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| NOTRE DAME BOWL APPEARANCES | |||||
| YEAR | BOWL | OPPONENT | RESULTS | COACH | |
| 1925 | Rose Bowl | Stanford | W 27-10 | Rockne | |
| 1970 | Cotton Bowl | Texas | L 17-21 | Parseghian | |
| 1971 | Cotton Bowl | Texas | W 24-11 | Parseghian | |
| 1973 | Orange Bowl | Nebraska | L 6-40 | Parseghian | |
| 1973 | Sugar Bowl (Dec. 31st) | Alabama | W 24-23 | Parseghian | |
| 1975 | Orange Bowl | Alabama | W 13-11 | Parseghian | |
| 1976 | Gator Bowl (Dec. 27th) | Penn State | W 20-9 | Devine | |
| 1978 | Cotton Bowl | Texas | W 38-10 | Devine | |
| 1979 | Cotton Bowl | Houston | W 35-34 | Devine | |
| 1981 | Sugar Bowl | Georgia | L 10-17 | Devine | |
| 1983 | Liberty Bowl | Boston College | W 19-18 | Faust | |
| 1984 | Aloha Bowl (Dec. 29th) | SMU | L 20-27 | Faust | |
| 1988 | Cotton Bowl | Texas A&M | L 10-35 | Holtz | |
| 1989 | Fiesta Bowl | West Virginia | W 34-21 | Holtz | |
| 1990 | Orange Bowl | Colorado | W 21-6 | Holtz | |
| 1991 | Orange Bowl | Colorado | L 9- 10 | Holtz | |
| 1992 | Sugar Bowl | Florida | W 39-28 | Holtz | |
| 1993 | Cotton Bowl | Texas A&M | W 28-3 | Holtz | |
| 1994 | Cotton Bowl | Texas A&M | W 24-21 | Holtz | |
| 1995 | Fiesta Bowl | Colorado | L 24-41 | Holtz | |
| 1996 | Orange Bowl | Florida State | L 26-31 | Holtz | |
| 1997 | Independence Bowl (Dec. 28th) | Louisiana State | L 9-27 | Davie | |
| 1999 | Gator Bowl | Georgia Tech | L 28-35 | Davie | |
| 2001 | Fiesta Bowl (BCS) | Oregon State | L 9-41 | Davie | |
| 2002 | Gator Bowl | North Carolina State | L 6-28 | Willingham | |
| 2004 | Insight Bowl (Dec. 28th) | Oregon State | L 21-38 | Willingham | |
| 2006 | Fiesta Bowl (BCS) | Ohio State | L 20-34 | Weis | |