Watch: Notre Dame's Gameday Tradition Thrives Despite Unusual Challenges

The 1812 Overture is played between the third and fourth quarters at Notre Dame Stadium but Saturday's was truly unique

Oct 12, 2024; South Bend, Indiana, USA; Fans dressed as the Minions celebrate in the third quarter of the game between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the Stanford Cardinal at Notre Dame Stadium. / Matt Cashore-Imagn Images

Notre Dame football has countless gameday traditions but one of the biggest is the playing of the 1812 Overture between the third and fourth quarters.

The band plays the final portion of the overture and the student section, along with majority of fans make hand signals and chant the head coaches name. Its a tradition that began in the 1980's and has withstood the test of time.

Saturday's game brought another test as Notre Dame led Stanford 42-7 at the end of the third quarter and incoming thunder storms forced Notre Dame Stadium to be evacuated as the game was delayed.

As a result, the 1812 Overture was also delayed until the storms passed. When it was played some 45 minutes or so later, a sparce crowd was there to participate in the tradition. Check it out below.

1812 overture would not be denied pic.twitter.com/YWPr302KDt

— Brian Fremeau (@ndfremeau) October 12, 2024

It looked more like the 1812 Overture looked during the pandemic played season of 2020.

More importantly, Notre Dame found the end zone one last time after the delay and beat Stanford 49-7 to move to 5-1 on the year.

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