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The 1981 California Bowl was an American college football bowl game played on December 19, 1981, at Bulldog Stadium in Fresno, California. The game pitted the Toledo Rockets and the San Jose State Spartans .
The 1981–82 NCAA football bowl games were a series of post-season games played in December 1981 and January 1982 to end the 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season. A total of 16 team-competitive games, [ 1 ] and two all-star games, were played.
The California Bowl (later the California Raisin Bowl) was a post-season college football bowl game played annually at Bulldog Stadium in Fresno, California, from 1981 to 1991. [1] The game featured the champions of the Big West Conference (known prior to 1988 as the Pacific Coast Athletic Association) and the Mid-American Conference .
The Panthers had fallen all the way to No. 10 in the rankings by the time they faced off against No. 2 Georgia. Therefore, the Orange Bowl between No. 1 Clemson and No. 4 Nebraska became the highest-rated bowl-game pairing. The major bowls were rounded out by the Cotton Bowl which pitted No. 3 Alabama against No. 6 Texas and the Rose Bowl which ...
Pages in category "1981–82 NCAA football bowl games" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
This game marked the first Super Bowl where both teams used the 3–4 defensive formation as their base defense. The Raiders were the first team to use the 3–4 in the Super Bowl in Super Bowl XI against the Minnesota Vikings, although the Miami Dolphins used a version of the 3–4 ("53 defense") in Super Bowl VI, Super Bowl VII and Super Bowl ...
The 1981 Holiday Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 18 in San Diego, California. It was part of the 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season, and was the fourth edition of the Holiday Bowl. [3] The Friday night game was the third of sixteen games in this bowl season and featured the #20 Washington State Cougars of the Pac-10 ...
Game Site Matchup Dec 11 Independence Bowl: Independence Stadium Shreveport, LA: Wisconsin 14, Kansas State 10 Dec 17 Holiday Bowl: Jack Murphy Stadium San Diego, CA: Ohio State 47, BYU 17 Dec 18 Tangerine Bowl: Orlando Stadium Orlando, FL: Auburn 33, Boston College 26 California Bowl: Bulldog Stadium Fresno, CA: Fresno State 29, Bowling Green ...