1980 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

The 1980 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame in the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Dan Devine and played its home games at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, Indiana.

1980 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
Sugar Bowl, L 10–17 vs. Georgia
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 10
APNo. 9
Record9–2–1
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorJoe Yonto
Captains
Home stadiumNotre Dame Stadium
1980 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 Pittsburgh      11 1 0
Tennessee State      9 1 0
No. 5 Florida State      10 2 0
No. 8 Penn State      10 2 0
No. 9 Notre Dame      9 2 1
No. 18 Miami (FL)      9 3 0
Southern Miss      9 3 0
Navy      8 4 0
South Carolina      8 4 0
Virginia Tech      8 4 0
Boston College      7 4 0
Northeast Louisiana      7 4 0
Rutgers      7 4 0
UNLV      7 4 0
Tulane      7 5 0
Colgate      5 4 1
North Texas State      6 5 0
Villanova      6 5 0
West Virginia      6 6 0
Louisville      5 6 0
Richmond      5 6 0
Syracuse      5 6 0
East Carolina      4 7 0
Illinois State      4 7 0
Temple      4 7 0
Army      3 7 1
Holy Cross      3 8 0
Cincinnati      2 9 0
Memphis State      2 9 0
William & Mary      2 9 0
Georgia Tech      1 9 1
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1980 season would be Dan Devine's final year as Notre Dame head coach. In August, he had announced that the upcoming season would be his last. The offense had 248 points for, while the defense gave up 128 points.

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