1980 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football
ConferenceIndependent
Record9–2
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorTed Kempski (13th season)
Offensive schemeDelaware Wing-T
Home stadiumDelaware Stadium
1980 NCAA Division I-AA independents football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW 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

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.

Schedule

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 MichigandaggerNo. 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]
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster

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

Roster

References

  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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