1980 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

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1980 North Carolina Tar Heels football
ACC champion
Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl champion
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 9
APNo. 10
Record11–1 (6–0 ACC)
Head coach
Captain Rick Donnalley, Steve Streater, Lawrence Taylor, Ron Wooten
Home stadium Kenan Memorial Stadium
Seasons
←  1979
1981  →
1980 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 10 North Carolina $ 6 –0 –011 –1 –0
Maryland 5 –1 –08 –4 –0
NC State 3 –3 –06 –5 –0
Clemson 2 –4 –06 –5 –0
Wake Forest 2 –4 –05 –6 –0
Virginia 2 –4 –04 –7 –0
Duke 1 –5 –02 –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 as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by Dick Crum in his third season as ahead coach, the team finished the season with an 11–1 overall record, winning the ACC title with a 6–0 mark in conference played and beating Texas in the Astro–Bluebonnet Bowl. The 11 wins tied a program record set during the 1972 season.

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Linebacker Lawrence Taylor had 16 sacks in his final year for the Tar Heels and set numerous defensive records. His accolades included a consensus selection to the 1980 College Football All-America Team included All-America and ACC Player of the Year honors. [1] Crum was named ACC Coach of the Year.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 61:00 p.m. Furman *No. 14
W 35–1350,100 [2]
September 138:30 p.m.at Texas Tech *No. 15
W 9–337,797 [3]
September 271:00 p.m.No. 19 Maryland No. 14
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
W 17–351,400 [4]
October 41:00 p.m. Georgia Tech *No. 10
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
W 33–049,750 [5]
October 111:00 p.m.at Wake Forest No. 8
W 27–937,411 [6]
October 181:00 p.m. NC State No. 8
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)
W 28–851,845 [7]
October 251:00 p.m. East Carolina *No. 7
  • Kenan Memorial Stadium
  • Chapel Hill, NC
W 31–348,100 [8]
November 12:30 p.m.at No. 16 Oklahoma *No. 6
 ESPN L 7–4174,852 [9]
November 81:00 p.m.at Clemson No. 14
W 24–1962,500 [10]
November 151:00 p.m. Virginia No. 15
W 26–349,500 [11]
November 221:00 p.m. Duke No. 15
W 44–2151,389 [12]
December 318:00 p.m.vs. Texas *No. 13
 Mizlou W 16–736,669 [13]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

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Roster

1980 North Carolina Tar Heels football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
RB 1Travis FreemanSr
FB 1Billy "Freight Train" JohnsonSr
QB 10Rod ElkinsSo
WR 19Jon RichardsonJr
WR 41Wayne TuckerSr
RB 20 Amos Lawrence Sr
C 51 Rick Donnalley Sr
OT 54 Dave Drechsler So
G 78 Ron Wooten Sr
OL Kevin Wilson Fr
WR 85Mike McCormickSr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
FS 5Steve StreaterSr
SS 28Bill JacksonJr
LB 29Darrell NicholsonJr
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
DB unkLarry WintersSo
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
P 5Steve StreaterSr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Denny Marcin, Larry Marmie, Cleve Bryant

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

Roster

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314Final
AP 1415131410887614151513121310
Coaches 171313151188761415131111119

Game summaries

Maryland

[15]

At Oklahoma

[16]

Duke

Vs. Texas (Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl)

North Carolina vs. Texas
1234Total
•Tar Heels673016
Longhorns07007

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1981 NFL Draft

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

PlayerPositionRoundPickFranchise
Lawrence Taylor Linebacker12 New York Giants
Donnell Thompson Defensive tackle118 Baltimore Colts
Rick Donnalley Center373 Pittsburgh Steelers
Amos Lawrence Running back4103 San Diego Chargers
Ron Wooten Guard6157 New England Patriots
Harry StanbackDefensive tackle6164 Atlanta Falcons

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Awards and honors

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