NBC Sports’ 2023 Notre Dame Football Schedule Headlined by Primetime Matchups vs. Ohio State and USC on NBC & Peacock

Peacock Exclusively Streams Matchup Against Central Michigan on September 16 @ 2:30PM ET, Presenting an Exclusive Notre Dame Football Game for Third Consecutive Year

NBC Sports today announced the coverage schedule for its unprecedented 33rd season broadcasting Notre Dame Football, headlined by primetime games against the Ohio State Buckeyes on Saturday, September 23, and long-time rival USC Trojans on Saturday, October 14, @ 7:30PM ET on NBC and Peacock.

Notre Dame faces Ohio State on Saturday, September 23, @ 7:30PM ET on NBC and Peacock. The Buckeyes lead the all-time series 5-2 and will play in Notre Dame Stadium for the first time since 1996.

Notre Dame hosts USC in a renewal of the greatest intersectional college football rivalry on Saturday, October 14, @ 7:30PM ET on NBC and Peacock. The series dates to 1926 with the two schools playing nearly every year and Notre Dame leads the all-time series 50-37-5.

Peacock exclusively streams a Notre Dame Football game for the third consecutive season on Saturday, September 16, when the Fighting Irish host Central Michigan @ 2:30PM ET in the first-ever meeting between the teams.

NBC Sports kicks off coverage of Notre Dame’s 2023 season on Saturday, August 26, @ 2:30PM ET on NBC and Peacock, when the Fighting Irish travel to Dublin, Ireland, to play the Navy Midshipmen at Aviva Stadium. After a 35-32 victory over Navy in Baltimore, Md., last season, Notre Dame owns an 81-13-1 advantage in the all-time series.

NBC Sports will also present coverage from Notre Dame Stadium for the Fighting Irish’s games against Tennessee State on Saturday, September 2, @ 3:30PM ET – which will mark Notre Dame’s first-ever matchup against an HBCU school, versus Pittsburgh on Saturday, October 28, @ 3:30PM ET, and the final home game of the season against Wake Forest on Saturday, November 18, @ 3:30PM ET on NBC and Peacock.

Throughout the 2023 season, Peacock will simulstream all Notre Dame games airing live on NBC, including pre- and postgame coverage. Peacock has previously provided exclusive live coverage of the Notre Dame Football Blue-Gold game, Notre Dame Pro Day, and Notre Dame hockey.

Last season, the Fighting Irish finished No. 18 in the AP rankings with a 9-4 record culminating in a 45-38 Gator Bowl win against the South Carolina Gamecocks in head coach Marcus Freeman’s first season leading the program.

NBC SPORTS’ 2023 NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL SCHEDULE

DATE TIME (ET) OPPONENT PLATFORM(S)

Saturday, August. 26 2:30PM Navy (in Ireland) NBC, Peacock

Saturday, September 2 3:30PM Tennessee State NBC, Peacock

Saturday, September 16 2:30PM Central Michigan Peacock

Saturday, September 23 7:30PM Ohio State NBC, Peacock

Saturday, October 14 7:30PM USC NBC, Peacock

Saturday, October 28 3:30PM Pittsburgh NBC, Peacock

Saturday, November 18 3:30PM Wake Forest NBC, Peacock