1980 Tennessee Volunteers football team

1980 Southeastern Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

1980 Tennessee Volunteers football
1980 Tennessee Volunteers football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
1980 record	5–6 (3–3 SEC)
Head coach	Johnny Majors (4th season);
Offensive coordinator	Bill Pace (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Bobby Jackson (1st season)
Captain	Jim Noonan
Home stadium	Neyland Stadium
	Seasons ← 1979 1981 →

The 1980 Tennessee Volunteers football team (variously "Tennessee", "UT" or the "Vols") represented the University of Tennessee in the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. Playing as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the team was led by head coach Johnny Majors, in his fourth year, and played their home games at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of five wins and six losses (5–6 overall, 3–3 in the SEC).

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 6	No. 16 Georgia	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN		L 15–16	95,288
September 13	No. 5 USC*	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN	ESPN	L 17–20	95,049
September 20	Washington State*	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN		W 35–23	93,520
September 27	at No. 18 Auburn	Jordan–Hare Stadium Auburn, AL		W 42–0	75,942
October 11	at Georgia Tech*	Grant Field Atlanta, GA		W 23–10	50,127
October 18	No. 1 Alabama	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN (Third Saturday in October)	ABC	L 0–27	96,748
October 25	No. 12 Pittsburgh*	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN		L 6–30	94,008
November 1	Virginia*	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN		L 13–16	94,333
November 15	vs. Ole Miss	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN		L 9–20	50,033
November 22	Kentucky	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN (Battle for the Barrel)		W 45–14	90,244
November 29	at Vanderbilt	Dudley Field Nashville, TN (rivalry)		W 51–13	31,100
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

1980 Tennessee Volunteers football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
WR	`26`	Willie Gault	So
WR	`28`	Anthony Hancock	Jr
T	`78`	Tim Irwin	Sr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DB	`40`	Bill Bates	So
LB	`50`	Danny Spradlin	Sr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
K	`10`	Alan Duncan	Sr
P	`20`	John Warren	So

General

2011 Tennessee Football Record Book (PDF). Knoxville, Tennessee: University of Tennessee Athletics Media Relations Office. 2011. Retrieved March 6, 2012.

Specific

v t Tennessee Volunteers football
Venues	Waite Field (1892–1920) Shields-Watkins Field (1921–1962) Neyland Stadium (1962–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Alabama: Third Saturday in October Auburn Florida Georgia Georgia Tech Kentucky Vanderbilt
Culture & lore	History Smokey "Rocky Top" Pride of the Southland Band Battle at Bristol Porter Cup
People	Head coaches Starting quarterbacks NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1891 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 2022
National championship seasons in bold

1980 Southeastern Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 1 Georgia $	6	–	0	–	0	12	–	0	–	0
No. 19 Mississippi State	5	–	1	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
No. 6 Alabama	5	–	1	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
LSU	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Florida	4	–	2	–	0	8	–	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