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Kickoff Time Set For Notre Dame And Texas

Notre Dame and Texas will play in primetime for the second consecutive year.
Notre Dame and Texas will play in primetime for the second consecutive year.
USA Today

When Notre Dame and Texas meet in an exclusive Sunday night window during Labor Day weekend, it will be at 7:30 p.m. ET on ABC.

ESPN announced the kickoff times for most of its Week 1 broadcasts, including the Irish and Longhorns' Sept. 4 meeting. Notre Dame beat Texas 38-3 in last year's season opener at Notre Dame Stadium.

“A game of the magnitude of Notre Dame-Texas, played on the opening weekend of the college football season, deserves a special place on the Labor Day sports calendar," director of athletics Jack Swarbrick said last month when the switch to Sunday was announced. "With this move we have secured that place and by doing so are providing a greater opportunity for fans of college football to enjoy what is sure to be another great game in a classic rivalry that dates back to 1913.”

Notre Dame is 4-0 all-time in Austin, Texas.

With this announcement, nine of Notre Dame's 12 regular season games now have announced start times, with the lone exceptions Oct. 1 at Syracuse, Oct. 8 at NC State and Nov. 26 at USC. With the game against the Orange at MetLife Stadium, the Irish will compete in only three true road games in 2016.

Last week, Notre Dame announced that the Sept. 17 Michigan State and Oct. 15 Stanford home games will be held in primetime with 7:30 starts on NBC. The Nov. 12 Shamrock Series matchup with Army in San Antonio will be held at 3:30 p.m., making it the first in the series of neutral site 'home' games to not begin in the evening.


2016 Schedule
Date Opponent Time (ET) Network

Sept. 4

at Texas

7:30

ABC

Sept. 10

vs. Nevada

3:30

NBC

Sept. 17

vs. Michigan State

7:30

NBC

Sept. 24

vs. Duke

3:30

NBC

Oct. 1

at Syracuse*

TBD

TBD

Oct. 8

at NC State

TBD

TBD

Oct. 15

vs. Stanford

7:30

NBC

Oct. 29

vs. Miami

3:30

NBC

Nov. 5

at Navy#

11:30 a.m.

CBS

Nov. 12

vs. Army%

3:30

NBC

Nov. 19

vs. Virginia Tech

3:30

NBC

Nov. 26

at USC

TBD

TBD

*East Rutherford, N.J. #Jacksonville, Fla. %San Antonio, Texas
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