1979–80 NCAA football bowl games
| 1979–80 NCAA football bowl games | |||||||||
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| Season | 1979 | ||||||||
| Number of bowls | 15 | ||||||||
| Bowl games | December 15, 1979 – January 1, 1980 | ||||||||
| National Championship | 1980 Sugar Bowl | ||||||||
| Location of Championship | Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana | ||||||||
| Champions | Alabama | ||||||||
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The 1979–80 NCAA football bowl games were a series of post-season games played in December 1979 and January 1980 to end the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. A total of 15 team-competitive games, were played. The post-season began with the Garden State Bowl on December 15, 1979, and concluded on January 1, 1980, with the Orange Bowl.