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Primary Contact: Brian Hardin • Work: 574.631.9471 • Cell: 574.532.4134 • Email: [email protected] Secondary Contact: Michael Bertsch • Work: 574.631.8642 • Cell: 574.532.4151 • Email: [email protected] 2013 Discover BCS National Championship Game #1/1 Notre Dame (12-0) vs. #2/2 Alabama (12-1) DATE IRISH BOWL HISTORY u The “Ice Bowl” or “Chicken Soup Bowl” was played in 1979 u Monday, January 7, 2013 u Notre Dame's appearance in the 2013 Discover Bowl when Notre Dame, led by future NFL Hall of Famer Joe Montana, Championship Series National Championship Game will be the 32nd scored 23 points in the final 7:37 to shock Houston (temperature at TIME bowl appearance in school history. kickoff was 20 degrees with a wind chill of minus-six, hence the “Ice u 8:30 p.m. EST u Notre Dame will be making its fourth appearance in a BCS game. Bowl”; Joe Montana missed a portion of the game due to a lower The Irish played Oregon State in the 2001 Fiesta Bowl, Ohio State in than normal body temperature and sipped chicken soup to warm up, SITE (CAPACITY) the 2006 Fiesta Bowl and LSU in the 2007 Sugar Bowl. hence “The Chicken Soup Bowl”). u Sun Life Stadium (76,100); Miami, Fla. u Notre Dame previously played in Miami (Orange Bowl) after the u In the 1983 Liberty Bowl, Notre Dame prevented the Doug 1972 (lost 40-6 to No. 9 Nebraska), 1974 (defeated No. 2 Alabama, Flutie-led Eagles a chance at a 10-2 record and spot among the TICKETS 13-11), 1989 (upended No. 1 and undefeated Colorado, 21-6), 1990 nation’s top 10 with a 19-18 victory. u Notre Dame has played in front of sellout crowds in 255 of its (lost 10-9 to No. 1 and undefeated Colorado) and 1995 (lost 31-26 to Notre Dame previous 297 games (.859) overall. Notre Dame has played before No. 8 Florida State) seasons. Bowl History 626 sellouts in 898 total games (.697) since 1930. u Notre Dame owns an overall record of 15-16 in postseason play and has participated in 14 different bowl games. The Irish have never Bowl (date) Opponent Result TELEVISION previously appeared in the BCS National Championship Game. 1925 Rose (1.1) Stanford W, 27-10 u ESPN national telecast with Brent Musburger (play-by-play), u Notre Dame will make its 10th bowl appearance in the state of 1970 Cotton (1.1) (9) Texas (1) L, 17-21 Kirk Herbstreit (analysis), Heather Cox (sideline), Bill Bonnell (pro- Florida. The Irish have made five previous appearances in the Orange 1971 Cotton (1.1) (6) Texas (1) W, 24-11 ducer) and Derek Mobley (director). Bowl (2-3) and three trips to the Gator Bowl (1-2) in Jacksonville. 1973 Orange (1.1) (12) Nebraska (9) L, 6-40 Notre Dame made its debut in the Champs Sports Bowl debut in 2011 1973 Sugar (12.31) (3) Alabama (1) W, 24-23 RADIO with a loss to Florida State, 18-14. 1975 Orange (1.1) (9) Alabama (2) W, 13-11 u IMG College Sports is the exclusive national rights-holder for u Notre Dame has played nine previous bowl games against cur- 1976 Gator (12.27) (15) Penn State (20) W, 20-9 Irish football radio broadcasts. IMG College manages, produces and rent members of the Southeastern Conference: Alabama (2-0), 1978 Cotton (1.2) (5) Texas (1) W, 38-10 syndicates the Irish national football radio network. Notre Dame Florida (1-0), Georgia (0-1), LSU (0-2) and Texas A&M (2-1). 1979 Cotton (1.1) (10) Houston (9) W, 35-34 games will be broadcast by Don Criqui (play-by-play), former Irish u Notre Dame made its first bowl appearance in 1925 when Knute 1981 Sugar (1.1) (7) Georgia (1) L, 10-17 great Allen Pinkett (analysis) and Jeff Jeffers (sideline). This broad- Rockne took his famed Four Horsemen backfield to meet Stanford in 1983 Liberty (12.29) Boston College (13) W, 19-18 cast can be heard live on both SIRIUS and XM Satellite Radio (channel the Rose Bowl. 1984 Aloha (12.29) (17) SMU (10) L, 20-27 129). u Due to school policy, the Irish did not appear in another bowl 1988 Cotton (1.1) (12) Texas A&M (13) L, 10-35 game until the 1970 Cotton Bowl. 1989 Fiesta (1.2) (1) West Virginia (3) W, 34-21 WEB SITES u Notre Dame has appeared in 14 different bowl games: Rose 1990 Orange (1.1) (4) Colorado (1) W, 21-6 u Notre Dame (UND.com), Alabama (Rolltide.com) ('25), Cotton ('70, '71, '78, '79, '88, '93, '94), Orange ('73, '75, '90, 1991 Orange (1.1) (5) Colorado (1) L, 9-10 '91, '96), Sugar ('73, '80, '91, '07), Gator ('76, '99, '03), Liberty ('83), 1992 Sugar (1.1) (18) Florida (3) W, 39-28 POLLS Aloha ('84), Fiesta ('89, '95, '01, '06), Independence ('97), Insight 1993 Cotton (1.1) (5) Texas A&M (4) W, 28-3 u Notre Dame is ranked No. 1 in the Associated Press and USA ('04), Hawai’i ('08), Sun ('10), Champs Sports ('11) and BCS National 1994 Cotton (1.1) (4) Texas A&M (7) W, 24-21 Today Coaches' poll. Alabama is ranked No. 2 in both polls. Championship ('13). 1995 Fiesta (1.2) Colorado (4) L, 24-41 u After winning 13 of its first 19 bowl appearances, Notre Dame 1996 Orange (1.1) (6) Florida State (8) L, 26-31 REAL-TIME STATS lost its next nine postseason games until its record setting 49-21 1997 Independence (12.28) LSU (15) L, 9-27 u Live in-game statistics will be provided through CBS College victory over Hawai'i in the 2008 Sheraton Hawai'i Bowl. 1999 Gator (1.1) (17) Georgia Tech (12) L, 28-35 Sports via UND.com. u Some of the most memorable moments in Notre Dame history 2001 Fiesta (1.1) (10) Oregon State (5) L, 9-41 have occurred in bowl games, including National Championship 2003 Gator (1.1) (11) NC State (17) L, 6-28 SERIES INFO clinching victories at the 1973 Sugar Bowl (24-23 over No. 1 2004 Insight (12.28) Oregon State L, 21-38 u Notre Dame and Alabama will meet for the seventh time with Alabama), 1978 Cotton Bowl (38-10 over No. 1 Texas) and 1989 2006 Fiesta (1.2) (5) Ohio State (4) L, 20-34 the Irish holding a 5-1 advantage in the series. This will be the third Fiesta Bowl (34-21 over unbeaten No. 3 West Virginia). 2007 Sugar (1.4) (11) LSU (4) L, 14-41 meeting between the two foes in a bowl game. Third-ranked Notre 2008 Hawai'i (12.24) Hawai'i W, 49-21 Dame upended the undefeated and top-ranked Crimson Tide, 24-23, 2010 Sun (12.31) Miami (Fla.) W, 33-17 in the 1973 Sugar Bowl en route to the national title. The ninth- 2011 Champs Sports (12.29) Florida State L, 14-18 ranked Irish and second-ranked Alabama met the following season in the 1975 Orange Bowl with Notre Dame again spoiling Alabama's The number in front of the opponent name indicates Notre Dame’s national title hopes with a 13-11 victory (additional series informa- ranking in the AP poll coming into the game. The number follow- tion on pages 2-4). ing the opponent name indicates its ranking. ALL THE NIGHT MOVES u Notre Dame is 6-8 (.429) at night in bowls, where it has a u Notre Dame’s night history can almost be divided into two u Notre Dame played six regular season night games in 2012, six-game losing streak and has not won since a 39-28 conquest of eras – the 35-year pre-Lou Holtz era from 1951-85, and the 25 including Michigan State (Sept. 15), Michigan (Sept. 22), Miami, Florida in the 1992 Sugar Bowl. years since Holtz took the reins in 1986. It was under Holtz that Fla. (Oct. 6), Oklahoma (Oct. 27), Boston College (Nov. 10) and USC u Notre Dame’s longest winning streak in night games is 11, multiple night games in a season became standard at Notre Dame. (Nov. 27). The BCS National Championship will be the seventh night beginning with an Oct. 13, 1973 win at Rice and concluding with a It eventually prompted the exclusive NBC contract for home games contest of the year for the Irish, equaling the school record in 2011. Sept. 24, 1983 shutout loss at Miami (20-0), which went on to win that commenced with the 1991 season. u The Irish played their first night game, a 48-6 rout of Detroit, on its first national title. u In the 35 years from 1951-85, Notre Dame was 21-6-1 (.768) in Oct. 5, 1951 in Briggs Stadium. u The longest losing streak is nine under Bob Davie. night games. In the 11 years under Holtz alone (1986-96), the Irish u Notre Dame has played 107 night games overall with a record u The largest margin of defeat was 38-3 at USC on Nov. 29, 2008, were an almost identical 20-5-1 (.788). of 69-36-2 (.654), including 20-8-2 (.700) all-time on neutral fields, eking out the Jan. 1, 1973 Orange Bowl to Nebraska (40-6) — u Here’s a look at Notre Dame head coach’s record at night: 42-26-2 (.614) on the road and 7-2 (.778) at home.