Home Kickoff Times Announced

January 14, 2010 //FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE//
2010 HOME FOOTBALL KICKOFFS

NOTRE DAME, Ind. – The University of Notre Dame has announced kickoff times for its seven home football games for the 2010 season, as well as for its off-site home game at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, N.Y.:

Date Opponent Time Television

Sept. 4 PURDUE 3:30 p.m. EDT NBC national

Sept. 11 MICHIGAN 3:30 p.m. EDT NBC national

Sept. 18 at Michigan State TBD

Sept. 25 STANFORD 3:30 p.m. EDT NBC national

Oct. 2 at Boston College TBD

Oct. 9 PITTSBURGH 3:30 p.m. EDT NBC national

Oct. 16 WESTERN MICHIGAN 2:30 p.m. EDT NBC national

Oct. 23 Navy (Meadowlands) TBD

Oct. 30 TULSA 2:30 p.m. EDT NBC national

Nov. 13 UTAH 2:30 p.m. EST NBC national

Nov. 20 Army (Yankee Stadium) 7:00 p.m. EST NBC national

Nov. 27 at USC TBD

NBC Sports will televise all seven home games nationally from Notre Dame Stadium, as well as the Nov. 20 game against Army from Yankee Stadium.
Purdue (39th appearance at Notre Dame, 35th at Notre Dame Stadium), Michigan (18th at Notre Dame, 15th at Notre Dame Stadium), Stanford (13th, all at Notre Dame Stadium) and Pittsburgh (30th at Notre Dame Stadium) all last played at Notre Dame in 2008.
Western Michigan, Tulsa and Utah all will be coming to Notre Dame Stadium for the first time. Only Western Michigan has played the Irish in previous seasons, meeting Notre Dame in South Bend in 1919 and 1920.
Seven of the 2010 Notre Dame opponents played in postseason bowl games following the 2009 season – Michigan State (Alamo Bowl), Stanford (Sun Bowl), Boston College (Emerald Bowl), Pittsburgh (won Meineke Car Care Bowl), Navy (won Texas Bowl), Utah (won Poinsettia Bowl) and USC (won Emerald Bowl).

Go Irish!
~IT07