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College Football Playoff

Playoff First Round

Friday, December 20, 2024 | 8 p.m. ET No. 7 Seed Notre Dame 27, No. 10 Seed Indiana 17 Notre Dame Stadium | South Bend, Indiana
No. 7 seed Notre Dame will host No. 10 seed Indiana on Friday, December 20 at 8 p.m. ET. The game will be televised by ESPN and ABC.

This will mark the Hoosiers' first appearance in the College Football Playoff, while Notre Dame returns to the CFP for the first time since the 2020-21 season.

Notre Dame leads the series 23-5-1 overall. The last meeting between the teeams was on September 7, 1991, when the Fighting Irish posted a 49-27 home victory over the Hoosiers. The squads have never met before in the postseason.
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NO. 10 SEED INDIANA

NO. 7 SEED NOTRE DAME

 
ABOUT THE HOOSIERS
2024-25 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS
Date Opponent Score
Sat., Aug. 31 FIU W 31-7
Fri., Sept. 6 Western Illinois W 77-3
Sat., Sept. 14 at UCLA W 42-13
Sat., Sept. 21 Charlotte W 52-14
Sat, Sep 28 Maryland W 42-28
Sat, Oct 5 at Northwestern W 41-24
Sat., Oct. 19 Nebraska W 56-7
Sat., Oct. 26 Washington W 31-17
Sat., Nov. 2 at Michigan State W 47-10
Sat., Nov. 9 Michigan W 20-15
Sat., Nov. 23 at Ohio State L 38-15
Sat., Nov. 30 Purdue W 66-0
Fri., Dec. 20 at Notre Dame L 17-27
MEDIA COVERAGE
INDIANA IN THE POSTSEASON (3-11)
Date Bowl Opponent Score
Jan. 1, 1968 Rose USC L 3-14
Dec. 21, 1979 Holiday BYU W 38-27
Dec. 31, 1986 All-American Florida State L 13-27
Jan. 2, 1988 Peach Tennessee L 22-27
Dec. 28, 1988 Liberty South Carolina W 34-10
Dec. 30, 1990 Peach Auburn L 23-27
Dec. 31, 1991 Copper Baylor W 24-0
Dec. 31, 1993 Independence Virginia Tech L 20-45
Dec. 31, 2007 Insight Oklahoma State L 33-49
Dec. 26, 2015 Pinstripe Duke L 41-44
Dec. 28, 2016 Foster Farms Utah L 24-26
Jan. 2, 2020 Gator Tennessee L 22-23
Jan. 2, 2021 Outback Ole Miss L 22-26
Dec. 20, 2024 CFP First Round at Notre Dame L 17-27
ABOUT THE FIGHTING IRISH
2024-25 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS
Date Opponent Score
Sat., Aug. 31 at Texas A&M W 23-13
Sat., Sept. 7 Northern Illinois L 16-14
Sat., Sept. 14 Purdue W 66-7
Sat., Sept. 21 Miami (Ohio) W 28-3
Sat., Sept. 28 Louisville W 31-24
Sat., Oct. 12 Stanford W 49-7
Sat., Oct. 19 at Georgia Tech W 31-13
Sat., Oct. 26 vs. Navy W 51-14
Sat., Nov. 9 Florida State W 52-3
Sat., Nov. 16 Virginia W 35-14
Sat., Nov. 23 vs. Army W 49-14
Sat., Nov. 30 at USC W 49-35
Fri., Dec. 20 Indiana W 27-17
MEDIA COVERAGE
NOTRE DAME IN THE POSTSEASON (22-21)
Date Bowl Opponent Score
Jan. 1, 1925 Rose Stanford W 27-10 
Jan. 1, 1970 Cotton Texas L 17-21 
Jan. 1, 1971 Cotton Texas W 24-11 
Jan. 1, 1973 Orange Nebraska L 6-40 
Dec. 31, 1973 Sugar Alabama W 24-23
Jan. 1, 1975 Orange Alabama W 13-11 
Dec. 27, 1976 Gator Penn State W 20-9 
Jan. 2, 1978 Cotton Texas W 38-10 
Jan. 1, 1979 Cotton Houston W 35-34 
Jan. 1, 1981 Sugar Georgia L 10-17 
Dec. 29, 1983 Liberty Boston College W 19-18 
Dec. 29, 1984 Aloha SMU L 20-27 
Jan. 1, 1988 Cotton Texas A&M L 10-35 
Jan. 2, 1989 Fiesta West Virginia W 34-21 
Jan. 1, 1990 Orange Colorado W 21-6 
Jan. 1, 1991 Orange Colorado L 9-10 
Jan. 1, 1992 Sugar Florida W 39-28 
Jan. 1, 1993 Cotton Texas A&M W 28-3 
Jan. 1, 1994 Cotton Texas A&M W 24-21 
Jan. 2, 1995 Fiesta Colorado L 24-41 
Jan. 1, 1996 Orange Florida State L 26-31 
Dec. 28, 1997 Independence LSU L 9-27 
Jan. 1, 1999 Gator Georgia Tech L 28-35
Jan. 1, 2001 Fiesta Oregon State L 9-41 
Jan. 1, 2003 Gator NC State L 6-28 
Dec. 28, 2004 Insight Oregon State L 21-38 
Jan. 2, 2006 Fiesta Ohio State L 20-34 
Jan. 3, 2007 Sugar LSU L 14-41 
Dec. 24, 2008 Hawaii Hawaii W 49-21 
Dec. 31, 2010 Sun Miami W 33-17 
Dec. 29, 2011 Champs Sports Florida State L 14-18 
Jan. 7, 2013 BCS Championship Game Alabama L 14-42 
Dec. 28, 2013 Pinstripe Rutgers W 29-16 
Dec. 30, 2014 Music City LSU W 31-28 
Jan. 1, 2016 Fiesta Ohio State L 28-44 
Jan. 1, 2018 Citrus LSU W 21-17 
Dec. 29, 2018 CFP Semifinal/Cotton Clemson L 3-30 
Dec. 28, 2019 Camping World Iowa State W 33-9 
Jan. 1, 2021 CFP Semifinal/Rose Alabama L 14-31 
Jan. 1, 2022 Fiesta Bowl Oklahoma State L 35-37 
Dec. 30, 2022 Gator South Carollina W 45-38 
Dec. 19, 2023 Sun Oregon State W 40-8 
Dec. 20, 2024 CFP First Round Indiana W 27-17


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