Notre Dame has played in 44 bowl games and counting all-time, ... 1973 Sugar Bowl: 24-23 win vs. Alabama. ... 1975 Orange Bowl: 13-11 win vs. Alabama.

Notre Dame outlasted Penn State in a 27-24 thriller to reach the program's first national championship game since 2012 in the Orange Bowl. Thanks to the 12-team College Football Playoff format ...

Finally, there was the 1996 Orange Bowl between Notre Dame and Florida State, where the Irish fell to 2-3 in Miami. ... Jan. 1, 1975: No. 8 Notre Dame 13, No. 1 Alabama 11; Jan. 1, 1990: ...

1973 Sugar Bowl: 24-23 win vs. Alabama. To this day it remains one of the biggest wins and perhaps the biggest bowl win in Notre Dame history. Aided by an Al Hunter kickoff return for a touchdown ...