Playoff Quarterfinal at the Allstate Sugar Bowl: Notre Dame vs. Georgia

Thursday, January 2, 2025 | 4 p.m. ET No. 7 Seed Notre Dame vs. No. 2 Seed Georgia Caesars Superdome | New Orleans, Louisiana

No. 2 seed Georgia will face No. 7 seed Notre Dame in the Playoff Quarterfinal at the Allstate Sugar Bowl on Wednesday, January 1 at 8:45 p.m. ET. The game will be televised by ESPN.

Georgia is making its third appearance in the College Football Playoff in the past four seasons (fourth overall), after the Bulldogs captured the 2022 and 2023 national titles. Notre Dame returns to the CFP for the third time in program history and the first since 2021. The Fighting Irish advanced to the Playoff Quarterfinals after a 27-17 victory over Indiana in the CFP First Round.

Georgia holds a 3-0 series advantage over Notre Dame, including a 17-10 Bulldogs' win over the Irish in the 1981 Sugar Bowl. UGA is 5-5 all-time in the Sugar Bowl, while UND is 2-2.

FOLLOW THE ACTION!
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NO. 7 SEED NOTRE DAME

NO. 2 SEED GEORGIA

ABOUT THE FIGHTING IRISH
Roster \| Coaches \| Schedule and Results \| Stats Record: 12-1 Overall Game Notes \| Media Guide

2024-25 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS
Date	Opponent	Score
Sat., Aug. 31	at Texas A&M	W 23-13
Sat., Sept. 7	Northern Illinois	L 14-16
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
Official Site: FightingIrish.com \| Football \| CFP Central

NOTRE DAME IN THE POSTSEASON (22-21)
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

ABOUT THE BULLDOGS
Roster \| Coaches \| Schedule and Results \| Stats Record: 11-2 Overall, 6-2 SEC Game Notes \| Media Guide

2024-25 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS
Date	Opponent	Score
Sat, Aug 31	vs. Clemson	W 34-3
Sat, Sep 7	Tennessee Tech	W 48-3
Sat, Sep 14	at Kentucky	W 13-12
Sat, Sep 28	at Alabama	L 34-41
Sat, Oct 5	Auburn	W 31-13
Sat, Oct 12	Mississippi State	W 41-31
Sat, Oct 19	at Texas	W 30-15
Sat, Nov 2	Florida	W 34-20
Sat, Nov 9	at Mississippi	L 10-28
Sat, Nov 16	Tennessee	W 31-17
Sat, Nov 23	UMass	W 59-21
Fri, Nov 29	Georgia Tech	W 44-42
Sat, Dec 7	vs. Texas	W 22-19

MEDIA COVERAGE
Official Site: GeorgiaDogs.com \| Football \| CFP Central Conference Site: SECSports.com \| Football

GEORGIA IN THE POSTSEASON (38-21-3)
Date	Bowl	Opponent	Score
Jan. 1, 1942	Orange	TCU	W 40-26
Jan. 1, 1943	Rose	UCLA	W 9-0
Jan. 1, 1946	Oil	Tulsa	W 20-6
Jan. 1, 1947	Sugar	North Carolina	W 20-10
Jan. 1, 1948	Gator	Maryland	T 20-20
Jan. 1, 1949	Orange	Texas	L 28-41
Dec. 9, 1950	Pres. Cup	Texas A&M	L 20-40
Jan. 1, 1960	Orange	Missouri	W 14-0
Dec. 26, 1964	Sun	Texas Tech	W 7-0
Dec. 31, 1966	Cotton	SMU	W 24-9
Dec. 16, 1967	Liberty	NC State	L 7-14
Jan. 1, 1969	Sugar	Arkansas	L 2-16
Dec. 20, 1969	Sun	Nebraska	L 6-45
Dec. 31, 1971	Gator	North Carolina	W 7-3
Dec. 28, 1973	Peach	Maryland	W 17-16
Dec. 21, 1974	Tangerine	Miami (Ohio)	L 10-21
Jan. 1, 1976	Cotton	Arkansas	L 10-31
Jan. 1, 1977	Suga	Pittsburgh	L 3-27
Dec. 31, 1978	Bluebonnet	Stanford	L 22-25
Jan. 1, 1981	Sugar	Notre Dame	W 17-10
Jan. 1, 1982	Sugar	Pittsburgh	L 20-24
Jan. 1, 1983	Sugar	Penn State	L 23-27
Jan. 2, 1984	Cotton	Texas	W 10-9
Dec. 22, 1984	Citrus	Florida State	T 17-17
Dec. 28, 1985	Sun	Arizona	T 13-13
Dec. 23, 1986	Hall of Fame	Boston College	L 24-27
Dec. 29, 1987	Liberty	Arkansas	W 20-17
Jan. 1, 1989	Gator	Michigan State	W 34-27
Dec. 30, 1989	Peach	Syracuse	L 18-19
Dec. 29, 1991	Independence	Arkansas	W 24-15
Jan. 1, 1993	Florida Citrus	Ohio State	W 21-14
Dec. 30, 1995	Peach	Virginia	L 27-34-27
Jan. 1, 1998	Outback	Wisconsin	W 33-6
Dec. 31, 1998	Peach	Virginia	W 35-33
Jan. 1, 2000	Outback	Purdue	W 28-25 (OT)
Dec. 24, 2000	Oahu	Virginia	W 37-14
Dec. 28, 2001	Music City	Boston College	L 16-20
Jan. 1, 2003	Sugar	Florida State	W 26-13
Jan. 1, 2004	Capital One	Purdue	W 34-27 (OT)
Jan. 1, 2005	Outback	Wisconsin	W 24-21
Jan. 3, 2006	Sugar	West Virginia	L 35-38
Dec. 30, 2006	Chick-fil-A	Virginia Tech	W 31-24
Jan. 1, 2008	Sugar	Hawaiii	W 41-10
Jan. 1, 2009	Capital One	Michigan State	W 24-12
Dec. 28, 2009	Independence	Texas A&M	W 44-20
Dec. 31, 2010	Liberty	UCF	L 6-10
Jan. 2, 2012	Outback	Michigan State	L 30-33 (3OT)
Jan. 1, 2013	Capital One	Nebraska	W 45-31
Jan. 1, 2014	Gator	Nebraska	L 19-24
Dec. 30, 2014	Belk	Louisville	W 37-14
Jan. 2, 2016	TaxSlayer	Penn State	W 24-17
Dec. 30, 2016	Liberty	TCU	W 31-23
Jan. 1, 2018	CFP Semifinal \| Rose	Oklahoma	W 54-48 (2OT)
Jan. 8, 2018	CFP National Championship	Alabama	L 23-26 (OT)
Jan. 1, 2019	Sugar	Texas	L 21-28
Jan. 1, 2020	Sugar	Baylor	W 26-14
Jan. 1, 2021	Peach	Cincinnati	W 24-21
Dec. 31, 2021	CFP Semifinal \| Orange	Michigan	W 34-11
Jan. 10, 2022	CFP National Championship	Alabama	W 33-18
Dec. 31, 2022	CFP Semifinal \| Peach	Ohio State	W 42-41
Jan. 9, 2023	CFP National Championship	TCU	W 65-7
Dec. 30, 2023	Orange	Florida State	W 63-3

ALLSTATE SUGAR BOWL ALL-TIME RESULTS

YEAR	RESULT
1935	Tulane 20, Temple 14
1936	TCU 3, LSU 2
1937	Santa Clara 21, LSU 14
1938	Santa Clara 6, LSU 0
1939	TCU 15, Carnegie Mellon 7
1940	Texas A&M 14, Tulane 13
1941	Boston College 19, Tennessee 13
1942	Fordham 2, Missouri 0
1943	Tennessee 14, Tulsa 7
1944	Georgia Tech 20, Tulsa 18
1945	Duke 29, Alabama 26
1946	Oklahoma State 33, Saint Mary’s (CA) 13
1947	Georgia 20, North Carolina 10
1948	Texas 27, Alabama 7
1949	Oklahoma 14, North Carolina 6
1950	Oklahoma 35, LSU 0
1951	Kentucky 13, Oklahoma 7
1952	Maryland 28, Tennessee 13
1953	Georgia Tech 24, Mississippi 7
1954	Georgia Tech 42, West Virginia 19
1955	Navy 21, Mississippi 0
1956	Georgia Tech 7, Pittsburgh 0
1957	Baylor 13, Tennessee 7
1958	Mississippi 39, Texas 7
1959	LSU 7, Clemson 0
1960	Mississippi 21, LSU 0
1961	Mississippi 14, Rice 6
1962	Alabama 10, Arkansas 3
1963	Mississippi 17, Arkansas 13
1964	Alabama 12, Mississippi 7
1965	LSU 13, Syracuse 10
1966	Missouri 20, Florida 18
1967	Alabama 34, Nebraska 7
1968	LSU 20, Wyoming 13
1969	Arkansas 16, Georgia 2
1970	Mississippi 27, Arkansas 22
1971	Tennessee 34, Air Force 13
1972	Oklahoma 40, Auburn 22
1972	Oklahoma 14, Penn State 0
1973	Notre Dame 24, Alabama 23
1974	Nebraska 13, Florida 10
1975	Alabama 13, Penn State 6
1977	Pittsburgh 27, Georgia 3
1978	Alabama 35, Ohio State 6
1979	Alabama 14, Penn State 7
1980	Alabama 24, Arkansas 9
1981	Georgia 17, Notre Dame 10
1982	Pittsburgh 24, Georgia 20
1983	Penn State 27, Georgia 23
1984	Auburn 9, Michigan 7
1985	Nebraska 28, LSU 10
1986	Tennessee 35, Miami (FL) 7
1987	Nebraska 30, LSU 15
1988	Auburn 16, Syracuse 16
1989	Florida State 13, Auburn 7
1990	Miami (FL) 33, Alabama 25
1991	Tennessee 23, Virginia 22
1992	Notre Dame 39, Florida 28
1993	Alabama 34, Miami (FL) 13
1994	Florida 41, West Virginia 7
1995	Florida State 23, Florida 17
1995	Virginia Tech 28, Texas 10
1997	Florida 52, Florida State 20
1998	Florida State 31, Ohio State 14
1999	Ohio State 24, Texas A&M 14
2000	Florida State 46, Virginia Tech 29#
2001	Miami (FL) 37, Florida 20
2002	LSU 47, Illinois 34
2003	Georgia 26, Florida State 13
2004	LSU 21, Oklahoma 14#
2005	Auburn 16, Virginia Tech 13
2006	West Virginia 38, Georgia 35^
2007	LSU 41, Notre Dame 14
2008	Georgia 41, Hawai‘i 10
2009	Utah 31, Alabama 17
2010	Florida 51, Cincinnati 24
2011	*Ohio State 31, Arkansas 26
2012	Michigan 23, Virginia Tech 20 (OT)
2013	Louisville 33, Florida 23
2014	Oklahoma 45, Alabama 31
2015	No. 4 Ohio State 42, No. 1 Alabama 35~
2016	No. 12 Mississippi 48, No. 16 Oklahoma State 20
2017	No. 7 Oklahoma 35, No. 14 Auburn 19
2018	No. 4 Alabama 24, No. 1 Clemson 6~
2019	No. 15 Texas 28, No. 5 Georgia 21
2020	No. 5 Georgia 26, No. 7 Baylor 14
2021	No. 3 Ohio State 49, No. 2 Clemson 28~
2022	No. 7 Baylor 21, No. 8 Mississippi 7
2022	No. 5 Alabama 40, No. 9 Kansas State 20
2024	No. 2 Washington 37, No. 3 Texas 31~

* Ohio State’s participation later vacated.
^ Georgia Dome (Atlanta)
~ Playoff Semifinal
# BCS National Championship

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NO. 7 SEED NOTRE DAME

NO. 2 SEED GEORGIA

ALLSTATE SUGAR BOWL ALL-TIME RESULTS

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