1981 College Football Season
Regular season
Originally compiled by Jeff79:
ABC used Broyles as the #1 analyst after a few years of essentially alternating Broyles and Parseghian in that role.
Sat 9/5, #2 Alabama @ LSU, ABC, 9 pm, Keith Jackson, Frank Broyles, Steve Davis
Sat 9/12, #19 Stanford @ Purdue, ABC, 3 pm, Keith Jackson, Frank Broyles, Steve Davis
Sat 9/19, #1 Notre Dame @ #11 Michigan, ABC, 1:30 pm, Keith Jackson, Frank Broyles, Steve Davis
Sat 9/26, Boston College @ #9 North Carolina, ABC, 12 pm (regional), Al Michaels, Ara Parseghian
Sat 9/26, Oregon St @ Minnesota, ABC, 12 pm (regional), Bill Flemming, Darrell Royal
Sat 9/26, Florida vs #12 Mississippi St (at Jackson), ABC, 12 pm (regional), Steve Zabriskie, Pepper Rodgers
Sat 9/26, San Jose St @ California, ABC, 1:30 pm (west coast), Martin Wyatt, Lee Grosscup
Sat 9/26, #2 Oklahoma @ #1 USC, ABC, 5 pm (regional), Keith Jackson, Frank Broyles, Steve Davis
Sat 9/26, Appalachian St @ Citadel, ABC, 5 pm (regional), Chris Lincoln, Russ Francis
Sat 9/26, Jackson St vs Mississippi Valley St (at Memphis), ABC, 5 pm (regional), Steve Grad, Tom Gatewood
Sat 10/3, Navy @ Yale, ABC, 12 pm (regional), Al Michaels, Ara Parseghian
Sat 10/3, Purdue @ Wisconsin, ABC, 12 pm (regional), Bill Flemming, Russ Francis
Sat 10/3, #14 Clemson @ Kentucky, ABC, 12 pm (regional), Steve Zabriskie, Rick Forzano
Sat 10/3, Baylor @ Houston, ABC, 12 pm (regional), Steve Grad, Darrell Royal
Sat 10/3, Arkansas St @ Kansas, ABC, 12 pm (regional), Chris Lincoln, Bob Beattie
Sat 10/3, SE Missouri St @ SW Missouri St, ABC, 12 pm (regional), Ray Meyer, Tom Gatewood
Sat 10/3, #4 Pittsburgh @ South Carolina, ABC, 3:30 pm (regional), Keith Jackson, Frank Broyles
Sat 10/3, Missouri @ #9 Mississippi St, ABC, 3:30 pm (regional), Verne Lundquist, Pepper Rodgers
Sat 10/3, San Jose St @ Fresno St, ABC, 3:30 pm (regional), Martin Wyatt, Lee Grosscup
* Sat 10/3, UNLV @ Wyoming, ABC, 3:30 pm (regional), ??, ??
Sat 10/10, #10 Oklahoma vs #3 Texas (at Dallas), ABC, 12:30 pm (regional), Keith Jackson, Frank Broyles, Steve Davis
Sat 10/10, Millikin @ Augustana, ABC, 12:30 pm (regional), Bob Dolan, Rick Forzano
ABC also planned to show Platteville @ Wisconsin-Stout to a small regional audience at 12:30 pm. However, that game never aired due to technical problems. Dennis Franklin was the scheduled analyst. The scheduled pbp announcer is unknown.
Sat 10/17, #1 Texas @ Arkansas, ABC, 3:30 pm (regional), Keith Jackson, Ara Parseghian, Steve Davis
Sat 10/17, UCLA @ #18 Washington St, ABC, 3:30 pm (regional), Al Michaels, Russ Francis
Sat 10/17, #9 Georgia @ Vanderbilt, ABC, 3:30 pm (regional), Bill Flemming, Pepper Rodgers
Sat 10/17, #17 BYU @ San Diego St, ABC, 3:30 pm (regional), Steve Zabriskie, Lee Grosscup
Sat 10/17, Toledo @ Central Michigan, ABC, 3:30 pm (regional), Verne Lundquist, Tom Gatewood
Sat 10/24, #15 Nebraska @ #19 Missouri, ABC, 12:30 pm (regional), Keith Jackson, Frank Broyles, Steve Davis
Sat 10/24, Minnesota @ #6 Iowa, ABC, 12:30 pm (regional), Bill Flemming, Ara Parseghian
Sat 10/24, North Dakota @ South Dakota St, ABC, 12:30 pm (regional), Chris Lincoln, Rick Forzano
Sat 10/24, North Alabama @ Troy St, ABC, 12:30 pm (regional), Steve Grad, Tom Gatewood
Sat 10/31, Ohio St @ Purdue, ABC, 12 pm (regional), Al Michaels, Ara Parseghian
Sat 10/31, NC State @ South Carolina, ABC, 12 pm (regional), Bill Flemming, Pepper Rodgers
Sat 10/31, Houston @ TCU, ABC, 12 pm (regional), Verne Lundquist, Darrell Royal
* Sat 10/31, Dartmouth @ Yale, ABC, 12 pm (regional), Steve Zabriskie, ??
Sat 10/31, Drake @ Tulsa, ABC, 12 pm (regional), Chris Lincoln, Lee Grosscup
Sat 10/31, Virginia Union vs Virginia St (at Richmond), ABC, 12 pm (regional), Steve Grad, Tom Gatewood
Sat 10/31, #1 Penn St @ Miami, ABC, 3:30 pm, Keith Jackson, Frank Broyles, Steve Davis
Sat 11/7, #2 Clemson @ #8 North Carolina, ABC, 12 pm (regional), Bill Flemming, Ara Parseghian
Sat 11/7, #13 Miami @ #14 Florida St, ABC, 12 pm (regional), Steve Zabriskie, Pepper Rodgers
Sat 11/7, #11 Nebraska @ Oklahoma St, ABC, 12 pm (regional), Verne Lundquist, Darrell Royal
* Sat 11/7, Utah @ New Mexico, ABC, 12 pm (regional), ??, ??
* Sat 11/7, Miami-Ohio @ Central Michigan, ABC, 12 pm (regional), ??, ??
Sat 11/7, Franklin & Marshall @ Gettysburg, ABC, 12 pm (regional), Gregg Mace, Dennis Franklin
Sat 11/7, #4 Georgia vs Florida (at Jacksonville), ABC, 3:30 pm, Keith Jackson, Frank Broyles, Steve Davis
Sat 11/14, #6 Alabama @ #5 Penn St, ABC, 12 pm (regional), Al Michaels, Frank Broyles
Sat 11/14, Iowa @ Wisconsin, ABC, 12 pm (regional), Bill Flemming, Darrell Royal
Sat 11/14, NC State @ Duke, ABC, 12 pm (regional), Steve Grad, Rick Forzano
Sat 11/14, #16 Arkansas @ Texas A&M, ABC, 3:30 pm (regional), Keith Jackson, Ara Parseghian, Steve Davis
* Sat 11/14, California vs #17 Washington St (at Spokane), ABC, 3:30 pm (regional), ??, ??
Sat 11/14, #14 Southern Miss @ #20 Florida St, ABC, 3:30 pm (regional), Chris Lincoln, Pepper Rodgers
Sat 11/14, BYU @ #19 Hawaii, ABC, 3:30 pm (regional), Steve Zabriskie, Russ Francis
Sat 11/14, Grambling @ South Carolina St, ABC, 3:30 pm (regional), Rick Henry, Ben Martin
* Sat 11/14, Tennessee St @ Tenn-Chat, ABC, 3:30 pm (regional), ??, ??
Sat 11/21, Ohio St @ #7 Michigan, ABC, 12 pm (regional), Al Michaels, Lee Grosscup
Sat 11/21, West Virginia @ Syracuse, ABC, 12 pm (regional), Bill Flemming, Russ Francis
Sat 11/21, #9 Southern Miss @ Louisville, ABC, 12 pm (regional), Chris Lincoln, Rick Forzano
Sat 11/21, VMI @ Virginia Tech, ABC, 12 pm (regional), Steve Zabriskie, Pepper Rodgers
Sat 11/21, #15 UCLA @ #10 USC, ABC, 3:30 pm, Keith Jackson, Frank Broyles, Steve Davis
Fri 11/27, Notre Dame @ #9 Miami, ABC, 3 pm, Keith Jackson, Frank Broyles, Steve Davis
Sat 11/28, #11 Penn St @ #1 Pittsburgh, ABC, 12 pm, Bill Flemming, Darrell Royal, Steve Zabriskie
Sat 11/28, Auburn vs #4 Alabama (at Birmingham), ABC, 3:30 pm, Keith Jackson, Frank Broyles, Verne Lundquist
Sat 12/5, #2 Georgia @ Georgia Tech, ABC, 12 pm (regional), Al Michaels, Lee Grosscup
Sat 12/5, North Dakota St @ Shippensburg St (D2 semi), ABC, 12 pm (regional), Chris Lincoln, Rick Forzano
* Sat 12/5, Northern Michigan @ Southwest Texas (D2 semi), ABC, 12 pm (regional), ??, ??
Sat 12/5, Widener vs Dayton (at Phenix City, AL - D3 final), ABC, 12 pm (regional), Verne Lundquist, Tom Gatewood
Sat 12/5, Army vs Navy (at Philadelphia), ABC, 3:30 pm, Keith Jackson, Frank Broyles
Sat 12/12, Eastern Kentucky @ Boise St (D1-AA semi), ABC, 1:30 pm (regional), Bill Flemming, Lee Grosscup
* Sat 12/12, South Carolina St @ Idaho St (D1-AA semi), ABC, 1:30 pm (regional), ??, ??
Sat 12/12, Southwest Texas vs North Dakota St (at McAllen, TX - D2 final), ABC, 1:30 pm (regional), Steve Zabriskie, Ben Martin
Sat 12/19, Eastern Kentucky vs Idaho St (at Wichita Falls, TX - D1-AA final), ABC, 1:30 pm, Bill Flemming, Frank Broyles
Bowl games
Originally compiled by sportas2:
12/12 Independence Bowl: Oklahoma State vs. Texas A&M, 8:00, Mizlou: Howard David, Danny Abramowicz, Steve Grad
12/13 Garden State Bowl: Tennessee vs. Wisconsin, 12:30, Mizlou: Ray Scott, Al DeRogatis, Pat Scanlon Knoxville News-Sentinel, 12/7/81
12/18 Holiday Bowl: #14 BYU vs. #20 Washington State, 9:00, Mizlou: Phil Stone, Ray Scott
12/19 California Bowl: San Jose State vs. Toledo, 4:00, Mizlou, Duane Dow, Joe Avezzano
Tangerine Bowl: Missouri vs. #18 Southern Miss, 8:00, Mizlou: Howard David, Johnny Unitas, Steve Grad
12/26 Sun Bowl: Houston vs. Oklahoma, 1:00, CBS: Tom Brookshier, Hank Stram, Fred Dryer
12/28 Gator Bowl: Arkansas vs. #11 North Carolina, 9:00, ABC: Al Michaels, Ara Parseghian, Steve Davis
12/30 Liberty Bowl: Navy vs. #15 Ohio State, 8:00, USA: Harry Kalas, Joe Theismann
12/31 Hall of Fame Classic: Kansas vs. Mississippi State, 1:00, Mizlou: Merle Harmon, Danny Abramowicz, Howard David
Peach Bowl: Florida vs. West Virginia, 3:00, CBS: Frank Glieber, Johnny Morris
Bluebonnet Bowl: #16 Michigan vs. #19 UCLA, 8:00, Mizlou: Ray Scott, Lee Corso, Duane Dow
1/1 Fiesta Bowl: #7 Penn State vs. #8 USC, 1:30, NBC: Charlie Jones, Len Dawson, Mike Haffner
Cotton Bowl: #3 Alabama vs. #6 Texas, 2:00, CBS: Lindsey Nelson, Roger Staubach, Frank Glieber
Rose Bowl: #13 Iowa vs. #12 Washington, 5:00, NBC: Dick Enberg, Merlin Olsen
Orange Bowl: #1 Clemson vs. #4 Nebraska, 8:00, NBC: Don Criqui, John Brodie, Bob Trumpy
Sugar Bowl: #2 Georgia vs. #10 Pittsburgh, 8:00, ABC: Keith Jackson, Frank Broyles, Jim Lampley