NEW ORLEANS — Running its winning streak against SEC competition to three games, surging Notre Dame football outlasted second-seeded Georgia ... to the Jan. 9 Orange Bowl against No. 6 seed ...

The Georgia football safety was in his room at ... A day later, Starks, his Bulldogs teammates and Notre Dame played a Sugar Bowl matchup that had been postponed after the tragedy.

Forty-four years after the Bulldogs beat the Fighting Irish in the same bowl to win the national championship, Notre Dame (13-1) won its first game in four tries against Georgia (11-3).