The Fighting Irish were led by Marcus Freeman in his third year as Notre Dame's head coach.

Their playoff victory over Indiana marked the first time a home game would air on ESPN and ABC since 1990.

Also with this win, Freeman, who is of mixed black and South Korean ancestry, became the first African American, as well as the first Asian, head coach to reach a Division I college football national championship.

While the shiny gold uniform numbers represent the Gothic Blackletter of New York City's newspaper mastheads.

at Yankee Stadium • Bronx, NY at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, California at Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, Indiana This game marked the first time a home game would air on ESPN and ABC since the 1990 season.