Notre Dame-Navy football game is off after 93 consecutive years
Notre Dame's 2020 football season, if it happens, continues to evolve.
After 93 consecutive seasons, Navy is dropping off the Irish schedule. The revised Notre Dame opponent lineup was revealed Thursday morning by the Atlantic Coast Conference.
The Navy game was originally scheduled for Aug. 29 in Dublin, Ireland, then shifted to Sept. 5 or 6 at Annapolis, Maryland.
Notre Dame (11-2 in 2019) now opens the season Sept. 12 at home against Duke. The Irish close the regular season at home, Dec. 5 against Syracuse. The marquee game against presumptive No. 1 Clemson remains a Nov. 7 home game.
Notre Dame's schedule, reconfigured because of various conferences' responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, is heavy with ACC teams — 10, up from the original six that were previously scheduled. The Irish will compete for a conference championship in 2020.
But the ACC's plan is for each team to play one non-conference game. For the Irish, that opponent is Western Michigan, which will visit Notre Dame Stadium on Sept. 19.