Notre Dame football itself has seen two positive results in the latest round of testing. Darren Yamashita-USA TODAY Sports

Notre Dame pauses football practice due to on-campus COVID-19 outbreak

By Zac Wassink | Last updated Aug 19, 2020 4:04 PM ET

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish have postponed football practice for at least Wednesday and possibly Thursday after an on-campus coronavirus outbreak caused the school to suspend in-person instruction on Tuesday, as ESPN's Adam Rittenberg reports.

On Aug. 10, Notre Dame claimed that only 33 students out of 11,836 tested positive for the virus. Per Rittenberg, though, the school learned of 82 positive tests on Monday and 72 on Tuesday. Notre Dame football reported a pair of positive tests out of 117 on Aug. 10.

While Notre Dame students haven't been sent home yet, they will remain in remote learning through at least Sept. 2. Updates on football practices will come at a later time.

Currently, Notre Dame is scheduled to play in the ACC and take part in a season that includes 10 league games and up to one nonconference fixture. The Fighting Irish open the campaign versus Duke on Sept. 12.

Zac Wassink

Zac Wassink is a longtime sports news writer and PFWA member who began his career in 2006 and has had his work featured on Yardbarker, MSN, Yahoo Sports and Bleacher Report. He is also a football and futbol aficionado who is probably yelling about Tottenham Hotspur at the moment and who chanted for Matt Harvey to start the ninth inning of Game 5 of the 2015 World Series at Citi Field. You can find him on X at @ZacWassink

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