Overall: 15-13, .536 W-L% (127th of 264)
Conference: 10-6, 1st in MAC (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Les Wothke (15-13)
PS/G: 75.2 (46th of 264) ▪ PA/G: 74.3 (200th of 264)
SRS: 0.09 (126th of 264) ▪ SOS: -0.79 (138th of 264)
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fri, Nov 28, 1980 | REG | @ | Michigan State | Big Ten | L | 77 | 89 | 0 | 1 | L 1 | |
| 2 | Sat, Nov 29, 1980 | REG | N | Detroit Mercy | MW City | L | 82 | 85 | 0 | 2 | L 2 | |
| 3 | Sat, Dec 6, 1980 | REG | Canisius | ECACN | W | 90 | 71 | 1 | 2 | W 1 | ||
| 4 | Fri, Dec 12, 1980 | REG | N | Louisiana Tech | Southland | L | 62 | 75 | 1 | 3 | L 1 | |
| 5 | Sat, Dec 13, 1980 | REG | N | Virginia Military Institute | Southern | W | 89 | 68 | 2 | 3 | W 1 | |
| 6 | Sat, Dec 20, 1980 | REG | @ | Michigan | Big Ten | L | 73 | 102 | 2 | 4 | L 1 | |
| 7 | Tue, Dec 23, 1980 | REG | @ | Marquette | Ind | L | 74 | 79 | 2 | 5 | L 2 | |
| 8 | Wed, Jan 7, 1981 | REG | Central Michigan | MAC | W | 75 | 60 | 3 | 5 | W 1 | ||
| 9 | Sat, Jan 10, 1981 | REG | @ | Bowling Green State | MAC | L | 75 | 78 | 3 | 6 | L 1 | |
| 10 | Wed, Jan 14, 1981 | REG | Eastern Michigan | MAC | W | 67 | 61 | 4 | 6 | W 1 | ||
| 11 | Sat, Jan 17, 1981 | REG | @ | Toledo | MAC | L | 66 | 77 | 4 | 7 | L 1 | |
| 12 | Wed, Jan 21, 1981 | REG | Kent State | MAC | W | 77 | 62 | 5 | 7 | W 1 | ||
| 13 | Sat, Jan 24, 1981 | REG | @ | Ball State | MAC | W | 78 | 77 | 6 | 7 | W 2 | |
| 14 | Wed, Jan 28, 1981 | REG | Miami (OH) | MAC | W | 96 | 89 | 7 | 7 | W 3 | ||
| 15 | Sat, Jan 31, 1981 | REG | @ | Northern Illinois | MAC | W | 81 | 69 | 8 | 7 | W 4 | |
| 16 | Wed, Feb 4, 1981 | REG | @ | Ohio | MAC | L | 74 | 79 | 8 | 8 | L 1 | |
| 17 | Sat, Feb 7, 1981 | REG | Bowling Green State | MAC | W | 88 | 79 | 9 | 8 | W 1 | ||
| 18 | Wed, Feb 11, 1981 | REG | @ | Eastern Michigan | MAC | W | 69 | 58 | 10 | 8 | W 2 | |
| 19 | Sat, Feb 14, 1981 | REG | Toledo | MAC | W | 73 | 71 | 11 | 8 | W 3 | ||
| 20 | Wed, Feb 18, 1981 | REG | @ | Kent State | MAC | L | 73 | 74 | 11 | 9 | L 1 | |
| 21 | Sat, Feb 21, 1981 | REG | Ball State | MAC | L | 69 | 74 | 11 | 10 | L 2 | ||
| 22 | Wed, Feb 25, 1981 | REG | @ | Miami (OH) | MAC | W | 71 | 70 | 12 | 10 | W 1 | |
| 23 | Sat, Feb 28, 1981 | REG | Northern Illinois | MAC | L | 63 | 65 | 12 | 11 | L 1 | ||
| G | Date | Type | Opponent | Conf | Tm | Opp | OT | W | L | Streak | ||
| 24 | Wed, Mar 4, 1981 | CTOURN | N | Northern Illinois | MAC | L | 73 | 75 | 12 | 12 | L 2 | |
| 25 | Thu, Mar 5, 1981 | CTOURN | N | Toledo | MAC | L | 65 | 71 | 12 | 13 | L 3 |