Two of college football’s most storied programs will meet under the lights of Ohio Stadium on September 3rd. Even though Columbus and South Bend are a little under 300 miles apart, Notre Dame and Ohio State have met on the football field just six times, with the last two matchups coming at the Fiesta Bowl.
There could have possibly been a seventh meeting between the schools, but Ohio State had imposed a bowl ban for the 2012 season after the fallout from “Tatgate”. The Buckeyes went 12-0, which would have at least put them in the Big Ten Championship Game, and had they beat Nebraska, they likely would have joined Notre Dame in the 2013 BCS National Championship Game in Miami.