The Bowl Games
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NOTRE DAME THE BOWL GAMES Fullback Jerome Bettis scored two rushing touchdowns and caught a 26-yard pass for a score in Notre Dame’s 28-3 win over Texas A&M in the 1993 Cotton Bowl. (photo by Don Stacy) Bowl Box Scores Notre Dame Bowl Record 1973 SUGAR BOWL Won 13, Lost 12 Notre Dame 24, Alabama 23 December 31, 1973 Season Bowl Opponent W/L Score Alabama came in ranked first in both the Associated Press and United Press International polls with an 11-0 record. Notre Dame came in ranked third according to 1924 Rose (Jan. 1, 1925) Stanford W 27-10 AP and fourth in the UPI poll with a 10-0 record. The Notre Dame victory left the Irish 1969 Cotton (Jan. 1, 1970) Texas L 17-21 first in the AP poll after the bowls, while Alabama dropped to fourth. 1970 Cotton (Jan. 1, 1971) Texas W 24-11 1972 Orange (Jan. 1, 1973) Nebraska L 6-40 1975 ORANGE BOWL 1973 Sugar (Dec. 31, 1973) Alabama W 24-23 Notre Dame 13, Alabama 11 January 1, 1975 1974 Orange (Jan. 1, 1975) Alabama W 13-11 Alabama came in ranked first in the United Press International poll and second in the 1976 Gator (Dec. 27, 1976) Penn State W 20- 9 Associated Press poll with its 11-0 record. Notre Dame came in standing eighth in the 1977 Cotton (Jan. 2, 1978) Texas W 38-10 UPI poll and ninth according to AP with its 9-2 record. The Notre Dame victory left Notre Dame sixth and Alabama fifth in the AP poll after the bowls. UPI also took its final 1978 Cotton (Jan. 1, 1979) Houston W 35-34 tabulation after the bowl games for the first time and rated Alabama second and Notre 1980 Sugar (Jan. 1, 1981) Georgia L 10-17 Dame fourth. 1983 Liberty (Dec. 29, 1983) Boston College W 19-18 1984 Aloha (Dec. 29, 1984) SMU L 20-27 1976 GATOR BOWL 1987 Cotton (Jan. 1, 1988) Texas A&M L 10-35 Notre Dame 20, Penn State 9 December 27, 1976 1988 Fiesta (Jan. 2, 1989) West Virginia W 34-21 Penn State came in tied for 20th in the polls with a 7-4 record. Notre Dame came in 1989 Orange (Jan. 1, 1990) Colorado W 21-6 13th in the United Press International poll and 15th in the Associated Press poll with an 8-3 record. The Notre Dame victory left the Irish 12th in both the final AP and UPI 1990 Orange (Jan. 1, 1991) Colorado L 9-10 polls after the bowl games. 1991 Sugar (Jan. 1, 1992) Florida W 39-28 1992 Cotton (Jan. 1, 1993) Texas A&M W 28-3 1978 COTTON BOWL 1993 Cotton (Jan. 1, 1994) Texas A&M W 24-21 Notre Dame 38, Texas 10 January 2, 1978 1994 Fiesta (Jan. 2, 1995) Colorado L 24-41 Texas came in ranked first in both the Associated Press and United Press International 1995 Orange (Jan. 1, 1996) Florida State L 26-31 polls with its perfect 11-0 record. Notre Dame came in ranked fifth by both AP and UPI 1997 Independence (Dec. 28, 1997) LSU L 9-27 with a 10-1 record. The Notre Dame victory elevated the Irish to first in both the AP 1998 Gator (Jan. 1, 1999) Georgia Tech L 28-35 and UPI polls taken after the bowls, while Texas dropped to fourth in AP and fifth in UPI. 2000 Fiesta (Jan. 1, 2001) Oregon State L 9-41 2002 Gator (Jan. 1, 2003) North Carolina St. L 6-28 1979 COTTON BOWL Notre Dame 35, Houston 34 January 1, 1979 1925 ROSE BOWL Houston came in ranked ninth according to the Associated Press and 11th according Notre Dame 27, Stanford 10 January 1, 1925 to United Press International with a 9-2 record. Notre Dame came in ranked ninth Notre Dame coach Knute Rockne and the famed Four Horsemen brought a perfect 9-0 according to UPI and 10th according to AP with an 8-3 record. The Notre Dame victo- record to the West Coast to take on coach Pop Warner and Ernie Nevers led Stanford. ry left the Irish sixth in UPI and seventh in AP, while Houston dropped to 10th in AP Notre Dame’s victory earned the Irish their first-ever national championship and the and remained 11th in UPI. first of four national crowns to come via bowl wins. 1981 SUGAR BOWL 1970 COTTON BOWL Georgia 17, Notre Dame 10 January 1, 1981 Texas 21, Notre Dame 17 January 1, 1970 Georgia came in ranked first in both the Associated Press and United Press Texas came in ranked first in both the Associated Press and United Press International International polls with a perfect 11-0 record. Notre Dame came in seventh in AP and polls with a perfect 10-0 record. Notre Dame stood eighth in the AP poll and ninth eighth in UPI with a 9-1-1 record. The Georgia victory kept the Bulldogs first in both according to UPI with its 8-1-1 mark. Texas earned the national championship with its polls, while Notre Dame dropped to ninth in AP and 10th in UPI. victory, but Notre Dame moved up to fifth in the final AP poll taken after the bowl games. 1983 LIBERTY BOWL Notre Dame 19, Boston College 18 December 29, 1983 1971 COTTON BOWL Boston College came in ranked 12th according to United Press International and 13th Notre Dame 24, Texas 11 January 1, 1971 according to the Associated Press with a 9-2 record. Notre Dame came in unranked Texas again came in ranked first in both the Associated Press and United Press with a 6-5 record. The Notre Dame victory dropped the Eagles to 19th in AP and 20th International polls with a 10-0 mark and 30-game winning streak. Notre Dame stood 9- in UPI, while Notre Dame remained unranked. The Irish, however, did finish 18th in 1 and was fifth in the UPI poll and sixth according to the AP. The Notre Dame victory the final New York Times computer rankings. dropped Texas to third in the final AP poll after the bowl games, while Notre Dame moved up to second behind Nebraska. 1984 ALOHA BOWL SMU 27, Notre Dame 20 December 29, 1984 1973 ORANGE BOWL SMU came in ranked 10th according to both the Associated Press and United Press Nebraska 40, Notre Dame 6 January 1, 1973 International with a 9-2 record. Notre Dame came in ranked 17th by AP and 18th by Nebraska came in with an 8-2-1 record, ranked ninth according to United Press UPI with a 7-4 record. The SMU victory boosted the Mustangs to eighth in both final International. Notre Dame, 8-2, came in ranked 12th in the UPI poll. The Nebraska vic- wire service polls, while Notre Dame dropped out of both polls. tory vaulted the Huskers to fourth in the final AP poll after the bowls, while Notre Dame dropped to 14th. 314 2004 Notre Dame Football Nowhere But Notre Dame 1988 COTTON BOWL 1996 ORANGE BOWL Texas A&M 35, Notre Dame 10 January 1, 1988 Florida State 31, Notre Dame 26 January 1, 1996 Texas A&M came in ranked 13th according to both the Associated Press and United Florida State came in ranked eighth by both the Associated Press and USA Today/CNN Press International with a 9-2 record. Notre Dame came in ranked 12th by AP and 14th with a 9-2 record. Notre Dame came in with a 9-2 mark and was ranked sixth by AP and by UPI with an 8-3 record. The Texas A&M victory boosted the Aggies to ninth in the ninth in USA Today/CNN. The victory by Florida State put the Seminoles fourth in the final UPI polls and 10th according to AP. Notre Dame fell to 17th in the final AP poll and final AP poll and fifth in USA Today/CNN. Notre Dame finished 11th in AP and 13th in dropped out of the UPI rankings completely. the USA Today/CNN. 1989 FIESTA BOWL 1997 INDEPENDENCE BOWL Notre Dame 34, West Virginia 21 January 2, 1989 LSU 27, Notre Dame 9 December 28, 1997 West Virginia came in ranked third according to both the Associated Press and United LSU came in ranked 15th by both the Associated Press and USA Today/ESPN with an Press International with an 11-0 record. Notre Dame came in ranked first by both AP 8-3 record. Notre Dame came into the contest with a 7-5 mark and was unranked. The and UPI with an 11-0 record. The Notre Dame victory left the Irish atop both polls in victory by LSU gave the Tigers a final ranking of 13th in both the AP and USA the final rankings. West Virginia dropped to fifth in both final polls. Today/ESPN poll. 1990 ORANGE BOWL 1999 GATOR BOWL Notre Dame 21, Colorado 6 January 1, 1990 Georgia Tech 35, Notre Dame 28 January 1, 1999 Colorado came in ranked first in both the Associated Press and United Press Georgia Tech came in ranked 12th by the Associated Press and 14th by USA International polls with its perfect 11-0 record. Notre Dame came in ranked fourth in Today/ESPN with a 9-2 record. Notre Dame came into the contest with a 9-2 mark and both polls with an 11-1 record.