Irish to Open 2025 Season at Miami

Notre Dame Football will open the 2025 season with a Labor Day Weekend matchup at Miami. The two programs will play on Sunday, August 31 at 7:30 p.m. ET at Hard Rock Stadium on ABC. It will mark the 28th meeting between the two programs. 

The Irish own a record of 18-8-1 in the all-time series against the Hurricanes, with the most recent meeting in 2017 (a 41-8 Miami win). The series between the two programs has seen several ranked matchups, with nine such meetings occurring when both teams have been ranked in the AP Top 25. 

Notre Dame is 6-7-1 in the series when playing an away game vs. Miami. The Irish also have a 1-2 record in Hard Rock Stadium, with its most recent appearance there in the 2025 CFP Semifinal at the Orange Bowl, a 27-24 win over No. 5 Penn State. 

Notre Dame is 114-17-5 (.857) in season openers and has won seven of its last eight season openers. 2025 marks the fifth-straight season the Irish will start a season away from Notre Dame Stadium (2021 at Florida State, 2022 at Ohio State, 2023 vs. Navy at Aviva Stadium in Dublin, 2024 at Texas A&M). It is the first time in program history that the Irish have started five-straight seasons away from Notre Dame Stadium.