1980 Georgia Bulldogs football team

1980 SEC football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

Georgia Bulldogs football
1980 Georgia Bulldogs football
Consensus national champion; SEC champion
Sugar Bowl, W 17–10 vs. Notre Dame
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches	#1
AP	#1
1980 record	12–0 (6–0 SEC)
Head coach	Vince Dooley
Offensive coordinator	George Haffner
Defensive coordinator	Erskine "Erk" Russell
Home stadium	Sanford Stadium (59,200)
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The 1980 Georgia Bulldogs football team represented the Georgia Bulldogs of the University of Georgia during the 1980 college football season. The Bulldogs completed the season with a 12–0 record. The Bulldogs had a regular season Southeastern Conference (SEC) record of 6–0. The Bulldogs completed their season with a victory over Notre Dame in the Sugar Bowl 17–10, and were crowned the 1980 National Champions.

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
1980-09-06	at Tennessee	#16	Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN		W 16–15	95,288
1980-09-13	Texas A&M*	#12	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA		W 42–0	60,150
1980-09-20	Clemson*	#10	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA		W 20–16	61,800
1980-09-27	TCU*	#10	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA		W 34–3	59,200
1980-10-11	Mississippi	#6	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA		W 28–21	60,300
1980-10-18	Vanderbilt	#6	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA		W 41–0	59,300
1980-10-25	at Kentucky	#5	Commonwealth Stadium • Lexington, KY		W 27–0	57,239
1980-11-01	#14 South Carolina*	#4	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA	ABC	W 13–10	62,200
1980-11-08	vs. #20 Florida	#2	Gator Bowl Stadium • Jacksonville, FL (World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party)	ABC	W 26–21	68,528
1980-11-15	at Auburn	#1	Jordan-Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL (Deep South's Oldest Rivalry)		W 31–21	74,900
1980-11-29	Georgia Tech*	#1	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate)		W 38–20	62,800
1981-01-01	vs. #7 Notre Dame*	#1	Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, LA (Sugar Bowl)	ABC	W 17–10	77,896
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

References

v t e Georgia Bulldogs football
Venues	Herty Field (1892–1910) Sanford Field (1911–1928) Sanford Stadium (1929–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Auburn: Deep South's Oldest Rivalry Clemson Florida Georgia Tech: Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate South Carolina Tennessee Vanderbilt
Culture & lore	All games Hairy Dawg Uga "Glory, Glory" Georgia Redcoat Marching Band First forward pass 1927 Yale game
People	Head coaches Steadman V. Sanford Larry Munson Morgan Blake NFL draftees Starting quarterbacks Statistical leaders
Seasons	1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
National championship seasons in bold

v t e College football national champions (poll era)
1936–1949	1936: Minnesota (AP, DS) / Pittsburgh (BS, HS) 1937: Pittsburgh (AP, BS, DS, HS) / California 1938: TCU (AP) / Tennessee (BS, HS) / Notre Dame (DS) 1939: Texas A&M (AP, BS, HS) / USC (DS) 1940: Minnesota (AP, BS, DS, HS) / Stanford 1941: Minnesota (AP, BS) / Alabama (HS) 1942: Ohio State (AP, BS) / Georgia (HS) 1943: Notre Dame 1944: Army (AP, BS, HS) / Ohio State 1945: Army 1946: Notre Dame (AP) / Army (BS, HS) 1947: Notre Dame (AP) / Michigan (AP [post-bowl], BS, HS) 1948: Michigan 1949: Notre Dame
1950s	1950: Oklahoma 1951: Tennessee (AP, Coaches) / Michigan State / Maryland / Georgia Tech (BS) / Illinois (BS) 1952: Michigan State (AP, Coaches, BS) / Georgia Tech (INS) 1953: Maryland (AP, Coaches, INS) / Notre Dame (BS) 1954: Ohio State (AP, BS, INS) / UCLA (FWAA, Coaches) 1955: Oklahoma 1956: Oklahoma 1957: Auburn (AP) / Ohio State (Coaches, BS, FWAA, INS) 1958: LSU (AP, Coaches, BS, FN) / Iowa (FWAA) 1959: Syracuse
1960s	1960: Minnesota (AP, Coaches, FN, NFF) / Ole Miss (FWAA) / Iowa BS) 1961: Alabama (AP, Coaches, FN, NFF) / Ohio State (FWAA) 1962: USC 1963: Texas 1964: Alabama (AP, Coaches) / Arkansas (FWAA) / Notre Dame (FN, NFF) 1965: Alabama (AP, FWAA) / Michigan State (Coaches, FN, FWAA, NFF) 1966: Notre Dame (AP, Coaches, FN, FWAA, NFF) / Michigan State (NFF) 1967: USC 1968: Ohio State 1969: Texas
1970s	1970: Nebraska (AP, FN, FWAA) / Texas (NFF, Coaches) / Ohio State (NFF) 1971: Nebraska 1972: USC 1973: Notre Dame (AP, FN, FWAA, NFF) / Alabama (Coaches) 1974: Oklahoma (AP, FN) / USC (FWAA, NFF, Coaches) 1975: Oklahoma 1976: Pittsburgh 1977: Notre Dame 1978: Alabama (AP, FWAA, NFF) / USC (Coaches, FN) 1979: Alabama
1980–1991	1980: Georgia 1981: Clemson 1982: Penn State 1983: Miami 1984: BYU 1985: Oklahoma 1986: Penn State 1987: Miami 1988: Notre Dame 1989: Miami 1990: Colorado (AP, FN, FWAA, NFF, USAT/CNN) / Georgia Tech (Coaches) 1991: Miami (AP) / Washington (Coaches, FN, FWAA, UPI/NFF)

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1980 SEC football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#1 Georgia $	6	–	0	–	0	12	–	0	–	0
#6 Alabama	5	–	1	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
#19 Mississippi State	5	–	1	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
Florida	4	–	2	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
LSU	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Tennessee	3	–	3	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Ole Miss	2	–	4	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Kentucky	1	–	5	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Auburn	0	–	6	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Vanderbilt	0	–	6	–	0	2	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll