The University of Notre Dame football team (8-4) will face South Carolina (8-4) in the 2022 TaxSlayer Gator Bowl on December 30, 2022 at TIAA Bank Field in Jacksonville, Florida. The game will be broadcast on ABC.
The Irish will face the Gamecocks for the fifth time overall and it will be the first meeting between the two teams since 1984. Notre Dame leads the all-time series 3-1.
Series History vs. South Carolina
|
Away |
1976 |
W |
13 |
6 |
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Home |
1979 |
W |
18 |
17 |
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Away |
1983 |
W |
30 |
6 |
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Home |
1984 |
L |
32 |
36 |
The Irish have been selected to appear in a bowl game for the sixth consecutive season and for the 11th time in the last 12 seasons. Notre Dame’s all-time bowl record is 19-21.
Notre Dame will be returning to the Gator Bowl for the first time since the end of the 2002 season, when NC State earned a 28-6 victory over the Irish. It also will mark the fourth appearance for Notre Dame in the Gator Bowl (1976, 1998, 2002, 2022) with Notre Dame earning a victory in 1976 over Penn State.
Notre Dame Bowl History
| Season | Date | Bowl | Opponent | W/L/T | ND Score | Opp Score | City |
| 1924 | 1/1/1925 | Rose Bowl | Stanford | W | 27 | 10 | Pasadena, CA |
| 1969 | 1/1/1970 | Cotton Bowl | Texas | L | 17 | 21 | Dallas, TX |
| 1970 | 1/1/1971 | Cotton Bowl | Texas | W | 24 | 11 | Dallas, TX |
| 1972 | 1/1/1973 | Orange Bowl | Nebraska | L | 6 | 40 | Miami, FL |
| 1973 | 12/31/1973 | Sugar Bowl | Alabama | W | 24 | 23 | New Orleans, LA |
| 1974 | 1/1/1975 | Orange Bowl | Alabama | W | 13 | 11 | Miami, FL |
| 1976 | 12/27/1976 | Gator Bowl | Penn State | W | 20 | 9 | Jacksonville, FL |
| 1977 | 1/2/1978 | Cotton Bowl | Texas | W | 38 | 10 | Dallas, TX |
| 1978 | 1/1/1979 | Cotton Bowl | Houston | W | 35 | 34 | Dallas, TX |
| 1980 | 1/1/1981 | Sugar Bowl | Georgia | L | 10 | 17 | New Orleans, LA |
| 1983 | 12/29/1983 | Liberty Bowl | Boston College | W | 19 | 18 | Memphis, TN |
| 1984 | 12/29/1984 | Aloha Bowl | SMU | L | 20 | 27 | Honolulu, HI |
| 1987 | 1/1/1988 | Cotton Bowl | Texas A&M | L | 10 | 35 | Dallas, TX |
| 1988 | 1/2/1989 | Fiesta Bowl | West Virginia | W | 34 | 21 | Tempe, AZ |
| 1989 | 1/1/1990 | Orange Bowl | Colorado | W | 21 | 6 | Miami, FL |
| 1990 | 1/1/1991 | Orange Bowl | Colorado | L | 9 | 10 | Miami, FL |
| 1991 | 1/1/1992 | Sugar Bowl | Florida | W | 39 | 28 | New Orleans, LA |
| 1992 | 1/1/1993 | Cotton Bowl | Texas A&M | W | 28 | 3 | Dallas, TX |
| 1993 | 1/1/1994 | Cotton Bowl | Texas A&M | W | 24 | 21 | Dallas, TX |
| 1994 | 1/2/1995 | Fiesta Bowl | Colorado | L | 24 | 41 | Tempe, AZ |
| 1995 | 1/1/1996 | Orange Bowl | Florida State | L | 26 | 31 | Miami, FL |
| 1997 | 12/28/1997 | Independence Bowl | LSU | L | 9 | 27 | Shreveport, LA |
| 1998 | 1/1/1999 | Gator Bowl | Georgia Tech | L | 28 | 35 | Jacksonville, FL |
| 2000 | 1/1/2001 | Fiesta Bowl | Oregon State | L | 9 | 41 | Tempe, AZ |
| 2002 | 1/1/2003 | Gator Bowl | NC State | L | 6 | 28 | Jacksonville, FL |
| 2004 | 12/28/2004 | Insight Bowl | Oregon State | L | 21 | 38 | Phoenix, AZ |
| 2005 | 1/2/2006 | Fiesta Bowl | Ohio State | L | 20 | 34 | Tempe, AZ |
| 2006 | 1/3/2007 | Sugar Bowl | LSU | L | 14 | 41 | New Orleans, LA |
| 2008 | 12/24/2008 | Hawaii Bowl | Hawaii | W | 49 | 21 | Honolulu, HI |
| 2010 | 12/31/2010 | Sun Bowl | Miami FL | W | 33 | 17 | El Paso, TX |
| 2011 | 12/29/2011 | Champs Sports Bowl | Florida State | L | 14 | 18 | Orlando, FL |
| 2012 | 1/7/2013 | BCS Championship Game | Alabama | L | 14 | 42 | Miami, FL |
| 2013 | 12/28/2013 | Pinstripe Bowl | Rutgers | W | 29 | 16 | Bronx, NY |
| 2014 | 12/30/2014 | Music City Bowl | LSU | W | 31 | 28 | Nashville, TN |
| 2015 | 1/1/2016 | Fiesta Bowl | Ohio State | L | 28 | 44 | Glendale, AZ |
| 2017 | 1/1/2018 | Citrus Bowl | LSU | W | 21 | 17 | Orlando, FL |
| 2018 | 12/29/2018 | Cotton Bowl | Clemson | L | 3 | 30 | Arlington, TX |
| 2019 | 12/28/2019 | Camping World Bowl | Iowa State | W | 33 | 9 | Orlando, FL |
| 2020 | 1/1/2021 | Rose Bowl | Alabama | L | 14 | 31 | Arlington, TX |
| 2021 | 1/1/2022 | Fiesta Bowl | Oklahoma State | L | 35 | 37 | Glendale, AZ |