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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 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 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 final score was 22–15, in favor of Clemson. Pittsburgh, which was the consensus number one until being beaten soundly by Penn State in their season finale, beat defending national champion Georgia in the Sugar Bowl. Also in the national title hunt till the very end, Alabama lost to number six Texas in the Cotton Bowl Classic.
California Bowl: 1981–1991 Fresno, California: Superseded by the Las Vegas Bowl. Cherry Bowl: 1984–1985 Pontiac, Michigan: Delta Bowl: 1947–1948 Memphis, Tennessee: Dixie Bowl: 1947–1948 Birmingham, Alabama: Dixie Classic: 1921, 1924, 1933 Dallas, Texas: Forerunner to the current Cotton Bowl Classic Famous Toastery Bowl: 2023 Charlotte ...
A somewhat trivial event in between all the other more important events, the big game on the gridiron has withstood the test of time. Now in 2025, the Super Bowl turns 59.
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 .
California Bowl: Bulldog Stadium Fresno, CA: Fresno State 29, Bowling Green 28 Sun Bowl: Sun Bowl Stadium El Paso, TX: North Carolina 26, Texas 10 Dec 25 Aloha Bowl: Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI: Washington 26, Maryland 20 Dec 29 Liberty Bowl: Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN: Alabama 21, Illinois 15 Dec 30 Gator Bowl: Gator Bowl Stadium ...