Notre Dame football bowl history: Every bowl game the Fighting Irish have played in
By Josh Yourish
![Slap the Sign presents the definitive Notre Dame football all-time Lou Holtz team, spanning from the 1986 season to his departure from South Bend in 1996 Mandatory Credit: RVR Photos-USA TODAY Sports Slap the Sign presents the definitive Notre Dame football all-time Lou Holtz team, spanning from the 1986 season to his departure from South Bend in 1996 Mandatory Credit: RVR Photos-USA TODAY Sports](https://images2.minutemediacdn.com/image/upload/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto/shape/cover/sport/37f870dbf7940f5f5451227dfbf828546e7655873e35dd35f9ae4cc74d91f583.jpg)
1990s Miscellaneous
Independence Bowl
1997: LSU 27 Notre Dame 9
Bob Davie led the Fighting Irish to 7-6 and a bowl game in his first season after Lou Holtz ended his career with an 8-3 record the season before. The Fighting Irish did not go to a bowl game in 1996. Davie would go 0-3 in three bowl games in across his five-year tenure.