American college football season
The 1980 Army Cadets football team was an American football team that represented the United States Military Academy in the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their first season under head coach Ed Cavanaugh, the Cadets compiled a 3–7–1 record and were outscored by their opponents 295 to 204.[1] In the annual Army–Navy Game, the Cadets lost to Navy, 33 to 6.[2]
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 13 | | Holy Cross | | | W 28–7 | 28,043 | [3] |
September 20 | | California | - Michie Stadium
- West Point, NY
| | W 26–19 | | |
September 27 | | at Washington State | | | L 18–31 | 24,213 | |
October 4 | | Harvard | - Michie Stadium
- West Point, NY
| | L 10–15 | 38,479 | [4] |
October 11 | | Lehigh | - Michie Stadium
- West Point, NY
| | T 24–24 | 32,850 | [5] |
October 18 | 2:30 p.m. | at No. 5 Notre Dame | | | L 3–30 | | |
October 25 | | at Boston College | | | L 14–30 | 23,000 | [6] |
November 1 | | Rutgers | - Michie Stadium
- West Point, NY
| | L 21–37 | | |
November 8 | | Air Force | | | W 47–24 | 37,653 | [7] |
November 15 | 1:30 p.m. | No. 8 Pittsburgh | - Michie Stadium
- West Point, NY
| | L 7–45 | 31,150 | |
November 29 | 3:45 p.m. | vs. Navy | | ABC | L 6–33 | | [8] |
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1980 Army Cadets football team roster |
Players | Coaches |
Offense Pos. | # | Name | Class | QB | | Brian Allem | RB | | Rob Bauder | QB | 16 | Jerryl Bennett | Jr | OT | 77 | Steve Carter | Sr | RB | | Andre Cuerington | QB | 11 | T.D. Decker | Sr | C | 52 | Dan Enright | Jr | WR | 88 | Mike Fahnestock | Sr | RB | 45 | Dino Harris | Jr | FB | 39 | Rob Heather | Jr | G | 62 | Matt Herholtz | Sr | WR | 37 | Glenn Hoy | So | WR | 38 | Kevin Kullander | Jr | TE | 85 | Mark McKearn | Sr | OT | 76 | Jay Meyer | Jr | WR | 82 | Larry Pruitt | So | G | 73 | Jim Sharman | Jr | TE | 90 | Gene Skinner | Jr | FB | 32 | Bobby Vicci | Sr | G | 79 | Rick Waddell | So | FB | 33 | Warren Waldorff | So | RB | 40 | Gerald Walker | So | OT | 71 | Bill Wilhelm | Sr | RB | | Todd Williams | | Defense Pos. | # | Name | Class | DE | 89 | Larry Carroll | DB | 23 | Jeff Cook | Sr | DT | 69 | Kevin Dodson | Jr | LB | 53 | John Garrison | LB | | Steve Gerras | LB | 51 | Dan Kessler | So | DE | 87 | Mark Lingo | So | DB | 19 | Dale Love | Jr | DT | 72 | Stan March | Sr | LB | 44 | Al Mazyck | Sr | DB | 27 | Tom Morgan | So | DB | 24 | Kevin Murphy | So | DL | | Kevin Streets | LB | | Pat Sweeney | DB | 18 | Mike Williams | So | LB | 86 | Bob Wood | So | DB | 28 | Chris Zawie | So | | Special teams Pos. | # | Name | Class | K | 95 | Dave Aucoin | Jr | P | 97 | Joe Sartiano | | - Head coach
- Coordinators/assistant coaches
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (S) Suspended
- (I) Ineligible
Injured Redshirt |
- ^ "Army Yearly Results (1980-1984)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
- ^ "1980 Army Black Knights Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 9, 2015.
- ^ Concannon, Joe (September 14, 1980). "Army Rolls Over HC". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 86 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Concannon, Joe (October 5, 1980). "Harvard Surprises Army". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 60 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Army Ties Lehigh on Record FG". The Sunday Record. Woodland Park, N.J. October 12, 1980. p. C-3 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Boston College 30, Army 14". The Akron Beacon Journal. October 26, 1980. p. D9 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Air Force surrenders to Army". The Anniston Star. Associated Press. November 9, 1980. p. 7B. Retrieved January 8, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Pothier, Dick (November 28, 1981). "Army-Navy game: It's a party for 72,000". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. p. D3. Retrieved July 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com
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