Then the series moved to Dallas, where Texas and Notre Dame played three famous Cotton Bowls in the 1970. With the Irish playing in their first bowl game in almost 20 years, the Horns beat Notre Dame 21-17 in 1970. The Horns would go on to win their second unanimous national championship in seven seasons.

Texas football continues to add intriguing future non-conference games, this time with Notre Dame coming on future schedules.

Even without Army QB Bryson Daily able to play, the Black Knights still rolled rival Air Force, but Navy fell in a weird game at Rice that was delayed 5+ hours due to weather. With Navy’s loss, Notre Dame’s opponents fell to 2-6 the game after playing the Irish, which speaks to the physicality that Notre Dame plays with.

Pete Bevacqua is on record that Notre Dame owes it to NBC to create compelling matchups to hold up its end of the agreement. NBC gets USC and Texas A&M at Notre Dame Stadium next year. It gets Miami and Wisconsin on the network in 2026. This year’s schedule didn’t deliver for NBC, but the next two will.

According to a report by Chip Brown from Horns 247, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and Texas Longhorns, are close to finalizing a deal to play a home and home series for the 2028 and 2029 seasons. Notre Dame is 9-3 all-time against Texas,

The Texas Longhorns continue to schedule major non-conference opponents in the future. The Longhorns have played Alabama twice in the last two years, Michigan this year and are set to play Ohio State in 2025 and 2026.