1980 Bowling Green Falcons football team

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| year = 1980

| team = Bowling Green Falcons

| sport = football

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| conference = Mid-American Conference

| short_conf = MAC

| record = 4–7

| conf_record = 4–4

| head_coach = Denny Stolz

| hc_year = 4th

| off_coach = Mike Rasmussen

| oc_year = 4th

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| stadium = Doyt Perry Stadium

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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.{{cite web|title=1980 Bowling Green State Falcons Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|accessdate=September 27, 2016|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/bowling-green-state/1980-schedule.html}}

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.{{cite web|title=1980 Bowling Green State Falcons Stats|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|accessdate=September 27, 2016|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/bowling-green-state/1980.html}}

Schedule

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|September 6|at|Richmond|City Stadium|Richmond, VA|L 17-20|10,200|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/112191982/krainock-fires-ur-by-2017/|work=Richmond Times-Dispatch|title=Krainock fires UR by 20–17|date=September 7, 1980|accessdate=October 28, 2022|via=Newspapers.com}}

|September 13||Eastern Michigan|Doyt Perry Stadium|Bowling Green, OH|L 16-18||

|September 20||Long Beach State|Doyt Perry Stadium|Bowling Green, OH|L 21-23|14,407|{{cite news|title=Long Beach State finds a win on the ground, 23–21|newspaper=The Los Angeles Times|location=Los Angeles, California|author=Pete Donovan|date=September 21, 1980|page=III-1|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/8874559/titans_off_and_running_win_again/|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=February 10, 2017}}{{Open access}}

|September 27|at|Kentucky|Commonwealth Stadium|Lexington, KY|L 20-21|55,800|{{cite news|title=Bowling Green's Bad Luck Lingers; Cats Win 21–20|newspaper=Sunday Herald-Leader|author=D.G. FitzMaurice|date=September 28, 1980|pages=C1, C6|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86580490/bowling-greens-bad-luck-lingers-cats/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|October 4|at|Western Michigan|Waldo Stadium|Kalamazoo, MI|W 17-14||

|October 11|at|Toledo|Glass Bowl|Toledo, OH (rivalry)|W 17-6||

|October 18||Kent State|Doyt Perry Stadium|Bowling Green, OH (rivalry)|W 24-3||

|October 25|at|Miami (OH)|Miami Field|Oxford, OH|L 3-7||

|November 1||Ball State|Doyt Perry Stadium|Bowling Green, OH|W 24-21||

|November 8|at|Central Michigan|Perry Shorts Stadium|Mount Pleasant, MI|L 10-32||

|November 22||Ohio|Doyt Perry Stadium|Bowling Green, OH|L 20-21||

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References

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