1980 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

The 1980 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University in the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Commodores were led by head coach George MacIntyre in his second season and finished the season with a record of two wins and nine losses (2–9 overall, 0–6 in the SEC).

1980 Vanderbilt Commodores football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record2–9 (0–6 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumDudley Field
1980 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Georgia $ 6 –0 –012 –0 –0
No. 19 Mississippi State 5 –1 –09 –3 –0
No. 6 Alabama 5 –1 –010 –2 –0
LSU 4 –2 –07 –4 –0
Florida 4 –2 –08 –4 –0
Tennessee 3 –3 –05 –6 –0
Ole Miss 2 –4 –03 –8 –0
Kentucky 1 –5 –03 –8 –0
Auburn 0 –6 –05 –6 –0
Vanderbilt 0 –6 –02 –9 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 13at Maryland*
L 6–31
September 20Mississippi State
L 14–24
September 27at No. 1 Alabama
L 0–41
October 11Tulane*
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
L 21–43
October 18at No. 6 Georgia
L 0–41
October 25Ole Miss
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN (rivalry)
L 14–27
November 1at Memphis State*
W 14–10
November 8at Kentucky
L 10–31
November 15Miami*
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
L 17–24
November 22Chattanooga*
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
W 31–29
November 29Tennessee
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN (rivalry)
L 13–51[1]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game
  • Source: 1980 Vanderbilt football schedule[2]

Personnel
1980 Vanderbilt Commodores football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 7 Van Heflin Jr
QB 10 Whit Taylor So
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
P 6 Jim Arnold So
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
    Legend
    • (C) Team captain
    • (S) Suspended
    • (I) Ineligible
    • Injured Injured
    • Redshirt Redshirt

    References
    1. "Devastating finish: 51–13 Vol explosion". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. November 30, 1980. Retrieved May 9, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
    2. "1980 Vanderbilt Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 7, 2016.


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