1980 Florida Gators football team

1980 Florida Gators football
Tangerine Bowl, W 35–20 vs. Maryland
Conference Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 19
1980 record 8–4 (4–2 SEC)
Head coach Charley Pell (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator Mike Shanahan (1st season)
Captain Rod Brooks
Cris Collinsworth
David Little
Home stadium Florida Field
(Capacity: 62,800)[1]
1980 SEC football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 1 Georgia $ 6 –0 –0  12 –0 –0
No. 6 Alabama 5 –1 –0  10 –2 –0
No. 19 Mississippi State 5 –1 –0  9 –3 –0
Florida 4 –2 –0  8 –4 –0
LSU 4 –2 –0  7 –4 –0
Tennessee 3 –3 –0  5 –6 –0
Ole Miss 2 –4 –0  3 –8 –0
Kentucky 1 –5 –0  3 –8 –0
Auburn 0 –6 –0  5 –6 –0
Vanderbilt 0 –6 –0  2 –9 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1980 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida during the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. The season was the Florida Gators football team's second season under new head coach Charles B. "Charley" Pell, and marked a remarkable one-year turnaround for the Gators from their 0–10–1 record in 1979.[2] The winless 1979 season was the worst season in Gators history, and it was Pell's first campaign as the new head coach of the Gators, after the Gators' previous head coach, Doug Dickey, was fired in the aftermath of a 4–7 season in 1978.[2] Pell's 1980 Florida Gators posted an 8–4 overall record and a Southeastern Conference (SEC) record of 4–2, tying for fourth place in the ten-team SEC.[3] The Gators capped their season with a 35–20 bowl victory over the Maryland Terrapins in the Tangerine Bowl, marking the first time in the history of major college football that a winless team received a bowl bid the following season.[2] Linebacker David Little set the career record for tackles by a Gator and was consensus All-American.[4] Receiver Cris Collinsworth was first-team All-American. The season features the famous "Run Lindsay Run" in the close loss to national champion Georgia.[5]

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 13 California* Tampa Stadium • Tampa, Florida W 41–13   41,388
September 20 Georgia Tech* Grant Field • Atlanta, Georgia W 45–12   35,165
September 27 Mississippi State Florida Field • Gainesville, Florida W 21–15   56,225
October 4 LSU No. 19 Florida Field • Gainesville, Florida L 7–24   59,299
October 18 Ole Miss Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, Mississippi W 15–3   36,012
October 25 Louisville*dagger Florida Field • Gainesville, Florida W 13–0   62,687
November 1 Auburn Florida Field • Gainesville, Florida W 21–10   63,274
November 8 No. 2 Georgia No. 20 Gator Bowl Stadium • Jacksonville, Florida ABC L 21–26   68,528
November 15 Kentucky No. 20 Commonwealth Stadium • Lexington, Kentucky W 17–15   51,766
November 29 Miami (FL)* No. 18 Florida Field • Gainesville, Florida ABC L 7–31   56,437
December 6 No. 3 Florida State* No. 19 Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, Florida ABC L 13–17   53,772
December 20 Maryland* Orlando Stadium • Orlando, Florida (Tangerine Bowl) MTN W 35–20   52,541
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

Primary source: 2015 Florida Gators Football Media Guide.[3]


Roster

1980 Florida Gators football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
TE 87 Mike Clark Sr
WR 21 Cris Collinsworth Sr
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DB 43 Thad Adams So
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

References

  1. ↑ Sports Publicity Department. "1980 Press Guide University of Florida" (PDF). floridagators.com. University Athletic Association, Inc. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 Norm Carlson, University of Florida Football Vault: The History of the Florida Gators, Whitman Publishing, LLC, Atlanta, Georgia, pp. 95–96 (2007).
  3. 1 2 2015 Florida Gators Football Media Guide Archived 2015-12-08 at the Wayback Machine., University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, pp. 111–112 (2015). Retrieved August 14, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Consensus All-America Teams (1980-1989)". College Football at Sports-Reference.com.
  5. ↑ Associated Press, "Belue-to-Scott Desperation Pass Saves 'Dogs from Jaws of Gators", The Albany Sunday Herald, p. 1D (November 9, 1980). Retrieved August 21, 2011.
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