The 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with the Clemson Tigers, unbeaten and untied, claiming the national championship after a victory over Nebraska in the Orange Bowl.

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The 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season featured intense competition across 137 teams, culminating in the Clemson Tigers securing the consensus national championship with a perfect 12–0 record …

The 1981 college football season can be marked as the year parity arrived. College football had long been the province of a few exclusive powers, but the effects of scholarship limits began to take hold …

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Prior to the 1981 season, the Mid-Continent Conference reclassified from Division II to Division I-AA with its four members, Eastern Illinois, Northern Iowa, Western Illinois, and Southwest Missouri State …

Dec 23, 1981 · Iowa, 8-3, posted its first winning season in 20 years -- beating Nebraska and Michigan in the process -- to earn its first Rose Bowl berth since 1958.