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It has been a rough four seasons for this year’s version of the Notre Dame season close. They have had to deal with disappointing seasons, a new coaching staff and deaths to a teammate and person close to the football program.
One of the positives has been their play in the bowl games though, something that was a problem during a decade stretch for the Irish. From 1995 to 2007, Notre Dame lost nine straight games with many of them coming in blowout fashion. The other seasons, the Irish were so bad that they didn’t have enough wins to be bowl eligible.
The last couple of postseason games have been much more kind to this senior class as they are currently on a two-game win streak.
Their first bowl game win came against Hawaii in 2008’s Hawai’i Bowl in Honolulu on Christmas Eve of that year. The Irish would blow out the Warriors to the tune of 49-21 in Charlie Weis’ first and only bowl victory of his career in South Bend. The win was expected to give Weis some much needed momentum heading into the next season, but the Irish had a .500 record and Weis was given the door.
Last season, a bowl appearance appeared unlikely for the Irish. Heading into their matchup against a ranked Utah squad, ND had lost two straight and their record stood at 4-5. Notre Dame though would go on to easily beat Utah and then won their final two games of the season to set up a matchup against Miami in the Sun Bowl.
Like it was the case in the Hawai’i Bowl, the Irish totally dominated the action against the Hurricanes. They got off to a 30-3 lead after three quarters and held on for a 30-17 victory.
Notre Dame’s senior class will aim for a perfect 3-0 record in bowl games when they face Florida State tomorrow afternoon in the Champs Sports Bowl. If they can accomplish that goal, it would be the first Irish senior group to do so since the 1994 senior class when they won the Sugar Bowl and then back-to-back Cotton Bowls.
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