1980 Alabama Crimson Tide football team

The 1980 Alabama Crimson Tide football team (variously "Alabama", "UA" or "Bama") represented the University of Alabama in the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the Crimson Tide's 86th overall and 47th season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team was led by head coach Bear Bryant, in his 23rd year, and played their home games at Bryant–Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa and Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama. They finished season with ten wins and two losses (10–2 overall, 5–1 in the SEC) and with a victory over Baylor in the Cotton Bowl.

1980 Alabama Crimson Tide football
Cotton Bowl champion
Cotton Bowl, W 30–2 vs. Baylor
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 6
APNo. 6
1980 record10–2 (5–1 SEC)
Head coach
Captains
  • Major Ogilvie
  • Randy Scott
Home stadiumBryant–Denny Stadium
(Capacity: 60,210)
Legion Field
(Capacity: 75,808)
1980 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 1 Georgia $ 6 –0 –0  12 –0 –0
No. 19 Mississippi State 5 –1 –0  9 –3 –0
No. 6 Alabama 5 –1 –0  10 –2 –0
LSU 4 –2 –0  7 –4 –0
Florida 4 –2 –0  8 –4 –0
Tennessee 3 –3 –0  5 –6 –0
Ole Miss 2 –4 –0  3 –8 –0
Kentucky 1 –5 –0  3 –8 –0
Auburn 0 –6 –0  5 –6 –0
Vanderbilt 0 –6 –0  2 –9 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

A 6–3 loss to Mississippi State ended Alabama's school record 28-game winning streak and all-time SEC record 27-game conference winning streak, and was Alabama's first loss to Mississippi State since 1957. It also cost the Tide a share of the SEC championship, the first time since 1976 they failed to win the SEC. Despite surrendering 35 points to Ole Miss, the Alabama defense still allowed only 98 points for the entire season.

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 61:30 p.m.Georgia Tech*No. 2
W 26–378,410
September 201:30 p.m.at Ole Miss[A 1]*No. 1
W 59–3550,686
September 271:30 p.m.VanderbiltNo. 1
W 41–060,210
October 41:30 p.m.KentuckyNo. 1
W 45–078,400
October 1112:30 p.m.at Rutgers*No. 1
W 17–1358,107
October 182:30 p.m.at TennesseeNo. 1
ABCW 27–096,748
October 251:30 p.m.No. 20 Southern Miss*No. 1
W 42–760,210
November 11:30 p.m.at Mississippi StateNo. 1
L 3–650,891
November 81:30 p.m.LSUNo. 6
W 28–760,210
November 152:30 p.m.No. 6 Notre Dame*No. 5
ABCL 0–778,873
November 291:30 p.m.vs. AuburnNo. 9
W 34–1878,549
January 1, 19811:00 p.m.vs. No. 6 Baylor*No. 9
CBSW 30–274,281
  • Source: Rolltide.com: 1980 Alabama football schedule[2]

Roster
1980 Alabama Crimson Tide football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
RB 33 Billy Jackson Sr
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB 90 Tom Boyd Jr
DT 47 Byron Braggs Sr
LB 39 E.J. Junior Sr
DB 23 Benny Perrin Jr
DE 81 Mike Pitts So
LB 50 Randy Scott Sr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Notes
  1. Prior to the 1980 season, the SEC ruled if two SEC teams scheduled each another independently, and not through the conference office, the game would not count in SEC standings. As such, although both were members of the SEC, the Alabama–Ole Miss games in 1980 and 1981 did not count as conference games in the official SEC standings.[1]

References

General

  • "1980 Season Recaps" (PDF). RollTide.com. University of Alabama Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
  • "2012 Alabama Crimson Tide Football Record Book" (PDF). Tuscaloosa, Alabama: University of Alabama Athletics Media Relations Office. 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved July 16, 2015.

Specific

  1. McNair, Kirk (February 7, 2006). "SEC football - With the death late last week of legendary Mississippi Football Coach John Vaught, the question was raised as to why Alabama and Coach Paul Bryant had so few meetings against the Rebels and Vaught". 'BamaMag. Scout.com. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
  2. "1980 Alabama football schedule". RollTide.com. University of Alabama Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Archived from the original on December 2, 2011. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
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