1980 Baylor Bears football team
| 1980 Baylor Bears football | |
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SWC champion | |
Cotton Bowl Classic, L 2–30 vs. Alabama | |
| Conference | Southwest Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 15 |
| AP | No. 14 |
| 1980 record | 10–2 (8–0 SWC) |
| Head coach | Grant Teaff (9th year) |
| Home stadium | Baylor Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #14 Baylor $ | 8 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #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 Tech | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas A&M | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TCU | 1 | – | 7 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 only 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 suffer another shutout for 24 years, which was one of the longest non-shutout streaks in college football history.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | Result | Attendance | ||||
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| September 13 | at Lamar* | Cardinal Stadium • Beaumont, TX | W 42–7 | 18,500 | |||||
| September 20 | West Texas State* | Baylor Stadium • Waco, TX | W 43–15 | 25,000 | |||||
| September 27 | at Texas Tech | Jones Stadium • Lubbock, TX | W 11–3 | 48,539 | |||||
| October 4 | Houston | No. 20 | Baylor Stadium • Waco, TX | W 24–12 | 40,000 | ||||
| October 11 | No. 20 SMU | No. 18 | Baylor Stadium • Waco, TX | W 32–28 | 35,000 | ||||
| October 18 | at Texas A&M | No. 13 | Kyle Field • College Station, TX | W 46–7 | 69,735 | ||||
| October 25 | at TCU | No. 11 | Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX | W 21–6 | 22,385 | ||||
| November 1 | San Jose State* | No. 10 | Baylor Stadium • Waco, TX | L 22–30 | 35,000 | ||||
| November 8 | Arkansas |
No. 16 | Baylor Stadium • Waco, TX | W 42–15 | 46,000 | ||||
| November 15 | at Rice | No. 12 | Rice Stadium • Houston, TX | W 16–6 | 26,000 | ||||
| November 22 | No. 20 Texas | No. 11 | Baylor Stadium • Waco, TX | W 16–0 | 48,500 | ||||
| January 1 | vs. No. 9 Alabama* | No. 6 | Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX (Cotton Bowl Classic) | L 2–30 | 74,281 | ||||
| *Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time. | |||||||||
Game summaries
Texas Tech
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Baylor's first win in Lubbock since 1966.
Team players drafted into the NFL
The following players were drafted into professional football following the season.
| Player | Position | Round | Pick | Franchise |
| Mike Singletary | Linebacker | 2 | 38 | Chicago Bears |
| Robert Holt | Wide Receiver | 6 | 161 | Buffalo Bills |
| Doak Field | Linebacker | 7 | 192 | Philadelphia Eagles |
| Mike Fisher | Wide Receiver | 8 | 198 | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Frank Ditta | Guard | 9 | 232 | Chicago Bears |
Awards and honors
- Mike Singletary, (All-America) honors
- Mike Singletary, Davey O'Brien Memorial Trophy, awarded to the most outstanding player in the Southwest Conference.
References
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