1980 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team

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1980 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football
MVC champion
ConferenceMissouri Valley Conference
Record8–3 (4–1 MVC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorLarry Coker (1st season)
Home stadiumSkelly Stadium
(capacity: 40,385)
Seasons
← 1979
1981 →
1980 Missouri Valley Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Tulsa $ 4 – 1 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
Wichita State 4 – 1 – 1 5 – 5 – 1
Indiana State 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Drake 3 – 2 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
West Texas State 2 – 4 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
New Mexico State 1 – 4 – 1 3 – 7 – 1
Southern Illinois 1 – 5 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1980 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team represented the University of Tulsa during the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their fourth year under head coach John Cooper, the Golden Hurricane compiled an 8–3 record (4-1 against conference opponents) and won the Missouri Valley Conference championship.[1][2]

The team's statistical leaders included quarterback Kenny Jackson with 1,208 passing yards, Kenneth Session with 662 rushing yards, and Paul Johns with 420 receiving yards.[3] Head coach John Cooper was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 13Cincinnati*
W 31–13
September 20at Wichita State
L 10–23[4]
September 27at No. 15 Arkansas*
L 10–13
October 4Kansas State*
  • Skelly Stadium
  • Tulsa, OK
W 3–0
October 11North Texas State*
  • Skelly Stadium
  • Tulsa, OK
W 28–27[5]
October 18at TCU*
W 23–17
October 25West Texas State
  • Skelly Stadium
  • Tulsa, OK
W 44–24[6]
November 1at No. 5 Florida State*
L 2–45
November 8Indiana State
  • Skelly Stadium
  • Tulsa, OK
W 30–7
November 15at Southern Illinois
W 41–7
November 22at New Mexico State
W 21–20
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1980 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
OT 79 Sid Abramowitz So
WR 3 Paul Johns Sr
RB 5 Ken Lacy So
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
LB 49 Don Blackmon Sr
DE 14 Eugene Williams Jr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

References

  1. ^ "1980 Missouri Valley Conference Year Summary". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2016.
  2. ^ "1980 Tulsa Golden Hurricane Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2016.
  3. ^ "1980 Tulsa Golden Hurricane Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2016.
  4. ^ "Wichita tames Tulsa, 23–10". The Daily Oklahoman. September 21, 1980. Retrieved February 23, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Tulsa's last-minute flings flatten Mean Green, 28–27". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. October 12, 1980. Retrieved October 28, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Hurricane wipes out West Texas". The Daily Oklahoman. October 26, 1980. Retrieved May 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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