Vanderbilt football to play at Notre Dame in 2018

Vanderbilt football will play at Notre Dame in 2018.

The game is scheduled for Sept. 15, 2018, in South Bend, Ind., according to news releases from Vanderbilt and Notre Dame Thursday.

It will be the teams’ third all-time meeting, as they played a home-and-home series in 1995 and 1996. The Fighting Irish won 41-0 at Notre Dame on Sept. 16, 1995, and then they won 14-7 at Vanderbilt in the Sept. 5, 1996, opener.

Vanderbilt posted a 6-7 record last season, capped by a 41-17 loss to North Carolina State in the Independence Bowl. Notre Dame went 4-8 last season for its first losing record since 2007.

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Vanderbilt non-conference opponents

2017: MTSU, Alabama A&M, Kansas State, Western Kentucky

2018: Notre Dame, TSU, MTSU

2019: Northern Illinois, Purdue, East Tennessee State

2020: Kansas State, Colorado State

2021: Stanford, Colorado State, East Tennessee State

2022: Hawaii, Northern Illinois, Wake Forest

2023: Hawaii, Wake Forest

2024: Stanford, Georgia State

2025: Colorado State, Stanford, Georgia State

2026: Colorado State, North Carolina State

2027: Stanford

2028: North Carolina State

2029: Purdue