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A look back at Josh Heupel coaching against Iowa in 2011 Insight Bowl

A look back at Josh Heupel coaching against Iowa in the 2011 Insight Bowl.

No. 23 Tennessee (8-4, 4-4 SEC) will play No. 17 Iowa (10-3, 7-2 Big Ten) in the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl on Jan. 1, 2024.

Kickoff is scheduled for 1 p.m. EST at Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida. ABC will televise the postseason matchup.

Josh Heupel coached against Iowa in one other bowl game.

Heupel was co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for Oklahoma in 2011. The Sooners defeated Iowa, 31-14, in the Insight Bowl on Dec. 30, 2011 at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona.

Blake Bell led Oklahoma with 51 rushing yards and three touchdowns. He was named offensive MVP.

Oklahoma cornerback Jamell Fleming was named the game’s defensive MVP. He recorded one interception in the contest against the Hawkeyes.

Sooners’ quarterback Landry Jones completed 16-of-25 passing attempts for 161 yards, one touchdown and one interception.

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FBS teams Notre Dame has losing record against

The Irish don’t lead every head-to-head matchup.

As winning a tradition that Notre Dame has, that tradition hasn’t always shined through. In fact, there are some schools that the Irish have lost to more times than they’ve beaten. A few other teams have beaten the Irish the only time they’ve faced them, and still others have more than one victory without having lost at all. Given how big the Irish are in more ways than one, that’s a sense of pride for anyone.

Who are the lucky few that can say with certitude that they have the upper hand on Notre Dame? For our purposes, we’ll narrow it down to the programs currently competing at the Football Bowl Subdivision level. Quick shoutout to the teams that never will have to worry about losing this distinction because they either don’t play in the Irish’s division anymore or they no longer exist. Those programs are Yale, Knox, Chicago and Great Lakes Navy.

Now, here are the FBS programs that have true bragging rights over the Irish: