No. 1 vs. No. 2
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The No. 1 and No. 2 teams in the Associated Press college football poll (started in 1936) have played each other 30 times--12 in bowl games. The No. 1 team has won 18 times, with two games ending in ties.
Date: Oct. 9, 1943
Result: No. 1 Notre Dame 35, No. 2 Michigan 12
Site or Bowl: Ann Arbor, Mich.
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Date: Nov. 20, 1943
Result: No. 1 Notre Dame 14, No. 2 Iowa Pre-Flight 13
Site or Bowl: South Bend, Ind.
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Date: Dec. 2, 1944
Result: No. 1 Army 23, No. 2 Navy 7
Site or Bowl: Baltimore
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Date: Nov. 10, 1945
Result: No. 1 Army 48, No. 2 Notre Dame 0
Site or Bowl: New York
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Date: Dec. 1, 1945
Result: No. 1 Army 32, No. 2 Navy 13
Site or Bowl: Philadelphia
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Site or Bowl:
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Date: Nov. 9, 1946
Result: No. 1 Army 0, No. 2 Notre Dame 0
Site or Bowl: New York
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Date: Jan. 1, 1963
Result: No. 1 USC 42, No. 2 Wisconsin 37
Site or Bowl: Rose Bowl
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Date: Oct. 12, 1963
Result: No. 2 Texas 28, No. 1 Oklahoma 7
Site or Bowl: Dallas
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Date: Jan. 1, 1964
Result: No. 1 Texas 28, No. 2 Navy 6
Site or Bowl: Cotton Bowl
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Date: Nov. 19, 1966
Result: No. 1 Notre Dame 10, No. 2 Michigan State 10
Site or Bowl: East Lansing, Mich.
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Date: Sept. 28, 1968
Result: No. 1 Purdue 37, No. 2 Notre Dame 22
Site or Bowl: South Bend, Ind.
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Date: Jan. 1, 1969
Result: No. 1 Ohio State 27, USC 16
Site or Bowl: Rose Bowl
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Date: Dec. 6, 1969
Result: No. 1 Texas 15, No. 2 Arkansas 14
Site or Bowl: Fayetteville, Ark.
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Date: Nov. 25, 1971
Result: No. 1 Nebraska 35, No. 2 Oklahoma 31
Site or Bowl: Norman, Okla.
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Date: Jan. 1, 1972
Result: No. 1 Nebraska 38, No. 2 Alabama 6
Site or Bowl: Orange Bowl
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Date: Jan. 1, 1979
Result: No. 2 Alabama 14, No. 1 Penn State 7
Site or Bowl: Sugar Bowl
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Date: Sept. 26, 1981
Result: No. 1 USC 28, No. 2 Oklahoma 24
Site or Bowl: Coliseum
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Date: Jan. 1, 1983
Result: No. 2 Penn State 27, No. 1 Georgia 23
Site or Bowl: Sugar Bowl
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Date: Oct. 19, 1985
Result: No. 1 Iowa 12, No. 2 Michigan 10
Site or Bowl: Iowa City
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Date: Sept. 27, 1986
Result: No. 2 Miami (Fla.) 28, No. 1 Oklahoma 16
Site or Bowl: Orange Bowl
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Date: Jan. 2, 1987
Result: No. 2 Penn State 14, No. 1 Miami (Fla.) 10
Site or Bowl: Fiesta Bowl
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Date: Nov. 21, 1987
Result: No. 2 Oklahoma 17, No. 1 Nebraska 7
Site or Bowl: Lincoln, Neb.
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Date: Jan. 1, 1988
Result: No. 2 Miami (Fla.) 20, No. 1 Oklahoma 14
Site or Bowl: Orange Bowl
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Date: Nov. 26, 1988
Result: No. 1 Notre Dame 27, No. 2 USC 10
Site or Bowl: Coliseum
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Date: Sept. 16, 1989
Result: No. 1 Notre Dame 24, No. 2 Michigan 19
Site or Bowl: Ann Arbor, Mich.
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Date: Nov. 16, 1991
Result: No. 2 Miami (Fla.) 17, No. 1 Florida State 16
Site or Bowl: Tallahassee, Fla.
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Date: Jan. 1, 1993
Result: No. 2 Alabama 34, No. 1 Miami (Fla.) 13
Site or Bowl: Sugar Bowl
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Date: Nov. 13, 1993
Result: No. 2 Notre Dame 31, No. 1 Florida State 24
Site or Bowl: South Bend, Ind.
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Date: Jan. 1, 1994
Result: No. 1 Florida State 18, No. 2 Nebraska 16
Site or Bowl: Orange Bowl
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Date: Jan. 2, 1996
Result: No. 1 Nebraska 62, No. 2 Florida 24
Site or Bowl: Fiesta Bowl
