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1980 Maryland

8–⁠4 (5–⁠1 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Jerry Claiborne.

Schedule and results

Maryland in 1980, game by game: won vs. Villanova 7–3; won vs. Vanderbilt 31–6; won at West Virginia 14–11; lost at No. 14 North Carolina 3–17; lost at No. 6 Pittsburgh 9–38; lost vs. No. 14 Penn State 10–24; won vs. Wake Forest 11–10; won at Duke 17–14; won vs. NC State 24–0; won vs. Clemson 34–7; won at Virginia 31–0; lost vs. Florida 20–35+31−29Won 7–3 vs. Villanova+4VillanovaWon 31–6 vs. Vanderbilt+25VanderbiltWon 14–11 at West Virginia+3West VirginiaLost 3–17 at No. 14 North Carolina-14No. 14 North CarolinaLost 9–38 at No. 6 Pittsburgh-29No. 6 PittsburghLost 10–24 vs. No. 14 Penn State-14No. 14 Penn StateWon 11–10 vs. Wake Forest+1Wake ForestWon 17–14 at Duke+3DukeWon 24–0 vs. NC State+24NC StateWon 34–7 vs. Clemson+27ClemsonWon 31–0 at Virginia+31VirginiaLost 20–35 vs. Florida-15Florida
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 6vsVillanovaW 7–⁠373%
Sep 13vsVanderbiltW 31–⁠685%
Sep 20atWest VirginiaW 14–⁠1156%
Sep 27at14North CarolinaL 3–⁠1741%
Oct 4at6PittsburghL 9–⁠3829%
Oct 11vs14Penn StateL 10–⁠2447%
Oct 18vsWake ForestW 11–⁠1062%
Oct 25atDukeW 17–⁠1462%
Nov 1vsNC StateW 24–⁠060%
Nov 15vsClemsonW 34–⁠763%
Nov 22atVirginiaW 31–⁠065%
Dec 20Bowls & playoffvsFloridaTangerine BowlL 20–⁠3567%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Florida 35–⁠20 in the Tangerine Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 24th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 120 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 4: 19

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
8–⁠4
Conference
5–⁠1 2nd in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 19
Points
211–⁠165
Coach
Jerry Claiborne
Elo
1593 +12 this season
SP+ rating
14.2 No. 24 of 133; offense No. 72, defense No. 11
SRS
12.3 No. 27 of 138 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
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Drafted in 1981

The 1981 draft
Rd 3Lloyd Burruss DBKansas City Chiefs
Rd 4Eric Sievers TESan Diego Chargers
Rd 6Sam Johnson DBDetroit Lions

All-ACC

3 first team

First 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 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
North Carolina6–⁠011–⁠110
Maryland5–⁠18–⁠4
NC State3–⁠36–⁠5
Clemson2–⁠46–⁠5
Wake Forest2–⁠45–⁠6
Virginia2–⁠44–⁠7
Duke1–⁠52–⁠9

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