Well, we made it through Christmas and now it’s time to look ahead to Notre Dame’s bowl game appearance against Iowa State on Saturday. In honor of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish traveling south to Florida to play a bowl game this year, I’m going to Throwback to Notre Dame’s Orange Bowl appearance vs. Alabama in 1975: Ara’s Final Game.
Notre Dame and Alabama met and clashed in a defensive showdown in the 1975 Orange Bowl. Alabama was hoping to capture the consensus national title with a win over the Irish, but Notre Dame had other plans.