Ohio State and Notre Dame have played a mere five times, somewhat perplexing given the schools’ prominence and domicile in contiguous states. Notre Dame’s series with Ohio State ties for shortest with Minnesota of the “Original Big X” (Actually 12). Notre Dame has played Big 10/12/14 newcomers Rutgers and Maryland 5 and 2 times respectively.
But the series did open with a bang. It was a strange time for Notre Dame, during the interregnum between Rockne and Leahy. Fielding Yost, in his vendetta against Notre Dame and the now deceased Rockne, who specialized in demeaning and aggravating Yost, had salted the fields in the Western Conference.