1980 Alabama Crimson Tide football team

1980 Alabama Crimson Tide football
Cotton Bowl champion
Cotton Bowl, W 30–2 vs. Baylor
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 6
AP	No. 6
1980 record	10–2 (5–1 SEC)
Head coach	Bear Bryant (23rd year)
Captain	Major Ogilvie
Captain	Randy Scott
Home stadium	Bryant–Denny Stadium (Capacity: 60,210) Legion Field (Capacity: 75,808)

1980 SEC football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#1 Georgia $	6	–	0	–	0	12	–	0	–	0
#6 Alabama	5	–	1	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
#19 Mississippi State	5	–	1	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
Florida	4	–	2	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
LSU	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Tennessee	3	–	3	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Ole Miss	2	–	4	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Kentucky	1	–	5	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Auburn	0	–	6	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Vanderbilt	0	–	6	–	0	2	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1980 Alabama Crimson Tide football team (variously "Alabama", "UA" or "Bama") represented the University of Alabama in the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the Crimson Tide's 86th overall and 47th season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team was led by head coach Bear Bryant, in his 23rd year, and played their home games at Bryant–Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa and Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama. They finished season with ten wins and two losses (10–2 overall, 5–1 in the SEC) and with a victory over Baylor in the Cotton Bowl.

A 6–3 loss to Mississippi State ended Alabama's school record 28-game winning streak and all-time SEC record 27-game conference winning streak, and was Alabama's first loss to Mississippi State since 1957. It also cost the Tide a share of the SEC championship, the first time since 1976 they failed to win the SEC. Despite surrendering 35 points to Ole Miss, the Alabama defense still allowed only 98 points for the entire season.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 6	1:30 p.m.	Georgia Tech*	No. 2	Legion Field • Birmingham, AL		W 26–3	78,410
September 20	1:30 p.m.	at Ole Miss^{[A 1]}*	No. 1	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium • Jackson, MS (Rivalry)		W 59–35	50,686
September 27	1:30 p.m.	Vanderbilt	No. 1	Bryant–Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL		W 41–0	60,210
October 4	1:30 p.m.	Kentucky	No. 1	Legion Field • Birmingham, AL		W 45–0	78,400
October 11	12:30 p.m.	at Rutgers*	No. 1	Giants Stadium • East Rutherford, NJ		W 17–13	58,107
October 18	2:30 p.m.	at Tennessee	No. 1	Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN (Third Saturday in October)	ABC	W 27–0	96,748
October 25	1:30 p.m.	No. 20 Southern Miss*	No. 1	Bryant–Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL		W 42–7	60,210
November 1	1:30 p.m.	at Mississippi State	No. 1	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium • Jackson, MS (Rivalry)		L 3–6	50,891
November 8	1:30 p.m.	LSU	No. 6	Bryant–Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL (Rivalry)		W 28–7	60,210
November 15	2:30 p.m.	No. 6 Notre Dame*	No. 5	Legion Field • Birmingham, AL	ABC	L 0–7	78,873
November 29	1:30 p.m.	vs. Auburn	No. 9	Legion Field • Birmingham, AL (Iron Bowl)		W 34–18	78,549
January 1, 1981	1:00 p.m.	vs. No. 6 Baylor*	No. 9	Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX (Cotton Bowl)	CBS	W 30–2	74,281
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

Source: Rolltide.com: 1980 Alabama football schedule^[2]

Notes

↑ Prior to the 1980 season, the SEC ruled if two SEC teams scheduled each another independently, and not through the conference office, the game would not count in SEC standings. As such, although both were members of the SEC, the Alabama–Ole Miss games in 1980 and 1981 did not count as conference games in the official SEC standings.^[1]

References

General

"1980 Season Recaps" (PDF). RollTide.com. University of Alabama Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
"2012 Alabama Crimson Tide Football Record Book" (PDF). Tuscaloosa, Alabama: University of Alabama Athletics Media Relations Office. 2012. Retrieved July 16, 2015.

Specific

↑ McNair, Kirk (February 7, 2006). "SEC football - With the death late last week of legendary Mississippi Football Coach John Vaught, the question was raised as to why Alabama and Coach Paul Bryant had so few meetings against the Rebels and Vaught". 'BamaMag. Scout.com. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
↑ "1980 Alabama football schedule". RollTide.com. University of Alabama Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Retrieved July 16, 2015.

Alabama Crimson Tide football

Venues	University of Alabama Quad (1893–1914) Denny Field (1915–1928) Bryant–Denny Stadium (1929–present) Rickwood Field (alternate, 1912–1927) Cramton Bowl (alternate, 1922–1954) Ernest F. Ladd Stadium (alternate, 1948–1968) Legion Field (alternate, 1927–2003)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Auburn: Iron Bowl (James E. Foy, V-ODK Sportsmanship Trophy) LSU Mississippi State Ole Miss Penn State Tennessee: Third Saturday in October

Culture & lore	History Saban era Traditions Big Al "Yea Alabama" A-Day 1922 Penn game Million Dollar Band Walk of Fame Paul W. Bryant Museum The Bear The Bear Bryant Show Porter Cup 1943 Informals

People	Head coaches All-Americans College Football Hall of Fame inductees NFL draftees Starting quarterbacks Statistical leaders Champ Pickens

Seasons	1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

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