| 1980 Bowling Green Falcons football | |
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| Conference | Mid-American Conference |
| Record | 4–7 (4–4 MAC) |
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| Home stadium | Doyt Perry Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Central Michigan $ | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Michigan | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Illinois | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Miami (OH) | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ball State | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ohio | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling Green | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Toledo | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kent State | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Michigan | 1 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1980 Bowling Green Falcons football team was an American football team that represented Bowling Green University in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their fourth season under head coach Denny Stolz, the Falcons compiled a 4–7 record (4–4 against MAC opponents), finished in seventh place in the MAC, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 189 to 186.[1]
The team's statistical leaders included Greg Taylor with 562 passing yards, Bryant Jones with 806 rushing yards, and Dan Shetler with 310 receiving yards.[2]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 6 | at Richmond* | L 17–20 | 10,200 | [3] | |||
| September 13 | Eastern Michigan | L 16–18 | |||||
| September 20 | Long Beach State* |
| L 21–23 | 14,407 | [4] | ||
| September 27 | at Kentucky* | L 20–21 | 55,800 | [5] | |||
| October 4 | at Western Michigan | W 17–14 | |||||
| October 11 | at Toledo | W 17–6 | |||||
| October 18 | Kent State |
| W 24–3 | ||||
| October 25 | at Miami (OH) | L 3–7 | |||||
| November 1 | Ball State |
| W 24–21 | ||||
| November 8 | at Central Michigan | L 10–32 | |||||
| November 22 | Ohio |
| L 20–21 | ||||
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References
- ↑ "1980 Bowling Green State Falcons Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
- ↑ "1980 Bowling Green State Falcons Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
- ↑ "Krainock fires UR by 20–17". Richmond Times-Dispatch. September 7, 1980. Retrieved October 28, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Pete Donovan (September 21, 1980). "Long Beach State finds a win on the ground, 23–21". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. p. III-1. Retrieved February 10, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ D.G. FitzMaurice (September 28, 1980). "Bowling Green's Bad Luck Lingers; Cats Win 21–20". Sunday Herald-Leader. pp. C1, C6 – via Newspapers.com.
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