1980 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

1980 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
	Rankings from AP Poll

1980 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
1980 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
Conference	Independent
1980 record	1–9–1
Head coach	Bill Curry (1st season);
Captain	Ben Utt ; Duane Wood ; Ken Taylor ; Darrell Thomas
Home stadium	Grant Field ; (Capacity: 58,121)
	Seasons ← 1979 1981 →

The 1980 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Yellow Jackets were led by first-year head coach Bill Curry, and played their home games at Grant Field in Atlanta. Georgia Tech struggled mightily under Curry, finishing with one of the worst records in Georgia Tech history with 1 win, 9 losses, and 1 tie. A major highlight was achieved, however, when the Yellow Jackets produced a 3–3 tie against the number one team in the country, the undefeated Notre Dame Fighting Irish.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 6	at No. 2 Alabama	Legion Field Birmingham, Alabama	L 3–26	78,410
September 20	Florida	Grant Field Atlanta	L 12–45	35,165
September 27	Memphis State	Grant Field Atlanta	W 17–8	28,062
October 4	at No. 10 North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, North Carolina	L 0–33	49,750
October 11	Tennessee	Grant Field Atlanta (rivalry)	L 10–23	50,127
October 18	at Auburn	Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, Alabama (rivalry)	L 14–17	57,950
October 25	Tulane	Grant Field Atlanta	L 14–31	35,119
November 1	at Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, North Carolina	L 12–17	18,200
November 8	No. 1 Notre Dame	Grant Field Atlanta	T 3–3	41,226
November 15	Navy	Grant Field Atlanta	L 8–19	17,631
November 29	at No. 1 Georgia	Sanford Stadium Athens, Georgia (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate)	L 20–38	62,800
Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Sources:^[1]^[2]

Roster[]

1980 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
RB	`29`	David Allen	Jr
WR	`80`	Leon Chadwick	Sr
RB	`26`	Ronny Cone	So
TE	`85`	Glenn Etheridge	So
OG	`76`	Ellis Gardner	So
WR	`83`	Marlon Heggs	Sr
OL	`62`	Ken Howell
QB	`2`	Mike Kelley	Jr
WR	`82`	Kris Kentera	Jr
OT	`78`	Dave Lutz	So
QB	`18`	Ted Peeples	Sr
C	`60`	Mark Schultz	So
OG	`64`	Ben Utt (C)	Sr
QB, TE		Ken Whisenhunt	Fr
FB	`46`	Dan Wood	Sr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DL	`92`	Mark Bradley	Jr
DE	`74`	Marvin Dyett	So
LB	`95`	Sheldon Fox	Sr
LB	`56`	Robert Jaracz	Fr
S	`24`	Lawrence Lowe	Sr
LB		Steve Mooney
DE	`96`	Rick Olive	Sr
DB		Mark Sheffield
LB	`43`	Lance Skelton	Jr
DB	`28`	Ken Taylor (C)	Sr
DB	`41`	Ted Thurson	So
DL		Lynwood Volley
LB	`49`	Duane Wood	So

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
P	`8`	Jeff Pierce	Sr
K		Johnny Smith

Head coach

Bill Curry

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Romeo Crennel (DL)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

References[]

^ "1980 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 18, 2017.
^ 2011 Georgia Tech Media Guide. p. 173

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[1] "1980 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 18, 2017.

[2] 2011 Georgia Tech Media Guide. p. 173

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v t Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
Venues	Piedmont Park (1899–1901; 1903–1904) Brisbane Park (1902) The Flats (1905–1906, 1912) Ponce de Leon Park (1907–1911) Grant Field (1913–1987) Bobby Dodd Stadium at Historic Grant Field (1988–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Auburn Clemson Georgia: Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate Tennessee Vanderbilt Virginia Tech
Culture & lore	Buzz Ramblin' Wreck "Ramblin' Wreck from Georgia Tech" "Up with the White and Gold" Marching band Heisman shift 1916 Cumberland game 1990 game at Virginia
People	Head coaches Starting quarterbacks NFL draftees Statistical leaders
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 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
National championship seasons in bold

1980 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 2 Pittsburgh		–		–		11	–	1	–	0
No. 5 Florida State		–		–		10	–	2	–	0
No. 8 Penn State		–		–		10	–	2	–	0
No. 9 Notre Dame		–		–		9	–	2	–	1
No. 18 Miami (FL)		–		–		9	–	3	–	0
Southern Miss		–		–		9	–	3	–	0
Navy		–		–		8	–	4	–	0
South Carolina		–		–		8	–	4	–	0
Virginia Tech		–		–		8	–	4	–	0
Boston College		–		–		7	–	4	–	0
Northeast Louisiana		–		–		7	–	4	–	0
Rutgers		–		–		7	–	4	–	0
UNLV		–		–		7	–	4	–	0
Tulane		–		–		7	–	5	–	0
Colgate		–		–		5	–	4	–	1
North Texas State		–		–		6	–	5	–	0
Villanova		–		–		6	–	5	–	0
West Virginia		–		–		6	–	6	–	0
Louisville		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
Richmond		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
Syracuse		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
East Carolina		–		–		4	–	7	–	0
Illinois State		–		–		4	–	7	–	0
Temple		–		–		4	–	7	–	0
Army		–		–		3	–	7	–	1
Holy Cross		–		–		3	–	8	–	0
Cincinnati		–		–		2	–	9	–	0
Memphis State		–		–		2	–	9	–	0
William & Mary		–		–		2	–	9	–	0
Georgia Tech		–		–		1	–	9	–	1

Rankings from AP Poll