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1980 Florida Gators football team

American college football season

Field	Value
year	1980
team	Florida Gators
sport	football
conference	Southeastern Conference
short_conf	SEC
CoachRank	19
record	8–4
conf_record	4–2
head_coach	Charley Pell
hc_year	2nd
off_coach	Mike Shanahan
oc_year	1st
captain	Timothy Groves
captain2	Cris Collinsworth
captain3	Timothy Golden
captain4	David Little
stadium	Florida Field
bowl	[Tangerine Bowl](1980-tangerine-bowl)
bowl_result	W 35–20 vs. [Maryland](1980-maryland-terrapins-football-team)

The 1980 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida during the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. The season was the Florida Gators football team's second season under new head coach Charles B. "Charley" Pell, and marked a remarkable one-year turnaround for the Gators from their 0–10–1 record in 1979. The winless 1979 season was the worst season in Gators history, and it was Pell's first campaign as the new head coach of the Gators, after the Gators' previous head coach, Doug Dickey, was fired in the aftermath of a 4–7 season in 1978. The Gators capped their season with a 35–20 bowl victory over the Maryland Terrapins in the Tangerine Bowl, marking the first time in the history of major college football that a winless team received a bowl bid the following season. Receivers Cris Collinsworth was first-team All-American. Ted Alston was the second receiver. The season features the famous "Run Lindsay Run" in the close loss to national champion Georgia.

Schedule

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Game summaries

California

Vs. Georgia

;Georgia

Buck Belue 7/16, 145 Yds, TD, 2 INT
Herschel Walker 37 Rush, 238 Yds, TD
Lindsay Scott 2 Rec, 114 Yds, TD ;Florida
Wayne Peace 20/37, 286 Yds, TD, 2 INT
James Jones 22 Rush, 89 Yds, TD
Tyrone Young 10 Rec, 183 Yds

At Florida State

First quarter

FSU – Bill Capece 44-yard field goal, 8:28. Florida St 3–0.
FLA – Tyrone Young 53-yard pass from Wayne Peace (Brian Clark kick), 2:31. ''Florida 7–3. '''Drive: 88 yards.''''' Second quarter
FLA – Brian Clark 38-yard field goal, 9:55. Florida 10–3.
FLA – Brian Clark 36-yard field goal, 1:48. Florida 13–3. Third quarter
FSU – Hardis Johnson 19-yard pass from Rick Stockstill (Bill Capece kick), 10:12. Florida 13–10. Fourth quarter
FSU – Hardis Johnson 20-yard pass from Rick Stockstill (Bill Capece kick), 14:24. Florida St 17–13. ;Top passers
FLA – Wayne Peace – 9/24, 160 yards, TD, 4 INT
FSU – Rick Stockstill – 11/18, 137 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT ;Top rushers
FLA –
FSU – Ricky Williams – 21 rushes, 75 yards ;Top receivers
FLA –
FSU – Hardis Johnson – 7 receptions, 107 yards

Personnel

Mike Heimerdinger (GA)
Vince Kendrick (RB)
Mike Shanahan (OC)

References

Norm Carlson, ''University of Florida Football Vault: The History of the Florida Gators'', Whitman Publishing, LLC, Atlanta, Georgia, pp. 95–96 (2007).
link. (2015-12-08 '', University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, pp. 111–112 (2015). Retrieved August 14, 2015.)
Associated Press, "[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NBNSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4zQNAAAAIBAJ&pg=1870,1591901&dq=belue+to+scott+pass&hl=en Belue-to-Scott Desperation Pass Saves 'Dogs from Jaws of Gators]", ''The Albany Sunday Herald'', p. 1D (November 9, 1980). Retrieved August 21, 2011.
(September 14, 1980). "Florida thrashes Bears in second half". The San Francisco Examiner.
(September 21, 1980). "Lightning, Gators strike Tech". The Macon Telegraph & News.
(September 28, 1980). "Florida snaps SEC jinx". The Tennessean.
(October 5, 1980). "LSU feasts on Gator gumbo". Daily World.
(October 19, 1980). "Gators kick up a 15–3 storm". The Pensacola News-Journal.
(October 26, 1980). "Florida dumps U of L, suffers by comparison". The Courier-Journal.
(November 2, 1980). "Auburn fumbles to 21–10 loss". The Atlanta Journal & Constitution.
(November 9, 1980). "Great Scott! Gators stunned". The Miami Herald.
(November 16, 1980). "What couldn't be, was: Victory eludes UK again". Sunday Herald-Leader.
(November 30, 1980). "Hurricanes blow away Gators". The Tampa Tribune.
(December 7, 1980). "Seminoles escape threat by Gators". The Commercial Appeal.
(December 21, 1980). "Peace's passes lead Florida over Terrapins". The Pensacola News-Journal.
Palm Beach Post. 1980 Sept 14. Retrieved 2015-Oct-14.
Ocala Star-Banner. 1980 Nov 09. Retrieved 2019-Jan-02.
[https://247sports.com/college/georgia/Article/1980-Flashback-Dawgs-use-miracle-to-beat-Gators-104029952/ 24/7 Sports]. Retrieved 2019-Jan-02.

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