1980 Maryland Terrapins football team

The 1980 Maryland Terrapins football team represented the University of Maryland in the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their ninth season under head coach Jerry Claiborne, the Terrapins compiled an 8–4 record (5–1 in conference), finished in second place in the Atlantic Coast Conference, and outscored their opponents 211 to 165. The team finished its season with a 35–20 loss to Florida in the 1980 Tangerine Bowl.^[1][2] The team's statistical leaders included Mike Tice with 928 passing yards, Charlie Wysocki with 1,359 rushing yards, and Chris Havener with 436 receiving yards.^[3]

1980 Maryland Terrapins football
Tangerine Bowl, L 20–35 vs. Florida
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	8–4 (5–1 ACC)
Head coach	Jerry Claiborne (9th season)
Home stadium	Byrd Stadium
Seasons ← 1979 1981 →

1980 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 10 North Carolina $	6	–	0	–	0			11	–	1	–	0
Maryland	5	–	1	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
NC State	3	–	3	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Clemson	2	–	4	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Wake Forest	2	–	4	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Virginia	2	–	4	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Duke	1	–	5	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 6		Villanova*		Byrd Stadium College Park, MD		W 7–3	32,650	[4]
September 13		Vanderbilt*		Byrd Stadium College Park, MD		W 31–6	27,150	[5]
September 20		at West Virginia*		Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV (rivalry)		W 14–11	48,038	[6]
September 27		at No. 14 North Carolina	No. 19	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC		L 3–17	51,400	[7]
October 4	1:30 p.m.	at No. 6 Pittsburgh*		Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA		L 9–38	47,409	[8]
October 11		No. 14 Penn State*		Byrd Stadium College Park, MD (rivalry)		L 10–24	48,123	[9]
October 18		Wake Forest		Byrd Stadium College Park, MD		W 11–10	36,472	[10]
October 25		at Duke		Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC		W 17–14	17,400	[11]
November 1		NC State		Byrd Stadium College Park, MD		W 24–0	40,016	[12]
November 15		Clemson		Byrd Stadium College Park, MD		W 34–7	32,650	[13]
November 22		at Virginia		Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA (rivalry)		W 31–0	22,407	[14]
December 20		vs. Florida*		Orlando Stadium Orlando, FL (Tangerine Bowl)	MTN	L 20–35	52,541	[15]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Roster

1980 Maryland Terrapins football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 7 Boomer Esiason Fr RB 42 Jeff Rodenberger Jr TE 85 Eric Sievers Sr TE 82 John Tice So QB 14 Mike Tice Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DT 68 Todd Benson Sr DB 25 Lloyd Burruss Sr DT Mark Duda So	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Jerry Claiborne Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt