When coach Vince Gibson finally found his man, junior college transfer Mike McKay, the team went from mediocre to excellent in a hurry. With the graduation of Nickie Hall, it took a while to fill in the hole. 7-24 L 69,248 HALL OF FAME BOWLD27 Arkansas Birmingham, Ala. 28-7 W 28,101O25 at Georgia Tech Atlanta, Ga. 21-31 L 42,563O11 at Vanderbilt Nashville, Tenn. 14-17 L 44,698S13 at Stanford Palo Alto, Calif. Ranking Date Opponent Location Tul/Opp Score Result AttendanceS6 Southern Miss New Orleans, La. 5 was a special one, as Hall ran for two TDs and passed for another to lead Tulane to its first win over Georgia Tech in Atlanta since 1933. After a 2-3 start, Tulane won five in a row to clinch the bowl bid. The 1980 season was not short on exciting finishes, as kicker Vince Manalla kicked field goals to beat Ole Miss and Kentucky with no time remaining. Cornerback Lionel Washington, who went on to a fine NFL career with the Raiders, led the team with five interceptions. Against Rice, Hall threw five TD passes and Robert Griffin caught four of them.ĭefensively, linebackers Frank Robinson, Marty Wetzel and middle guard Wilfred Simon all had more than 100 tackles for the second consecutive season. Against SMU, Hall set a total offense record with 384 yards, including an 84-yard pass to Marcus Anderson, then the longest in school history. Senior quarterback Nickie Hall, who had spent three seasons in the shadow of the great Roch Hontas, finally got his chance and delivered, tying Hontas' single-season TD pass mark of 21 while passing and running for a school-record 174 points. Drive: 9 plays, 62 yards, 4:21.New head coach Vince Gibson led Tulane to a 7-4 regular season record and an invitation to the Hall of Fame Bowl, marking the first time the Green Wave participated in postseason play in consecutive seasons. OSU – Art Schlichter 10-yard run (Vlade Janakievski kick), 1:36.OSU – Ricky Johnson 4-yard run (pass good), 4:39.OSU – Doug Donley 37-yard pass from Art Schlichter (Vlade Janakievski kick), 12:45.OSU – Vlade Janakievski 42-yard field goal, 0:10.OSU – Vlade Janakievski 34-yard field goal, 3:36.SYR – Dave Warner 1-yard run (Gary Anderson kick), 13:38.OSU – Vlade Janakievski 35-yard field goal, 3:08.SYR – Chris Jilleba 4-yard pass from Dave Warner (Gary Anderson kick), 9:10.SYR – Tony Sidor 21-yard pass from Dave Warner ( Gary Anderson kick), 10:47.Roster 1980 Syracuse Orange football team roster Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game.At the conclusion of the season, head coach Frank Maloney resigned, with a record of 32–46 after seven seasons. Syracuse finished the season with a 5–6 record.
The team was led by seventh-year head coach Frank Maloney and played their home games in the newly constructed Carrier Dome in Syracuse, New York. The 1980 Syracuse Orangemen football team represented Syracuse University during the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season.
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