Editing University of Notre Dame (section)

===Football===
{{Main|Notre Dame Fighting Irish football}}
[[File:2004 Notre Dame-Navy Game.jpg|thumbnail|right|Notre Dame playing against Navy]]
The Notre Dame football team's history began when the [[Michigan Wolverines football|Michigan]] team brought the game to Notre Dame in 1887 and played against a group of students.<ref>{{cite news |author=Meskill, Christopher |url=http://www.nd.edu/~scholast/issues/148/7/games/Michigan.html |title=History Repeated |work=Scholastic |date=February 2007 |access-date=December 19, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071020153824/http://nd.edu/~scholast/issues/148/7/games/Michigan.html |archive-date=October 20, 2007}}</ref> Since then, 13 Fighting Irish teams have won consensus [[College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS|national championships]] (although the university only claims 11),<ref name="Athletics"/> along with another nine teams being named national champions by at least one source.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nationalchamps.net/NCAA/database/notredame_database.htm |title=Notre Dame Football history databaseO |publisher=Nationalchamps.net |access-date=December 19, 2007}}</ref> The program has the most members in the [[College Football Hall of Fame]],<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.und.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/050907aab.html |title=Chris Zorich Named To College Football Hall of Fame |date=May 9, 2007 |publisher=und.com |access-date=December 17, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120523180926/http://www.und.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/050907aab.html |archive-date=May 23, 2012 }}</ref> is tied with [[Ohio State Buckeyes football|Ohio State]] for the most [[Heisman Trophy|Heisman Trophies]] won by players,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.heisman.com/winners/hsmn-winners.html |title=Heisman Winners |publisher=Heisman.com |access-date=November 23, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071118210440/http://www.heisman.com/winners/hsmn-winners.html |archive-date=November 18, 2007}}</ref> and has the 3rd highest [[winning percentage]] in NCAA history, behind [[Ohio State Buckeyes football|Ohio State]] and [[Alabama Crimson Tide football|Alabama]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Winsipedia - Notre Dame Fighting Irish football all-time record, wins, and statistics - Independent Conference |url=http://www.winsipedia.com/notre-dame |access-date=2022-01-13 |website=Winsipedia |language=en}}</ref> Notre Dame has accumulated many [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish football rivalries|rivals]]; the annual game against [[USC Trojans football|USC]] for the [[Jeweled Shillelagh]] has been described as one of the greatest in college football.<ref name=greatest>{{cite web |url=http://cfn.scout.com/2/591649.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070309013228/http://cfn.scout.com/2/591649.html |archive-date=March 9, 2007 |title=The Ten Greatest College Football Rivalries |access-date=October 23, 2019}}</ref>
[[File:Knute Rockne on ship's deck.jpg|upright|thumb|left|Coach [[Knute Rockne]]]]
George Gipp was the school's legendary football player of the late 1910s.<ref>John U. Bacon, "The Gipper," ''[[Michigan History (magazine)|Michigan History]]'' 2001 85(6): 48–55,</ref> In 1928, coach Knute Rockne used his final conversation with the dying Gipp to inspire the Notre Dame team to beat [[Army Black Knights football|Army]] and "win one for the Gipper"; that scene became the climax of the 1940 film ''[[Knute Rockne, All American]]'', starring [[Pat O'Brien (actor)|Pat O'Brien]] as Rockne and [[Ronald Reagan]] as Gipp.<ref>{{cite web |title=Knute Rockne All American |website=[[IMDb]] |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032676/ |access-date=October 29, 2019}}</ref>

The team competes in the 80,795-seat Notre Dame Stadium.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.und.com/facilities/notre-dame-stadium.html |title=Notre Dame Stadium |publisher=University of Notre Dame |access-date=December 19, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171130172136/http://www.und.com/facilities/notre-dame-stadium.html |archive-date=November 30, 2017 }}</ref> The current head coach is [[Marcus Freeman]], who was promoted to head coach after [[Brian Kelly (American football coach)|Brian Kelly]] departed Notre Dame to coach at [[LSU Tigers football team|LSU]] at the end of the [[2021 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team|2021 regular season]]. [[Forbes]] ranked the program college football's eighth most valuable for its average annual revenue of $120 million. It has a TV contract with NBC worth an estimated $15 million per year and one of the country's largest fan bases.<ref>{{Cite web |title=College Football's Most Valuable Teams: Reigning Champion Clemson Tigers Claw Into Top 25 |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/chrissmith/2019/09/12/college-football-most-valuable-clemson-texas-am/?sh=4bb7c507a2e7 |access-date=November 14, 2021 |website=Forbes}}</ref>

====Football game-day traditions====
During home games, activities occur all over campus and dorms decorate their halls with a traditional item (e.g., [[Zahm Hall (University of Notre Dame)|Zahm Hall]]'s two-story banner). Traditional activities begin at midnight with the Drummers' Circle, involving the [[Band of the Fighting Irish]]'s drumline beginning the other festivities that will continue the rest of the game day. Later that day, the trumpet section will play the [[Notre Dame Victory March]] and the Notre Dame Alma Mater under the dome. The entire band will play a concert at the steps of Bond Hall, then march into the stadium, leading fans and students alike across campus to the game.<ref name="ND Gamedayl">{{cite web |url=http://gameday.nd.edu/experience/notre-dame-spirit/band-of-the-fighting-irish/ |title=Band of the Fighting Irish |publisher=University of Notre Dame |access-date=October 3, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121003043202/http://gameday.nd.edu/experience/notre-dame-spirit/band-of-the-fighting-irish/ |archive-date=October 3, 2012}}</ref> At the end of each game, the Notre Dame Marching Band plays the alma mater.

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|File:Zahm Hall Gameday Sign.JPG
 |alt1=HERE COME THE IRISH" gameday sign on Zahm Hall is multiple stories tall.
 |The "Here Come the Irish" gameday sign on Zahm Hall is multiple stories tall|File:NDBandBondHall.png|The [[Band of the Fighting Irish]] plays on the steps of Bond Hall before every home game|alt2=The Band of the Fighting Irish plays on the steps of Bond Hall before every home game
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 |alt3=The Irish Guard leading the Band of the Fighting Irish to the stadium
 |The Irish Guard leading the Band of the Fighting Irish to the stadium
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 |alt4=The Band of the Fighting Irish plays inside Notre Dame Stadium
 |The Band of the Fighting Irish plays inside [[Notre Dame Stadium]].
|File:ND Stadium 2011.jpg
 |alt5=The Band of the Fighting Irish spells out ND through which the Notre Dame Fighting Irish Football Team runs onto the field
 |The Band of the Fighting Irish spells out ND through which the [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish Football]] Team runs onto the field.
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 |alt6=Notre Dame Stadium student section wearing "The Shirt" for the 2011 football season
 |Notre Dame Stadium student section wearing "The Shirt" for the 2011 football season}}