The next game on the 2018 Notre Dame football schedule serves as the toughest challenge yet for the Fighting Irish this season. That’s because this 12-0 squad is facing the 13-0 Clemson Tigers in the Cotton Bowl on December 29, with the winner of that contest heading on to the national title game on January 7 in Santa Clara.
Notre Dame and Clemson last faced each other during the 2015 season, a year in which the Irish ultimately finished 10-3 on the year, dropping their final two games. Their first loss that season came against the Tigers in an October contest in which the emotions of Irish fans swung violently from despair to excitement to ultimate heartbreak.