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2021 Notre Dame football schedule: Dates, times, TV channels, scores

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Notre Dame has won at least 10 games in four consecutive years going into the 2021 college football season. The Irish went 10-2 in 2020 and made the College Football Playoff for the second time. Notre Dame is set to play Toledo at 2:30 p.m. ET Saturday on Peacock.

The 2021 season marks coach Brian Kelly's 12th at Notre Dame. The Irish opened the season ranked in the top 10 in both the AP Poll and Coaches Poll.

2021 Notre Dame football schedule: Dates, times, TV channels, scores

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OPPONENT	DATE	TIME (ET)	TV	SCORE
at Florida State	Sept. 5	7:30 p.m.	ABC	W, 41-38
vs. Toledo	Sept. 11	2:30 p.m.	Peacock	W, 32-29
vs. Purdue	Sept. 18	2:30 p.m.	NBC
vs. Wisconsin (Chicago)	Sept. 25	12 p.m.	FOX
vs. Cincinnati	Oct. 2	2:30 p.m.	NBC
at Virginia Tech	Oct. 9	TBA	ACC Network
vs. USC	Oct. 23	7:30 p.m.	NBC
vs. North Carolina	Oct. 30	7:30 p.m.	NBC
vs. Navy	Nov. 6	3:30 p.m.	NBC
at Virginia	Nov. 13	TBA	TBA
vs. Georgia Tech	Nov. 20	2:30 p.m.	NBC
at Stanford	Nov. 27	TBA	TBA

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Notre Dame players to watch

Notre Dame joined the ACC in the 2020 season but is back as its usual independent self. The Irish have important shoes to fill, with Wisconsin transfer QB Jack Coan set to take over the starting job. Previous leader Ian Book is now in the NFL after passing for nearly 9,000 yards for Notre Dame.

But the Irish should be strong on the ground thanks to RBs Kyren Williams (1,125 yards in 2020) and Chris Tyree (496 yards in 2020).

Defensively, safety Kyle Hamilton could be the biggest star. Hamilton earned All-ACC honors and a AP third-team All-American selection last season with his 63 total tackles 4.5 tackles for loss and an interception.

2021-22 College Football Playoff schedule

Alabama has made the College Football Playoff six times — missing only in 2019.

Here's the schedule for the 201-22 College Football Playoff.

ROUND	GAME	DATE	LOCATION	STADIUM
Semifinals	Cotton Bowl	Dec. 31, 2021	Arlington, TX	AT&T Stadium
Semifinals	Orange Bowl	Dec. 31, 2021	Miami Gardens, FL	Hard Rock Stadium
Championship	CFP National Championship	Jan. 10, 2022	Indianapolis, IN	Lucas Oil Stadium

2020 Notre Dame football schedule: Results, scores

Notre Dame went 10-2 in 2020, winning its first 10 games before falling to Clemson in the ACC Championship Game. The Fighting Irish then lost to Alabama, the eventual national champion, in the College Football Playoff semifinals


OPPONENT	LOCATION	RESULT
vs. Duke	Notre Dame, IN	W, 27-13
vs. South Florida	Notre Dame, IN	W, 52-0
vs. Florida State	Notre Dame, IN	W, 42-26
vs. Louisville	Notre Dame, IN	W, 12-7
at Pitt	Pittsburgh, PA	W, 45-3
at Georgia Tech	Atlanta, GA	W, 31-13
vs. No. 1 Clemson	Notre Dame, IN	W, 47-40
at Boston College	Chestnut Hill, MA	W, 45-31
at No. 19 North Carolina	Chapel Hill, NC	W, 31-17
vs. Syracuse	Notre Dame, IN	W, 45-21
vs. No. 3 Clemson (ACC Championship Game)	Charlotte, NC	L, 34-10
vs. No. 1 Alabama (College Football Playoff semifinals)	Arlington, TX	L, 31-14

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