1980 Montreal Expos season
The 1980 Montreal Expos season was the 12th season in franchise history. The Phillies and the Expos were tied in the standings entering the final weekend of the 1980 season with a three game series set between the two clubs at Olympic Stadium. On October 4, with the Phillies holding a one-game lead in the standings, and with the score tied at four heading to the tenth, Mike Schmidt hit a blast deep into the seats in left field to give the Phillies a 6-4 lead and ultimate win to clinch the NL East. This was the Expos closes shot at making the postseason in their brief 12 year history.


1980 Montreal Expos season, Spring training
In 1980, the Expos held spring training at City Island Ball Park in Daytona Beach, Florida, for the final time. It was their eighth season there. For spring training the following season, they would return to West Palm Beach Municipal Stadium in West Palm Beach, Florida, where they previously had trained from 1969 through 1972.


1980 Montreal Expos season, Regular season
On June 8, during a doubleheader against the St. Louis Cardinals, the Expos played against two different Cardinals managers: Ken Boyer, who was fired between games, and his replacement, Jack Krol.


1980 Montreal Expos season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases


1980 Montreal Expos season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases


1980 Montreal Expos season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1980 Montreal Expos season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1980 Montreal Expos season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1980 Moradabad riots
The 1980 Moradabad riots, also known as the Moradabad Muslim Massacre, refers to violence that happened in the Indian city of Moradabad during August–November 1980. A pig entered during the Eid festival prayer in Idgah on 13 August,local Muslims asked the police to remove the pig which was refused. This created a tension among the devotees and a confrontation ensued between local police and Muslims. The police responded with indiscriminate firing, which led to over one hundred deaths. This was followed by a series of violent incidents which became religious in nature, and led to arson, looting and murders.


1980 Moradabad riots
The violent incidents continued until November 1980. The total death tally is uncertain: the government recognized and paid compensation for 400 deaths, while the unofficial estimates run as high as 2500. The riots greatly affected the city's noted brassware industry, which saw a sharp decline in the production and export figures.


1980 Moradabad riots
Journalist and BJP MP MJ Akbar wrote in his book Riot after Riot that the incident "was not a Hindu-Muslim riot but a calculated cold-blooded massacre of Muslims by a rabidly communal police force which tried to cover up its genocide by making it out to be a Hindu-Muslim riot.” EPW correspondent Krishna Gandhi claimed that the "group of criminals supported by ML leaders" were responsible for the massacres. According to him, the firing occurred after Muslims beat up policemen, and the excesses committed by the police were, according to him, a reaction to Muslim attacks.


1980 Moradabad riots, Background
Moradabad has a history of Hindu-Muslim riots; the first such riot occurred in 1848, followed by another one in 1872. In the 1880s, there were more Hindu voters in the city. However, the Muslim secretary of the Municipality always drew the electoral ward boundaries in such a way that Hindus were concentrated in one ward, while the Muslims had the majority in the remaining five wards. As a result, the Muslims always had the majority in the municipal body. Following protests by the Hindus, the ward boundaries were re-drawn and the Hindus gained majority in the municipality. Both the communities used their administrative power to assert their religious interests, leading to communal animosity.


1980 Moradabad riots, Background
In the 1930s, the Muslim League, which demanded a separate country for Muslims, gained popularity in Moradabad. The local leader and lawyer Qazi Taslim Husain turned the Islamic Musafir Khana near the Moradabad railway station into a center for separatist politics in the city. The Hindu organizations Arya Samaj and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) organized akharas in the city, campaigning against the Muslims. Following the partition of India, widespread riots broke out in the city in January 1948. Again in 1978, Hindu-Muslim violence broke out in Sambhal (then part of the Moradabad district).


1980 Moradabad riots, The trigger
The tensions between Hindus and Muslims had been running high since the kidnap of a Dalit girl by some Muslims in March 1980. The Dalits and Muslims used to live in separate bastis (colonies) near an Idgah. The girl was later rescued, and her kidnapper was arrested. In July, on the day of her marriage to a Dalit boy, some Muslims obstructed the marriage procession complaining about loud music near the mosque. The argument soon escalated into a violent clash between the two communities, followed by looting of several houses.


1980 Moradabad riots, The trigger
On 13 August 1980, a domesticated pig from the Dalit colony strayed into the Idgah during the Id prayer. Around 50,000 Muslims were attending Eid prayers at the location. The Muslims, who considered the pigs as haraam, believed that the pig had been deliberately released by the Hindu Dalits. They asked an on-duty policeman to chase the pig away, but he refused to do so, leading to a heated argument. The violence broke out when some Muslims pelted stones at the policemen. The Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) collapsed when a stone hit his forehead.


1980 Moradabad riots, The trigger
The policemen then started firing indiscriminately into the crowd. The police force was reinforced by the Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) troops that arrived in trucks along with the District Magistrate. Several Muslims were killed in the firing; about 50 more lost their lives in a stampede that followed the firing. The Muslim leader Syed Shahabuddin later compared the firing to the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.


1980 Moradabad riots, The riots
The surviving Muslim crowd at the Idgah soon turned into a mob and beat up the policemen in different localities of the city. They burnt a PAC constable to death. In the evening, a Muslim mob attacked the Galshaheed police chowki (outpost), setting it on fire, killing two policemen and looting the arms. This was followed by violent reprisals by the police.


1980 Moradabad riots, The riots
On the next day, 14 August, the Jamaat-e-Islami organized a gathering of the Muslim leaders from the various political parties, and issued a statement condemning the riots. Multiple Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leaders started holding public meetings sowing communal discord in the Hindu community. They organized akharas in the city, campaigning against the Muslims. This resulted in the violence acquired a religious nature and spread to the rural areas of the Moradabad district. The violence also spread to the neighbouring city of Aligarh. The army troops were posted in the region to control the violence. By 2 September, the situation in Moradabad was brought under control, and the army started withdrawing.


1980 Moradabad riots, The riots
The violence continued on a smaller scale until November 1980. A major incidence of violence occurred in September, on the day of the Hindu festival Raksha Bandhan. At the end of October, a series of stabbings and killings resulted in at least 14 deaths.


1980 Moradabad riots, Aftermath
The riots happened when Congress leader V. P. Singh was the chief minister. The Union Minister Yogendra Makwana blamed the violence on the RSS, Jan Sangh and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The Prime Minister Indira Gandhi suggested that "foreign forces" (referring to Pakistan) and "communal parties" were behind the violence. The Times of India editor Girilal Jain stated that the "anti-social elements" among the Muslims were partly responsible for the violence, and criticized the Muslim leaders for not admitting to the facts and instead blaming the RSS.


1980 Moradabad riots, Aftermath
He also gave credence to Indira Gandhi's "foreign hand" theory, and published an article listing the number of Pakistani visitors to Uttar Pradesh. The BJP leader Lal Krishna Advani blamed the Muslim organizations for the violence. The government appointed Justice Saxena of the Allahabad High Court to investigate the riots. The Justice Saxena report, submitted in May 1983, indicted Muslim leaders and V. P. Singh for the violence.


1980 Mr. Olympia
The 1980 Mr. Olympia contest was an IFBB professional bodybuilding competition held on October 4, 1980, at the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia.


1980 Mr. Olympia
The event was one of the most debated competitions in bodybuilding history. While training for his acting role in the 1982 film Conan the Barbarian, Arnold Schwarzenegger stunned the bodybuilding world by unexpectedly coming out of retirement and entering the Mr. Olympia contest one day prior to the event and after having trained for only eight weeks prior.


1980 Mr. Olympia
When asked about his decision to enter the competition, Arnold said "we're going to start shooting the first few scenes (of Conan) in October, and so I really wanted to be muscular because the idea was that Conan was a very muscular, heroic looking guy, and that I should be in top shape... the closer I came to this competition more people started speculating on the idea that I would be competing and the more I started thinking about the possibility. And so around 3 weeks or 2 weeks ago I decided, well, I think it would be a kind of an interesting challenge to do something in 8 weeks that most of the guys do, preparing a year or two years in advance."


1980 Mr. Olympia
Frank Zane, the defending three-time Mr. Olympia champion, entered the contest after recovering from a life-threatening injury. Although Zane had completely recovered and had retained his definition, much of his muscular size from the year before was missing. Other favorites at the competition, including Mike Mentzer, Chris Dickerson, and Boyer Coe, were in excellent condition making the 1980 event one of the most competitive Mr. Olympia contests.


1980 Mr. Olympia
After the final judging, Arnold was declared the winner. The decision was criticized by competitors and attendees, because Arnold lacked his usual size and muscular definition. Many audience members booed as the results were announced. After accepting the runner-up position, Dickerson jumped off stage yelling "I can’t believe it!". Although Coe and Mentzer were tied for fourth in scoring, Mentzer was given the fifth place award. Mentzer was outspoken in his belief that he was the victim of politics and conspiracy. Zane reportedly threw his trophy against the wall backstage. During his acceptance speech, Arnold acknowledged how close the decision was, saying "I have to be very honest, that this was the highest level of competition that I have ever faced in any competition in my life".


1980 Mr. Olympia
In  the aftermath of the competition, many of the competitors, including Frank Zane, Coe, Mentzer, and Walker, vowed to boycott the 1981 contest. CBS Television attended and filmed the 1980 contest but decided not to air the contest on broadcast television as planned. It was the last time the Mr. Olympia contest was filmed by an American broadcast television network.


1980 Ms. Olympia
The 1980 Ms. Olympia contest was an IFBB professional bodybuilding competition was held on August 30, 1980, at the Sheraton Hotel in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was the 1st Ms. Olympia competition held.


1980 Mundialito
The 1980 Mundialito (Spanish for "little World Cup"), or Copa de Oro de Campeones Mundiales ("World Champions' Gold Cup"), was a special international football tournament held in Montevideo, Uruguay, from 30 December 1980 to 10 January 1981, in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the first World Cup tournament, which had been celebrated in 1930 at the same venue. It was organised by FIFA, although the body does not consider it an official competition.


1980 Mundialito
The national teams invited were Uruguay (hosts), Italy, West Germany, Brazil, Netherlands, and Argentina, at the time the six former World Cup-winning nations except for the Netherlands – 1974 and 1978 World Cup runners-up – replacing England, who declined the invitation due to an already crowded fixture list. The Mundialito was held in the middle of the European football season (December/January) and the English league (as well as its clubs) were reluctant to release their players for a long journey to another continent.


1980 Mundialito, Format
The six teams were distributed in two groups of three: Group A was composed of the Netherlands, Italy, and Uruguay; Group B consisted of Argentina, Brazil, and West Germany. The winners of each group faced each other to decide the tournament winner.


1980 Mundialito, Squads
Each team had a squad of 18 players (two of which had to be goalkeepers).


1980 Mundialito, Outcome
Uruguay and Brazil won their respective groups and played the final, with Uruguay defeating Brazil 2–1 with a late goal, the same result that had occurred 30 years earlier between the two teams in the deciding match of the 1950 World Cup. Uruguay's coach during the Mundialito, Roque Máspoli, had also been Uruguay's goalkeeper in the 1950 match.


1980 Mundialito, Outcome
Dutch manager Jan Zwartkruis resigned from his position as soon as he returned to the Netherlands, while Leopoldo Luque and Rainer Bonhof never represented their country again.


1980 Mundialito squads
These are the squads of the 1980 Mundialito, tournament that was played between 30 December 1980, and 10 January 1981, in Uruguay.


1980 Munster Senior Hurling Championship Final
The 1980 Munster Senior Hurling Championship final was a hurling match played at Semple Stadium on 20 July 1980 to determine the winners of the 1980 Munster Senior Hurling Championship, the 94rd season of the Munster Senior Club Hurling Championship, a tournament organised by the Munster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The final was contested by Limerick and Cork, with Limerick winning by 2-14 to 2-10.


1980 Munster Senior Hurling Championship Final
The Munster final between Limerick and Cork was the 18th Munster final meeting between the two teams. Cork were hoping for their 39th Munster title and a record-breaking sixth successive title. Limerick were hoping for their 15th Munster title and their first win since 1974.


1980 Munster Senior Hurling Championship Final
The game was rather slow and ragged as both sides were sluggish for the opening 35 minutes. Limerick failed to move with their usual urgency, however, the forwards made full use of their limited chances. The Cork forwards received a large amount of possession but failed to convert their chances and they were 1-1 to no score in arrears after just five minutes, thanks to a goal by Éamonn Cregan. Cork equalised in the 12th minute when a Pat Horgan cross-field ball found Éamonn O'Donoghue who sent it to the net. Limerick took the lead again twelve minutes later and held a 1-7 to 1-3 lead at the interval.


1980 Munster Senior Hurling Championship Final
Cork lost their captain, Dermot McCurtain, midway through the second half while they were forced to make a number of other changes throughout the field. The Cork attack improved in the second half with Tim Crowley and John Fenton launching attacks from midfield. Seánie O'Leary scored Cork's second goal in the 12th minute to reduced Limerick's lead to 1-10 to 2-5. Five minutes later Ollie O'Connor bagged Limerick's second goal after a pass from Donal Murray. That was the vital score for Limerick and, although Cork were only three points behind, Limerick went on to win by four.


1980 Munster Senior Hurling Championship Final
Limerick's victory was their first over Cork in a Munster final since 1940 and their first championship victory over Cork since 1971.


1980 Murjani WTA Championships
The 1980 Murjani WTA Championships was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Amelia Island Plantation on Amelia Island, Florida in the United States that was part of the 1980 WTA Tour. It was the inaugural edition of the tournament and was held from April 15 through April 20, 1980. First-seeded Martina Navratilova won the singles title and earned $20,000 first-prize money.


1980 Murjani WTA Championships, Finals, Doubles
Rosemary Casals /  Ilana Kloss defeated  Kathy Jordan /  Pam Shriver 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–3)


1980 Murray state by-election
A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Murray on 13 September 1980. It was triggered by the death of Mary Meillon (Liberal). The seat had not been contested by the Country party since 1973 as the Coalition agreement prohibited the party from endorsing candidates to run against sitting Liberals. The 1980 redistribution would see the district of Sturt abolished, and much of the district included in the Murray. Tim Fischer (Country) was the member for Sturt and resigned to contest the by-election.


1980 Murray state by-election
By-elections for the seats of Bankstown and Ku-ring-gai were held on the same day.


1980 NAIA Division I football season
The 1980 NAIA Division I football season was the 25th season of college football sponsored by the NAIA, was the 11th season of play of the NAIA's top division for football.


1980 NAIA Division I football season
The season was played from August to November 1980 and culminated in the 1980 NAIA Division I Champion Bowl. The title game was played on December 20, 1980 at Burlington Memorial Stadium in Burlington, North Carolina, near the campus of Elon College.


1980 NAIA Division I football season
Elon defeated Northeastern State in the Champion Bowl, 17–10, to win their first NAIA national title.


1980 NAIA Division II football season
The 1980 NAIA Division II football season, as part of the 1980 college football season in the United States and the 25th season of college football sponsored by the NAIA, was the 11th season of play of the NAIA's lower division for football.


1980 NAIA Division II football season
The season was played from August to November 1980 and culminated in the 1980 NAIA Division II Football National Championship, played at the Lincoln Bowl in Tacoma, Washington.


1980 NAIA Division II football season
Pacific Lutheran defeated Wilmington (OH) in the championship game, 38–10, to win their first NAIA national title.


1980 NAIA Ice Hockey Championship
The 1980 NAIA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament involved eight schools playing in single-elimination bracket to determine the national champion of men's NAIA college ice hockey. The 1980 tournament was the 13th men's ice hockey tournament to be sponsored by the NAIA. The tournament began on March 1, 1980 and ended with the championship game on March 3, 1980.


1980 NAIA Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1980 NAIA Men's Basketball Tournament was held in March at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri. The 43rd annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.


1980 NAIA Men's Basketball Tournament, 1980 NAIA bracket, 3rd place game
The third place game featured the losing teams from the national semifinalist to determine 3rd and 4th places in the tournament. This game was played until 1988.


1980 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
The 1980 NASCAR Winston Cup Series was the 32nd season of professional stock car racing in the United States and the 9th modern-era NASCAR Cup season. It was the final year with the Gen 2 car. The season began on Sunday, January 13 and ended on Sunday, November 15. Dale Earnhardt won his first Winston Cup championship, winning by 19 points over Cale Yarborough. Jody Ridley was crowned NASCAR Rookie of the Year.


1980 NBA All-Star Game
The 1980 NBA All-Star Game was an exhibition basketball game which was played at the Capital Centre in Landover, Maryland, on February 3, 1980.


1980 NBA All-Star Game, Trivia
With 1:40 left in the overtime period, Larry Bird made the first 3-pointer in All-Star Game history.


1980 NBA Finals
The 1980 NBA World Championship Series was the championship round of the National Basketball Association (NBA)'s 1979–80 season, and the conclusion of the season's playoffs. The Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Eastern Conference champion Philadelphia 76ers 4 games to 2.


1980 NBA Finals
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was the league's MVP, but midway through Game 5, the Lakers center suffered a severely sprained ankle. He managed to come back in the game in the fourth quarter to lead the Lakers to victory and a 3–2 lead in the best-of-seven series. But the Lakers still had to travel to Philadelphia for Game 6. Abdul-Jabbar was listed as out of Game 6, although 76ers coach Billy Cunningham was quoted as saying "I won't believe he's not playing until their plane lands and he's not on it." As it turned out, Kareem did not make the trip and was listed as doubtful if Game 7 had been needed.


1980 NBA Finals
In Game 6, Magic Johnson played what may have been the greatest game of his career. Playing on the road, Johnson (a 6'9" rookie point guard) started the game at center and eventually played all five positions in a dominating performance. Scoring a game-high 42 points and grabbing a game-high 15 rebounds—and handing out seven assists— Johnson led the Lakers to the NBA crown. The Lakers also received strong performances from Jamaal Wilkes with 37 points and 10 rebounds, and Norm Nixon. Jim Chones played strong defense on 76ers center Darryl Dawkins, while Mark Landsberger provided rebounding off the bench, and little used Brad Holland chipped in eight key points.


1980 NBA Finals
Magic Johnson's performance in Game 6 and the series earned him the 1980 NBA Finals Most Valuable Player (MVP). What made Johnson's performance even more remarkable was that he was an NBA rookie—and, indeed, one who had left college after only two years, and was only 20 years old. "Jamaal Wilkes had an unbelievable game", said Johnson in 2011. "Everybody talked about my 42 [points], but it was also his [37-point effort]."


1980 NBA Finals
In Game 4 of the 1980 Finals, Julius Erving executed the legendary Baseline Move, a behind-the-board reverse layup that seemed to defy gravity. Play-by-play announcer Brent Musburger has noted that Erving made such moves almost routinely in his ABA days—but the ABA had no national TV contract in those days. This Game 4 move, played to a national audience in a title game, has probably become Julius Erving's most famous move.


1980 NBA Finals
This was also the first NBA Finals to make use of the three-point line, which debuted that season.


1980 NBA Finals, Background, Los Angeles Lakers
The last time the Lakers won the NBA championship was in 1972. In the eight years between championships, the Lakers made the NBA Finals again in 1973 and lost to the New York Knicks in five games. Then Wilt Chamberlain and Jerry West retired, and the Lakers missed the playoffs in 1975 and 1976. In between, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was acquired, and the Lakers returned to prominence in 1977, but Kareem couldn't do it alone.


1980 NBA Finals, Background, Los Angeles Lakers
The Lakers earned the top pick of the 1979 NBA draft (traded as compensation by the New Orleans Jazz after signing Gail Goodrich in 1976) and selected Magic Johnson from Michigan State. It was one of then-owner Jack Kent Cooke's final acts before selling the team to Jerry Buss during that summer. While Magic dazzled in his rookie season, Kareem would enjoy an MVP campaign in the Lakers' 60–22 regular season. This despite an early season coaching change where Paul Westhead assumed head coaching duties following a bicycle accident to Jack McKinney.


1980 NBA Finals, Background, Los Angeles Lakers
Behind Johnson's passing, Abdul-Jabbar's post play and Michael Cooper's perimeter shooting and defense, the trio formed the core of the Lakers' Showtime-era teams. The chemistry between the three was evident early on, as the Lakers eliminated the Phoenix Suns and defending champions Seattle SuperSonics in a pair of five-game playoff series to advance to the NBA Finals.


1980 NBA Finals, Background, Philadelphia 76ers
Julius Erving arrived before the 1976–77 season, and with him as the focal point of the offense, the 76ers soon transformed into a title contender. But after losing to the Portland Trail Blazers in the 1977 NBA Finals, the 76ers realized that a fancy and one-on-one style of play will not take them all the way. Thus they hired former player Billy Cunningham as head coach, and in 1978 the team traded for defensive stalwart Bobby Jones and drafted Maurice Cheeks, while letting go players such as George McGinnis and World B. Free.


1980 NBA Finals, Background, Philadelphia 76ers
In the 1979–80 season the 76ers finished 59–23, two games behind the Boston Celtics in the Atlantic Division. In the playoffs, they eliminated the Washington Bullets in two games, and the Atlanta Hawks in five games. In the Eastern Conference Finals, the 76ers faced NBA Rookie of the Year Award winner Larry Bird and the 61–win Celtics, and owing to the core's three consecutive playoff appearances, the more experienced 76ers were favored to win the series. Proving the prognosticators right, Philadelphia won in five games, preventing the first Celtics–Lakers final since 1969.


1980 NBA Finals, Background, Philadelphia 76ers
The 76ers were the first of the four Philadelphia professional sports teams to play for their respective sports' championships in the 1980 season. The Flyers lost the Stanley Cup Finals against the New York Islanders in overtime of Game 6, eight days after the 76ers fell to the Lakers in their Game 6. The Phillies beat the Kansas City Royals, themselves in six games, in the World Series. The Eagles lost Super Bowl XV to the Oakland Raiders in January 1981.


1980 NBA Finals, Background, Philadelphia 76ers
Of note, this marked the first of the ten NBA Finals played in the 1980s, all of which featured either the Boston Celtics or the Los Angeles Lakers (three Finals featured both teams).


1980 NBA Finals, Background, Regular season series
Both teams split the two meetings, each won by the home team:


1980 NBA Finals, Series summary, Game 1
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, playing on a mission and finally with an effective supporting cast around him, scored 33 points, pulled down 14 rebounds, and had six blocks and five assists on the way to a 109–102 win in the Forum. Norm Nixon had 23 points and Jamaal Wilkes finished with 20 while the Lakers did an excellent job double-teaming Julius Erving. Rookie Magic Johnson contributed 16 points, 10 assists and 11 rebounds.


1980 NBA Finals, Series summary, Game 2
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar continued to dominate, with 38 points in Game 2. But, this time, he got very little help as the Laker break never got going.


1980 NBA Finals, Series summary, Game 2
Julius Erving scored 12 points in the first quarter on his way to 23, beginning the game with a dunk over Abdul-Jabbar. Maurice Cheeks matched Erving's total of 23 points, while Bobby Jones added 13 off the bench. The key was Darryl Dawkins, who had one of his best games of the season by scoring 25 points, many of them on outside shots trying to draw Abdul-Jabbar away from the basket.


1980 NBA Finals, Series summary, Game 2
The Sixers led by as much as 20 in the fourth period, but the Lakers roared back, trimming the lead to 105–104 late in the game. Then, Jones popped in a jumper with seven seconds left, and that was enough for a 107–104 Philly win that tied the series at a game apiece.


1980 NBA Finals, Series summary, Game 3
With a split in L.A., the Sixers were hoping to take command of the series with the next two games in Philadelphia. The Lakers, however, ended those hopes by taking a 15-point lead in the first quarter. Julius Erving led a short comeback in the second, but a 9–0 run by the Lakers extended their lead to 14 at the half.


1980 NBA Finals, Series summary, Game 3
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar once again had a big game with 33 points, 14 rebounds, four blocks and three assists as the Lakers cruised to a 111–101 win. Julius Erving scored the only three-pointer of the series (and first in NBA Finals history) in this game.


1980 NBA Finals, Series summary, Game 4
This game was a nip-and-tuck affair that was highlighted by Julius Erving's signature "Baseline Move" in the fourth quarter. The Sixers went on to even the series with a 105–102 win. Darryl Dawkins led the Sixers with 26 points and Erving added 23.


1980 NBA Finals, Series summary, Game 5
Back at the Forum, the Lakers held a two-point lead late in the third quarter when Kareem Abdul-Jabbar stepped on Lionel Hollins' foot as he was running upcourt after a Laker basket and twisted his ankle. At that point, Kareem had scored 26 points and was carrying the Lakers, but now he was in the locker room. Magic Johnson then asserted himself by scoring six points and added an assist as Los Angeles moved up by eight at the end of the third.


1980 NBA Finals, Series summary, Game 5
Abdul-Jabbar then limped back onto the floor. His appearance aroused the Forum regulars and, despite the bad ankle, scored 11 points and had two key blocked shots down the stretch. The Sixers, however, had Julius Erving who scored 11 of the Sixers last 13 points to complete an 8-point comeback, and tie the game at 103–103 with only 43 seconds remaining.


1980 NBA Finals, Series summary, Game 5
On the Lakers possession, Darryl Dawkins was trying to front Abdul-Jabbar but to no avail as Magic threw a pass overhead so only Erving stood between Kareem and the basket. Abdul-Jabbar, bad ankle and all, dunked emphatically over Erving and drew the foul with 33 seconds left. He converted the 3-point play to take a 106–103 lead.


1980 NBA Finals, Series summary, Game 5
After a timeout, the Sixers put the ball in the hands of Erving, who tried a spectacular, scooping finger-roll, but missed. Magic got the rebound to seemingly seal the win, but the Lakers tried to force the fast-break and ended up turning the ball over, out-of-bounds. However, the Sixers turned the ball right back over by stepping out of bounds on a desperation 3-point attempt. Norm Nixon would finally seal the game at the foul line by making both of his foul shots. The victory gave the Lakers the crucial 3–2 series lead heading back to Philadelphia.


1980 NBA Finals, Series summary, Game 5
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's 14 point 4th quarter on a bad ankle capped an overall 40-point performance. After Game 5 Abdul-Jabbar was averaging 33.4 points per game as compared to eventual MVP Magic Johnson's 17.4.


1980 NBA Finals, Series summary, Game 6
The Lakers' team doctors declared Abdul-Jabbar and his bad ankle unfit for Game 6 (he wasn't even allowed to make the trip to Philadelphia with the team because of the swelling), so Laker coach Paul Westhead made a bold move by asking Magic Johnson to jump center. Johnson had no problem and was up to the challenge, although he would lose the famous opening tip to Caldwell Jones. Early on, the Sixers seemed unsure how to counter the matchup problem. The Lakers went up 7–0, then 11–4. Finally, the Sixers used their newfound size advantage in the second quarter to take a 52–44 lead. The Lakers countered by collapsing more in the paint and rallied for a 60–60 tie at the half.


1980 NBA Finals, Series summary, Game 6
Los Angeles opened the third period with a 14–0 run, keyed by Jamaal Wilkes, who had 16 points in the quarter. In the fourth with a little over five minutes left, the Sixers rallied to cut the Laker lead to 103–101. After a timeout, the Lakers went on one last run, with Magic scoring nine points down the stretch on the way to a final 123–107 margin.


1980 NBA Finals, Series summary, Game 6
Wilkes had a career-high 37 points and added 10 rebounds. Jim Chones effectively shut down the middle in place of Abdul-Jabbar and finished with 11 points and 10 rebounds, and held Darryl Dawkins to 14 points and a scant four rebounds. Michael Cooper, in a rare start, scored 16 points, and Mark Landsberger contributed 10 boards.


1980 NBA Finals, Series summary, Game 6
Magic Johnson scored 42 points, including all 14 of his free-throw attempts. He added 15 rebounds, seven assists, three steals and a block and was elected MVP of the series. "It was amazing, just amazing", said Erving, who led Philly with 27 points.


1980 NBA Finals, Television coverage
The series-deciding Game 6 became the most notorious example of CBS's practice of showing even the most important NBA games on "tape delay" broadcasts. Because May 16, 1980, was a Friday, the network did not want to preempt two of its highest-rated shows, The Dukes of Hazzard and Dallas, even though both shows were already in reruns: the 1979–80 TV season had ended early, back in March, in anticipation of a strike that summer by the Screen Actors Guild. So Game 6 was shown at 11:30pm


1980 NBA Finals, Television coverage
Eastern (10:30pm Central) in all but five US cities: Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Portland, Las Vegas and Seattle, who carried it live; all but Philadelphia are located in the Pacific Time Zone, thus could show the game live at 6 p.m. local time, then carry CBS's prime time lineup, delayed by a few minutes for the ending of the game. In Atlanta, the CBS affiliate didn't show Game 6 at all, bumping it to independent station WATL-TV, who at least carried the contest live. (This is often cited as an example of TV's lack of interest in the NBA in the "pre-Magic and Bird" era.)


1980 NBA Finals, Television coverage
Had Game 7 been played, it would have tipped off at noon Pacific (3 p.m. Eastern).


1980 NBA Finals, Television coverage
The 1980 Finals would mark the last play-by-play assignment for Brent Musburger, who was joined on color commentary by Utah Jazz play-by-play announcer Hot Rod Hundley and Boston Celtics legend Bill Russell. Musburger would remain involved with CBS' NBA coverage until 1989, but his duties for later NBA Finals were as a studio host, though he continued to call play-by-play on various occasions.


1980 NBA draft
The 1980 NBA draft was the 34th annual draft of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The draft was held on June 10, 1980, at the Sheraton Centre Hotel & Towers, before the 1980–81 season. In this draft, 23 NBA teams took turns selecting amateur U.S. college basketball players and other eligible players, including international players. The first two picks in the draft belonged to the teams that finished last in each conference, with the order determined by a coin flip.


1980 NBA draft
The Boston Celtics, who obtained the Detroit Pistons' first-round pick in a trade, won the coin flip and were awarded the first overall pick, while the Utah Jazz were awarded the second pick. The Celtics then traded the first pick to the Golden State Warriors before the draft. The remaining first-round picks and the subsequent rounds were assigned to teams in reverse order of their win–loss record in the previous season. An expansion franchise, the Dallas Mavericks, took part in the NBA Draft for the first time and were assigned the eleventh pick in each round.


1980 NBA draft
A player who had finished his four-year college eligibility was automatically eligible for selection. Before the draft, five college underclassmen announced that they would leave college early and would be eligible for selection. The draft consisted of 10 rounds comprising the selection of 214 players. This draft has the distinction of being the first NBA Draft to be televised.


1980 NBA draft, Draft selections and draftee career notes
Joe Barry Carroll from Purdue University was selected first overall by the Golden State Warriors. Darrell Griffith from the University of Louisville was selected second by the Utah Jazz. He went on to win the Rookie of the Year Award in his first season. Kevin McHale from the University of Minnesota was selected third by the Boston Celtics. McHale spent his entire 13-year career with the Celtics and won three NBA championships. He also won two consecutive Sixth Man of the Year Award and was also selected to one All-NBA Team, seven All Star Games and six All-Defensive Teams.


1980 NBA draft, Draft selections and draftee career notes
For his achievements, he has been inducted to the Basketball Hall of Fame. McHale was also named to the list of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History announced at the league's 50th anniversary in 1996. Carroll, 8th pick Andrew Toney, 11th pick Kiki Vandeweghe and 25th pick Jeff Ruland are the only other players from this draft who was selected to an All-Star Game.


1980 NBA draft, Draft selections and draftee career notes
Nine players drafted went on to have a coaching career in the NBA. Kevin McHale served as the interim head coach for the Timberwolves in 2005 and in the 2008–2009 season before working as head coach of the Houston Rockets for four and a half seasons. Mike Woodson, the 12th pick, coached the Atlanta Hawks for six seasons. Larry Drew, the 17th pick, worked as Woodson's assistant before he was promoted to the head coaching position in 2010.


1980 NBA draft, Draft selections and draftee career notes
Bill Hanzlik, the 20th pick, coached the Denver Nuggets in the 1997–1998 season, compiling an 11–71 record, the worst full-season record for a rookie coach in NBA history. Butch Carter, the 37th pick, coached the Toronto Raptors for two and a half seasons. Terry Stotts, the 38th pick, coached both the Atlanta Hawks and Milwaukee Bucks for two seasons, and is currently the head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers. Kurt Rambis, the 58th pick, who played nine years for the Los Angeles Lakers, served as the team's interim head coach in 1999.


1980 NBA draft, Draft selections and draftee career notes
After working as the Lakers assistant coach for seven years, Rambis received his first permanent head coaching position with the Minnesota Timberwolves in 2009. Two other players, Kiki Vandeweghe and Kenny Natt, had brief spells as interim head coaches in the NBA, each of which lasted less than one season. Woodson would later go on to be the first person in NBA history to become head coach of the team that drafted him when he took over as head coach of the New York Knicks on an interim basis in March 2012.


1980 NBA draft, Other picks
The following list includes other draft picks who have appeared in at least one NBA game.


1980 NBA draft, Trades, Draft-day trades
The following trades involving drafted players were made on the day of the draft.


1980 NBA draft, Trades, Pre-draft trades
Prior to the day of the draft, the following trades were made and resulted in exchanges of picks between the teams.


1980 NBA expansion draft
The 1980 NBA Expansion Draft was the seventh expansion draft of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The draft was held on May 28, 1980, so that the newly founded Dallas Mavericks could acquire players for the upcoming 1980–81 season. Dallas had been awarded the expansion team on February 3, 1980. In an NBA expansion draft, new NBA teams are allowed to acquire players from the previously established teams in the league. Not all players on a given team are available during an expansion draft, since each team can protect a certain number of players from being selected. In this draft, each of the twenty-two other NBA teams had protected eight players from their roster and the Mavericks selected twenty-two unprotected players, one from each team.


1980 NBA expansion draft
The Mavericks were formed and owned by a group headed by Don Carter and Norm Sonju. Washington Bullets head coach and 1971 Coach of the Year Dick Motta was hired as the franchise's first head coach. The Mavericks' went with young players in the expansion draft and avoided selecting experienced players with large contracts or injury problems. Eighteen of the twenty-two players chosen had less than three years of NBA experience. The Mavericks' selections included former first overall pick Austin Carr, one-time All-Defensive Team Jim Cleamons and eleven-year veteran Bingo Smith.


1980 NBA expansion draft
However, Cleamons and Smith never played for the Mavericks and Carr only played briefly before he was sold to the Washington Bullets. Eleven of the selections were former first-round draft picks. Eleven players from the expansion draft joined the Mavericks for their inaugural season, but only two played more than one season for the team. Tom LaGarde played two seasons and Jim Spanarkel played four seasons for the Mavericks.


1980 NBA playoffs
The 1980 NBA playoffs were the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1979–80 season. The tournament concluded with the Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers defeating the Eastern Conference champion Philadelphia 76ers 4 games to 2 in the NBA Finals. The Lakers earned their seventh NBA title, their second since moving from Minneapolis.


1980 NBA playoffs
Magic Johnson became the first and (as of 2020), only rookie to be named NBA Finals MVP, leading L.A. to a clinching Game 6 victory with 42 points, 15 rebounds and 7 assists. With center Kareem Abdul-Jabbar out with a severely sprained ankle, Johnson started at center instead, and ultimately played all five positions on the court in the game.


1980 NBA playoffs
Philadelphia earned their third Eastern Conference championship, but were unsuccessful in capturing their second NBA title.


1980 NBA playoffs
The Milwaukee Bucks appeared in the playoffs for the last time as a member of the West; the Houston Rockets and San Antonio Spurs likewise appeared for the last time playing for the East. They switched conferences (along with the Chicago Bulls) in the 1980–81 season with the addition of the Dallas Mavericks. The Bucks made the playoffs for the first time since 1978, starting a string of twelve consecutive appearances that included three Conference Finals appearances (1983, 1984, and 1986) and seven consecutive division titles (1980-1986). They did not miss the playoffs again until 1992.


1980 NBA playoffs, First Round, Eastern Conference First Round, (3) Philadelphia 76ers vs. (6) Washington Bullets
This was the third playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Bullets winning the first two meetings.


1980 NBA playoffs, First Round, Eastern Conference First Round, (4) Houston Rockets vs. (5) San Antonio Spurs
The Rockets gained home-court advantage due to a better record within the Central Division (20-10 to the Spurs' 14-16). Both teams had 41-41 records and split their season series 3-3.


1980 NBA playoffs, First Round, Eastern Conference First Round, (4) Houston Rockets vs. (5) San Antonio Spurs
This was the first playoff meeting between the Rockets and the Spurs.


1980 NBA playoffs, First Round, Western Conference First Round, (3) Seattle SuperSonics vs. (6) Portland Trail Blazers
This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams, with the SuperSonics winning the first meeting.


1980 NBA playoffs, First Round, Western Conference First Round, (4) Phoenix Suns vs. (5) Kansas City Kings
This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Suns winning the first meeting.


1980 NBA playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Eastern Conference Semifinals, (1) Boston Celtics vs. (4) Houston Rockets
This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Celtics winning the first meeting.


1980 NBA playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Eastern Conference Semifinals, (2) Atlanta Hawks vs. (3) Philadelphia 76ers
This was the first playoff meeting between the Hawks and the 76ers.


1980 NBA playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Western Conference Semifinals, (1) Los Angeles Lakers vs. (4) Phoenix Suns
This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Lakers winning the first meeting.


1980 NBA playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Western Conference Semifinals, (2) Milwaukee Bucks vs. (3) Seattle SuperSonics
This was the first playoff meeting between the Bucks and the SuperSonics.


1980 NBA playoffs, Conference Finals, Eastern Conference Finals, (1) Boston Celtics vs. (3) Philadelphia 76ers
This was the 15th playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Celtics winning eight of the first 14 meetings.


1980 NBA playoffs, Conference Finals, Western Conference Finals, (1) Los Angeles Lakers vs. (3) Seattle SuperSonics
This was the third playoff meeting between these two teams, with the SuperSonics winning the first two meetings.


1980 NBA playoffs, NBA Finals: (W1) Los Angeles Lakers vs. (E3) Philadelphia 76ers
This was the third playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Lakers winning the first two meetings. These series took place prior to the relocation of the Lakers (1960) and 76ers (formerly Nationals) (1963).


1980 NBL Finals
The 1980 NBL Finals was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball League's 1980 season, which began in February. The finals began on 14 June. The tournament concluded with the minor premiers St Kilda Saints defeating the second-seeded West Adelaide Bearcats in the NBL Grand Final on 15 June. Rocky Smith was named NBL Grand Final MVP.


1980 NBL Finals, Format
The NBL finals series in 1980 consisted of two semi-final games, and one championship-deciding grand final. The finals were contested between the top four teams of the regular season, with the finals weekend hosted at the neutral Dowling Street Stadium in Launceston, Tasmania.


1980 NBL season
The 1980 NBL season was the 2nd season of the National Basketball League (NBL).


1980 NBL season, Regular Season
The 1980 Regular Season took place over 18 Rounds between 2 February 1980 and 8 June 1980. Each team played 22 games, against every opponent twice.


1980 NBL season, Ladder
The NBL tie-breaker system as outlined in the NBL Rules and Regulations states that in the case of an identical win-loss record, the results in games played between the teams will determine order of seeding.


1980 NBL season, Ladder
1Head-to-Head between St. Kilda Saints and West Adelaide Bearcats (1-1). St. Kilda Saints won For and Against (+8).


1980 NBL season, Ladder
3Head-to-Head between Coburg Giants and City of Sydney Astronauts (1-1). Coburg Giants won For and Against (+22).


1980 NBL season, Finals
The NBL finals series in 1980 consisted of two semi-final games, and one championship-deciding grand final. All three of these finals games were sudden death.


1980 NC State Wolfpack football team
The 1980 NC State Wolfpack football team represented North Carolina State University during the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was Monte Kiffin. NC State has been a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) since the league's inception in 1953. The Wolfpack played its home games in 1980 at Carter–Finley Stadium in Raleigh, North Carolina, which has been NC State football's home stadium since 1966.


1980 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament
The 1980 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament was played at the end of the 1980 NCAA Division I baseball season to determine the national champion of college baseball. The tournament concluded with eight teams competing in the College World Series, a double-elimination tournament in its thirty fourth year. Eight regional competitions were held to determine the participants in the final event. Seven regions held a four team, double-elimination tournament while one region included six teams, resulting in 34 teams participating in the tournament at the conclusion of their regular season, and in some cases, after a conference tournament. The thirty-fourth tournament's champion was Arizona, coached by Jerry Kindall. The Most Outstanding Player was Terry Francona of the Arizona.


1980 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament, Regionals
Seven of the eight regionals were played as 4-team double-elimination tournaments. One regional was played as a 6-team double-elimination tournament. The winner of each regional moved onto the College World Series.


1980 NCAA Division I Basketball Championship Game
The 1980 NCAA Division I Basketball Championship Game was the finals of the 1980 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament and it determined the national champion for the 1979-80 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The 1980 National Title Game was played on March 24, 1980 at Market Square Arena in Indianapolis. The 1980 National Title Game was played between the 1980 Midwest Regional Champions, Louisville and the 1980 West Regional Champions, UCLA.


1980 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament
The 1980 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament involved 48 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's  NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 6th, 1980, and ended with the championship game on March 24th at Market Square Arena in Indianapolis. A total of 48 games were played, including a national third-place game.


1980 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament
Louisville, coached by Denny Crum, won the national title with a 59–54 victory in the final game over UCLA, coached by Larry Brown. Darrell Griffith of Louisville was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.


1980 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament
Structurally speaking, this was the 1st tournament of the modern era. For the first time:


1980 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament
In the 2nd year the tournament field was seeded, no #1 seed reached the Final 4. This would not happen again until 2006 and also occurred in 2011.


1980 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament
UCLA would forfeit its second place in the standings in 1981 after players representing the school were declared ineligible by the NCAA.


1980 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament, Schedule and venues
The following are the sites that were selected to host each round of the 1980 tournament:


1980 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament, Schedule and venues
National Semifinals, 3rd Place Game, and Championship (Final Four and Championship)


1980 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament, Schedule and venues
For the 1st time, Indianapolis was the host of the Final 4; the next 6 held in the city were held at either the RCA Dome or at Lucas Oil Stadium. The Midwest Regional at The Summit marked the 4th different venue to host Tournament games in the city of Houston; a 5th location, NRG Stadium, was introduced in 2008. The city holds the record for the most different venues used. Only Indianapolis has had 4 venues utilized as of this tournament and would not hit a 5th until 2021, when its current NBA arena, Bankers Life  Fieldhouse, was used. 3 different venues hosted games for the first time, all on college campuses; of the 3, Purdue's Mackey Arena repeated as a host in 2021.


1980 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships
The 1980 NCAA Division I Men's Cross Country Championships were the 42nd annual cross country meet to determine the team and individual national champions of NCAA Division I men's collegiate cross country running in the United States. Held on November 24, 1980, the meet was hosted by Wichita State University at the Echo Hills Golf Course in Park City, Kansas. The distance for this race was 10 kilometers (6.21 miles).


1980 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships
This was the final year of a singular men's championship. Starting in 1981, the NCAA Women's Division I Cross Country Championship was added and held at the same site as the men's championship each subsequent year.


1980 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships
All Division I cross country teams were eligible to qualify for the meet through their placement at various regional qualifying meets. In total, 29 teams and 243 individual runners contested this championship.


1980 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships
The team national championship was retained again by the UTEP Miners, their sixth, and third consecutive, overall title. The individual championship was won by Suleiman Nyambui, also from UTEP, with a time of 20:04.00.


1980 NCAA Division I Golf Championship
The 1980 NCAA Division I Golf Championship was the 42nd annual NCAA-sanctioned golf tournament to determine the individual and team national champions of men's collegiate golf at the Division I level in the United States.


1980 NCAA Division I Golf Championship
The tournament was held at the Ohio State University Golf Club in Columbus, Ohio.


1980 NCAA Division I Golf Championship
Oklahoma State won the team championship, the Cowboys' third NCAA title and first since 1981.


1980 NCAA Division I Golf Championship
Jay Don Blake, from Utah State, won the individual title.


1980 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
The 1980 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 1979–80 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season, the 33rd such tournament in NCAA history. It was held between March 22 and 29, 1980, and concluded with North Dakota defeating Northern Michigan 5-2. The first round game was held at the home team venue while all succeeding games were played at the Providence Civic Center in Providence, Rhode Island.


1980 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Qualifying teams
The NCAA gave four teams automatic bids into the tournament. The two ECAC teams that reached the ECAC tournament final received bids as did the two WCHA co-champions. The NCAA also had the ability to add up to 4 additional teams as it saw fit and chose to include the CCHA tournament champion as well.


1980 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format
The four automatic qualifiers were seeded according to pre-tournament finish. The ECAC champion was seeded as the top eastern team while the WCHA co-champion that finished highest in the regular season was given the top western seed. The second eastern seed was slotted to play the top western seed and vice versa. Because an at-large bid was offered to a western school they were placed in a first round game with the second western seed to determine the final semifinalist. The first round game was played at the home venue of the second seed while all succeeding games were played at the Providence Civic Center. All matches were Single-game eliminations with the semifinal winners advancing to the national championship game and the losers playing in a consolation game.


1980 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship
The 1980 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Tournament was the 10th annual Division I NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship tournament. Eight NCAA Division I college men's lacrosse teams met after having played their way through a regular season, and for some, a conference tournament.


1980 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship, Tournament overview
The championship game was hosted by Cornell University, and was played in front of 7,557 fans. The game saw the Johns Hopkins University defeat University of Virginia by the score of 9–8 in double-overtime, to win their third straight national title.


1980 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship, Tournament overview
Hopkins battled back from an 8-6 deficit with nine minutes to play, when attackman Jeff Harris took a pass from Jim Bidne in front of the Virginia goal and rifled a shot over the left shoulder of the Cavalier's goalie with 0:48 to play in the second overtime to give Hopkins the team's third straight national title. Virginia had defeated the Blue Jays earlier in the year 12 to 9, ending Hopkins 25 game win streak.


1980 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship, Tournament overview
Following the tournament, National lacrosse champ Johns Hopkins dominated the Division I All American squad with eight total selections. Goalie , defenseman Mark Greenberg and midfielder Brendan Schneck repeated as first team choices, while Jeff Cook made the second team attack squad.


1980 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship, Tournament overview
Virginia was notable in this tournament for playing overtime games in all three of their contests, including the two overtime game against Hopkins in the finals.


1980 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships
The 1980 NCAA Men's Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships were contested June 3−7 at the 58th annual NCAA-sanctioned track meet to determine the individual and team national champions of men's collegiate Division I outdoor track and field events in the United States.


1980 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships
This year's meet was contested at Memorial Stadium at the University of Texas at Austin in Austin, Texas. This was the third time the Longhorns hosted the event, and the first since 1974.


1980 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships
UTEP topped the team standings for the third consecutive year and, therefore, claimed their fourth national title.


1980 NCAA Division I Soccer Tournament
The 1980 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament was the 22nd organized men's college soccer tournament by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, to determine the top college soccer team in the United States. The San Francisco Dons won their fourth national title (their 1978 title and tournament wins were vacated by the NCAA) by defeating the Indiana Hoosiers in the championship game, 4–3, after one overtime period. Oddly, this was re-match of the 1978 tournament final won by San Francisco but later vacated by the NCAA. The final match was played on December 14, 1980, in Tampa, Florida, at Tampa Stadium for the third straight year.


1980 NCAA Division I Swimming and Diving Championships
The 1980 NCAA Men's Division I Swimming and Diving Championships were contested in March 1980 at Blodgett Pool at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts at the 57th annual NCAA-sanctioned swim meet to determine the team and individual national champions of Division I men's collegiate swimming and diving in the United States.


1980 NCAA Division I Swimming and Diving Championships
California again topped the team standings, the Golden Bears' second consecutive and second overall title.


1980 NCAA Division I Tennis Championships
The 1980 NCAA Division I Tennis Championships were the 35th annual tournaments to determine the national champions of NCAA men's college tennis. Matches were played during May 1980 at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex in Athens, Georgia on the campus of the University of Georgia. A total of three championships were contested: men's team, singles, and doubles.


1980 NCAA Division I Tennis Championships
The men's team championship was won by the Stanford Cardinal, their 5th team national title. Stanford defeated California in the final round, 5–3. The men's singles title was won by Robert Van't Hof from USC, and the men's doubles title went to Mel Purcell and Rodney Harmon of Tennessee.


1980 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships
The 1980 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships were the 50th NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships to be held. Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon hosted the tournament at the Gill Coliseum.


1980 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships
Iowa took home the team championship with 110.75 points and having two individual champions.


1980 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships
Howard Harris of Oregon State received the Gorriaran Award as well as being named the Most Outstanding Wrestler.


1980 NCAA Division I baseball rankings
The following poll makes up the 1980 NCAA Division I baseball rankings. Collegiate Baseball Newspaper published its first human poll of the top 20 teams in college baseball in 1957, and expanded to rank the top 30 teams in 1961.


1980 NCAA Division I baseball rankings, Collegiate Baseball
Currently, only the final poll from the 1980 season is available.


1980 NCAA Division I baseball season
The 1980 NCAA Division I baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) began in the spring of 1980. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1980 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the thirty fourth time in 1980, consisted of one team from each of eight regional competitions and was held in Omaha, Nebraska at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium as a double-elimination tournament. Arizona claimed the championship for the second time.


1980 NCAA Division I baseball season, Conference winners
This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1980 season. The NCAA sponsored regional competitions to determine the College World Series participants. Seven regionals of four teams and one of six each competed in double-elimination tournaments, with the winners advancing to Omaha. 21 teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference championship while 13 teams earned at-large selections.


1980 NCAA Division I baseball season, College World Series
The 1980 season marked the thirty fourth NCAA Baseball Tournament, which culminated with the eight team College World Series. The College World Series was held in Omaha, Nebraska. The eight teams played a double-elimination format, with Arizona claiming their second championship with a 5–3 win over Hawaii in the final.


1980 NCAA Division I-A football rankings
Two human polls comprised the 1980 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I-A football rankings. Unlike most sports, college football's governing body, the NCAA, does not bestow a national championship, instead that title is bestowed by one or more different polling agencies. There are two main weekly polls that begin in the preseason—the AP Poll and the Coaches' Poll.


1980 NCAA Division I-A football season
The 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season saw a university from the state of Georgia take its first national title since 1942.


1980 NCAA Division I-A football season
Nine days following the bowl games to close the 1979 season, tragedy struck when new LSU coach Bo Rein died when the plane he was flying in crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Virginia. Rein, who coached North Carolina State to the Atlantic Coast Conference championship in 1979, was named on November 30 of that year as the successor to Charles McClendon, who coached LSU to a 137–59–7 mark from 1962 through 1979. Jerry Stovall, a former LSU All-American and St. Louis Cardinals defensive back, was named to succeed Rein approximately 36 hours after the crash.


1980 NCAA Division I-A football season
The Georgia Bulldogs starred freshman running back Herschel Walker, who made his NCAA debut against Tennessee. Down 15–2 at halftime, Georgia sent in Walker, the third string running back at the time, to try to light a spark. Walker ran over All-American safety Bill Bates, in a play that would set the tempo for the rest of his career.


1980 NCAA Division I-A football season
This year was the final season in which long time rivals Rutgers and Princeton played against each other. The rivalry between the New Jersey schools has not been played since.


1980 NCAA Division I-A football season
This year's edition of Florida–Georgia game was won on a last minute 92 yard pass from Georgia's own endzone, known by the play by play call "Run, Lindsay, run! ".


1980 NCAA Division I-A football season
The Bulldogs ran through the rest of the season unscathed, beating Notre Dame in the Sugar Bowl. Walker rushed for 150 yards against Notre Dame, a defense which had not given up a hundred-yard game that whole season. He did this with a dislocated shoulder.


1980 NCAA Division I-A football season
The Pittsburgh Panthers also had a stellar season, led by defensive end Hugh Green. The team went 11–1 and finished ranked No. 2, finishing the season with a rout of South Carolina and Heisman Trophy winner George Rogers in the Gator Bowl. 29 players from this team went on to play in the NFL.


1980 NCAA Division I-A football season
Florida State defeated No. 3 ranked Nebraska on the Cornhuskers' home turf, and the following week defeated the No. 2 ranked Pitt Panthers


1980 NCAA Division I-A football season
It was an unusual year for the Pac-10 as 5 of its 10 members were placed on probation by the conference (but not the NCAA) including traditional powers USC and UCLA, along with both Oregon schools and Arizona State. So half the conference was ineligible for bowl games and it was feared that the 4th or 5th-place finisher would end up in the Rose Bowl. Ironically,  USC and UCLA both got as high as No. 2 in the polls before being upset. As it turned out, the probation didn't matter as Washington won the conference outright with a 6–1 record.


1980 NCAA Division I-A football season
This year's edition of the Holiday Bowl was a classic as the BYU staged a fourth quarter comeback, led by future NFL star Jim McMahon. Down 45–25 to SMU with less than four minutes left, McMahon threw three touchdown passes, including a Hail Mary as time expired, caught in the endzone by Clay Brown, despite being surrounded by three SMU defenders.


1980 NCAA Division I-A football season, Season recap
The pre season poll had a top six of 1. Ohio State, 2. Alabama, 3. Pittsburgh, 4. USC, 5. Oklahoma, and 6. Nebraska. Also of note is that Georgia was ranked 16th. For the first month of the season, the top 6 teams did not change, although there was some movement within the top 6. Going into games on September 27, the poll was 1. Alabama, 2. Ohio State, 3. Nebraska, 4. Oklahoma, 5. USC, and 6. Pittsburgh. On that day, Oklahoma lost at home to John Elway and Stanford, 31–14. Texas replaced Oklahoma in the top 5, and the new rankings were 1. Alabama, 2. Ohio State, 3. Nebraska, 4. USC, and 5. Texas.


1980 NCAA Division I-A football season, October
On October 4, No. 2 Ohio State was shut out at home by No. 11 UCLA, 17–0. Nebraska was also upset at home, losing to No. 16 Florida State 18–14. The new poll was 1. Alabama, 2. USC, 3. Texas, 4. Pittsburgh, and 5. UCLA.


1980 NCAA Division I-A football season, October
On October 11, No. 4 Pittsburgh suffered their only loss of the season, losing to No. 11 Florida State in Tallahassee by a score of 36–22. It was  one of only two games all season in which the stout Panthers allowed more than 14 points. Undefeated Notre Dame, with three wins over top 20 teams, joined the top 5 after their 32–14 win over No. 13 Miami. The new poll was 1. Alabama, 2. USC, 3. Texas, 4. UCLA, and 5. Notre Dame.


1980 NCAA Division I-A football season, October
On October 18, No. 2 USC got bogged down in the rain at Oregon and had to settle for a 7–7 tie. Thus the Trojans fell out of the top 5, to be replaced by undefeated Georgia. The new poll was 1. Alabama, 2. Texas, 3. UCLA, 4. Notre Dame, and 5. Georgia.


1980 NCAA Division I-A football season, October
On October 25, for the 5th straight week, a top 5 team lost. This time, it was No. 2 Texas falling to SMU by a score of 20–6. Texas would end up losing 5 of its last 7 games after a 5–0 start. Florida State would take the Longhorns place in the new top 5 that was 1. Alabama, 2. UCLA, 3. Notre Dame, 4. Georgia, and 5. Florida State.


1980 NCAA Division I-A football season, November
After 5 straight weeks of major upsets, November 1 may have been the craziest day of all. Alabama, who had held the top ranking for 6 weeks, was knocked off by Mississippi State, 6–3. Having heard the news that Alabama lost, No. 2 UCLA went out and promptly lost to Arizona in Tucson, 23–17. USC and Nebraska re-entered the top 5. The new poll was 1. Notre Dame, 2. Georgia, 3. Florida State, 4. USC, and 5. Nebraska.


1980 NCAA Division I-A football season, November
The madness continued on November 8 as new No. 1 Notre Dame was held to a 3–3 tie by Georgia Tech, dropping the Irish to No. 6. 2nd ranked Georgia trailed rival No. 20 Florida late in the game when QB Buck Belue hit WR Lindsay Scott on an out pattern; Scott turned up field and went 90 yards for the winning score in the season's most memorable play. It was Scott's only touchdown reception all season and it gave the Bulldogs a 26–21 win. Alabama would take Notre Dame's place in the top five of the new poll that was 1. Georgia, 2. USC, 3. Florida State, 4. Nebraska, and 5. Alabama.


1980 NCAA Division I-A football season, November
The surprises continued the following week on November 15. No. 2 USC lost at home to Washington as the Huskies clinched the Pac-10 title. No. 6 Notre Dame went down to Birmingham and beat No. 5 Alabama 7–0; this win vaulted the Irish over Alabama, Nebraska, and Florida State to No. 2 in the new poll. Ohio State, who started at No. 1 and had just the one loss to UCLA, returned to the top 5 that was 1. Georgia, 2. Notre Dame, 3. Florida State, 4. Nebraska, and 5. Ohio State.


1980 NCAA Division I-A football season, November
On November 22, in the showdown for the Big 8 title and Orange Bowl berth, No. 4 Nebraska was dumped at home by No. 9 Oklahoma, 21–17. In the game to decide the Big 10 title and Rose Bowl berth, No. 10 Michigan beat No. 5 Ohio State in Columbus, 9–3. No. 6 Pittsburgh returned to the top 5 by winning at No. 7 Penn State, 14–9. The new poll was 1. Georgia, 2. Notre Dame, 3. Florida State, 4. Pittsburgh, and 5. Oklahoma.


1980 NCAA Division I-A football season, November
Although there were still games left to be played, the major bowls extended their invitations. Top ranked Georgia earned a Sugar Bowl berth by virtue of its SEC championship and Notre Dame was invited to play them in a 1 vs. 2 matchup. No. 5 Oklahoma earned the Big 8's Orange Bowl berth and would play No. 3 Florida State. 6th ranked Michigan would face No. 16 Washington in the Rose Bowl, while No. 7 Baylor earned the Cotton Bowl berth by winning the SWC.


1980 NCAA Division I-A football season, November
Most people assumed No. 4 Pittsburgh would earn a major bowl bid and face Baylor, but the Cotton Bowl opted for No. 9 Alabama instead. The Fiesta Bowl also passed over Pitt, inviting No. 11 Ohio State and No. 10 Penn State (who had just lost to Pittsburgh). Thus, Pittsburgh had to settle for a Gator Bowl bid vs. No. 18 South Carolina and Heisman Trophy winner George Rogers.


1980 NCAA Division I-A football season, November
On December 6, No. 17 USC spoiled the 1 vs. 2 Sugar Bowl matchup by upsetting No. 2 Notre Dame by a score of 20–3. The final regular season top five was 1. Georgia, 2. Florida State, 3. Pittsburgh, 4. Oklahoma, and 5. Michigan.


1980 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game
The 1980 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game was a postseason college football game between the Eastern Kentucky Colonels and the Boise State Broncos. The game was played on December 20, 1980, at Hughes Stadium in Sacramento, California. The culminating game of the 1980 NCAA Division I-AA football season, it was won by Boise State, 31–29.


1980 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game
The game was also known as the Camellia Bowl, a name that had been used starting in 1961 for various NAIA and NCAA playoff games held in Sacramento. The Colonels, defending champions from 1979, became the first program to play in a second I-AA title game.


1980 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game, Teams
The participants of the Championship Game were the finalists of the 1980 I-AA Playoffs, which began with a four-team bracket.


1980 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game, Teams, Eastern Kentucky Colonels
Eastern Kentucky finished their regular season with a 9–2 record (5–2 in conference); their losses were to Western Kentucky and Akron. Ranked third in the final AP Poll for I-AA, the Colonels were the at-large selection to the four-team playoff; they defeated Lehigh, the East selection, by a score of 23–20 to reach the final. This was the second appearance for Eastern Kentucky in a Division I-AA championship game, having won in 1979.


1980 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game, Teams, Boise State Broncos
Boise State finished their regular season with an 8–3 record (6–1 in conference); their conference loss was to Montana State, with non-conference losses to Southeastern Louisiana and Division II program Cal Poly. Ranked seventh in the final AP Poll for I-AA, the Broncos were the West selection to the playoff; they defeated Grambling State, the South selection, by a 14–9 score to reach the final. This was the first appearance for Boise State in a Division I-AA championship game.


1980 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game, Game summary
Trailing 24–22 late in the fourth quarter, Eastern Kentucky scored a touchdown on a 60-yard pass completion with only 55 seconds left in the game, taking a 29–24 lead. Boise State then went 80 yards in 43 seconds for the final points of the game, winning 31–29.


1980 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game, Game summary
Note: contemporary news reports listed attendance as 10,000; NCAA records indicate 8,157.


1980 NCAA Division I-AA football rankings
The 1980 NCAA Division I-AA football rankings are from the Associated Press. This is for the 1980 season.


1980 NCAA Division I-AA football season
The 1980 NCAA Division I-AA football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division I-AA level. The third season of I-AA football began in August 1980 and four teams were selected for the postseason, with the national semifinals played on December 13. The 1980 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game was the Camellia Bowl played on December 20 at Hughes Stadium in Sacramento, California.


1980 NCAA Division I-AA football season
In a game with multiple lead changes, the Boise State Broncos won their first (and only) I-AA championship, defeating the defending national champion Eastern Kentucky Colonels, 31−29. With less than a minute to play, the Broncos drove eighty yards for the winning touchdown, a 14-yard pass from quarterback Joe Aliotti to tight end Duane Dlouhy with twelve seconds remaining.


1980 NCAA Division I-AA football season, Conference champions
Big Sky Conference – Boise StateMid-Eastern Athletic Conference – South Carolina StateOhio Valley Conference – Western KentuckySouthwestern Athletic Conference – Grambling State and Jackson StateYankee Conference – Boston University


1980 NCAA Division I-AA football season, Postseason, NCAA Division I-AA playoff bracket
The bracket consisted of three regional selections (West, East, and South) plus Eastern Kentucky as an at-large selection.


1980 NCAA Division II Basketball Tournament
The 1980 NCAA Division II Basketball Tournament involved 32 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II college basketball as a culmination of the 1979–80 NCAA Division II men's basketball season. It was won by Virginia Union University and Virginia Union's Keith Valentine was the Most Outstanding Player.


1980 NCAA Division II Lacrosse Championship
The 1980 NCAA Division II Lacrosse Championship was the seventh annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champions of NCAA Division II men's college lacrosse in the United States.


1980 NCAA Division II Lacrosse Championship
This was the first tournament exclusively for Division II men's programs following the introduction of a separate Division III men's championship. With the exodus of programs, the tournament field decreased from twelve to just two.


1980 NCAA Division II Lacrosse Championship
The final, and only match of the tournament, was played at UMBC Stadium at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County in Catonsville, Maryland.


1980 NCAA Division II Lacrosse Championship
In a rematch of the previous year's final, hosts UMBC defeated defending champions Adelphi, 23–14, to win their first national title. The Retrievers (11–3) were coached by Dick Watts.


1980 NCAA Division II Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
The 1980 NCAA Men's Division II Ice Hockey Tournament involved 4 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II college ice hockey. A total of 4 games were played, hosted by Elmira College.


1980 NCAA Division II Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Mankato State, coached by Don Brose, won the national title with a 5-2 victory in the final game over Elmira.


1980 NCAA Division II Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Steve Carroll, of Mankato State, was named the Most Outstanding Player and Mike Carr, of the University of Lowell, was the high scorer of the tournament with six points (3 goals, 3 assists).


1980 NCAA Division II Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Qualifying teams
Due to the lack of conferences and tournaments for western schools the NCAA held a regional tournament to help select teams for the national tournament. The western regional tournament is not considered as part of the NCAA championship but is included here for reference. No automatic bids were offered.


1980 NCAA Division II Soccer Championship
The 1980 NCAA Division II Soccer Championship was the ninth annual tournament held by the NCAA to determine the top men's Division II college soccer program in the United States.


1980 NCAA Division II Soccer Championship
Lock Haven State defeated Florida International in the final, 1–0 (after one overtime period), to win their first Division II national title (the Bald Eagles won the Division III tournament in both 1977 and 1978).


1980 NCAA Division II Soccer Championship
The final was played at Florida International University in Miami, Florida on November 29, 1980.


1980 NCAA Division II football rankings
The 1980 NCAA Division II football rankings are from the Associated Press. This is for the 1980 season.


1980 NCAA Division II football season
The 1980 NCAA Division II football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division II level, began in August 1980, and concluded with the NCAA Division II Football Championship in December 1980 at University Stadium in Albuquerque, NM. During the game's two-year stretch in New Mexico, it was referred to as the Zia Bowl.


1980 NCAA Division II football season
Cal Poly defeated Eastern Illinois in the championship game, 21–13, to win their first Division II national title.


1980 NCAA Division II football season, Conference summaries
Association of Mid-Continent Universities – Eastern IllinoisCentral Intercollegiate Athletic Association – North Carolina CentralFar Western Football Conference – UC DavisGreat Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – HillsdaleGulf South Conference – North AlabamaLone Star Conference – Southwest Texas StateMissouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Missouri–RollaNorth Central Conference – Northern ColoradoNorthern Intercollegiate Conference – Minnesota–DuluthPennsylvania State Athletic Conference – ClarionRocky Mountain Athletic Conference – Adams State and CSU PuebloSouth Atlantic Conference – Elon and Mars HillSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Alabama A&M


1980 NCAA Division II football season, Postseason
The 1980 NCAA Division II Football Championship playoffs were the eighth single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II college football. The championship game was held at University Stadium in Albuquerque, NM for the second, and final, time.


1980 NCAA Division III Baseball Tournament
The 1980 NCAA Division III Baseball Tournament was played at the end of the 1980 NCAA Division III baseball season to determine the fifth national champion of college baseball at the NCAA Division III level. The tournament concluded with four teams competing at Pioneer Park in Marietta, Ohio for the championship. Four regional tournaments were held to determine the participants in the World Series. Regional tournaments were contested in double-elimination format, with all four regions consisting of six teams, for a total of 24 teams participating in the tournament. The tournament champion was Ithaca, who defeated Marietta for the championship.


1980 NCAA Division III Basketball Tournament
The 1980 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament was the sixth annual single-elimination tournament, held during March 1980, to determine the national champions of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) men's Division III collegiate basketball in the United States.


1980 NCAA Division III Basketball Tournament
The tournament field included 32 teams with the national championship rounds contested at Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois.


1980 NCAA Division III Basketball Tournament
Two-time defending champions North Park defeated Upsala, 83–76, in the championship game to claim their third overall title.


1980 NCAA Division III Lacrosse Championship
The 1980 NCAA Division III Lacrosse Championship was the inaugural single-elimination tournament to determine the national champions of NCAA Division III men's college lacrosse in the United States.


1980 NCAA Division III Lacrosse Championship
This was the first championship exclusively for Division III men's lacrosse programs, who previously competed in a combined-format Division II championship from 1974 to 1979.


1980 NCAA Division III Lacrosse Championship
The tournament field included eight times, with the final played at Boswell Field at the Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, New York.


1980 NCAA Division III Lacrosse Championship
Hosts Hobart defeated Cortland in the final, 11–8, to win their first Division III national title. The Statesmen (12–2) were coached by Dave Urick. Hobart had previously won two national titles at the Division II level (1976 and 1977).


1980 NCAA Division III football season
The 1980 NCAA Division III football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division III level, began in August 1980, and concluded with the NCAA Division III Football Championship in December 1980 at Garrett-Harrison Stadium in Phenix City, Alabama. The Dayton Flyers won their first Division III championship, defeating the defending national champion Ithaca Bombers by a final score of 63−0.


1980 NCAA Division III football season, Postseason
The 1980 NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs were the eighth annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division III college football. The championship game was held at Garrett-Harrison Stadium in Phenix City, Alabama for the eighth consecutive year. Like the previous five championships, eight teams competed in this edition.


1980 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships
The 1980 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships were contested March 14−15, 1980 at Cobo Arena in Detroit, Michigan at the 16th annual NCAA-sanctioned track meet to determine the individual and team national champions of men's collegiate indoor track and field events in the United States.


1980 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships
UTEP reclaimed the top spot in the team standings, finishing 24 points ahead of defending champions Villanova. The Miners claimed their fifth indoor team title and fifth title in seven seasons.


1980 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships, Qualification
Unlike other NCAA-sponsored sports, there were not separate NCAA Division I, Division II, and Division III championships for indoor track and field until 1985. As such, all athletes and programs from all three divisions were eligible to compete.


1980 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
The Consensus 1980 College Basketball All-American team, as determined by aggregating the results of four major All-American teams. To earn "consensus" status, a player must win honors from a majority of the following teams: the Associated Press, the USBWA, The United Press International and the National Association of Basketball Coaches.


1980 NCAA Men's Volleyball Tournament
The 1980 NCAA Men's Volleyball Tournament was the 11th annual tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA men's college volleyball. The tournament was played at Irving Gymnasium in Muncie, Indiana during May 1980.


1980 NCAA Men's Volleyball Tournament
USC defeated UCLA in the final match, 3–1 (15–7, 6–15, 15–13, 15–8), to win their second national title. This was a rematch of the previous year's final, which was won by UCLA. The Trojans (22–6) were coached by Ernie Hix.


1980 NCAA Men's Volleyball Tournament
USC's Dusty Dvorak was named Most Outstanding Player of the tournament. An All-tournament team of seven players was also named.


1980 NCAA Men's Volleyball Tournament, Qualification
Until the creation of the NCAA Men's Division III Volleyball Championship in 2012, there was only a single national championship for men's volleyball. As such, all NCAA men's volleyball programs (whether from Division I, Division II, or Division III) were eligible. A total of 4 teams were invited to contest this championship.


1980 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship
The 1980 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship was the 12th annual NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship to determine the national champion of NCAA men's college water polo. Tournament matches were played at the Belmont Plaza Pool in Long Beach, California during December 1980.


1980 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship
Stanford defeated California in the final, 8–6, to win their third national title.


1980 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship
John Gansel (Stanford) and Kevin Robertson (California) were named the Co-Most Outstanding Players of the tournament. An All-Tournament Team, consisting of nine players, was also named.


1980 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship
Robertson and Scott Schulte (Bucknell) were the tournament's leading scorers (12 goals). Schulte is the only men's water polo player to be the leading scorer in four consecutive tournaments (1977–1980).


1980 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship, Qualification
Since there has only ever been one single national championship for water polo, all NCAA men's water polo programs (whether from Division I, Division II, or Division III) were eligible. A total of 8 teams were invited to contest this championship.


1980 NCAA Rifle Championships
The 1980 NCAA Rifle Championship was the first annual tournament to determine the national champion of co-ed NCAA collegiate rifle shooting. The championship was held at the ETSU Athletic Center at East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, Tennessee during March 1980. Prior to 1980, a collegiate rifle championship was held yearly by the National Rifle Association.


1980 NCAA Rifle Championships
Tennessee Tech, with a team score of 6,201, claimed their first national title. West Virginia finished in second with 6,150. The Golden Eagles were coached by James Newkirk.


1980 NCAA Rifle Championships
Rod Fitz-Randolph, from Tennessee Tech, claimed the individual titles for both smallbore and air rifle.


1980 NCAA Rifle Championships, Qualification
Since there is only one national collegiate championship for rifle shooting, all NCAA rifle programs (whether from Division I, Division II, or Division III) were eligible. A total of 10 teams ultimately contested this championship.


1980 NCAA Skiing Championships
The 1980 NCAA Skiing Championships were contested at both the Whiteface Ski Resort at Lake Placid, New York and the Stowe Mountain Resort in Stowe, Vermont as part of the 27th annual NCAA-sanctioned ski tournament to determine the individual and team national champions of men's collegiate slalom skiing, cross country skiing, and ski jumping in the United States.


1980 NCAA Skiing Championships
Vermont, coached by Chip LaCasse, claimed their first team national championship, finishing 20 points ahead of  Utah in the cumulative team standings.


1980 NCAA Skiing Championships, Events
This was the final year that ski jumping was included in the event program.


1980 NCAA Skiing Championships, Venue
This year's NCAA skiing championships were co-hosted at the Whiteface Ski Resort in Lake Placid, New York and the Stowe Mountain Resort in Stowe, Vermont.


1980 NCAA Skiing Championships, Venue
These were the first championships held in the state of New York and fourth in Vermont (1955, 1961, 1973, and 1980).


1980 NFL Draft
The 1980 NFL draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting. The draft was held April 29–30, 1980, at the New York Sheraton Hotel in New York City, New York. The league also held a supplemental draft after the regular draft and before the regular season. This draft is notable as the first that the nascent ESPN network (which had first gone on the air seven months earlier) aired in its entirety, and the first to be televised.


1980 NFL season
The 1980 NFL season was the 61st regular season of the National Football League.


1980 NFL season
Prior to the season in March 1980, fellow NFL owners voted against the proposed move by the Raiders from Oakland, California to Los Angeles. Raider team owner Al Davis along with the Los Angeles Coliseum sued the NFL charging that they had violated antitrust laws. A verdict in the trial would not be decided until before the 1982 NFL season; however, the planned move to Los Angeles went through that very season.


1980 NFL season
Meanwhile, the season ended at Super Bowl XV played on January 25, 1981, in New Orleans, Louisiana, with these same Oakland Raiders defeating the Philadelphia Eagles 27–10, making them the first Wild Card team ever to win the Super Bowl.


1980 NFL season, Oakland Raiders announce future move to Los Angeles in defiance of NFL vote
In 1979, Raider owner Al Davis announced his intention to move the Raiders to Los Angeles. Negotiations between Davis and the Oakland Coliseum regarding potential improvements to the facility came to an end in February 1980. At the NFL's annual meeting on March 10, 1980, team owners voted 22-0 against allowing the move, with the Raiders not participating and five teams abstaining. Davis announced he would ignore the vote and move the team anyway.


1980 NFL season, Oakland Raiders announce future move to Los Angeles in defiance of NFL vote
The Raiders played the entire 1980 season in Oakland. At a Monday Night Football game against the Denver Broncos on December 1, 1980, Raider fans protested by entering the Oakland Coliseum five minutes after the start of the game and holding up signs stating "Save Our Raiders" at each half's 2-minute warning. By some estimates, “almost two-thirds” of the Coliseum's seats had been empty at the game's kickoff.


1980 NFL season, Oakland Raiders announce future move to Los Angeles in defiance of NFL vote
The announced move was involved in four lawsuits: the Los Angeles Coliseum Commission sued the NFL charging antitrust violations, the NFL sued the Raiders charging breach of contract, Raider season ticket holders filed a class-action lawsuit, and the City of Oakland filed for eminent domain of the team.


1980 NFL season, Oakland Raiders announce future move to Los Angeles in defiance of NFL vote
In May 1982, a jury ruled that the NFL had violated antitrust law by attempting to prevent the move. In April 1983, after the team's first season in Los Angeles, a separate jury awarded the Raiders $35 million in damages.


1980 NFL season, Draft
The 1980 NFL Draft was held from April 29 to 30, 1980 at New York City's Sheraton Hotel. With the first pick, the Detroit Lions selected running back Billy Sims from the University of Oklahoma.


1980 NFL season, New referee
The league added a 15th officiating crew, promoting Bob McElwee to referee. The league previously had 15 crews in 1976 (when the league expanded to 28 teams) and 1977. After referee Bernie Ulman retired after the 1977 season, the league used only 14 crews for the 1978 and 1979 seasons, requiring all 14 of them to be on hand for the weekly workload of 14 games.


1980 NFL season, Major rule changes
Teams can take a time-out (if available) to prevent the runoff.


1980 NFL season, Division Races
From 1978 to 1989, ten teams qualified for the playoffs: the winners of each of the divisions, and two wild-card teams in each conference. These are the leaders for each playoff slot, week by week. Teams listed in Week 16 indicate playoff participants.


1980 NFL season, Regular season, Scheduling formula
Inter-conferenceAFC East vs NFC WestAFC Central vs NFC CentralAFC West vs NFC East


1980 NFL season, Stadium changes
The Los Angeles Rams moved from Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum to Anaheim Stadium


1980 NHK Trophy
The 1980 NHK Trophy was held at the Makomanai Ice Arena in Sapporo. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.


1980 NHL Entry Draft
The 1980 NHL Entry Draft was the 18th NHL Entry Draft. It was held at the Montreal Forum. This was the first time that an NHL arena hosted the draft. The National Hockey League (NHL) teams selected 210 players eligible for entry into professional ranks, in the reverse order of the 1979–80 NHL season and playoff standings. This is the list of those players selected. The minimum draft age was lowered from 19 to 18, but prospective draftees had to now be of age by September 15th rather than just be of the correct birth year.


1980 NHL Entry Draft
It was the first time the Forum hosted the draft. The hometown Montreal Canadiens used the first selection on Doug Wickenheiser.


1980 NHL Entry Draft, Selections by round
Below are listed the selections in the 1980 NHL Entry Draft.


1980 NHL Entry Draft, Selections by round
Club teams are located in North America unless otherwise noted.


1980 NHL Entry Draft, Selections by round, Round one, Notes (Round 1)
1. * The Colorado Rockies' first round pick went to the Montreal Canadiens as the result of a trade on September 13, 1976 that sent Ron Andruff, Sean Shanahan and the 19th overall pick to the Colorado Rockies in exchange for this pick.


1980 NHL Entry Draft, Selections by round, Round one, Notes (Round 1)
2. * The Quebec Nordiques' first round pick went to the Chicago Black Hawks as the result of a trade on June 9, 1979 that Black Hawks promised to not take Real Cloutier in 1979 NHL Expansion Draft in exchange for this pick.


1980 NHL Entry Draft, Selections by round, Round one, Notes (Round 1)
3. * The Detroit Red Wings' first round pick went to the Los Angeles Kings as the result of to a trade on August 22, 1979, that sent Dale McCourt and Rogie Vachon to the Detroit Red Wings in exchange for Andre St. Laurent, the first round pick in 1981 and this pick.


1980 NHL Entry Draft, Selections by round, Round one, Notes (Round 1)
4. * The Toronto Maple Leafs' first round pick went to the Detroit Red Wings as the result of to a trade on March 13, 1978 that sent Dan Maloney and the 25th overall pick to the Toronto Maple Leafs in exchange for Errol Thompson, the second round pick in 1978 and this pick.


1980 NHL Entry Draft, Selections by round, Round one, Notes (Round 1)
5. * The Montreal Canadiens' first round pick went to the Colorado Rockies as the result of to a trade on September 13, 1976, that sent 1st overall pick to the Montreal Canadiens in exchange for Ron Andruff, Sean Shanahan and this pick.


1980 NHL Entry Draft, Selections by round, Round two, Notes (Round 2)
1. * The Detroit Red Wings' second round pick went to the Toronto Maple Leafs as the result of a trade on March 13, 1978, that sent Errol Thompson, the second round pick in 1978 and the 11th overall pick to the Detroit Red Wings in exchange for Dan Maloney and this pick.


1980 NHL Entry Draft, Selections by round, Round two, Notes (Round 2)
2. * The Washington Capitals' second round pick went to the Toronto Maple Leafs as the result of a trade on June 11, 1980, that sent Mike Palmateer and the 55th overall pick in exchange for Tim Coulis, Robert Picard and this pick.


1980 NHL Entry Draft, Selections by round, Round two, Notes (Round 2)
3. * The Edmonton Oilers' second round pick went to the Montreal Canadiens as the result of to a trade on June 13, 1979, that sent Dave Lumley and Dan Newman to the Edmonton Oilers in exchange for this pick.


1980 NHL Entry Draft, Selections by round, Round two, Notes (Round 2)
4. * The Vancouver Canucks' second round pick went to the Chicago Black Hawks as the result of to a trade on June 16, 1978, that sent Thomas Gradin to the Vancouver Canucks in exchange for this pick.


1980 NHL Entry Draft, Selections by round, Round two, Notes (Round 2)
5. * The Pittsburgh Penguins' second round pick went to the Chicago Black Hawks as the result of to a trade on October 9, 1978, that sent Dale Tallon to the Chicago Black Hawks in exchange for this pick.


1980 NHL Entry Draft, Selections by round, Round two, Notes (Round 2)
6. * The Los Angeles Kings' second round pick went to the Calgary Flames as the result of to a trade on June 16, 1979, that sent Richard Mulhern and the 34th overall pick to the Los Angeles Kings in exchange for Bob Murdoch and this pick.


1980 NHL Entry Draft, Selections by round, Round two, Notes (Round 2)
7 . * The Toronto Maple Leafs' second round pick went to the Calgary Flames as the result of to a trade on June 10, 1980, that sent David Shand and the 55th overall pick to the Toronto Maple Leafs in exchange for this pick.


1980 NHL Entry Draft, Selections by round, Round two, Notes (Round 2)
8. * The St. Louis Blues' second round pick went to the Los Angeles Kings as the result of to a trade on January 14, 1978, that sent Neil Komadoski to the St. Louis Blues in exchange for this pick.


1980 NHL Entry Draft, Selections by round, Round two, Notes (Round 2)
9. * The Calgary Flames' second round pick went to the Los Angeles Kings as the result of to a trade on June 16, 1979, that sent Bob Murdoch and the 31st overall pick to the Toronto Maple Leafs in exchange for Richard Mulhern and this pick.


1980 NHL Entry Draft, Selections by round, Round two, Notes (Round 2)
10. * The Boston Bruins' second round pick went to the Calgary Flames as the result of to a trade on June 2, 1980, that sent Jim Craig to the Boston Bruins in exchange for the third round pick in 1981 and this pick.


1980 NHL Entry Draft, Selections by round, Round three, Notes (Round 3)
1. * The Colorado Rockies' third round pick went to the Toronto Maple Leafs as the result of a trade on March 3, 1980, that sent Walt McKechnie to the Colorado Rockies in exchange for this pick.