1980 Virginia Tech Gobblers football team

1980 Virginia Tech Gobblers football
Peach Bowl, L 10–20 vs. Miami (FL)
Conference	Independent
Record	8–4
Head coach	Bill Dooley (3rd season)
Home stadium	Lane Stadium

1980 NCAA Division I-A independents football records

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 2 Pittsburgh		–		–				11	–	1	–	0
Tennessee State		–		–				9	–	1	–	0
No. 5 Florida State		–		–				10	–	2	–	0
No. 8 Penn State		–		–				10	–	2	–	0
No. 9 Notre Dame		–		–				9	–	2	–	1
No. 18 Miami (FL)		–		–				9	–	3	–	0
Southern Miss		–		–				9	–	3	–	0
Navy		–		–				8	–	4	–	0
South Carolina		–		–				8	–	4	–	0
Virginia Tech		–		–				8	–	4	–	0
Boston College		–		–				7	–	4	–	0
Northeast Louisiana		–		–				7	–	4	–	0
Rutgers		–		–				7	–	4	–	0
UNLV		–		–				7	–	4	–	0
Tulane		–		–				7	–	5	–	0
Colgate		–		–				5	–	4	–	1
North Texas State		–		–				6	–	5	–	0
Villanova		–		–				6	–	5	–	0
West Virginia		–		–				6	–	6	–	0
Louisville		–		–				5	–	6	–	0
Richmond		–		–				5	–	6	–	0
Syracuse		–		–				5	–	6	–	0
East Carolina		–		–				4	–	7	–	0
Illinois State		–		–				4	–	7	–	0
Temple		–		–				4	–	7	–	0
Army		–		–				3	–	7	–	1
Holy Cross		–		–				3	–	8	–	0
Cincinnati		–		–				2	–	9	–	0
Memphis State		–		–				2	–	9	–	0
William & Mary		–		–				2	–	9	–	0
Georgia Tech		–		–				1	–	9	–	1
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1980 Virginia Tech Gobblers football team represented the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University during the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was Bill Dooley.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 6		at Wake Forest	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC	ABC	W 16–7	24,500
September 13		East Tennessee State	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA		W 35–7
September 20		William & Mary	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA		W 7–3
September 27		James Madison	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA		W 38–6
October 4		at Clemson	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC		L 10–13	64,558
October 11		Rhode Island	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA		W 34–7	52,000
October 18		Virginia	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA (rivalry)		W 30–0
October 25		at Richmond	City Stadium Richmond, VA (Tobacco Bowl)		L 7–18	18,000
November 1		West Virginia	Lane Stadium Blacksburg, VA (rivalry)		W 34–11	45,200
November 8		at No. 3 Florida State	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL	ABC	L 7–31	51,487
November 15	1:30 p.m.	vs. VMI	Foreman Field Norfolk, VA (Oyster Bowl, rivalry)		W 21–6
January 2, 1981	3:00 p.m.	vs. No. 20 Miami (FL)	Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium Atlanta, GA (Peach Bowl, rivalry)	CBS	L 10–20	45,384
Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Players

The following players were members of the 1980 football team.

1980 Virginia Tech roster
	Bobby Allen Robert Lars Anderson Jeff Bailey Dennis Behl Tony Blackmon Jeff Bolton Mike Borden Geoffrey Martin Brown 93 Robert Brown Wally Browne Cass Camp Mike Cannaday Steve Casey Jake Clarke Rusty Cook John Cowne 17 Jeff Dahl Paul Davis Scott Dovel Lowell Eakin Johnnie Edmonds George Evans John Fitzgerald Gillett Ford Hannon Fry		Harry Keener Fry John Gambone Mike Giacolone Robert Hill Billy Hite Pete Jackson Steve Jacobsen Phil Jamerson Mike Johnson Joe Jones Eric King Mike Kovac Thor Kritsky Dennis Laury Cyrus Lawrence Ashley Lee John Ludlow Ron Luraschi David Marvel Carl McDonald Tony McKee Bucky Methfessel Richard Harold Miley Bubba Mullins Wayne Mutter		Eddie Otey Tony Paige Jerome Pannell Padro Phillips Rob Purdham Bill Renner James Robinson Steve Scaggs Mike Scharnus John Scott Mike Shaw Donnie Simpson Dave Smigelsky Gary Smith Jim Smith Sidney Snell Lewis Stuart Jeremiah Thomas Mark Udinski Dave Uglow Craig Van Schoick Roe Waldron Steve Wirt Lawrence Young B. J. Zwinak