1980 Baylor Bears football team

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1980 Baylor Bears football
Baylor University Athletics (logo).svg
Southwest Conference Champions
Cotton Bowl Classic, L, vs. Alabama, 2–30
Conference Southwest Conference
1980 record 10-2 ( SWC)
Head coach Grant Teaff
Home stadium Baylor Stadium
Seasons
« 1979 1981 »
1980 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
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
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1980 Baylor Bears football team represented the Baylor University in the 1980 college 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 to that point (Baylor would finally match that total during its 2011 season). 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 would not suffer another shutout for 24 years, which was one of the longest anti-shutout streaks in college football history.

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result Attendance
September 13 at Lamar* Provost Umphrey 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 #20 Baylor Stadium • Waco, TX W 24–12   40,000
October 11 #20 SMU #18 Baylor Stadium • Waco, TX W 32–28   35,000
October 18 at Texas A&M #13 Kyle Field • College Station, TX W 46–7   69,735
October 25 at TCU #11 Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX W 21–6   22,385
November 1 San Jose State* #10 Baylor Stadium • Waco, TX L 22–30   35,000
November 8 Arkansasdagger #16 Baylor Stadium • Waco, TX W 42–15   46,000
November 15 at Rice #12 Rice Stadium • Houston, TX W 16–6   26,000
November 22 #20 Texas #11 Baylor Stadium • Waco, TX W 16–0   48,500
January 1 vs. #9 Alabama* #6 Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX (Cotton Bowl Classic) L 2–30   74,281
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

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Game notes

Texas Tech

Baylor at Texas Tech
1 2 Total
• Baylor 4 7 11
Texas Tech 0 3 3
  • Source: Palm Beach Post

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

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Awards and honors

References

  1. ↑ http://cfreference.net/cfr/school.s?id=399&season=1980
  2. ↑ http://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1981.htm
  3. ↑ http://www.hickoksports.com/history/obriena.shtml
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