The Insight Bowl: WOOOO-HOOOOOO!!!
When the hell did this game start being played???
As the Irish prepare to square off against the feisty Oregon State Beavers in this marquee gridiron matchup, here's a brief look back at the postseason famine that has been ND football since their last bowl victory in the 1993 season:
[1993 (Lou Holtz) 11-1-0 01/01/94 Cotton Bowl ND 24 Texas A&M 21]
1994 (Lou Holtz) 6-5-1 01/02/95 Fiesta Bowl Colorado 24 ND 21
1995 (Lou Holtz) 9-3-0 01/01/96 Orange Bowl Florida State 31 ND 26
1996 (Lou Holtz) 8-3-0 no bowl game
1997 (Bob Davie) 7-6-0 12/28/97 Independence Bowl LSU 27 ND 9
1998 (Bob Davie) 9-3-0 01/01/99 Gator Bowl Georgia Tech 35 ND 28
1999 (Bob Davie) 5-7-0 no bowl game
2000 (Bob Davie) 9-3-0 01/01/01 Fiesta Bowl Oregon State 41 ND 9
2001 (Bob Davie) 5-6-0 no bowl game
2002 (Tyrone Willingham) 10-3-0 01/01/03 Gator Bowl NC State 28 ND 6
2003 (Tyrone Willingham) 5-7-0 no bowl game
2004 ???
The 11-year draught includes an 0-6 ledger with those losses by a combined score of 186-99, including the last two losses by a combined 69-15.
Go Irish...Beat..someone. Anyone. Please.
1 Comments:
Updating the numbers:
2004 (Tyrone Willingham) 6-6-0 12/28/04 Insight Bowl Oregon State 38 ND 21
Now an 0-7 ledger, losses by a combined score of 224-120, including the last three losses by a combined 107-36. That's an avg. of a 24pt. loss in each of the past three bowl games. Nice.
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