1980 Baylor Bears football team

1980 Baylor Bears football
Southwest Conference champion
Cotton Bowl Classic, L 2–30 vs. Alabama
Conference	Southwest Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 15
AP	No. 14
1980 record	10–2 (8–0 SWC)
Head coach	Grant Teaff (9th season)
Home stadium	Baylor Stadium
Seasons

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 NCAA Division I-A 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. 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 did not suffer another shutout for 24 years, which was one of the longest non-shutout streaks in college football history.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 13	at Lamar*		Cardinal Stadium Beaumont, Texas	W 42–7	18,500
September 20	West Texas State*		Baylor Stadium Waco, Texas	W 43–15	25,000
September 27	at Texas Tech		Jones Stadium Lubbock, Texas	W 11–3	48,539
October 4	Houston	No. 20	Baylor Stadium Waco, Texas	W 24–12	40,000
October 11	No. 20 SMU	No. 18	Baylor Stadium Waco, Texas	W 32–28	35,000
October 18	at Texas A&M	No. 13	Kyle Field College Station, Texas	W 46–7	69,735
October 25	at TCU	No. 11	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, Texas	W 21–6	22,385
November 1	San Jose State*	No. 10	Baylor Stadium Waco, Texas	L 22–30	35,000
November 8	Arkansas	No. 16	Baylor Stadium Waco, Texas	W 42–15	46,000
November 15	at Rice	No. 12	Rice Stadium Houston, Texas	W 16–6	26,000
November 22	No. 20 Texas	No. 11	Baylor Stadium Waco, Texas	W 16–0	48,500
January 1	vs. No. 9 Alabama*	No. 6	Cotton Bowl Dallas, Texas (Cotton Bowl Classic)	L 2–30	74,281
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game

Game summaries

Texas Tech

Baylor at Texas Tech

by Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total • Baylor 4 7 0 0 11 Texas Tech 0 3 0 0 3 Date: Saturday, September 28 Location: Jones Stadium, Lubbock, Texas Game weather: Rain Source: Palm Beach Post

Baylor's first win in Lubbock since 1966.

Roster

1980 Baylor Bears football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class RB 34 Abercrombie, WalterWalter Abercrombie 5.0 !Jr QB 7 Brannan, MikeMike Brannan 3.0 !So TE 80 Cockrell, RaymondRaymond Cockrell 7.0 !Sr G 60 Ditta, FrankFrank Ditta 7.0 !Sr RB 3 Gentry, DennisDennis Gentry 5.0 !Jr WR 17 Holt, RobertRobert Holt 7.0 !Sr TE 86 Houston, SamSam Houston 3.0 !So C 58 Nelson, BuzzyBuzzy Nelson 5.0 !Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DL 78 Campbell, JoeJoe Campbell 7.0 !Sr LB 46 Field, DoakDoak Field 7.0 !Sr SS 16 McElroy, VannVann McElroy 5.0 !Jr LB 63 Singletary, MikeMike Singletary 7.0 !Sr LB 49 Ward, LesterLester Ward 7.0 !Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Grant Teaff Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

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

Awards and honors

• Mike Singletary, (All-America) honors
• Mike Singletary, Davey O'Brien Memorial Trophy, awarded to the most outstanding player in the Southwest Conference.

References

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