Wear Your Notre Dame Colors With Pride
Are you looking authentic Notre Dame Apparel? Are you a Fighting Irish fanatic and would like to show the world your allegiance?
You can find all the Notre Dame apparel and merchandise you need from the many available at Football Fanatics.
Now a little background on Norte Dame University.
Notre Dame University or simple Notre Dame (pronounced /no?t?r de?m/) has a long and colorful history. Founded by Father Edward Sorin in 1842 and established on land donated by the Bishop of Vincennes located in Notre Dame northeast of South Bend, Indiana.
It is one of the top schools in the country academically but is more known for their nationally ranked athletic teams. Two of the more famous and successful sports of which are football and basketball.
Notre Dame’s football team plays in the Big East Conference as an independent and has one of the most successful records in college football’s history.
The basketball team on the other hand, though not as successful as the football team is always a top contender for NCAA honors and has more than 1,600 wins, one of only 12 schools.
Though famous for its football and basketball athletic programs, the school also has a total of 26 varsity sport teams, 13 each for men and women and have won national championships in some of them.
For years schools have been identified by their unique colors and logo, here are some that is available for the diehard Fighting Irish fans.
Notre Dame Fighting Irish Youth Navy Blue Pleather Varsity Full Zip Jacket…. continue
Notre Dame Fighting Irish Youth Navy Blue Full Button Replica Baseball Jersey…. continue
Notre Dame Fighting Irish #7 Navy Blue Replica Football Jersey…. continue
Notre Dame Fighting Irish Youth Gold Classic Arch Hoody Sweatshirt…. continue
Notre Dame Fighting Irish #44 White Replica Basketball Jersey…. continue
Notre Dame Fighting Irish #7 Kelly Green Replica Football Jersey…. continue
These are just some of the Notre Dame apparel available. If you can’t see what you are looking for or not sure what you want, check out the complete line here. And if you’re interested in some other school’s jerseys, there are 582 teams to choose from.
Some facts about Notre Dame University and its athletics programs:
- Did you know that it was found as an all male institution in 1842 and only started accepting female students in 1972?
- The school’s undergraduate program is ranked in the top 20 among national universities by U.S. News & World Report for 2009-2010.
- The school offers a comprehensive graduate program with 32 masters degree and 25 doctoral degree programs.
- Notre Dame’s university’s library system is one of the 100 largest in the United States.
- The Fighting Irish moniker was adopted in the 1920’s.
- The school’s mascot, “The Notre Dame Leprechaun” was created by Theodore W. Drake in 1964 and was featured on the cover of Time Magazine in November 1964.
- Notre Dame Stadium, where the football team plays, has a capacity of 80,795 fans.
- The football team has won 13 consensus national championships It also has the most members in the College Football Hall of Fame and together with the University of Southern California (USC) and Ohio State University tied with the most Heisman Trophies won.
- That is annual game against University of Southern California for the Jeweled Shillelagh (pronounced “shuh-LAY-lee”) was named as one of the greatest college football rivalry ever.
- It has almost 120,000 alumni scattered around the globe. Some famous names include former United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, TV talk show host Phil Donahue, present and former professional athletes Joe Theisman, Joe Montana, Tim Brown, Rocket Ismail, Megan Duffy, Jeff Samardzija, Olympic gold medalist Mariel Zagunis and Adrian Dantley.