By Staff
Notre Dame and Army – two staples of the national sports scene when they met 21 times between 1925 and 1946 at the original Yankee Stadium, the home of the New York Yankees – will renew that historic collegiate rivalry for the 50th time on Nov. 20, 2010, when the Fighting Irish and Cadets meet in the first football game to be played at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, N.Y.
The game will be the second of a series of "off-site" home football games for Notre Dame in which the Irish are taking games that could be played at Notre Dame Stadium and moving them to venues around the country.
The first of those will take place Oct. 31 when Notre Dame and Washington State meet at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.
Notre Dame and Arizona State are slated to meet in 2013 at the Dallas Cowboys' new stadium in Arlington, Texas.
NBC Sports is expected to televise the Notre Dame-Army game on a national basis in prime time.
"Any student of Notre Dame football history knows the meaning of the Notre Dame-Army rivalry and, in particular, the history of that rivalry at Yankee Stadium," Notre Dame athletics director Jack Swarbrick said.
"It's fitting that a Notre Dame-Army game will be the first football event in this fabulous facility – and it's also fitting that the 50th meeting in this great rivalry will take place in a venue with such great tradition for both programs."