The two blue-blood programs could meet again soon after playing matchups in 2016 and 2017.
With the Texas Longhorns moving to the SEC, the question surrounding future non-conference scheduling has revolved around whether the school will continue to schedule a marquee opponent each season after playing the Ohio State Buckeyes in the next two seasons and then receiving the delayed return trip from the Michigan Wolverines.
Some clarity emerged on Monday with a report from Chip Brown of Horns247 that athletics director Chris Del Conte is negotiating a home-and-home series with the Notre Dame Fighting Irish for 2028 and 2029.
Texas currently has games against Louisiana Tech and UTSA scheduled for 2028 before playing Louisiana-Monroe and UTEP that following season. The future non-conference schedule also features a home-and-home series with Arizona State in 2032 and 2033.
Ironically enough, with Texas and Notre Dame both at 7-1 this season, the two programs are also tied for the fourth most all-time wins in college football history, another layer to an intriguing matchup that would pit two blue bloods.
The all-time series between the Longhorns and Fighting Irish includes 12 previous meetings with Notre Dame holding a commanding 9-3 advantage. After the programs first met in 1913, they lost played in 2016 and 2017 as part of a home-and-home series that saw the Fighting Irish end the offensive coordinator tenure of Shawn Watson with a 38-3 blowout win in South Bend. The following year in Austin, Texas pulled out a 50-47 double-overtime victory during which play-by-play announcer Joe Tessitore infamously intoned that “Texas was back,” a call that loomed large over the program’s recent history. By the end of the season, the Longhorns were 5-7 and third-year head coach Charlie Strong was fired.