1980–81 NCAA football bowl games
1980–81 NCAA football bowl games | |||||||||
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Season | 1980 | ||||||||
Number of bowls | 15 | ||||||||
Bowl games | December 13, 1980 – January 2, 1981 | ||||||||
National Championship | 1981 Sugar Bowl | ||||||||
Location of Championship | Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana | ||||||||
Champions | Georgia | ||||||||
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The 1980–81 NCAA football bowl games were a series of post-season games played in December 1980 and January 1981 to end the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. A total of 15 team-competitive games,[1] and two all-star games, were played. The post-season began with the Independence Bowl on December 13, 1980, and concluded on January 17, 1981, with the season-ending Senior Bowl.
Schedule
Rankings from AP Poll
References
- ^ "1980 College Football Bowl Games". Sports Reference. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
- ^ "All-Time Bowl-Game Results And Attendance" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved April 28, 2024.
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1980–81 NCAA football bowl game season
- Independence (Dec. 13)
- Garden State (Dec. 14)
- Holiday (Dec. 19)
- Tangerine (Dec. 20)
- Fiesta (Dec. 26)
- Hall of Fame Classic (Dec. 27)
- Sun (Dec. 27)
- Liberty (Dec. 27)
- Gator (Dec. 29)
- Astro-Bluebonnet (Dec. 31)
- Cotton (Jan. 1)
- Sugar (Jan. 1)
- Rose (Jan. 1)
- Orange (Jan. 1)
- Peach (Jan. 2)