| 1980 Bowling Green Falcons football | |
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| Conference | Mid-American Conference |
| Record | 4–7 (4–4 MAC) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Mike Rasmussen (4th season) |
| 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.
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.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 6 | at Richmond* | L 17–20 | 10,200 | ||||
| September 13 | Eastern Michigan | L 16–18 | |||||
| September 20 | Long Beach State* |
| L 21–23 | 14,407 | |||
| September 27 | at Kentucky* | L 20–21 | 55,800 | ||||
| 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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