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The Irish completed an undefeated season at Notre Dame Stadium for the second time in four seasons in 2018 (2015, also 6-0).

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Notre Dame will be playing its first game ever on Labor Day Monday.

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Monday evening will mark just the second meeting between Notre Dame and Louisville – and the first in Louisville, Kentucky.

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The 10th year of the Brian Kelly era begins with just the third season-opener away from Notre Dame Stadium for a Kelly-coached team and the second on an opponent’s home field (2012 vs. Navy in Ireland, 2016 at Texas).

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Junior Ian Book’s 68.2 completion percentage in 2018 places him as the third-most accurate passer returning in 2019 (Jack Abraham, Southern Mississippi, 73.1; Tua Tagovailoa, Alabama, 69.0).

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Book’s 154.0 passer rating in 2018 was the fifth-best single season in Irish history.

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Brian Kelly begins his 10th season as the head coach at the University of Notre Dame, becoming just the fifth Irish coach to spend a decade or more at the school (Knute Rockne, 13; Frank Leahy, Ara Parseghian, Lou Holtz 11).

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Senior Julian Okwara enters the season with 10.5 career sacks, looking to break into the all-time top 10 at Notre Dame this season (Anthony Weaver, 1998-2001, is 10th with 17.0).

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Notre Dame has won 11 consecutive games at Notre Dame Stadium, including a 6-0 clean slate last season. It is the third-longest winning streak at home for the Irish since Notre Dame Stadium opened in 1930.

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Notre Dame boasts 23 wins over the past two seasons, the most over a two-year span since the Irish went 24-1 in 1988 and 1989.

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Senior Chase Claypool is the top returning receiver for the Irish in 2019, grabbing 50 of his 84 career receptions last season.

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Book’s 68.2 completion percentage in 2018 set a school single-season record, surpassing Jimmy Clausen (68.0) in 2009.

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Pro Football Focus credited Julian Okwara (40) and senior Khalid Kareem (29) with 69 quarterback hurries in 2018 – making the defensive end duo the top pass rush tandem returning in the FBS for 2019.

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Notre Dame is 13-4 (.765) all-time in season opening prime time games.

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Notre Dame is the only team in the FBS with three different 200-yard rushers over the past two seasons (Brandon Wimbush, Josh Adams – 2017; Dexter Williams – 2018).

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The Notre Dame sell out streak stands at 268 consecutive games, the second-longest in NCAA history.

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Games coached by Brian Kelly in his career, second active in the NCAA to Mack Brown (North Carolina).