1980 Syracuse Orangemen football team

The 1980 Syracuse Orangemen football team represented Syracuse University as an independent during the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was led by head coach Frank Maloney and played their home games in the newly-constructed Carrier Dome in Syracuse, New York. Syracuse finished the season with a 5–6 record. At the conclusion of the season, Maloney resigned with a record of 32–46 after seven seasons.

1980 Syracuse Orangemen football
Conference	Independent
Record	5–6
Head coach	Frank Maloney (7th season)
Offensive coordinator	Tom Coughlin (5th season)
Captains	Jim Collins Joe Morris Dave Warner
Home stadium	Carrier Dome

1980 NCAA Division I-A independents football records

	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 13	at No. 1 Ohio State	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	L 21–31	86,643
September 20	Miami (OH)	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY	W 36–24	50,564
September 27	Northwestern	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY	W 42–21	34,739
October 4	Kansas	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY	L 8–23	43,126
October 11	Temple	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY	W 31–7	36,485
October 18	at No. 12 Penn State	Beaver Stadium University Park, PA (rivalry)	L 7–24	84,790
October 25	Rutgers	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY	W 17–9	39,937
November 1	No. 11 Pittsburgh	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY (rivalry)	L 6–43	50,243
November 8	Navy	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY	L 3–6	50,350
November 15	at Boston College	Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA	L 16–27	22,000
November 22	at West Virginia	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV (rivalry)	W 20–7	34,441
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Game summaries

At Ohio State

See also: 1980 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

Syracuse Orangemen (0–0) at #1 Ohio State Buckeyes (0–0)

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Syracuse	14	7	0	0	21
Ohio State	3	6	15	7	31

at Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio

• Date: September 13
• Game time: 1:30 p.m.
• Game weather: Hazy, 85 °F (29 °C)
• Game attendance: 86,643
• Box Score

Game information

First quarter SYR – Tony Sidor 21-yard pass from Dave Warner (Gary Anderson kick), 10:47. Syracuse 7–0. Drive: 8 plays, 80 yards, 4:13. SYR – Chris Jilleba 4-yard pass from Dave Warner (Gary Anderson kick), 9:10. Syracuse 14–0. Drive: 3 plays, 4 yards, 1:23. OSU – Vlade Janakievski 35-yard field goal, 3:08. Syracuse 14–3. Drive: 14 plays, 62 yards, 6:02. Second quarter SYR – Dave Warner 1-yard run (Gary Anderson kick), 13:38. Syracuse 21–3. Drive: 10 plays, 80 yards, 4:30. OSU – Vlade Janakievski 34-yard field goal, 3:36. Syracuse 21–6. Drive: 11 plays, 70 yards, 3:39. OSU – Vlade Janakievski 42-yard field goal, 0:10. Syracuse 21–9. Drive: 9 plays, 46 yards, 1:39. Third quarter OSU – Doug Donley 37-yard pass from Art Schlichter (Vlade Janakievski kick), 12:45. Syracuse 21–16. Drive: 6 plays, 80 yards, 2:15. OSU – Ricky Johnson 4-yard run (pass good), 4:39. Ohio State 24–21. Drive: 10 plays, 81 yards, 4:08. Fourth quarter OSU – Art Schlichter 10-yard run (Vlade Janakievski kick), 1:36. Ohio State 31–21. Drive: 9 plays, 62 yards, 4:21. Top passers SYR – Dave Warner – 10/16, 91 yards, 2 TD, INT OSU – Art Schlichter – 7/13, 107 yards, TD, 2 INT Top rushers SYR – Joe Morris – 26 rushes, 150 yards OSU – Calvin Murray – 18 rushes, 117 yards Top receivers SYR – Tony Sidor – 7 receptions, 74 yards, TD OSU – Doug Donley – 2 receptions, 58 yards, TD

Roster

1980 Syracuse Orange football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class TE 85 Marty Chalk Fr RB 45 Jaime Covington Fr C 52 Gerry Feehery So TE 84 Mike Feldman So QB 8 Jeff Fischer So OT 59 Andrew Gissinger Sr G 78 Gordon Grownkowski Jr WR 82 Marcus Hackett Fr RB 36 Dennis Hartman Sr G 61 Tony Hazzan Jr TE 49 Chris Jilleba So G 66 John Lally Jr RB 41 Ken Mandeville Sr WR 86 Frank Marone So OT 79 John McCollom Jr RB 44 Glenn Moore Fr WR 13 Dennis Morgis So RB 47 Joe Morris Jr RB Joe Pruitt TE 81 Tony Sidor Sr QB 11 Dave Warner Jr QB Tim Wilson WR 17 Paul Zambuto Jr RB 43 Brent Ziegler Fr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DB 20 Bob Arkellpane Sr LB 57 Craig Bingham Jr DB 32 Ike Bogasian Jr DT 77 Herb Butzke So DB 12 Derrick Carr Fr DE 70 Mike Charles So LB 33 Jim Collins Sr DB 22 Derek Frederickson So DL 89 Chris Hand So DB 35 Andrew Hurley Fr DB 18 Cedric Hinton Jr DE 93 Ralph Joline So DB 19 Jerry Kilpatrick Jr DL 83 Jamie Kimmel Fr LB 58 Ken Kollar Sr LB 30 Guy Ruff Jr DB 15 Russ Spitz Jr LB 48 Mike Zunic Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 1 Gary Anderson Jr P 99 Joe Goodwill Sr	Head coach Frank Maloney Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt