Georgia vs. Notre Dame matchup set for 2025 Sugar Bowl, College Football Playoff quarterfinals
It was approximately two weeks ago when Georgia punched its ticket to the College Football Playoff with a 22-19 overtime win over Texas in the SEC Championship game. The Bulldogs soon found out that they would be in the Allstate Sugar Bowl on January 1 and they now know their opponent. Notre Dame took down Indiana 27-17 on Friday night in the first ever on-campus College Football Playoff game.
The win moved The Fighting Irish to 12-1 on the season. That lone loss came a few months ago at home to Northern Illinois.
The 2025 Sugar Bowl, set for an 8:45 p.m. ET kickoff, will be the fourth matchup between Georgia and Notre Dame. The Bulldogs have won each of the first three. It’s the second time these two teams will meet in New Orleans with the first coming in 1981. That one was for the National Championship with Georgia winning 17-10.
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The last two matchups have taken place since Kirby Smart became Georgia’s head coach. The first was in 2017, a 20-19 Bulldog victory in Jake Fromm‘s first career start. The Sugar Bowl will also be Gunner Stockton‘s first start with Carson Beck expected to miss at least the Sugar Bowl and likely more time should Georgia advance.That game took place in South Bend and the two teams would meet two years later in Athens with UGA prevailing once again, this time by a score of 23-17.
The Fighting Irish had no issue with Indiana on Friday night. They jumped out to a 14-0 lead and carried a 17-3 advantage into the half. The Hoosiers had well south of 200 total yards when the fourth quarter started didn’t reach the end zone until less than 90 seconds left in the game. Fourteen Indiana points in the final minutes and a half made the game look more competitive than it was. Despite holding Notre Dame out of the end zone the most of the night, the IU defense struggled to tackle and get off the field on third down.
