Steve Angeli tossed three scoring passes and Notre Dame’s defense smothered an undermanned Oregon State squad as the Fighting Irish rolled to a 40-8 victory over the Beavers in the Sun Bowl. Notre Dame out gained OSU by 448-197, including a 236-2 advantage on the ground. Jordan Faison, Jayden Thomas and Jeremiah Love had receiving touchdown while Jadarian Price ran for a score on the way to a game-high 109 yards.
The Irish dominated from the start. After forcing a Beaver punt on the opening series, Angeli led a 96-yard scoring march for a 7-0 lead. His pass to Faison covered 55-yards and set up an eight yard scoring strike to Thomas.