greatest coaches in college football history, which gave rise to the stadium's nickname "The House that Rockne Built".

  3. List of American football stadiums by capacity - Wikipedia

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    Bobby Bowden Field at Doak Campbell Stadium: 79,560 Tallahassee: Florida: Florida State Seminoles: Notre Dame Stadium: 77,622 South Bend: Indiana: Notre Dame Fighting Irish [18] [circular reference] Williams-Brice Stadium: 77,559 Columbia: South Carolina: South Carolina Gamecocks: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum: 77,500 Los Angeles: California ...

  4. Frank Eck Stadium - Wikipedia

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    Frank Eck Stadium is a baseball stadium in Notre Dame, Indiana. It hosts the University of Notre Dame Fighting Irish college baseball team. The stadium holds 2,500 people and was built in 1994. The stadium was named after Frank Eck, an alumnus, benefactor and advisor to the university. [1]

  5. What are Fighting Irish? Notre Dame football's nickname ... - AOL

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    Notre Dame football hosts Indiana on Friday in the first round of the College Football Playoff. The in-state matchup is also a battle between unique nicknames in college athletics. The No. 7 ...

  6. What is a Nittany Lion? Explaining Penn State nickname ... - AOL

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    Explaining Penn State nickname ahead of Orange Bowl vs Notre Dame. Craig Meyer, USA TODAY NETWORK. January 9, 2025 at 3:02 AM. ... Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Ohio State Buckeyes, ...

  7. Why is Notre Dame called the Fighting Irish? What we know ...

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    The most accepted explanation is that journalists coined the nickname as a characterization of Notre Dame teams, "their never-say-die fighting spirit and the Irish qualities of grit, determination ...

  8. Notre Dame Fighting Irish - Wikipedia

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    Another legend in Notre Dame folklore is that the nickname is inherited from Irish immigrant soldiers who fought in the Civil War with the Union's Irish Brigade. Notre Dame's claim to the nickname would seem to come from the presence of Fr. William Corby, CSC, the third president of Notre Dame, who was at the Battle of Gettysburg. Fr.

  9. Notre Dame Fighting Irish football - Wikipedia

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    The Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team is a college football team representing the University of Notre Dame in Notre Dame, Indiana, north of the city of South Bend, Indiana. The team plays its home games at the campus's Notre Dame Stadium, which has a capacity of 77,622.