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The Upset Report
2014 · Bowl season · Tuesday, December 30, 2014 · Neutral site

Notre Dame upsets No. 22 LSU, 31–28

Notre Dame closed as a 7.5-point underdog and won outright. It was unranked Notre Dame taking down the No. 22 team in the AP poll.

Final31–28
Upset size9.5
Rank in 201466th of 179
7.5-point underdogUnranked beat No. 22

It was the 2nd-biggest of 18 upsets in 2014 Bowl season, and the 66th-biggest of the 2014 season. It was Notre Dame's only upset win of 2014.

Other upsets in 2014 Bowl season

  1. 9-point underdogNo. 5 beat No. 1Recap
    Upset size11
  2. 4-point underdogNo. 21 beat No. 12Recap
    Upset size8.5
  3. 7-point underdogNo. 10 beat No. 8Recap
    Upset size8
  4. 6.5-point underdogNo. 5 beat No. 3Recap
    Upset size7.5
  5. 6.5-point underdogRecap
    Upset size6.5

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