| 1 | Sun Sep 5 | at Florida St | W41-38 (OT) | 1-0 | 1.000 | Doak Campbell Stadium · Tallahassee, FL |
| 2 | Sat Sep 11 | vsToledo | W32-29 | 2-0 · #8 | 1.000 | Notre Dame Stadium · Notre Dame, IN |
| 3 | Sat Sep 18 | vsPurdue | W27-13 | 3-0 | 1.000 | Notre Dame Stadium · Notre Dame, IN |
| 4 | Sat Sep 25 | at18Wisconsin | W41-13 | 4-0 · #12 | 1.000 | Camp Randall Stadium · Madison, WI |
| 5 | Sat Oct 2 | vs7Cincinnati | L13-24 | 4-1 · #9 | .800 | Notre Dame Stadium · Notre Dame, IN |
| 6 | Sat Oct 9 | atVirginia Tech | W32-29 | 5-1 · #14 | .833 | Lane Stadium · Blacksburg, VA |
| 7 | Sat Oct 23 | vsUSC | W31-16 | 6-1 · #13 | .857 | Notre Dame Stadium · Notre Dame, IN |
| 8 | Sat Oct 30 | vsUNC | W44-34 | 7-1 · #11 | .875 | Notre Dame Stadium · Notre Dame, IN |
| 9 | Sat Nov 6 | vsNavy | W34-6 | 8-1 · #10 | .889 | Notre Dame Stadium · Notre Dame, IN |
| 10 | Sat Nov 13 | atVirginia | W28-3 | 9-1 · #9 | .900 | Scott Stadium · Charlottesville, VA |
| 11 | Sat Nov 20 | vsGeorgia Tech | W55-0 | 10-1 · #8 | .909 | Notre Dame Stadium · Notre Dame, IN |
| 12 | Sat Nov 27 | atStanford | W45-14 | 11-1 · #6 | .917 | Stanford Stadium · Stanford, CA |
| BOWLS | Sat Jan 1 | vs9Oklahoma St | L35-37 | 11-2 · #5 | .846 | Notre Dame Stadium · Notre Dame, IN |
