1980 Alcorn State Braves football team

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1980 Alcorn State Braves football
ConferenceSouthwestern Athletic Conference
Record6–4 (3–3 SWAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumHenderson Stadium
Seasons
← 1979
1981 →
1980 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Grambling State +^ 5 1 0 10 2 0
Jackson State + 5 1 0 8 3 0
Alcorn State 3 3 0 6 4 0
Mississippi Valley State 3 3 0 5 5 0
Southern 3 3 0 4 6 1
Texas Southern 2 4 0 2 9 0
Prairie View A&M 0 6 0 2 8 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from Associated Press poll

The 1980 Alcorn State Braves football team represented Alcorn State University as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 1980 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by 17th-year head coach Marino Casem, the Braves compiled an overall record of 6–4, with a conference record of 3–3, and finished tied for third in the SWAC.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 13vs. Alabama State*
W 14–3[1]
September 20vs. Grambling StateW 29–2735,000[2]
October 4at South Carolina State*L 0–33[3]
October 11Texas SouthernW 24–3[4]
October 18at Albany State*
W 38–17[5]
October 25Southern
  • Henderson Stadium
  • Lorman, MS
L 7–15[6]
November 1
Bishop*dagger
  • Henderson Stadium
  • Lorman, MS
W 26–7[7]
November 8at Mississippi Valley State
L 17–29[8][9]
November 15at Prairie View A&MW 38–11[10]
November 22Jackson State
  • Henderson Stadium
  • Lorman, MS (rivalry)
L 16–37[11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

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