Notre Dame beat Penn State 27-24, in the Orange Bowl Thursday night, Jan. 9, 2025 before a sellout crowd of 66,881 at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens. The Irish will be in their first title game since 2012. Coach Marcus Freeman will be the first Black head coach to take his team to the national title game.

It's Penn State vs Notre Dame in the College Football Playoff semifinal. Follow along for live score and game updates from the Orange Bowl:

After being eliminated from the NCAAF playoffs by Notre Dame, Penn State Nittany Lions QB Drew Allar shared how he plans to approach the upcoming season with his team.

Mitch Jeter hit a go-ahead 41-yard field goal with seven seconds left, which was set up by a Christian Gray interception at the Penn State 42-yard line with 33 seconds left to play.

Penn State football’s season ended Thursday with a 27-24 loss to Notre Dame in the College Football Playoff semifinal at the Orange Bowl in Miami Gardens, Florida. The Fighting Irish secured the victory with a game-winning drive, capped off with a field goal from Mitch Jeter.

Penn State fell to Notre Dame, 27-24, on a field goal with eight seconds remaining at the Orange Bowl in the College Football Playoff semifinals.

For years, Penn State had a pair of popular cheers, “The Nittany Lion” and "Short Yell State.” In the mid-1970s, according to Penn State historian Lou Prato, the Nittany Lions’ cheerleaders were awed when making road trips with the team to Ohio State and USC, both of which used call-and-response cheers among fans to liven the in-stadium atmosphere.

The Penn State Nittany Lions are looking to stamp their ticket to the National Championship Game on Thursday night in Miami. With 13 wins for the first time in program history, the Nittany Lions will face Notre Dame in the Orange Bowl.

The Nittany Lions and Irish will kick off at 7:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, Jan. 9 from Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida in the College Football Playoff Orange Bowl semifinal. Penn State's ...

2025 in Miami Gardens, Florida. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images) Jeremiyah Love #4 of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish leaps over Kobe King #41 of the Penn State Nittany Lions during the fourth ...