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Yale

IVY · 1980 Season · Final

Rebuilding +
Record
8–2
0.800 Win %
Conference
1st
6–1 in IVY

All-Time Resume

Ranked Seasons
108
1872–1981
All-Time Record
718–203–52
0.765 Win %
Peak Final Rank
#1
1876, 1880, 1882 +10
#1 Finishes
13
Top 5: 39 · Top 10: 50 · Top 25: 66
  • Divisional Era · 26 seasons · 4 Top 10
  • AP Poll & Postwar Era · 20 seasons · 3 Top 10
  • Forward Pass & Stadium Boom Era · 28 seasons · 9 Top 10 · 3× #1
  • Pioneer Era · 34 seasons · 34 Top 10 · 10× #1

Final finishes, as published; the season in progress counts toward record only. Compare Yale head-to-head · History & Eras

1980 Schedule & Results

WkDateOpponentConfOpp. RecordResult
5Week 5 · Sep 23Brown (BROWN)H2HIND IVY6–4W 45–17
6Week 6 · Sep 30CONNECTICUTUnranked—W 20–10
7Week 7 · Oct 7Air Force (AIR FORCE)H2HIND WAC2–9–1W 17–16
8Week 8 · Oct 14Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)H2HIND FBSI7–4L 9–27
9Week 9 · Oct 21Columbia (COLUMBIA)H2HIND IVY1–9W 30–10
10Week 10 · Oct 28Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)H2HIND IVY1–9W 8–0
11Week 11 · Nov 4Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)H2HIND IVY4–6W 35–7
12Week 12 · Nov 11Cornell (CORNELL)H2HIND IVY5–5L 6–24
13Week 13 · Nov 18Princeton (PRINCETON)H2HIND IVY6–4W 25–13
14Week 14 · Nov 25Harvard (HARVARD)H2HIND IVY7–3W 14–0

Past season results come from the published weekly rankings; home/away is not recorded. Unranked = opponent outside the ranked field. Kickoff times in Eastern Time. TBD = not yet announced. vs* = neutral site. Opp. Record is the current season record; — = unavailable.

Rating Tier Spectrum
2.021
Paramount (best)Rock Bottom

Where the rating sits on the 12-tier scale (lower is better).

NOW — Net Opponent Wins
+18
-9+27
  • Harvard +7
  • Brown +6
  • Princeton +6
  • Dartmouth +4
  • Air Force +2
  • Columbia +1
  • Pennsylvania +1
  • Boston College -4
  • Cornell -5

Each win stacks that opponent's win total to the right; each loss stacks that opponent's loss total to the left.

National Standing
Rank #28Better than 80%
Win % Place 16thBetter than 89%

0.800 Win % · No change

Percent of all FBS teams this team is ahead of.

Rank by Week
#28Regular Season Final#28Post-Season W1#29Post-Season W2#28Post-Season W3#28Final

Higher on the chart = better rank.

Game Margins
+28
+10
+1
-18
+20
+8
+28
-18
+12
+14

Bars above the line are wins, below are losses; height = point margin.

Final Rank by Season
#291975#201976#241977#261978#171979

Higher = better finish. Ranks as published.

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