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1980 Florida

8–⁠4 (4–⁠2 Southeastern Conference), coached by Charley Pell.

Schedule and results

Florida in 1980, game by game: won vs. California 41–13; won at Georgia Tech 45–12; won vs. Mississippi State 21–15; lost vs. LSU 7–24; won at Ole Miss 15–3; won vs. Louisville 13–0; won vs. Auburn 21–10; lost vs. No. 2 Georgia 21–26; won at Kentucky 17–15; lost vs. Miami 7–31; lost at No. 3 Florida State 13–17; won vs. Maryland 35–20+33−24Won 41–13 vs. California+28CaliforniaWon 45–12 at Georgia Tech+33Georgia TechWon 21–15 vs. Mississippi State+6Mississippi Sta…Lost 7–24 vs. LSU-17LSUWon 15–3 at Ole Miss+12Ole MissWon 13–0 vs. Louisville+13LouisvilleWon 21–10 vs. Auburn+11AuburnLost 21–26 vs. No. 2 Georgia-5No. 2 GeorgiaWon 17–15 at Kentucky+2KentuckyLost 7–31 vs. Miami-24MiamiLost 13–17 at No. 3 Florida State-4No. 3 Florida StateWon 35–20 vs. Maryland+15Maryland
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 13vsCaliforniaW 41–⁠1332%
Sep 20atGeorgia TechW 45–⁠1239%
Sep 27vsMississippi StateW 21–⁠1551%
Oct 4vsLSUL 7–⁠2456%
Oct 18atOle MissW 15–⁠347%
Oct 25vsLouisvilleW 13–⁠064%
Nov 1vsAuburnW 21–⁠1056%
Nov 8vs2GeorgiaL 21–⁠2635%
Nov 15atKentuckyW 17–⁠1553%
Nov 29vsMiamiL 7–⁠3153%
Dec 6at3Florida StateL 13–⁠1714%
Dec 20Bowls & playoffvsMarylandTangerine BowlW 35–⁠2033%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Maryland 35–⁠20 in the Tangerine Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 4th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 68th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 116 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 5: 19
  2. Wk 10: 20
  3. Wk 11: 20
  4. Wk 12: 19
  5. Wk 13: 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.

Consensus All-AmericanDavid Little, LB

Record
8–⁠4
Conference
4–⁠2 tied for 4th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 18
Points
256–⁠186
Coach
Charley Pell
Elo
1550 +145 this season
SP+ rating
15.9 No. 20 of 133; offense No. 41, defense No. 17
SRS
15.1 No. 21 of 138 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Mike Shanahan
Captains
Timothy Groves, Cris Collinsworth, Timothy Golden and David Little

Drafted in 1981

The 1981 draft
Rd 2Cris Collinsworth WRCincinnati Bengals
Rd 6Dock Luckie DTKansas City Chiefs
Rd 7David Little LBPittsburgh Steelers
Rd 7Mike Clark DELos Angeles Rams

All-SEC

3 first team, 4 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.