1980 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

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1980 North Carolina Tar Heels football
ACC champion
Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl champion
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 9
APNo. 10
Record11–1 (6–0 ACC)
Head coach
Seasons
← 1979
1981 →
1980 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 10 North Carolina $ 6 – 0 – 0 11 – 1 – 0
Maryland 5 – 1 – 0 8 – 4 – 0
NC State 3 – 3 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Clemson 2 – 4 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Wake Forest 2 – 4 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Virginia 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Duke 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1980 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season.

Regular season

Lawrence Taylor had 16 sacks in his final year for the Tar Heels,[1] and set numerous defensive records. His awards included All-America and Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year honors in 1980.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 6Furman*No. 14
W 35–13
September 13at Texas Tech*No. 15
W 9–337,797
September 27No. 19 MarylandNo. 14
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
W 17–3
October 4Georgia Tech*No. 10
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
W 33–0
October 11at Wake ForestNo. 8
W 27–937,411
October 18NC StateNo. 8
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)
W 28–8
October 25East Carolina*No. 7
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
W 31–348,100
November 11:30 p.m.at No. 16 Oklahoma*No. 6
ESPNL 7–4175,738
November 8at ClemsonNo. 14
W 24–1962,288
November 15VirginiaNo. 15
W 26–3
November 22DukeNo. 15
W 44–21
December 317:00 p.m.vs. TexasNo. 13
MizlouW 16–736,669
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

Roster

1980 North Carolina Tar Heels football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
RB 1 Travis Freeman Sr
FB 1 Billy "Freight Train" Johnson Sr
QB 10 Rod Elkins So
WR 19 Jon Richardson Jr
WR 41 Wayne Tucker Sr
RB 20 Amos Lawrence Sr
C 51 Rick Donnalley Sr
OT 54 Dave Drechsler So
G 78 Ron Wooten Sr
WR 85 Mike McCormick Sr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
NG 34 Paul Davis Sr
DT 76 Donnell Thompson Sr
OLB 84 Mike Wilcher So
OLB 93 Calvin Daniels Jr
OLB 98 Lawrence Taylor Sr
LB 29 Darrell Nicholson Jr
FS 5 Steve Streater Sr
SS 28 Bill Jackson Jr
DB unk Larry Winters So
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
P 5 Steve Streater Sr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Denny Marcin, Larry Marmie, Cleve Bryant

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster

Rankings

Main article: 1980 NCAA Division I-A football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314Final
AP1415131410887614151513121310
Coaches171313151188761415131111119

Game summaries

Maryland

See also: 1980 Maryland Terrapins football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
22–19–1 1979 L 14–17

[2]

at Oklahoma

See also: 1980 Oklahoma Sooners football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–3 1956 L 0–36

[3]

Duke

See also: 1980 Duke Blue Devils football team and Victory Bell (North Carolina–Duke)
Overall record Last meeting Result
33–30–4 1979 W 37–16

vs. Texas (Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl)

North Carolina vs. Texas
1 234Total
• Tar Heels 6 730 16
Longhorns 0 700 7
Main article: 1980 Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl
See also: 1980 Texas Longhorns football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–3 1953 L 7–28

[4]

1981 NFL Draft

Main article: 1981 NFL Draft

The following players were drafted into professional football following the season.

Player Position Round Pick Franchise
Lawrence Taylor Linebacker 1 2 New York Giants
Donnell Thompson Defensive tackle 1 18 Baltimore Colts
Rick Donnalley Center 3 73 Pittsburgh Steelers
Amos Lawrence Running back 4 103 San Diego Chargers
Ron Wooten Guard 6 157 New England Patriots
Harry Stanback Defensive tackle 6 164 Atlanta Falcons

[5]

Awards and honors

References

  1. ^ Whitley, David. L.T. was reckless, magnificent, espn.com, accessed January 29, 2007.
  2. ^ "UNC Deals Maryland 1st Defeat, 17-3". The Washington Post. September 28, 1980. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
  3. ^ "Hey, Not Everyone Can Be Perfect". Sports Illustrated. November 10, 1980. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
  4. ^ "N. CAROLINA DEFEATS TEXAS, 16-7". The New York Times. January 1, 1981. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
  5. ^ https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1981.htm
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