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Notre Dame Releases 2016 Kickoff Times, 2017 Schedule

Notre Dame released its 2016 kickoff times and 2017 schedule Thursday.
Notre Dame released its 2016 kickoff times and 2017 schedule Thursday.
USA Today

Notre Dame released the kickoff times for the 2016 schedule, as well as the full 2017 slate in a release Thursday afternoon.

The Sept. 17 game against Michigan State and the Oct. 15 contest vs. Stanford will both be home night games, with 7:30 p.m. kickoffs on NBC.

For the first time, the Shamrock Series contest against Army in San Antonio, Texas, on Nov. 12 will not be in primetime. It will kick off at 3:30 p.m. ET on NBC.

Notre Dame’s contract with NBC allows for five primetime games every two years, which includes the Shamrock Series contest. In addition to the Michigan State and Stanford home contests this fall, last year’s games at Notre Dame Stadium against Texas and USC were night games, along with the Shamrock Series matchup against Boston College at Fenway Park.

The other four Irish home games — vs. Nevada (Sept. 10), Duke (Sept. 24), Miami (Oct. 29) and Virginia Tech (Nov. 19) — will all begin at 3:30 p.m. on NBC.

Last month, Notre Dame and Texas announced that the Labor Day weekend matchup in Austin will be moved to Sunday, Sept. 4. That kickoff time has not yet been announced, but it will be held in primetime.

The program also released its full 2017 schedule, which had mostly been finalized years ago. As previously disclosed by director of athletics Jack Swarbrick, the Shamrock Series will take a one-year hiatus that season following the completion of the renovations at Notre Dame Stadium.

2016 Schedule
Date Opponent Time (ET) Network

Sept. 4

at Texas

TBD

TBD

Sept. 10

vs. Nevada

3:30

NBC

Sept. 17

vs. Michigan State

7:30

NBC

Sept. 24

vs. Duke

3:30

NBC

Oct. 1

vs. 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

vs. 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, Texa
2017 Schedule
Date Opponent

Sept. 2

vs. Temple

Sept. 9

vs. Georgia

Sept. 16

at Boston College

Sept. 23

at Michigan State

Sept. 30

vs. Miami (Ohio)

Oct. 7

at North Carolina

Oct. 21

vs. USC

Oct. 28

vs. NC State

Nov. 4

vs. Wake Forest

Nov. 11

at Miami

Nov. 18

vs. Navy

Nov. 25

at Stanford

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