Notre Dame Undefeated When the Pope is in America

By Published on September 27, 2015

During the team’s pep rally on Friday, the speaker made a big deal of telling the crowd that the Irish have gone undefeated in every game they’ve played during those visits.

According to the Associated Press, they’ve gone 4-0. Here are the dates and results from the pope’s previous visits in 1979, 1985 and 1995, all of which came during the tenure of Pope John Paul II.

• 1979 – Georgia Tech (21-13) in 1979,
• 1987 – Michigan (26-7) and
• 1987 -Michigan State (31-8) in 1987, and
• 1995 – Washington (29-21) in 1995.

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