Notre Dame knocked off Penn State with a late field goal in the Orange Bowl to reach the College Football Playoff championship game.

Christian Gray's fingers scraped the grass for an interception in the final seconds, which led to a go-ahead field goal and carried Notre Dame past Penn State on Friday in the first College Football Playoff semifinal.

Notre Dame cornerback Christian Gray picked off an errant Drew Allar pass to give the Fighting Irish the ball back late in a tied game with the Penn State Nittany Lions. The Capital One Orange Bowl, a College Football Playoff semifinal matchup,