The seventh-seeded Irish secured the first spot in the CFP national title game on Thursday at Hard Rock Stadium by taking down sixth-seeded Nittany Lions 27-24 in the CFP Orange Bowl semifinal.

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The Irish and Penn State Nittany Lions faced off in the Orange Bowl for a place in the 2025 National Championship. Coming down to the final seconds, Notre Dame took a 27-24 thriller. Notre Dame ...

PHOTO BY AL DIAZ [email protected] The excitement inside the Orange Bowl committee was palpable when they found out in 2017 that Miami and Hard Rock Stadium would be hosting the 2021 College ...

Urban Meyer received a villain’s welcome in Florida. At Hard Rock Stadium, site of Notre Dame’s 27-24 Orange Bowl victory over Penn State to clinch a bid in the National Championship Game ...

Penn State and Notre Dame fans who packed inside Hard Rock Stadium Thursday night for the Orange Bowl will be cheering passionately for different teams, with a spot in the College Football Playoff ...

Notre Dame quarterback Riley Leonard’s girlfriend, Molly Walding, was on cloud nine after he led the Fighting Irish to a 27-24 victory over Penn State in the Orange Bowl on Thursday to punch ...

Notre Dame beat Penn State 27-24, in the Orange Bowl Thursday night, Jan. 9, 2025 before a sellout crowd of 66,881 at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens. The Irish will be in their first title ...

Now, it's one win away from ending that drought after defeating Penn State in the Orange Bowl, 27-24. That means a trip to Atlanta for the College Football Playoff title game. The opportunity to ...

The Penn State Nittany Lions and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish faced off in Thursday's College Football Playoff semifinal at the Orange Bowl. Before kickoff, legendary college football head coach ...

The Nittany Lions will continue that trend Thursday at the site of their CFP semifinals matchup: the Orange Bowl against No. 7 Notre Dame at 7:30 p.m. ET inside Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens ...

The No. 7 Fighting Irish knocked off No. 6 Penn State 27-24 in the Orange Bowl Thursday on a game-winning field goal by kicker Mitch Jeter with 7 seconds remaining. The College Football Playoff ...