1980 Jackson State Tigers football team
The 1980 Jackson State Tigers football team represented Jackson State University as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 1980 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by fifth-year head coach W. C. Gorden, the Tigers compiled and overall record of 8–3 with a mark of 5–1 in conference play, sharing the SWAC title with Grambling State.
| 1980 Jackson State Tigers football | |
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SWAC co-champion | |
| Conference | Southwestern Athletic Conference |
| Record | 8–3 (5–1 SWAC) |
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| Home stadium | Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 2 Grambling State +^ | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jackson State + | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alcorn State | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mississippi Valley State | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Southern | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prairie View A&M | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Source |
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| September 6 | 7:30 p.m. | at Alabama State* | W 16–13 | [1] | |
| September 13 | at Tennessee State* | L 0–20 | |||
| September 20 | Prairie View A&M | W 57–6 | |||
| September 27 | Mississippi Valley State |
| W 40–0 | ||
| October 4 | Southeastern Louisiana* |
| L 16–17 | ||
| October 11 | Florida A&M* |
| W 10–0 | ||
| October 18 | at Southern | W 7–6 | |||
| October 25 | at No. T–10 Grambling State | L 14–24 | [2] | ||
| November 1 | Texas Southern |
| W 50–7 | ||
| November 8 | North Carolina Central* |
| W 29–10 | ||
| November 15 | at Alcorn State | W 37–16 | |||
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References
- Mayes, Bob (September 6, 1980). "Alabama State seeks first victory over Jackson State since '11". Montgomery Advertiser. Montgomery, Alabama. p. 9. Retrieved October 12, 2021 – via Newspapers.com
. - "Jackson State comes back, but comes up short, 24–14". The Clarion-Ledger. October 26, 1980. Retrieved March 18, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Jackson State Yearly Results (1980-1984)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
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