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1980 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
1980 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
Conference	Independent
Record	1–9–1
Head coach	Bill Curry (1st season);
Offensive coordinator	Larry Travis (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator	Ken Blair (1st season)
Captain	Ben Utt; Duane Wood; Ken Taylor; Darrell Thomas
Home stadium	Grant Field
	Seasons ← 1979 1981 →

1980 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

American college football season

The 1980 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Yellow Jackets were led by first-year head coach Bill Curry, and played their home games at Grant Field in Atlanta. Georgia Tech struggled mightily under Curry, finishing with one of the worst records in Georgia Tech history with 1 win, 9 losses, and 1 tie. A major highlight was achieved, however, when the Yellow Jackets produced a 3–3 tie against the number one team in the country, the undefeated Notre Dame Fighting Irish.

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Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 6	at No. 2 Alabama	Legion Field Birmingham, AL (rivalry)	L 3–26	78,410	^[1]
September 20	Florida	Grant Field Atlanta, GA	L 12–45	35,165	^[2]
September 27	Memphis State	Grant Field Atlanta, GA	W 17–8	28,062
October 4	at No. 10 North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	L 0–33	49,750	^[3]
October 11	Tennessee	Grant Field Atlanta, GA (rivalry)	L 10–23	50,127	^[4]
October 18	at Auburn	Jordan-Hare Stadium Auburn, AL (rivalry)	L 14–17	57,950	^[5]
October 25	Tulane	Grant Field Atlanta, GA	L 14–31	35,119
November 1	at Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	L 12–17	18,200	^[6]
November 8	No. 1 Notre Dame	Grant Field Atlanta, GA (rivalry)	T 3–3	41,226
November 15	Navy	Grant Field Atlanta, GA	L 8–19	17,631
November 29	at No. 1 Georgia	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate)	L 20–38	62,800	^[7]
Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 2 Pittsburgh		–		–		11	–	1	–	0
Tennessee State		–		–		9	–	1	–	0
No. 5 Florida State		–		–		10	–	2	–	0
No. 8 Penn State		–		–		10	–	2	–	0
No. 9 Notre Dame		–		–		9	–	2	–	1
No. 18 Miami (FL)		–		–		9	–	3	–	0
Southern Miss		–		–		9	–	3	–	0
Navy		–		–		8	–	4	–	0
South Carolina		–		–		8	–	4	–	0
Virginia Tech		–		–		8	–	4	–	0
Boston College		–		–		7	–	4	–	0
Northeast Louisiana		–		–		7	–	4	–	0
Rutgers		–		–		7	–	4	–	0
UNLV		–		–		7	–	4	–	0
Tulane		–		–		7	–	5	–	0
Colgate		–		–		5	–	4	–	1
North Texas State		–		–		6	–	5	–	0
Villanova		–		–		6	–	5	–	0
West Virginia		–		–		6	–	6	–	0
Louisville		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
Richmond		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
Syracuse		–		–		5	–	6	–	0
East Carolina		–		–		4	–	7	–	0
Illinois State		–		–		4	–	7	–	0
Temple		–		–		4	–	7	–	0
Army		–		–		3	–	7	–	1
Holy Cross		–		–		3	–	8	–	0
Cincinnati		–		–		2	–	9	–	0
Memphis State		–		–		2	–	9	–	0
William & Mary		–		–		2	–	9	–	0
Georgia Tech		–		–		1	–	9	–	1

Rankings from AP Poll