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Notre Dame Football: The 5 Teams the Irish Have Dominated

By Daniel Morrison

NORMAN, OK - OCTOBER 27: Manti Te'o #5 of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and Tom Wort #21 of the Oklahoma Sooners talk after the game at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium on October 27, 2012 in Norman, Oklahoma. The Fighting Irish defeated the Sooners 30-13. (Photo by Wesley Hitt/Getty Images)
NORMAN, OK - OCTOBER 27: Manti Te'o #5 of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and Tom Wort #21 of the Oklahoma Sooners talk after the game at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium on October 27, 2012 in Norman, Oklahoma. The Fighting Irish defeated the Sooners 30-13. (Photo by Wesley Hitt/Getty Images) /
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NORMAN, OK – OCTOBER 27: Cierre Wood #20 of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish runs for a touchdown against the Oklahoma Sooners at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium on October 27, 2012 in Norman, Oklahoma. The Fighting Irish defeated the Sooners 30-13. (Photo by Wesley Hitt/Getty Images)
NORMAN, OK – OCTOBER 27: Cierre Wood #20 of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish runs for a touchdown against the Oklahoma Sooners at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium on October 27, 2012 in Norman, Oklahoma. The Fighting Irish defeated the Sooners 30-13. (Photo by Wesley Hitt/Getty Images) /

Has anyone dominated the Sooners like the Irish? No. They haven’t.

Oklahoma doesn’t have a worse record against any team, who they’ve played more than twice, than Notre Dame. In fact, the only team that Oklahoma has played more than 10 times, and has a losing record against is Texas.

Being two of college football’s blue blood programs, it’s not surprising that the series is littered with memorable games, despite its lopsided final scores. Out of all those meetings, the most memorable is the 1957 meeting in Norman. Coming into the game, Oklahoma had won 47 games in a row. That streak dated back to the 1953 season, when Notre Dame beat them in Week 1.

The Sooners were still a dominant program under Bud WIlkinson. Notre Dame, on the other hand, had fallen off in the years after Frank Leahy. This made it all the more shocking that Notre Dame was able to go into Oklahoma’s home, and shutout Oklahoma. It wouldn’t be until 4th and goal, in the 4th quarter, that Notre Dame’s Dick Lynch found the endzone for the game’s only score. Call it revenge for Oklahoma winning 40-0 in South Bend the year before.

In the modern era, the two met in 2012. Again, in Norman, and under a National Championship coach for the Sooners-Bob Stoops. Oklahoma welcomed an undefeated Notre Dame team, coached by Brian Kelly. This time, the game would be closer than the final score.

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