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2013 Pinstripe Bowl

2013 New Era Pinstripe Bowl
1 2 3 4 Total
Rutgers 10 3 0 3 16
Notre Dame 10 3 3 13 29
Date December 28, 2013
Season 2013
Stadium Yankee Stadium
Location Bronx, New York
MVP Zack Martin (OT), Notre Dame
Favorite Notre Dame by 15½
Referee Don Willard (MAC)
Attendance 47,122
United States TV coverage
Network ESPN
Announcers Chris Fowler (play-by-play)
Jesse Palmer (analyst)
Paul Carcaterra (sidelines)
Nielsen ratings 3.3
Pinstripe Bowl
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The 2013 Pinstripe Bowl was an American college football bowl game that was played on December 28, 2013 at Yankee Stadium in the New York City borough of The Bronx. It was one of the 2013–14 bowl games that concluded the 2013 FBS football season. The fourth edition of the Pinstripe Bowl, it featured the Rutgers Scarlet Knights (based in nearby New Brunswick, New Jersey) of the American Athletic Conference against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, an independent team. It began at 12:00 noon EST and aired on ESPN. The game was sponsored by the New Era Cap Company, and was officially known as the New Era Pinstripe Bowl. Notre Dame defeated Rutgers by a score of 29–16.

The Fighting Irish accepted their invitation after earning an 8–4 record for the season, while the Scarlet Knights accepted their invitation after earning a 6–6 record.

The game featured the Rutgers Scarlet Knights of the American Athletic Conference against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. It was originally set to feature the Big 12 Conference's seventh bowl-eligible team; however, the conference had only six bowl-eligible teams, leading to Notre Dame accepting the at-large bid.


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