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1980 Auburn

5–⁠6 (0–⁠6 Southeastern Conference), coached by Doug Barfield.

Schedule and results

Auburn in 1980, game by game: won at TCU 10–7; won vs. Duke 35–28; lost vs. Tennessee 0–42; won vs. Richmond 55–16; lost at LSU 17–21; won vs. Georgia Tech 17–14; lost at Mississippi State 21–24; lost at Florida 10–21; won vs. Southern Miss 31–0; lost vs. No. 1 Georgia 21–31; lost vs. No. 9 Alabama 18–34+39−42Won 10–7 at TCU+3TCUWon 35–28 vs. Duke+7DukeLost 0–42 vs. Tennessee-42TennesseeWon 55–16 vs. Richmond+39RichmondLost 17–21 at LSU-4LSUWon 17–14 vs. Georgia Tech+3Georgia TechLost 21–24 at Mississippi State-3Mississippi Sta…Lost 10–21 at Florida-11FloridaWon 31–0 vs. Southern Miss+31Southern MissLost 21–31 vs. No. 1 Georgia-10No. 1 GeorgiaLost 18–34 vs. No. 9 Alabama-16No. 9 Alabama
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 13atTCUW 10–⁠768%
Sep 20vsDukeW 35–⁠2882%
Sep 27vsTennesseeL 0–⁠4267%
Oct 4vsRichmondW 55–⁠1680%
Oct 11atLSUL 17–⁠2142%
Oct 18vsGeorgia TechW 17–⁠1474%
Oct 25atMississippi StateL 21–⁠2445%
Nov 1atFloridaL 10–⁠2144%
Nov 8vsSouthern MissW 31–⁠039%
Nov 15vs1GeorgiaL 21–⁠3143%
Nov 29vs9AlabamaL 18–⁠3421%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Alabama 34–⁠18; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 9th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 85th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 19
  2. Wk 2: 18
  3. Wk 3: 19
  4. Wk 4: 18

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1980.

Record
5–⁠6
Conference
0–⁠6 tied for 9th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 18
Points
235–⁠238
Coach
Doug Barfield
Elo
1533 −52 this season
SP+ rating
6.8 No. 51 of 133; offense No. 44, defense No. 65
SRS
8.7 No. 32 of 138 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
P.W. Underwood

Drafted in 1981

The 1981 draft
Rd 1James Brooks RBSan Diego Chargers
Rd 2Byron Franklin WRBuffalo Bills
Rd 3Frank Warren DENew Orleans Saints

All-SEC

3 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1980 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1980 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Georgia6–⁠012–⁠01
Alabama6–⁠110–⁠26
Mississippi State5–⁠19–⁠319
Florida4–⁠28–⁠4
LSU4–⁠27–⁠4
Tennessee3–⁠35–⁠6
Ole Miss2–⁠53–⁠8
Kentucky1–⁠53–⁠8
Auburn0–⁠65–⁠6
Vanderbilt0–⁠62–⁠9

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.