1980 Jacksonville State Gamecocks football team
American college football season
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The 1980 Jacksonville State Gamecocks football team represented Jacksonville State University as a member of the Gulf South Conference (GSC) during the 1980 NCAA Division II football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Jim Fuller, the Gamecocks compiled an overall record of 8–3 with a mark of 6–1 in conference play, and finished second in the GSC. In the playoffs, Jacksonville State were defeated by Cal Poly in the first round.
ConferenceGulf South Conference
Record8–3 (6–1 GSC)
Headcoach
- Jim Fuller (4th season)
OffensivecoordinatorJack White (2nd season)
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NCAA Division II First Round, L 0–15 at Cal Poly | |
| Conference | Gulf South Conference |
| Record | 8–3 (6–1 GSC) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Jack White (2nd season) |
| Defensive coordinator | Jerry Beach (2nd season) |
| Home stadium | Paul Snow Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 5 North Alabama $^ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 4 Jacksonville State ^ | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Troy State | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Livingston | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mississippi College | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tennessee–Martin | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Delta State | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 6 | Chattanooga* | L 13–16 | 12,000 | [1] | ||
| September 13 | Mississippi College |
| W 51–14 | 10,000 | [2] | |
| September 20 | at Alabama A&M* | W 29–28 | 10,000 | [3] | ||
| September 27 | Alabama State* |
| W 24–14 | 12,500 | [4] | |
| October 4 | at Livingston | No. 8 | W 19–0 | 3,000 | [5] | |
| October 11 | at Tennessee Tech* | No. 7 | W 7–3 | 8,000 | [6] | |
| November 1 | Delta State | No. 3 |
| W 36–3 | 12,000 | [7] |
| November 8 | at Tennessee–Martin | No. 3 | W 19–14 | 9,500 | [8] | |
| November 15 | No. 5 Troy State | No. 3 |
| W 13–8 | 13,000 | [9] |
| November 22 | No. 5 North Alabama | No. 4 |
| L 28–35 | 13,300 | [10] |
| November 29 | at No. 3 Cal Poly* | No. 4 | L 0–15 | 4,380 | [11] | |
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