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1980 Texas

7–⁠5 (4–⁠4 Southwest Conference), coached by Fred Akers.

Schedule and results

Texas in 1980, game by game: won vs. Arkansas 23–17; won vs. Utah State 35–17; won vs. Oregon State 35–0; won at Rice 41–28; won vs. No. 12 Oklahoma 20–13; lost vs. SMU 6–20; lost at Texas Tech 20–24; won vs. Houston 15–13; won at TCU 51–26; lost at No. 11 Baylor 0–16; lost vs. Texas A&M 14–24; lost vs. No. 13 North Carolina 7–16+35−16Won 23–17 vs. Arkansas+6ArkansasWon 35–17 vs. Utah State+18Utah StateWon 35–0 vs. Oregon State+35Oregon StateWon 41–28 at Rice+13RiceWon 20–13 vs. No. 12 Oklahoma+7No. 12 OklahomaLost 6–20 vs. SMU-14SMULost 20–24 at Texas Tech-4Texas TechWon 15–13 vs. Houston+2HoustonWon 51–26 at TCU+25TCULost 0–16 at No. 11 Baylor-16No. 11 BaylorLost 14–24 vs. Texas A&M-10Texas A&MLost 7–16 vs. No. 13 North Carolina-9No. 13 North Carolina
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 1vsArkansasW 23–⁠1756%
Sep 20vsUtah StateW 35–⁠1777%
Sep 27vsOregon StateW 35–⁠091%
Oct 4atRiceW 41–⁠2881%
Oct 11vs12OklahomaW 20–⁠1352%
Oct 25vsSMUL 6–⁠2076%
Nov 1atTexas TechL 20–⁠2467%
Nov 8vsHoustonW 15–⁠1358%
Nov 15atTCUW 51–⁠2680%
Nov 22at11BaylorL 0–⁠1638%
Nov 29vsTexas A&ML 14–⁠2479%
Dec 31Bowls & playoffvs13North CarolinaAstro-Bluebonnet BowlL 7–⁠1635%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to North Carolina 16–⁠7 in the Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 4th in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 87th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 126 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 10
  2. Wk 2: 6
  3. Wk 3: 7
  4. Wk 4: 7
  5. Wk 5: 5
  6. Wk 6: 3
  7. Wk 7: 3
  8. Wk 8: 2
  9. Wk 9: 12
  10. Wk 12: 20

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-AmericanKenneth Sims, DT

Record
7–⁠5
Conference
4–⁠4 tied for 4th in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 2
Points
267–⁠214
Coach
Fred Akers
Elo
1583 −62 this season
SP+ rating
10.7 No. 33 of 133; offense No. 44, defense No. 33
SRS
10.9 No. 30 of 138 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Leon Manley
Defensive coordinator
Leon Fuller

Drafted in 1981

The 1981 draft
Rd 2Robin Sendlein LBMinnesota Vikings

All-Southwest Conference

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 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Baylor8–⁠010–⁠214
SMU5–⁠38–⁠420
Houston5–⁠37–⁠5
Texas4–⁠47–⁠5
Rice4–⁠45–⁠6
Arkansas3–⁠57–⁠5
Texas Tech3–⁠55–⁠6
Texas A&M3–⁠54–⁠7
TCU1–⁠71–⁠10

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