1980 North Carolina Tar Heels football team
| 1980 North Carolina Tar Heels football | |
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ACC Champions Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl Champions | |
Astro–Bluebonnet Bowl, W 16–7 vs. Texas | |
| Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 9 |
| AP | No. 10 |
| 1980 record | 11–1 (6–0 ACC) |
| Head coach | Dick Crum (3rd year) |
| 1980 ACC football standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #10 North Carolina $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maryland | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NC State | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Clemson | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wake Forest | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Duke | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1980 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season.
Regular season
Lawrence Taylor had 16 sacks in his final year for the Tar Heels,[1] and set numerous defensive records. His awards included All-America and Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year honors in 1980.
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | ||
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| September 6 | Furman* | No. 14 | Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC | W 35–13 | |||||
| September 13 | at Texas Tech* | No. 15 | Jones Stadium • Lubbock, TX | W 9–3 | 37,797 | ||||
| September 27 | No. 19 Maryland | No. 14 | Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC | W 17–3 | |||||
| October 4 | Georgia Tech* | No. 10 | Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC | W 33–0 | |||||
| October 11 | at Wake Forest | No. 8 | Groves Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC (Rivalry) | W 27–9 | 37,411 | ||||
| October 18 | NC State | No. 8 | Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC | W 28–8 | |||||
| October 25 | East Carolina* | No. 7 | Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC | W 31–3 | 48,100 | ||||
| November 1 | 1:30 PM | at No. 16 Oklahoma* | No. 6 | Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK | ESPN | L 7–41 | 75,738 | ||
| November 8 | at Clemson | No. 14 | Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC | W 24–19 | 62,288 | ||||
| November 15 | Virginia | No. 15 | Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC (Rivalry) | W 26–3 | |||||
| November 22 | Duke | No. 15 | Keegan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC (Victory Bell) | W 44–21 | |||||
| December 31 | 7:00 PM | vs. Texas | No. 13 | Astrodome • Houston, TX (Astro–Bluebonnet Bowl) | Mizlou | W 16–7 | 36,669 | ||
*Non-conference game.  Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time. | |||||||||
1980 team players in the NFL
The following players were drafted into professional football following the season.
| Player | Position | Round | Pick | Franchise |
| Lawrence Taylor | Linebacker | 1 | 2 | New York Giants |
| Donnell Thompson | Defensive Tackle | 1 | 18 | Baltimore Colts |
| Rick Donnalley | Center | 3 | 73 | Pittsburgh Steelers |
| Amos Lawrence | Running Back | 4 | 103 | San Diego Chargers |
| Ron Wooten | Guard | 6 | 157 | New England Patriots |
| Harry Standback | Defensive Tackle | 6 | 164 | Atlanta Falcons |
Awards and honors
- Lawrence Taylor, All-America selection
- Lawrence Taylor, Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year honors
References
- ↑ Whitley, David. L.T. was reckless, magnificent, espn.com, accessed January 29, 2007.
- ↑ http://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1981.htm
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