1980 Syracuse Orangemen football team

The 1980 Syracuse Orangemen football team represented Syracuse University during the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was led by seventh-year head coach Frank Maloney and played their home games in the newly constructed Carrier Dome in Syracuse, New York. Syracuse finished the season with a 5–6 record. At the conclusion of the season, head coach Frank Maloney resigned, with a record of 32–46 after seven seasons.[2]

1980 Syracuse Orangemen football
ConferenceIndependent
1980 record5–6
Head coach
CaptainJim Collins, Joe Morris & Dave Warner[1]
Home stadiumCarrier Dome
(Capacity: 50,000)
1980 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 2 Pittsburgh        11 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

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 13at No. 1 Ohio StateL 21–3186,643
September 20Miami (OH)W 36–2450,564
September 27Northwestern
  • Carrier Dome
  • Syracuse, NY
W 42–2134,739
October 4Kansas
  • Carrier Dome
  • Syracuse, NY
L 8–2343,126
October 11Temple
  • Carrier Dome
  • Syracuse, NY
W 31–736,485
October 18at No. 12 Penn StateL 7–2484,790
October 25Rutgers
  • Carrier Dome
  • Syracuse, NY
W 17–939,937
November 1No. 11 Pittsburgh
L 6–4350,243
November 8Navy
  • Carrier Dome
  • Syracuse, NY
L 3–650,350
November 15at Boston CollegeL 16–2722,000
November 22at West VirginiaW 20–734,441
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game time

Sources:[3][1]

Roster

1980 Syracuse Orange football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
TE 85 Marty Chalk Fr
RB 45 Jaime Covington Fr
C 52 Gerry Feehery So
TE 84 Mike Feldman So
QB 8 Jeff Fischer So
T 59 Drew Gissinger Sr
G 78 Gordon Grownkowski Jr
WR 82 Marcus Hackett Fr
RB 36 Dennis Hartman Sr
G 61 Tony Hazzan Jr
TE 49 Chris Jilleba So
G 66 John Lally Jr
RB 41 Ken Mandeville Sr
WR 86 Frank Marone So
T 79 John McCollom Jr
RB 44 Glenn Moore Fr
WR 13 Dennis Morgis So
RB 47 Joe Morris Jr
RB Joe Pruitt
TE 81 Tony Sidor Sr
QB 11 Dave Warner Jr
QB Tim Wilson
WR 17 Paul Zambuto Jr
RB 43 Brent Ziegler Fr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DB 20 Bob Arkellpane Sr
LB 57 Craig Bingham Jr
DB 32 Ike Bogasian Jr
DT 77 Herb Butzke So
DB 12 Derrick Carr Fr
DE 70 Mike Charles So
LB 33 Jim Collins Sr
DB 22 Derek Frederickson So
DL 89 Chris Hand So
DB 35 Andrew Hurley Fr
DB 18 Cedric Hinton Jr
DE 93 Ralph Joline So
DB 19 Jerry Kilpatrick Jr
DL 83 Jamie Kimmel Fr
LB 58 Ken Kollar Sr
LB 30 Guy Ruff Jr
DB 15 Russ Spitz Jr
LB 48 Mike Zunic Jr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 1 Gary Anderson Jr
P 99 Joe Goodwill Sr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

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

Season summary

at Ohio State

Syracuse Orangemen (0–0) at #1 Ohio State Buckeyes (0–0)
1 2 34Total
Syracuse 14 7 0021
Ohio State 3 6 15731

at Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio

  • Date: September 13
  • Game time: 1:30 p.m.
  • Game weather: Hazy, 85 °F (29 °C)
  • Game attendance: 86,643
  • Box Score

References

  1. 2017 Syracuse football media guide. pg. 150
  2. Damer, Roy (November 25, 1980). "Maloney says NU job no factor in Syracuse resignation". Chicago Tribune. p. D2.
  3. "1980 Syracuse Orange Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 24, 2018.


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