1980 Miami Hurricanes football team

The 1980 Miami Hurricanes football team represented the University of Miami during the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the Hurricanes' 55th season of football. The Hurricanes were led by second-year head coach Howard Schnellenberger and played their home games at the Orange Bowl. They finished the season 9–3 overall. They were invited to the Peach Bowl where they defeated Virginia Tech, 20–10.

1980 Miami Hurricanes football
Peach Bowl champion
Peach Bowl, W 20–10 vs. Virginia Tech
Conference	Independent
Ranking
Coaches	No. 18
AP	No. 18
1980 record	9–3
Head coach	Howard Schnellenberger (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Kim Helton (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Rick Lantz (4th season)
Home stadium	Miami Orange Bowl (Capacity: 80,045)

1980 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 2 Pittsburgh		–		–				11	–	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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 6	at Louisville		Fairgrounds Stadium Louisville, KY		W 24–10	21,120
September 13	Florida A&M		Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL		W 49–0	20,007
September 20	at No. 18 Houston		Houston Astrodome Houston, TX		W 14–7	31,423
September 27	No. 9 Florida State		Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL (rivalry)		W 10–9	50,008
October 11	at No. 7 Notre Dame	No. 13	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN		L 14–32	59,075
October 18	Mississippi State	No. 18	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL		L 31–34	18,651
November 1	at No. 13 Penn State		Beaver Stadium University Park, PA		L 12–27	83,661
November 8	East Carolina		Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL		W 23–10	11,048
November 15	at Vanderbilt		Dudley Field Nashville, TN		W 24–17	12,830
November 22	North Texas State		Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL		W 26–8	20,293
November 29	at No. 18 Florida		Florida Field Gainesville, FL (rivalry)	ABC	W 31–7	56,437
January 2	vs. Virginia Tech	No. 20	Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium Atlanta, GA (Peach Bowl)	CBS	W 20–10	45,384
Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Season summary

Louisville

1 2 3 4 Total • Miami (FL) 0 0 14 10 24 Louisville 0 10 0 0 10 Date: September 7 Location: Cardinal Stadium, Louisville, Kentucky Game attendance: 22,120

Scoring summary Q2 LOU Betz 29 yard field goal LOU 3–0 Q2 LOU Trautwein 55 yard interception return (Betz kick) LOU 10–0 Q3 MIA Cooper 1 yard pass from Kelly (Miller kick) LOU 10–7 Q3 MIA Belk 32 yard pass from Kelly (Miller kick) MIA 14–10 Q4 MIA Miller 26 yard field goal MIA 17–10 Q4 MIA Lippett 52 yard interception return (Miller kick) MIA 24–10

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Florida State

1 2 3 4 Total Florida St 0 0 3 6 9 • Miami (FL) 0 7 3 0 10 Date: September 27 Location: Orange Bowl, Miami Source:

Scoring summary 2 MIA Kelly 1-yard run (Miller kick) MIA 7-0 3 FSU Capece 26-yard field goal MIA 7-3 3 MIA Miller 22-yard field goal MIA 10-3 4 FSU Childers 11-yard pass from Stockstill (pass failed) MIA 10-9

Florida

Jim Kelly threw for two touchdowns and halfbacks Mark Rush and Smokey Roan each ran for one as Miami upset Florida on their way to a Peach Bowl berth. Dan Miller had attempted a field goal as time expired with one official signaling the kick was good, while the other did not. Both teams left the field with the score 28-7 before minutes later it was changed to 31-7 as it was explained the official that appeared to wave the kick "no good" was signaling that the clock had run out.[2]

Roster

1980 Miami Hurricanes football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class G 58 Clem Barbarino Jr C 61 Don Bailey So WR 20 Rocky Belk So RB 16 Albert Bentley Fr FB 45 Gary Breckner Jr WR 43 Larry Brodsky Jr T 53 John Canei Jr TE 85 Mark Cooper So C 62 John Fenton Sr G 63 John Ferguson Sr WR 13 Jim Joiner Sr QB 12 Jim Kelly So G 59 Art Kehoe Sr G 56 Jim Pakarney Sr QB 9 Mark Richt So RB 49 Mark Rush So T 60 Dave Stewart Jr WR 27 Pat Walker Sr T 73 Lester Williams Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB 57 Mozell Axson Sr LB 41 Donny Brown So LB 93 Greg Brown So DT 83 Jim Burt Sr DT 71 Tony Chickillo So DT 75 Charles Cook Sr DE 36 John Daniels Sr DE 24 Mike Goedeker Jr DB 30 David Jefferson Jr DB 17 Ronnie Lippett So DB 31 Fred Marion Jr DT 91 Bob Nelson Jr LB 66 Scott Nicolas Jr DB 11 Mark Smith Sr DB 2 John Swain Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class P 5 Greg LaBelle So K 1 Dan Miller Jr	Head coach Howard Schnellenberger Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Team players drafted into the NFL

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL Club
John Swain	Defensive back	4	101	Minnesota Vikings
Jim Joiner	Wide receiver	10	263	St. Louis Cardinals
Pat Walker	Wide receiver	11	290	Denver Broncos

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References

1. Palm Beach Post. 1980 Sept 7. Retrieved 2014-Nov-20.
2. Eugene Register-Guard. 1980 Nov 30.
3. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1981.htm