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1980 Arizona Wildcats football
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Record5–6 (3–4 Pac-10)
Head coach
CaptainHubie Oliver
Home stadiumArizona Stadium
Seasons
← 1979
1981 →
1980 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 16 Washington $ 6 – 1 – 0 9 – 3 – 0
No. 13 UCLA 5 – 2 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
No. 11 USC 4 – 2 – 1 8 – 2 – 1
Arizona State 5 – 3 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
Oregon 4 – 3 – 1 6 – 3 – 2
Stanford 3 – 4 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Arizona 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Washington State 3 – 4 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
California 3 – 5 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
Oregon State 0 – 8 – 0 0 – 11 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1980 Arizona Wildcats football team represented the University of Arizona in the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) during the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their first season under head coach Larry Smith, the Wildcats compiled a 5–6 record (3–4 against Pac-10 opponents), finished in a tie for sixth place in the Pac-10, and were outscored by their opponents, 275 to 215.[1][2] The team played its home games in Arizona Stadium in Tucson, Arizona.

The team's statistical leaders included Tom Tunnicliffe with 1,204 passing yards, Hubert Oliver with 655 rushing yards, and Tim Holmes with 545 receiving yards.[3] Linebacker Jack Housley led the team with 104 total tackles.[4]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 20Colorado State
L 13–1548,511
September 27at California
W 31–2441,000
October 4at Iowa*
W 5–359,950
October 11No. 2 USC
  • Arizona Stadium
  • Tucson, AZ
L 10–2754,789
October 18Washington Statedagger
  • Arizona Stadium
  • Tucson, AZ
L 14–3847,132
October 25at No. 4 Notre Dame
  • Arizona Stadium
  • Tucson, AZ
L 3–2056,211
November 1No. 4 UCLA
  • Arizona Stadium
  • Tucson, AZ
W 23–1742,876
November 8at Washington
L 22–4549,341
November 15Pacific
  • Arizona Stadium
  • Tucson, AZ
W 63–3539,576
November 22at Oregon State
W 24–715,300
November 29Arizona State
ABCL 7–4453,108
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Game summaries

at Iowa

Arizona at Iowa
1 234Total
• Wildcats 2 300 5
Hawkeyes 0 003 3
Scoring summary
112:07ARIZSafety, punt blocked by Ware out of end zoneARIZ 2–0
27:31ARIZWeber 37-yard field goalARIZ 5–0
49:23IOWAReggie Roby 36-yard field goalARIZ 5–3
See also: 1980 Iowa Hawkeyes football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
4–2 1978 W 23–3

Arizona State

Arizona State at Arizona
1 234Total
• Sun Devils 14 17130 44
Wildcats 0 070 7
Scoring summary
1ASUWetzel 22-yard pass from Pagel (Lewis kick)ASU 7-0
1ASUMaxwell recovers blocked punt in end zone (Lewis kick)ASU 14-0
2ASURichards 35-yard interception return (Lewis kick)ASU 21-0
2ASULewis 23-yard field goalASU 24-0
2ASUMistler 4-yard pass from Pagel (Lewis kick)ASU 31-0
3ARIZNetting 18-yard pass from Tunnicliffe (Weber kick)ASU 31-7
3ASUPagel 1-yard run (Lewis kick)ASU 38-7
3ASUWeathers yard runASU 44-7
See also: 1980 Arizona State Sun Devils football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
29–24 1979 W 27–24

[5]

References

  1. ^ "1980 Arizona Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 6, 2016.
  2. ^ "Arizona Football 2016 Media Guide" (PDF). University of Arizona. 2016. p. 107. Retrieved September 6, 2016.
  3. ^ "1980 Arizona Wildcats Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 3, 2016.
  4. ^ 2016 Media Guide, p. 86.
  5. ^ "Sun Devils Club Arizona with Defense". The Register-Guard. Eugene. November 30, 1980. p. 3B. Retrieved November 22, 2019.


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