1980 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team
American college football season
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The 1980 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented Louisiana Tech University as a member of the Southland Conference during the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their first year under head coach Billy Brewer, the team compiled a 5–6 record. Brewer was hired as head coach in December 1979 following the dismissal of Larry Beightol after going 1–9 through the first ten games of the 1979 season.[1]
ConferenceSouthland Conference
Record5–6 (2–3 Southland)
Headcoach
- Billy Brewer (1st season)
Captains
- Mark Buchanan
- Tony Tademy
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| Conference | Southland Conference |
| Record | 5–6 (2–3 Southland) |
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| Home stadium | Joe Aillet Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| McNeese State $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southwestern Louisiana | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UT Arlington | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisiana Tech | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lamar | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas State | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 13 | at Mississippi State* | L 11–31 | 32,812 | [2] | |
| September 20 | at Southern Miss* | L 11–38 | 24,640 | [3] | |
| September 27 | Western Illinois* | W 42–6 | 18,200 | [4] | |
| October 4 | at East Tennessee State* | W 7–3 | 6,489 | [5] | |
| October 11 | Lamar |
| W 16–7 | 13,500 | [6] |
| October 18 | vs. Northwestern State | W 27–23 | 36,000 | [7] | |
| October 25 | UT Arlington |
| L 20–21 | 13,800 | [8] |
| November 1 | at Arkansas State | W 28–0 | 10,000 | [9] | |
| November 8 | McNeese State |
| L 8–45 | 19,200 | [10] |
| November 15 | at Southwestern Louisiana | L 9–27 | 22,638 | [11] | |
| November 22 | at Northeast Louisiana* | L 14–19 | 15,238 | [12] | |
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