No. 13 Notre Lady will hope to score an Irish-styled triumph when it takes on Naval force in its 2023 school football season opener on Saturday — in additional ways than one.
Marcus Freeman’s Battling Irish group will head out the entire way to Ireland to take on the Sailors at Aviva Arena in Dublin. It is the second time in as many seasons that the marquee Week 0 game — the Aer Lingus School Football Exemplary — will occur on unfamiliar soil. The 2022 season saw the series return following a long term break as Northwestern beat Nebraska 31-28 in the series’ most memorable game back following the Coronavirus pandemic.
It really does make one wonder, notwithstanding: For what reason is Notre Lady heading out the entire way to Ireland to take on one of its conventional adversaries? Here’s beginning and end you want to be aware of the continuous Aer Lingus School Football Exemplary as the Battling Irish interpretation of Naval force in Dublin:
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Notre Lady versus Naval force area
Area: Aviva Arena (Dublin)
Notre Lady will take on Naval force at Aviva Arena in Dublin. The site is typically host to Ireland’s public rugby and soccer groups, and has a recorded limit of 51,711 (48,000 for American football match-ups). It has additionally facilitated a few school football match-ups, including 1996 and 2012 gatherings between Notre Lady and Naval force, the two of which the Battling Irish won.
For what reason is Notre Lady versus Naval force in Ireland?
Notre Lady will have Naval force in Ireland as impact of the Aer Lingus School Football Exemplary (named after Ireland’s essential aircraft, Aer Lingus). The series was reported in 2015 and elevated as a re-visitation of school football in Ireland after the nation had facilitated a few American football match-ups in earlier years.
Georgia Tech beat Boston School in the principal round of the series, winning 17-14.
The Battling Irish in 2018 reported the second round of the series against Naval force, to occur 2020. Notwithstanding, the appearance of the Coronavirus pandemic at first constrained the game to be played in Annapolis, Maryland, before the game was dropped altogether. The 2023 gathering between the groups is, it could be said, the deferred 2020 gathering between Notre Woman and Sailors.
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Aer Lingus formally declared the cosmetics game on Nov. 5, 2021. Said Notre Lady athletic chief Jack Swarbrick at the hour of the declaration:
“We’re excited to have the option to give one more open door to our group and fans to encounter the way of life and neighborliness of Ireland. This excursion abroad keeps on reinforcing our scholar and athletic presence all over the planet. Bringing a Notre Lady football home game climate to Ireland has been an objective of our own and we were unable to be more eager to join forces with the Maritime Foundation to get it going.”
Added Naval force Promotion Chet Gladchuck:
“We are exceptionally satisfied to be getting back to Aviva Arena in Dublin for the 96th playing of the Naval force Notre Lady game. In 2012, it was quite possibly of the best transport in all of sports with in excess of 35,000 individuals coming from the US to observe the magnificence of Ireland and the pomp that is a Naval force Notre Lady football end of the week. We anticipate that similarly as many individuals should return in 2023.”
What time is the Notre Woman game in Ireland?
Date: Saturday, Aug. 26
Time: 2:30 p.m. ET | 7:30 p.m. IST
Notre Lady versus Naval force will start off at 2:30 p.m. ET in the U.S., though it will occur 7:30 p.m. locally (Irish Standard Time) in Dublin.
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History of school football match-ups in Ireland
Saturday’s gathering between Notre Lady and Naval force isn’t the principal school football match-up to occur in Ireland. Nor is it the primary round of the Aer Lingus School Football Exemplary.
Ireland has facilitated heap American football match-ups — including those of the school football assortment — throughout the long term. The first of those was in 1988, when Boston School crushed Armed force 38-24 in the purported Emerald Isle Exemplary. The series has had a few names throughout the long term, including the “Shamrock Exemplary,” “Croke Park Exemplary” and, as of now, the Aer Lingus School Football Exemplary.
Here is an overview of all the school football match-ups played in Ireland, including future dates:
Date Score Location Name
Nov. 19, 1988 Boston School 38, Armed force 24 Landsdowne Road Emerald Isle Exemplary
Dec. 2, 1989 No. 24 Pitt 46, Rutgers 29 Landsdowne Road Emerald Isle Exemplary
Nov. 2, 1996 No. 19 Notre Woman 54, Naval force 27 Croke Park Shamrock Exemplary
Sept. 1, 2012 Notre Woman 50, Naval force 10 Aviva Stadium Emerald Isle Exemplary
Aug. 30, 2014 Penn State 26, UCF 24 Croke Park Croke Park Exemplary
Sept. 3, 2016 Georgia Tech 17, Boston School 14 Aviva Stadium Aer Lingus School Football Exemplary
Aug. 27, 2022 Northwestern 31, Nebraska 28 Aviva Stadium Aer Lingus School Football Exemplary
Aug. 26, 2023 No. 13 Notre Woman versus Navy Aviva Stadium Aer Lingus School Football Exemplary
Aug. 24, 2024 Georgia Tech versus Florida State Aviva Stadium Aer Lingus School Football Exemplary
