University of Notre Dame

The University of Notre Dame du Lac is a private Catholic research university in Notre Dame, Indiana, United States. The university was founded in 1842 by members of the Congregation of Holy Cross, a Catholic religious order of priests and brothers. Its main campus covers 1,261 acres (510 ha) in a suburban setting and has landmarks such as the Golden Dome main building, Sacred Heart Basilica, the Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes, the Word of Life mosaic mural, and Notre Dame Stadium.

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish are the athletic teams that represent the University of Notre Dame. The Fighting Irish participate in 26 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I intercollegiate sports. The school colors are gold and blue and the mascot is the Leprechaun. The interscholastic sports program began on November 23, 1887, with football in Notre Dame, Indiana.

3-inch pin-back button worn by the stadium vendors  - 2014-Sep-27 Syracuse v Notre Dame, MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ  -  New York’s College Classic - Notre Dame 31 – Syracuse 15.  Even though the game was on neutral territory it counted as  a Syracuse home game, therefore the Fighting Irish Marching Band was not there, big disappointment, although the Syracuse Marching Band gave a great performance.

Army-Navy - NCAA Football

The Army–Navy Game is an annual college football game played by the Army Black Knights, of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, and the Navy Midshipmen, of the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland. The Black Knights (or Cadets) and Midshipmen each represent their service's oldest officer commissioning sources. As such, the game has come to embody the spirit of the interservice rivalry of the United States Armed Forces. The game marks the end of the college football regular season and the third and final game of the season's Commander-in-Chief's Trophy series, which also includes the Air Force Falcons of the United States Air Force Academy near Colorado Springs, Colorado. The series has been uninterrupted since 1930. 

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Rutgers University - Scarlet Knights Football

1994 Rutgers Stadium Opening Game SGA pin

my apologies to the Rutgers kickers

Scarlet Knights : Rutgers was among the first American institutions to engage in intercollegiate athletics, and participated in a small circle of schools that included Yale University, Columbia University, and long-time rival, Princeton University. The four schools met at the Fifth Avenue Hotel in Manhattan on October 19, 1873, to establish a set of rules governing their intercollegiate competition, and particularly to codify the new game of football. Rutgers University is referred to as "the birthplace of college football" as the first intercollegiate football game was held on College Field between Rutgers and Princeton on November 6, 1869, in New Brunswick, New Jersey