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1980 Tulane

7–⁠5, coached by Vince Gibson.

Schedule and results

Tulane in 1980, game by game: lost vs. Southern Miss 14–17; lost at No. 13 Stanford 14–19; won vs. Rice 35–14; won at Ole Miss 26–24; lost vs. SMU 21–31; won at Vanderbilt 43–21; won vs. Air Force 28–7; won at Georgia Tech 31–14; won vs. Kentucky 24–22; won vs. Memphis 21–16; lost at LSU 7–24; lost vs. Arkansas 15–34+22−19Lost 14–17 vs. Southern Miss-3Southern MissLost 14–19 at No. 13 Stanford-5No. 13 StanfordWon 35–14 vs. Rice+21RiceWon 26–24 at Ole Miss+2Ole MissLost 21–31 vs. SMU-10SMUWon 43–21 at Vanderbilt+22VanderbiltWon 28–7 vs. Air Force+21Air ForceWon 31–14 at Georgia Tech+17Georgia TechWon 24–22 vs. Kentucky+2KentuckyWon 21–16 vs. Memphis+5MemphisLost 7–24 at LSU-17LSULost 15–34 vs. Arkansas-19Arkansas
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 6vsSouthern MissL 14–⁠1757%
Sep 13at13StanfordL 14–⁠1938%
Sep 20vsRiceW 35–⁠1479%
Sep 27atOle MissW 26–⁠2449%
Oct 4vsSMUL 21–⁠3155%
Oct 11atVanderbiltW 43–⁠2169%
Oct 18vsAir ForceW 28–⁠781%
Oct 25atGeorgia TechW 31–⁠1461%
Nov 1vsKentuckyW 24–⁠2272%
Nov 15vsMemphisW 21–⁠1686%
Nov 22atLSUL 7–⁠2443%
Dec 27Bowls & playoffvsArkansasHall of Fame ClassicL 15–⁠3443%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Arkansas 34–⁠15 in the Hall of Fame Classic; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 34th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

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
7–⁠5
Conference
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AP final
Unranked
Points
279–⁠243
Coach
Vince Gibson
Elo
1526 −22 this season
SP+ rating
0.3 No. 69 of 133; offense No. 62, defense No. 76
SRS
5.5 No. 48 of 138 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
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