1980 Maryland Terrapins football team

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1980 Maryland Terrapins football
Tangerine Bowl, L 20–35 vs. Florida
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
1980 record8–4 (5–1 ACC)
Head coach
Home stadiumByrd Stadium
Seasons
← 1979
1981 →
1980 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 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
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1980 Maryland Terrapins football team represented the University of Maryland in the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their ninth season under head coach Jerry Claiborne, the Terrapins compiled an 8–4 record (5–1 in conference), finished in second place in the Atlantic Coast Conference, and outscored their opponents 211 to 165. The team finished its season with a 35–20 loss to Florida in the 1980 Tangerine Bowl.[1][2] The team's statistical leaders included Mike Tice with 928 passing yards, Charlie Wysocki with 1,359 rushing yards, and Chris Havener with 436 receiving yards.[3]

Schedule[]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 6Villanova*
W 7–3
September 13Vanderbilt*
  • Byrd Stadium
  • College Park, MD
W 31–6
September 20at West Virginia*
W 14–1148,038
September 27at No. 14 North CarolinaNo. 19
L 3–17
October 41:30 p.m.at No. 6 Pittsburgh*
L 9–3847,409
October 11No. 14 Penn State*
  • Byrd Stadium
  • College Park, MD (rivalry)
L 10–2448,123
October 18Wake Forest
  • Byrd Stadium
  • College Park, MD
W 11–1036,472
October 25at Duke
W 17–1417,400
November 1NC State
  • Byrd Stadium
  • College Park, MD
W 24–0
November 15Clemson
  • Byrd Stadium
  • College Park, MD
W 34–732,650
November 22at Virginia
W 31–022,407
December 20vs. Florida*
MTNL 20–3552,541
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Roster[]

1980 Maryland Terrapins football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
QB 7 Boomer Esiason Fr
RB 42 Jeff Rodenberger Jr
TE 85 Eric Sievers Sr
TE 82 John Tice So
QB 14 Mike Tice Sr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DT 68 Todd Benson Sr
DB 25 Lloyd Burruss Sr
DT Mark Duda So
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Game summaries[]

at North Carolina[]

See also: 1980 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

[4]

at Pittsburgh[]

See also: 1980 Pittsburgh Panthers football team

vs. Florida (Tangerine Bowl)[]

Main article: 1980 Tangerine Bowl
See also: 1980 Florida Gators football team

References[]

  1. ^ "1980 Maryland Terrapins Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 15, 2016.
  2. ^ "Maryland Yearly Results (1980-1984)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on August 10, 2016. Retrieved June 15, 2016.
  3. ^ "1980 Maryland Terrapins Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 15, 2016.
  4. ^ "UNC Deals Maryland 1st Defeat, 17-3". The Washington Post. September 28, 1980. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
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