1980 Virginia Tech Gobblers football team

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.

1980 Virginia Tech Gobblers football
Peach Bowl, L 10–20 vs. Miami (FL)
ConferenceIndependent
1980 record8–4
Head coach
Home stadiumLane Stadium
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

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 6at Wake ForestABCW 16–724,500
September 13East Tennessee StateW 35–7
September 20William & Mary
  • Lane Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 7–3
September 27James Madison
  • Lane Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 38–6
October 4at ClemsonL 10–1364,558
October 11Rhode Island
  • Lane Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA
W 34–752,000
October 18Virginia
  • Lane Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA (rivalry)
W 30–0
October 25at RichmondL 7–1818,000
November 1West Virginia
  • Lane Stadium
  • Blacksburg, VA (rivalry)
W 34–1145,200
November 8at No. 3 Florida StateABCL 7–3151,487
November 151:30 p.m.vs. VMIW 21–6
January 2, 19813:00 p.m.vs. No. 20 Miami (FL)CBSL 10–2045,384

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

References


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