This week, Kelly claimed he was rooting for No. 7 Notre Dame to defeat No. 8 Ohio State in the CFP national championship. He took partial credit for the Irish going to Atlanta on Monday night since he recruited several players on the roster.

The Capital One Orange Bowl will feature the Notre Dame Fighting Irish against the Penn State Nittany Lions. Here is what to know before the game.

Mitch Jeter hit a go-ahead 41-yard field goal with seven seconds left, which was set up by a Christian Gray interception at the Penn State 42-yard line with 33 seconds left to play.

A late interception by and a game-winning field goal pushed Notre Dame ahead of Penn State to win the Orange Bowl and reach the national title game.

It's the Penn State Nittany Lions vs Notre Dame Fighting Irish in the Orange Bowl and College Football Playoff semifinals. Here's how to watch, including time, TV channel and streaming info.

Notre Dame football will play for the national championship. The No. 7 Fighting Irish emerged with a thrilling 27-24 victory over No. 6 Penn State on Thursday in a College Football Playoff semifinal at the Orange Bowl in Miami Gardens, Florida. It broke ...

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Before Christian Gray even got on the plane that took him and the rest of his Notre Dame football teammates to South Florida, the sophomore cornerback ... game-winning field goal and a 27-24 Irish victory over Penn State in ...

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 game since 2012. Coach Marcus Freeman will be the first Black head coach to take his team to the national title game.

Freeman — the man who has led Notre Dame (14-1) to the most wins in its 138-year history — was the perfect fit to coach under the watchful eye of Touchdown Jesus.

Penn State football’s season ended Thursday with a 27-24 loss to Notre Dame in the College Football Playoff semifinal at the Orange Bowl in Miami Gardens, Florida. The Fighting Irish secured the victory with a game-winning drive, capped off with a field ...

Having led the Fighting Irish to victory in the Orange Bowl, Freeman will be the first Black head coach in the national championship game for Division I FBS football — an achievement more than 150 years in the making.

Notre Dame is riding a 12-game win streak, having defeated Indiana and Georgia in the first two rounds of the postseason. They're now set to face the Penn State Nittany Lions at 7:30 p.m. ET on Thursday at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida.