Generally when Notre Dame plays Navy you can count on the following week's injury report to be about the length of a CVS receipt. As impressive as Notre Dame's 51-14 victory over previously unbeaten Navy was,

Even with the poor results this season, Irish head coach Marcus Freeman is stressing to his team that the Seminoles are still very talented.

Then the series moved to Dallas, where Texas and Notre Dame played three famous Cotton Bowls in the 1970. With the Irish playing in their first bowl game in almost 20 years, the Horns beat Notre Dame 21-17 in 1970. The Horns would go on to win their second unanimous national championship in seven seasons.