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Notre Dame trivia: Dec. 30, 2021

Steve Downey • InsideNDSports
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Notre Dame will be making its 40th appearance in a bowl game when it squares off against Oklahoma State in the Fiesta Bowl Jan. 1. That matchup will mark the 25th time the Fighting Irish have played in a New Year’s Six contest (Rose, Sugar, Orange, Cotton, Peach and Fiesta).

Which New Year’s Six bowl have the Irish appeared in the most?

A. Fiesta

B. Cotton

C. Orange

D. Sugar

Notre Dame Fighting Irish football in the Fiesta Bowl
Notre Dame defeated West Virginia 34-21 in the Fiesta Bowl on Jan. 2, 1989, en route to the national championship. (Courtesy Notre Dame athletics)

Answer: B. Notre Dame has played in the Cotton Bowl eight times and posted a 5-3 mark. This year’s trip to the Fiesta Bowl will be the Irish’s sixth and they have gone 1-4 in the first five. The lone victory was a 34-21 triumph over West Virginia that clinched the national championship for the Irish on Jan. 2, 1989.

Notre Dame has played in the Orange Bowl five times (2-3 record), the Sugar Bowl four times (2-2) and the Rose Bowl twice (1-1). The Irish have yet to make an appearance in the Peach Bowl.

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