2020 saw Notre Dame take on Clemson twice as the two met in the regular season as well as the ACC championship game. Back in 1997 the Irish won in Death Valley over LSU before falling to the Tigers in a rematch in the Independence Bowl that December.
If Jerry Palm of CBS Sports is correct, 2021 Notre Dame would be playing another team twice in the same year. Palm’s latest bowl projections have Notre Dame heading to Atlanta at the end of the year to take part in the Peach Bowl against Virginia Tech.
Virginia Tech currently sits at 3-1 as they’re on their bye week before hosting Notre Dame at Lane Stadium next week. They’ll be the third of five teams this fall to take on Notre Dame following a bye. Wisconsin already did while Cincinnati fits that mold entering this weekend.
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