Notre Dame

Both teams have played the Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas before. Let's look back at each teams' games in Sun Bowl history.

Los Angeles, CA (Sports Network) - The top-ranked Notre Dame Fighting Irish will play for their first national championship since 1988, thanks to a 22-13 victory over the USC Trojans at the Los Angeles Coliseum. Kyle Brindza made five field goals to help the Irish secure a spot in the BCS National Championship Game, which will be played on Jan...

Pasadena, CA (Sports Network) - USC starting quarterback Matt Barkley will miss the Trojans' regular-season finale against top-ranked Notre Dame with a sprained shoulder, according to several reports. Barkley suffered the injury when he was hit hard by UCLA's Anthony Barr late in the fourth quarter of Saturday's 38-28 loss...

Irving, TX (Sports Network) - On the strength of a blowout victory over Wake Forest, combined with losses by Kansas State and Oregon on Saturday, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish have ascended to the top spot in the new BCS standings released on Sunday...

New York, NY (Sports Network) - Notre Dame has ascended to the top of the latest Associated Press college football poll after a second straight Saturday of upsets. The Fighting Irish improved to 11-0 with a 38-0 rout of Wake Forest on Saturday afternoon, then watched both Oregon and Kansas State fall a few hours later...

Irving, TX (Sports Network) - Kansas State knocked Alabama off its perch atop the BCS standings, and Oregon held off fellow unbeaten Notre Dame for the coveted No. 2 spot in the latest poll. Alabama had been No. 1 in the poll since its first installment on October 14, but the Crimson Tide fell three spots after losing their first game to Texas A&M on Saturday...

Chestnut Hill, MA (Sports Network) - Everett Golson threw for two touchdowns and ran in another, as No. 4 Notre Dame handled lowly Boston College, 21-6, at Alumni Stadium. The Fighting Irish (10-0) are off to their best start since the 1993 squad won their first 10 games...

South Bend, IN (Sports Network) - Everett Golson was benched at halftime, returned when the fourth-ranked Fighting Irish faced their biggest deficit of the season and kept Notre Dame's dream season alive by orchestrating a sensational 29-26 comeback win over Pittsburgh in three overtimes...

Norman, OK (Sports Network) - Notre Dame is relevant once again. Everett Golson ran for a go-ahead 1-yard touchdown with 5:05 left in the fifth-ranked Fighting Irish's 30-13 victory over No. 8 Oklahoma as heard on Sports Radio 101.7 The Ticket...

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish (7-0) will put their undefeated record on the line Saturday night in Norman when they visit Big 12 powerhouse Oklahoma (5-1) in the weekend's marquee college football matchup. Bob Stoops' Sooners have won three in a row since falling to Kansas State back in September...