Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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2 College football teams that have a winning record against Notre Dame after playing them at least 10 times: Michigan (24‑17‑1) and Nebraska (8‑7‑1). LSU could become the third with a victory in the Music City Bowl Dec. 30. Its series versus Notre Dame, with the first game in 1970, is tied 5‑5. The Fighting Irish have played 25 different teams at least 10 times. 4 Turnovers committed by the Notre Dame men's basketball team in its 79‑78 overtime win over Michigan State Dec. 3. That marked the fewest by head coach Mike Brey's squad since recording three in an 84‑57 win over Brown on Dec. 8, 2012. It also was one fewer than the Irish football team had this year in a victory versus Syracuse and a defeat at Arizona State. 5 LSU becomes the fifth different opponent Notre Dame will play for a third time in a bowl game, joining Alabama (1973, 1974 and 2012), Colorado (1989, 1990 and 1994), Texas (1969, 1970 and 1977) and Texas A&M (1987, 1992 and 1993). The Tigers already have been victorious over the Fighting Irish in the 1997 Indepen‑ dence Bowl (27‑9) and the 2007 Sugar Bowl (41‑14). Notre Dame had defeated unbeaten Alabama and Texas teams twice apiece, in addition to Texas A&M twice (including the 12‑0 Aggies in 1992), and 11‑0 Colorado in 1989. 16-17 Notre Dame's all‑time bowl record for a .485 win‑ ning percentage. That ranks as the 27th best among teams that have played in at least 20 bowl games. This year's postsea‑ son foe, LSU, is 23‑21‑2 for a .522 winning percentage. After the 1993 season, Notre Dame's bowl mark of 13‑6 (.684) was the best winning percentage among any program with at least 15 appearances. 1991-93 The last time Notre Dame won bowl games in consecutive seasons. The Irish will try to build on last year's 29‑16 win versus Rutgers in the Pinstripe Bowl versus LSU this season in the Music City Bowl. Notre Dame did win two straight bowls with a 49‑21 Hawaii Bowl victory versus Hawaii in 2008 and the 33‑17 Sun Bowl conquest of Miami in 2010, but those were not in back‑to‑back years. 3,226,000 Viewers NBC approximately averaged for its seven Notre Dame football tele‑ UNDER THE DOME BY THE NUMBERS Starting Jan. 1, 2015, the app for iOS users will no longer send push notifications with each new issue. If you are a print subscriber, you will continue to receive the emails directly from Blue & Gold Illustrated as new issues are published. ATTENTION TO DIGITAL SUBSCRIBERS If you are an online-only subscriber, please make sure that we have your current email address. To receive the email notifications,visit http://bluegoldonline.com/ newsletters/ (NOTE: If you are already receiving emails from us, no further action is needed.)