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1980 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team

The 1980 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team represented the University of Delaware as an independent during the 1980 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by 15th-year head coach, Tubby Raymond, the Fightin' Blue Hens finished the season with a record of 9–2, but failed to make the postseason. The team played its home games at Delaware Stadium in Newark, Delaware.

1980 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football
ConferenceIndependent
Record9–2
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorTed Kempski (13th season)
Offensive schemeDelaware Wing-T
Home stadiumDelaware Stadium
Seasons
← 1979
1981 →
1980 NCAA Division I-AA independents football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Lehigh ^   –   9 – 1 – 2
No. 6 Delaware   –   9 – 2 – 0
Southeastern Louisiana   –   8 – 2 – 0
No. 8 Northwestern State   –   8 – 3 – 0
Portland State   –   8 – 3 – 0
Bucknell   –   6 – 4 – 0
James Madison   –   4 – 6 – 0
Lafayette   –   3 – 7 – 0
Nicholls State   –   2 – 9 – 0
Northeastern   –   2 – 9 – 0
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from Associated Press poll

Schedule edit

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 13West Chester
W 28–720,743[1]
September 20at Temple
W 28–723,013[2]
September 27Morgan StateNo. 4
  • Delaware Stadium
  • Newark, DE
W 40–721,943[3]
October 4at No. 10 LehighNo. 2
L 20–2714,500[4]
October 11at No. T–3 UMassNo. T–10
W 21–1710,400[5]
October 18No. 2 (D-II) Northern Michigan No. 6
  • Delaware Stadium
  • Newark, DE
L 7–2222,555[6]
October 25at William & MaryNo. T–10
W 7–311,600[7]
November 1VillanovaNo. 9
  • Delaware Stadium
  • Newark, DE (rivalry)
W 17–722,680[8]
November 8Merchant MarineNo. 9
  • Delaware Stadium
  • Newark, DE
W 59–1315,508[9]
November 15MaineNo. 8
  • Delaware Stadium
  • Newark, DE
W 35–6[10]
November 22Youngstown StateNo. 6
  • Delaware Stadium
  • Newark, DE
W 20–1317,812[11]
  •  Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[12]

Roster edit

1980 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
K 9 Tom Oscar Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  •   Injured
  •   Redshirt

Roster

References edit

  1. ^ "Delaware downs West Chester, 28–7". The Philadelphia Times. September 14, 1980. Retrieved November 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Delaware thumps Temple, 28–7". The Philadelphia Inquirer. September 21, 1980. Retrieved August 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Delaware rips Morgan, 40 to 7". The Baltimore Sun. September 28, 1980. Retrieved November 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Larimer, Terry (October 5, 1980). "Lehigh Jolts Delaware, 27-20". Sunday Call-Chronicle. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Delaware rally frustrates UMass". The Boston Globe. October 12, 1980. Retrieved November 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "N. Michigan passes by Hens". The Morning News. October 19, 1980. Retrieved November 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Tribe's two-game streak ends". Richmond Times-Dispatch. October 26, 1980. Retrieved November 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Hens top Wildcats with 'D'". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 2, 1980. Retrieved November 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Blue Hens sink Merchant Marine 59–13". The News Journal. November 9, 1980. Retrieved November 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "UMO gridders wind up with 4–7 mark after 35–6 loss to Delaware". The Bangor Daily News. November 17, 1980. Retrieved November 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Hens survive Youngstown 'nightmare'". The Morning News. November 23, 1980. Retrieved November 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "1980 Football Schedule". Retrieved April 6, 2020.
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