1980 Cal State Fullerton Titans football team
American college football season
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The 1980 Cal State Fullerton Titans football team represented California State University, Fullerton as a member of the Pacific Coast Athletic Association (PCAA) during the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by first-year head coach Gene Murphy, Cal State Fullerton compiled an overall record of 4–7 with a mark of 1–4 in conference play, placing in a three-way tie for fourth place in the PCAA. The Titans played two home games for the third year in a row, both at Titan Field on the Cal State Fullerton campus. The football team shared the stadium with the Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball from 1980 to 1982.
- Gene Murphy (1st season)
| 1980 Cal State Fullerton Titans football | |
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| Conference | Pacific Coast Athletic Association |
| Record | 4–7 (1–4 PCAA) |
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| Defensive coordinator | Bob Burt (1st season) |
| Home stadium | Titan Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Long Beach State $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah State | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Jose State | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fresno State | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal State Fullerton | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pacific (CA) | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 6 | at Fresno State | W 39–25 | 7,282 | [1] | |
| September 20 | at Cal Poly* | W 30–23 | 7,160 | [2] | |
| September 27 | Northern Arizona* |
| W 21–13 | 7,301 | [3] |
| October 4 | at UNLV* | L 17–36 | 21,974 | [4] | |
| October 11 | Utah State |
| L 17–28 | 6,293 | [5] |
| October 18 | at No. 9 Boise State* | L 11–26 | 17,052 | [6] | |
| October 25 | at Nevada* | W 17–16 | 10,177 | [7] | |
| November 1 | at Hawaii* | L 21–31 | 38,166 | [8] | |
| November 8 | at Long Beach State | L 10–20 | 7,351 | [9] | |
| November 15 | at San Jose State | L 21–33 | 10,021 | [10] | |
| November 22 | at Pacific (CA) | L 26–32 | 2,854 | [11] | |
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Team players in the NFL
The following Cal State Fullerton Titans were selected in the 1981 NFL draft.[13][14]
| Player | Position | Round | Overall | NFL team |
| Bobby Kemp | Defensive back | 8 | 202 | Cincinnati Bengals |
