Desc: Onward Notre Dame: The Michigan Rivalry: With Jerome Bettis, Jack Nolan, Brady Quinn, Marc Edwards. Onward Notre Dame looks at the college football rivalry between the University of Notre Dame and the University of Michigan. It looks at the early history of the series and how Michigan was the first team to play Notre Dame in 1887 and how Michigan coach Fielding Yost refused to play Notre Dame after losing in 1909. It looks how the off-the-field rivalry helped make Notre Dame a national team. It looks at the 2014 game and how the rivalry will be renewed in 2018.