1980 North Carolina Tar Heels football team

1980 North Carolina Tar Heels football
ACC champion Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl champion
Astro–Bluebonnet Bowl, W 16–7 vs. Texas
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 9
AP	No. 10
1980 record	11–1 (6–0 ACC)
Head coach	Dick Crum (3rd season)
Seasons

1980 ACC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#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 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season.

Regular season

Lawrence Taylor had 16 sacks in his final year for the Tar Heels, and set numerous defensive records. His awards included All-America and Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year honors in 1980.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 6		Furman*	No. 14	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC		W 35–13
September 13		at Texas Tech*	No. 15	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX		W 9–3	37,797
September 27		No. 19 Maryland	No. 14	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC		W 17–3
October 4		Georgia Tech*	No. 10	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC		W 33–0
October 11		at Wake Forest	No. 8	Groves Stadium Winston-Salem, NC (rivalry)		W 27–9	37,411
October 18		NC State	No. 8	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (rivalry)		W 28–8
October 25		East Carolina*	No. 7	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC		W 31–3	48,100
November 1	1:30 p.m.	at No. 16 Oklahoma*	No. 6	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK	ESPN	L 7–41	75,738
November 8		at Clemson	No. 14	Memorial Stadium Clemson, SC		W 24–19	62,288
November 15		Virginia	No. 15	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (South's Oldest Rivalry)		W 26–3
November 22		Duke	No. 15	Keegan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC (Victory Bell)		W 44–21
December 31	7:00 p.m.	vs. Texas	No. 13	Astrodome Houston, TX (Astro–Bluebonnet Bowl)	Mizlou	W 16–7	36,669
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Roster

1980 North Carolina Tar Heels football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class RB 1 Freeman, TravisTravis Freeman 7.0 !Sr QB 14 Stankavage, ScottScott Stankavage 1.0 !Fr WR 19 Richardson, JonJon Richardson 5.0 !Jr RB 20 Lawrence, AmosAmos Lawrence 7.0 !Sr C 51 Donnalley, RickRick Donnalley 7.0 !Sr T 54 Drechsler, DaveDave Drechsler 3.0 !So WR 85 McCormick, MikeMike McCormick 7.0 !Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB 34 Davis, PaulPaul Davis 7.0 !Sr DT 76 Thompson, DonnellDonnell Thompson 7.0 !Sr OLB 84 Wilcher, MikeMike Wilcher 3.0 !So LB 93 Daniels, CalvinCalvin Daniels 5.0 !Jr LB 98 Taylor, LawrenceLawrence Taylor 7.0 !Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Dick Crum Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

1981 NFL Draft

The following players were drafted into professional football following the season.

Player	Position	Round	Pick	Franchise
Lawrence Taylor	Linebacker	1	2	New York Giants
Donnell Thompson	Defensive tackle	1	18	Baltimore Colts
Rick Donnalley	Center	3	73	Pittsburgh Steelers
Amos Lawrence	Running back	4	103	San Diego Chargers
Ron Wooten	Guard	6	157	New England Patriots
Harry Standback	Defensive tackle	6	164	Atlanta Falcons

Awards and honors

• Lawrence Taylor, All-America selection
• Lawrence Taylor, Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year honors

References

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