Playoff Semifinal at the Capital One Orange Bowl: Notre Dame vs. Penn State

Thursday, January 9, 2025 | 7:30 p.m. ET No. 7 Notre Dame vs. No. 6 Penn State Hard Rock Stadium | Miami Gardens, Florida

No. 6 seed Penn State will face No. 7 seed Notre Dame in the Playoff Semifinal at the Capital One Orange Bowl on Thursday, January 9 at 7:30 p.m. ET. The game will be televised by ESPN.

Notre Dame returns to the Playoff Semifinals for the third time in program history and first since the 2021 Rose Bowl Game. The Fighting Irish advanced to the Orange Bowl after handing a 23-10 loss to Georgia in the Allstate Sugar Bowl. Penn State will make its first appearance in the Playoff Semifinals after capturing a 31-14 victory over Boise State in the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl.

Notre Dame and Penn State will meet for the 20th time since 1913 and first since 2007, as the series is tied at 9-9-1. The Irish and Nittany Lions each will be making their sixth all-time appearances in the Orange Bowl. UND last appeared in the game in 1996, while Penn State played in the 2006 edition of the bowl.

FOLLOW THE ACTION!
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NO. 7 SEED NOTRE DAME

NO. 6 SEED PENN STATE

ABOUT THE FIGHTING IRISH
Roster \| Coaches \| Schedule and Results \| Stats Record: 13-1 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
Thur., Jan. 2	Georgia	W 23-10

MEDIA COVERAGE
Official Site: FightingIrish.com \| Football \| CFP Central

NOTRE DAME IN THE POSTSEASON (23-21)
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
Jan. 2, 2025	Playoff Quarterfinal Sugar	Georgia	W 23-10

ABOUT THE NITTANY LIONS
Roster \| Coaches \| Schedule and Results \| Stats Record: 13-2 Overall, 8-1 Big Ten Game Notes \| Media Guide

2024-25 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS
Date	Opponent	Score
Sat., Aug. 31	at West Virginia	W 34-12
Sat., Sept. 7	Bowling Green	W 34-27
Sat., Sept. 21	Kent State	W 56-0
Sat., Sept. 28	Illinois	W 21-7
Sat., Oct. 5	UCLA	W 27-11
Sat., Oct. 12	at USC	W 33-30
Sat., Oct. 26	at Wisconsin	W 28-13
Sat., Nov. 2	Ohio State	L 13-20
Sat., Nov. 9	Washington	W 35-6
Sat., Nov. 16	at Purdue	W 49-10
Sat., Nov. 23	at Minnesota	W 26-25
Sat., Nov. 30	Maryland	W 44-7
Sat., Dec. 7	vs. Oregon	L 37-45
Sat., Dec. 21	SMU	W 38-10
Tue., Dec. 31	Boise State	W 31-14

MEDIA COVERAGE
Official Site: GoPSUSports.com \| Football \| CFP Central Conference Site: BigTen.org \| Football

PENN STATE IN THE POSTSEASON (33-20-2)
Date	Bowl	Opponent	Score
Jan. 1, 1923	Rose	USC	L 3-14
Jan. 1, 1948	Cotton	SMU	T 13-13
Dec. 19, 1959	Liberty	Alabama	W 7-0
Dec. 17, 1960	Liberty	Oregon	W 41-12
Dec. 30, 1961	Gator	Georgia Tech	W 30-15
Dec. 29, 1962	Gator	Florida	L 7-17
Dec. 30, 1967	Gator	Florida State	T 17-17
Jan. 1, 1969	Orange	Kansas	W 15-14
Jan. 1, 1970	Orange	Missouri	W 10-3
Jan. 1, 1972	Cotton	Texas	W 30-6
Dec. 31, 1972	Sugar	Oklahoma	L 0-14
Jan. 1, 1974	Orange	LSU	W 16-9
Jan. 1, 1975	Cotton	Baylor	W 41-20
Dec. 31, 1975	Sugar	Alabama	L 6-13
Dec. 27, 1976	Gator	Notre Dame	L 9-20
Dec. 25, 1977	Fiesta	Arizona State	W 42-30
Jan. 1, 1979	Sugar	Alabama	W 14-7
Dec. 22, 1979	Liberty	Tulane	W 9-6
Dec. 26, 1980	Fiesta	Ohio State	W 31-19
Jan. 1, 1982	Fiesta	USC	W 26-10
Jan. 1, 1983	Sugar	Georgia	W 27-23
Dec. 26, 1983	Aloha	Washington	W 13-10
Jan. 1, 1986	Orange	Oklahoma	L 10-25
Jan. 2, 1987	Fiesta	Miami	W 14-10
Jan. 1, 1988	Citrus	Clemson	L 10-35
Dec. 29, 1989	Holiday	BYU	W 50-39
Dec. 28, 1990	Blockbuster	Florida State	L 17-24
Jan. 1, 1992	Fiesta	Tennessee	W 42-17
Jan. 1, 1993	Blockbuster	Stanford	L 3-24
Jan. 1, 1994	Citrus	Tennessee	W 31-13
Jan. 2, 1995	Rose	Oregon	W 38-20
Jan. 1, 1996	Outback	Auburn	W 43-14
Jan. 1, 1997	Fiesta	Texas	W 38-15
Jan. 1, 1998	Citrus	Florida	L 6-21
Jan. 1, 1999	Outback	Kentucky	W 26-14
Dec. 28, 1999	Alamo	Texas A&M	W 24-0
Jan. 1, 2003	Citrus	Auburn	L 9-13
Jan. 3, 2006	Orange	Florida State	W 26-23 (3OT)
Jan. 1, 2007	Outback	Tennessee	W 20-10
Dec. 29, 2007	Alamo	Texas A&M	W 24-17
Jan. 1, 2009	Rose	USC	L 24-38
Jan. 1, 2010	Citrus	LSU	L 17-19
Jan. 1, 2011	Outback	Florida State	L 24-37
Jan. 2, 2012	TicketCity	Houston	L 14-30
Dec. 27, 2014	Pinstripe	Boston College	W 31-30 (OT)
Jan. 2, 2016	TaxSlayer	Georgia	L 17-24
Jan. 2, 2017	Rose	USC	L 49-52
Dec. 30, 2017	Fiesta	Washington	W 35-28
Jan. 1, 2019	Citrus	Kentucky	L 24-27
Dec. 31, 2019	Cotton	Memphis	W 53-39
Jan. 1, 2022	Outback	Arkansas	L 10-24
Jan. 2, 2023	Rose	Utah	W 35-21
Dec. 30, 2023	Peach	Ole Miss	L 35-38
Dec. 21, 2024	CFP First Round	SMU	W 38-10
Dec. 31, 2024	Playoff Quarterfinal Fiesta	Boise State	W 31-14

CAPITAL ONE ORANGE BOWL CLASSIC ALL-TIME RESULTS

YEAR	RESULT
1935	Bucknell 26, Miami (FL) 0
1936	Catholic 20, Mississippi 19
1937	Duquesne 13, Mississippi State 12
1938	Auburn 6, Michigan State 0
1939	Tennessee 17, Oklahoma 0
1940	Georgia Tech 21, Missouri 7
1941	Mississippi State 14, Georgetown 7
1942	Georgia 40, TCU 26
1943	Alabama 37, Boston College 21
1944	LSU 19, Texas A&M 14
1945	Tulsa 26, Georgia Tech 12
1946	Miami (FL) 13, Holy Cross 6
1947	Rice 8, Tennessee 0
1948	Georgia Tech 20, Kansas 14
1949	Texas 41, Georgia 28
1950	Santa Clara 21, Kentucky 13
1951	Clemson 15, Miami (FL) 14
1952	Georgia Tech 17, Baylor 14
1953	Alabama 61, Syracuse 6
1954	Oklahoma 7, Maryland 0
1955	Duke 34, Nebraska 7
1956	Oklahoma 20, Maryland 6
1957	Colorado 27, Clemson 21
1958	Oklahoma 48, Duke 21
1959	Oklahoma 21, Syracuse 6
1960	Georgia 14, Missouri 0
1961	Missouri 21, Navy 14
1962	LSU 25, Colorado 7
1963	Alabama 17, Oklahoma 0
1964	Nebraska 13, Auburn 7
1965	Texas 21, Alabama 17
1966	Alabama 39, Nebraska 28
1967	Florida 27, Georgia Tech 12
1968	Oklahoma 26, Tennessee 24
1969	Penn State 15, Kansas 14
1970	Penn State 10, Missouri 3
1971	Nebraska 17, LSU 12
1972	Nebraska 38, Alabama 6
1973	Nebraska 40, Notre Dame 6
1974	Penn State 16, LSU 9
1975	Notre Dame 13, Alabama 11
1976	Oklahoma 14, Michigan 6
1977	Ohio State 27, Colorado 10
1978	Arkansas 31, Oklahoma 6
1979	Oklahoma 31, Nebraska 24
1980	Oklahoma 24, Florida State 7
1981	Oklahoma 18, Florida State 17
1982	Clemson 22, Nebraska 15
1983	Nebraska 21, LSU 20
1984	Miami (FL) 31, Nebraska 30
1985	Washington 28, Oklahoma 17
1986	Oklahoma 25, Penn State 10
1987	Oklahoma 42, Arkansas 8
1988	Miami (FL) 20, Oklahoma 14
1989	Miami (FL) 23, Nebraska 3
1990	Notre Dame 21, Colorado 6
1991	Colorado 10, Notre Dame 9
1992	Miami (FL) 22, Nebraska 0
1993	Florida State 27, Nebraska 14
1994	Florida State 18, Nebraska 16
1995	Nebraska 24, Miami (FL) 17
1996	Florida State 31, Notre Dame 26
1996	Nebraska 41, Virginia Tech 21
1998	Nebraska 42, Tennessee 17
1999	Florida 31, Syracuse 10
2000	Michigan 35, Alabama 34 (OT)
2001	Oklahoma 13, Florida State 2#
2002	Florida 56, Maryland 23
2003	Southern California 38, Iowa 17
2004	Miami (FL) 16, Florida State 14
2005	Southern California* 55, Oklahoma 19#
2006	Penn State 26, Florida State 23 (3OT)
2007	Louisville 24, Wake Forest 13
2008	Kansas 24, Virginia Tech 21
2009	Virginia Tech 20, Cincinnati 7
2010	Iowa 24, Georgia Tech 14
2011	Stanford 40, Virginia Tech 12
2012	West Virginia 70, Clemson 33
2013	Florida State 31, Northern Illinois 10
2014	Clemson 40, Ohio State 35
2014	No. 12 Georgia Tech 49, No. 7 Mississippi State 34
2015	No. 1 Clemson 37, No. 4 Oklahoma 17~
2016	No. 11 Florida State 33, No. 6 Michigan 32
2017	No. 6 Wisconsin 34, No. 10 Miami (FL) 24
2018	No. 1 Alabama 45, No. 4 Oklahoma 34~
2019	No. 9 Florida 36, No. 24 Virginia 28
2021	No. 5 Texas A&M 41, No. 13 North Carolina 27
2021	No. 3 Georgia 34, No. 2 Michigan 11~
2022	No. 6 Tennessee 31, No. 7 Clemson 14
2023	No. 6 Georgia 63, No. 5 Florida State 3

* Southern California’s participation later vacated
~ Playoff Semifinal
# BCS National Championship

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NO. 7 SEED NOTRE DAME

NO. 6 SEED PENN STATE

CAPITAL ONE ORANGE BOWL CLASSIC ALL-TIME RESULTS

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