Five months before the 2022 season is set to begin, the Tennessee State University football program announced it would kick off the 2023 campaign with a historic opponent.
The Tigers will travel to South Bend, Indiana on Sept. 2 of next year, becoming the first Historically Black College and University (HBCU) to ever play at Notre Dame.
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