Move over Utah. Playing against you is not really a legitimate Holy War. Enter Notre Dame. Both School are now independent in football not associated with any conference. Both schools are private and religious. Notre Dame located in South Bend, Indiana is home to the Catholics and Brigham Young in Provo, Utah is home to the Mormons.

These two football teams have met only six times, the last being in 2005, not much of a rivalry even though it would be natural to have one. Yet the two religions as well as the two schools have collaborated, especially recently, on many charitable fronts such as assisting the poor, the less fortunate, and disaster relief. Today a rivalry begins with a nine game series running through the 2020 season.

Christian vs Christian. Catholics vs Mormons. Notre Dame vs Brigham Young. Fighting Irish vs Cougar.

                                   Notre Dame                     Brigham Young

Established                1842                               1875

Motto                     Life, Sweetness, Hope      Enter to learn, go forth to serve

Affiliation                  Catholic                             LDS (Mormon)

Academic staff           1,241                                  2,464

Students                     11,733                                34,130

Undergraduates         8,371                                 30,745

Postgraduates           3,362                                  3,385

Location                South Bend, Indiana           Provo, Utah

Colors                   Gold and Blue                      Blue and White

Nickname             Fighting Irish                        Cougars

Mascot                    Leprechaun                        Cosmo the Cougar

1992 South Bend
Notre Dame 42, BYU 16

1993 Provo
#3 Notre Dame 45, BYU 20

1994 South Bend
BYU 21, #17 Notre Dame 14

2003 South Bend
Notre Dame 33, BYU 14

2004 Provo
BYU 20, Notre Dame 17

2005 South Bend
Notre Dame 49, BYU 23

Pictures:
1. BYU & Notre Dame
2. Mascots
3. Football Championships
4. Notre Dame stadium (site of today's game)
5. BYU Haka dance (with a large population of Samoans and other Pacific Islanders at BYU and on their football team the team performs a pregame Haka dance)