1980 Alabama Crimson Tide football team

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1980 Alabama Crimson Tide football
Cotton Bowl champion
Cotton Bowl, W 30–2 vs. Baylor
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 6
APNo. 6
Record10–2 (5–1 SEC)
Head coach
Captains
  • Major Ogilvie
  • Randy Scott
Home stadiumBryant–Denny Stadium
(Capacity: 60,210)
Legion Field
(Capacity: 75,808)
Seasons
← 1979
1981 →
1980 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Georgia $ 6 – 0 – 0 12 – 0 – 0
No. 19 Mississippi State 5 – 1 – 0 9 – 3 – 0
No. 6 Alabama 5 – 1 – 0 10 – 2 – 0
LSU 4 – 2 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
Florida 4 – 2 – 0 8 – 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 Alabama Crimson Tide football team (variously "Alabama", "UA" or "Bama") represented the University of Alabama in the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the Crimson Tide's 86th overall and 47th season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team was led by head coach Bear Bryant, in his 23rd year, and played their home games at Bryant–Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa and Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama. They finished season with ten wins and two losses (10–2 overall, 5–1 in the SEC) and with a victory over Baylor in the Cotton Bowl.

A 6–3 loss to Mississippi State ended Alabama's school record 28-game winning streak and all-time SEC record 27-game conference winning streak, and was Alabama's first loss to Mississippi State since 1957. It also cost the Tide a share of the SEC championship, the first time since 1976 they failed to win the SEC. Despite surrendering 35 points to Ole Miss, the Alabama defense still allowed only 98 points for the entire season.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 61:30 p.m.Georgia Tech*No. 2
W 26–378,410[1]
September 201:30 p.m.at Ole Miss[A 1]*No. 1
W 59–3550,686[3]
September 271:30 p.m.VanderbiltNo. 1
ESPNW 41–060,210[4]
October 41:30 p.m.KentuckyNo. 1
  • Legion Field
  • Birmingham, AL
ESPNW 45–078,400[5]
October 1112:30 p.m.at Rutgers*No. 1
ESPNW 17–1358,107[6]
October 182:30 p.m.at
ABC
W 27–096,748[7]
October 251:30 p.m.No. 20 Southern Miss*daggerNo. 1
  • Bryant–Denny Stadium
  • Tuscaloosa, AL (rivalry)
ESPNW 42–760,210[8]
November 11:30 p.m.at Mississippi StateNo. 1
ESPNL 3–650,891[9]
November 81:30 p.m.
ESPN
W 28–760,210[10]
November 152:30 p.m.No. 6 Notre Dame*No. 5
  • Legion Field
  • Birmingham, AL
ABCL 0–778,873[11]
November 291:30 p.m.vs. AuburnNo. 9
W 34–1878,549[12]
January 1, 19811:00 p.m.vs. No. 6 Baylor*No. 9
CBSW 30–274,281[13]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

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Roster

1980 Alabama Crimson Tide football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
G 62 Scott Allison Sr
RB 33 Billy Jackson Sr
QB 5 Don Jacobs Sr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
LB 90
Tom Boyd
 		Jr
DT 47 Byron Braggs Sr
DT 98 Jackie Cline So
DB 9 Jim Bob Harris Jr
LB 39
E.J. Junior
 		Sr
DB 23 Benny Perrin Jr
DE 81 Mike Pitts So
LB 50 Randy Scott Sr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Notes

  1. ^ Prior to the 1980 season, the SEC ruled if two SEC teams scheduled each other independently, and not through the conference office, the game would not count in SEC standings. As such, although both were members of the SEC, the Alabama–Ole Miss games in 1980 and 1981 did not count as conference games in the official SEC standings.[2]

References

General

  • "1980 Season Recaps" (PDF). RollTide.com. University of Alabama Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 12, 2012. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
  • "2012 Alabama Crimson Tide Football Record Book" (PDF). Tuscaloosa, Alabama: University of Alabama Athletics Media Relations Office. 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved July 16, 2015.

Specific

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  2. ^ Emerson, Seth (April 28, 2023). "Grudges, politics and gentlemen's agreements: The chaotic history of SEC scheduling". The Athletic. Retrieved October 31, 2023.
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  14. ^ "1980 Alabama football archives". RollTide.com. University of Alabama Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
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