Our yearly reprieve between the end of the season and the start of fall camp – spring football – is set to start for Notre Dame later this week. Brian Kelly will kick things off officially on Friday with a press conference while the Irish will look to improve upon last year’s College Football Playoff run starting on Saturday with their first practice of the spring. Spring practice will end six weeks later with the annual Blue – Gold game on April 13.
Here’s some more dates to know about for this spring football season for Notre Dame.
Non-Practice Dates of Note
- Friday March 1 (12:00) – Brian Kelly Press Spring Kick-off Presser
- Wednesday, March 20 – Notre Dame Pro Day 2019
Full 2019 Notre Dame Spring Practice Schedule
And here are the dates and times for the 14 practices for Notre Dame this spring that will lead up to the annual Blue Gold Game. Note that the media will get a decent amount of access this year so there should be quite a bit of information for fans thirsty for some football news. With anything in spring practice though, take anything out of spring ball with a huge grain of salt.
- Saturday, March 2 (10:00 AM)
- Tuesday, March 5 (7:45 AM)
- Thursday, March 7 (7:45 AM)
- Tuesday, March 19 (7:45 AM)
- Thursday, March 21 (7:45 AM) Open Practice
- Saturday, March 23 (10:00 AM) Open Practice
- Tuesday, March 26 (7:45 AM) Open Practice
- Thursday, March 28 (7:45 AM)
- Saturday, March 30 (10:00 AM) Open Practice
- Tuesday, April 2 (7:45 AM)
- Thursday, April 4 (7:45 AM) Open Practice
- Saturday April 6 (10:00 AM) Open Practice
- Tuesday, April 9 (7:45 AM) Open Practice
- Thursday, April 11 (7:45 AM)
2019 Notre Dame Blue – Gold Game
As always, spring football for Notre Dame culminates with the annual Blue – Gold game. This year’s game is on Saturday, April 13th at 12:30. Television details for the game have not yet been announced though the last few years the game has been televised live on NBC Sports Network. Details for the game will be released closer to the game as well with Notre Dame usually coming up with some different scoring rules for the annual scrimmage.