RFC Throwback Thursday: NCAA College Football on ABC-1980

(Video #1 courtesy of ABC Sports)

(Video #2 courtesy of ABC Sports)

(Video #3 courtesy of ABC Sports)

This week's installment of "RFC Throwback Thursday" turns the clock back to 1980. That was when the now-defunct ABC Sports was the exclusive broadcast television network provider for NCAA college football.  

In the first video listed above, there's a rare broadcast of an NCAA Division III contest between Salisbury State College (now Salisbury University) from Salisbury, Maryland and Hampden-Sydney College, which was played in Hampden-Sydney, Virginia. Legendary sportscaster Verne Lundquist and color commentator John Dockery provided the play-by-play and color commentary, respectively, for that game on September 20, 1980. 

The other two videos listed below the first video are promos for NCAA football broadcasts on ABC, with the first being a brief 10-second promo for the games that aired on October 25, followed by a longer 30-second promo for the games played on the weeks of November 29 and December 6. Pay close attention to both promos, and you'll find some familiar programs that currently compete at the FBS Group of Five and FCS levels, respectively.

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