1980 Garden State Bowl
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The 1980 Garden State Bowl, part of the 1980 bowl game season, took place on December 14, 1980, at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The competing teams were the Navy Midshipmen, which competed as a football independent, and the Houston Cougars, representing the Southwest Conference (SWC). Houston dominated both sides of the ball in their 35–0 shutout of the Midshipmen. This would prove to be Houston's last bowl game win for almost three decades, until the 2008 Armed Forces Bowl, when the Cougars finally snapped an eight-game bowl losing streak.[3]
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Date | December 14, 1980 | ||||||||||||||||||
Season | 1980 | ||||||||||||||||||
Stadium | Giants Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
Location | East Rutherford, New Jersey | ||||||||||||||||||
MVP | RB Terald Clark (Houston) | ||||||||||||||||||
Attendance | 41,417[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
Payout | US$400,000[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
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Network | Mizlou Television Network | ||||||||||||||||||
Announcers | Bob Murphy, Al DeRogatis, and Howard David | ||||||||||||||||||
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