1980 Baylor Bears football team

The 1980 Baylor Bears football team represented the Baylor University in the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Bears finished the season first in the Southwest Conference. During Mike Singletary's senior season of 1980, Baylor won 10 games for the first time in school history. Throughout his Baylor career, Singletary averaged 15 tackles per game. After Baylor's 16–0 victory over Texas in the regular season finale, the Longhorns did not suffer another shutout for 24 years, which was one of the longest non-shutout streaks in college football history.

1980 Baylor Bears football
Southwest Conference champion
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 15
APNo. 14
1980 record10–2 (8–0 SWC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJohn O'Hara (2nd season)
Home stadiumBaylor Stadium
1980 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 14 Baylor $ 8 0 0  10 2 0
No. 20 SMU 5 3 0  8 4 0
Houston 5 3 0  7 5 0
Texas 4 4 0  7 5 0
Rice 4 4 0  5 6 0
Arkansas 3 5 0  7 5 0
Texas A&M 3 5 0  4 7 0
Texas Tech 3 5 0  5 6 0
TCU 1 7 0  1 10 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 13at Lamar*W 42–718,500
September 20West Texas State*W 43–1525,000
September 27at Texas TechW 11–348,539
October 4HoustonNo. 20
W 24–1240,000
October 11No. 20 SMUNo. 18
W 32–2835,000
October 18at Texas A&MNo. 13W 46–769,735
October 25at TCUNo. 11W 21–622,385
November 1San Jose State*No. 10
L 22–3035,000
November 8ArkansasNo. 16
W 42–1546,000
November 15at RiceNo. 12W 16–626,000
November 22No. 20 TexasNo. 11
W 16–048,500
January 1vs. No. 9 Alabama*No. 6L 2–3074,281
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1980 Baylor Bears football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
RB 34 Walter Abercrombie Jr
T 76 Mark Adickes So
QB 7 Mike Brannan So
TE 80 Raymond Cockrell Sr
G 60 Frank Ditta Sr
WR 22 Mike Fisher Sr
RB 3 Dennis Gentry Jr
T 55 Bobby Glass So
G 66 Eddy Gregory Sr
WR 17 Robert Holt Sr
TE 86 Sam Houston So
C 58 Buzzy Nelson Jr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DL 78 Joe Campbell Sr
LB 46 Doak Field Sr
SS 16 Vann McElroy Jr
LB 63 Mike Singletary Sr
LB 49 Lester Ward Sr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

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

Game summaries

Texas Tech

Baylor at Texas Tech
1 2Total
Baylor 4 7 11
Texas Tech 0 3 3
  • Source: Palm Beach Post

Baylor's first win in Lubbock since 1966.

Awards and honors

Team players drafted into the NFL

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

PlayerPositionRoundPickFranchise
Mike SingletaryLinebacker238Chicago Bears
Robert HoltWide receiver6161Buffalo Bills
Doak FieldLinebacker7192Philadelphia Eagles
Mike FisherWide receiver8198St. Louis Cardinals
Frank DittaGuard9232Chicago Bears

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