1979–80 NCAA football bowl games
1979–80 NCAA football bowl games | |||||||||
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Season | 1979 | ||||||||
Number of bowls | 15 | ||||||||
Bowl games | December 15, 1979 – January 1, 1980 | ||||||||
National Championship | 1980 Sugar Bowl | ||||||||
Location of Championship | Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana | ||||||||
Champions | Alabama | ||||||||
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The 1979–80 NCAA football bowl games were a series of post-season games played in December 1979 and January 1980 to end the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. A total of 15 team-competitive games,[1] were played. The post-season began with the Garden State Bowl on December 15, 1979, and concluded on January 1, 1981, with the Orange Bowl.
Schedule
Rankings from AP Poll
References
- ^ "1979 College Football Bowl Games". Sports Reference. Retrieved March 3, 2024.
- ^ "All-Time Bowl-Game Results And Attendance" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved April 28, 2024.
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1979–80 NCAA football bowl game season
- Garden State (Dec. 15)
- Independence (Dec. 15)
- Holiday (Dec. 21)
- Tangerine (Dec. 22)
- Liberty (Dec. 22)
- Sun (Dec. 22)
- Fiesta (Dec. 25)
- Gator (Dec. 28)
- Hall of Fame Classic (Dec. 29)
- Astro-Bluebonnet (Dec. 31)
- Peach (Dec. 31)
- Sugar (Jan. 1)
- Cotton (Jan. 1)
- Orange (Jan. 1)
- Rose (Jan. 1)