The 1980 Miami Hurricanes football team represented the University of Miami as an independent during the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by second-year head coach Howard Schnellenberger, the Hurricanes played home games at the Miami Orange Bowl in Miami. Miami finished the season with a record of 9–3. They were invited to the Peach Bowl, where they defeated Virginia Tech, 20–10.
Schedule
Game summaries Louisville
Palm Beach Post. 1980 Sept 7. Retrieved 2014-Nov-20.
Florida A&M
at Houston
Florida State
at Notre Dame
Mississippi State
at Penn State
East Carolina
at Vanderbilt
North Texas State
at Florida
Jim Kelly threw for two touchdowns and halfbacks Mark Rush and Smokey Roan each ran for one as Miami upset Florida on their way to a Peach Bowl berth. Dan Miller had attempted a field goal as time expired with one official signaling the kick was good, while the other did not. Both teams left the field with the score 28–7 before minutes later it was changed to 31–7 as it was explained the official that appeared to wave the kick "no good" was signaling that the clock had run out.Eugene Register-Guard. 1980 Nov 30.
Peach Bowl
Roster
Team players drafted into the NFL Player Position Round Pick NFL club John Swain Defensive back4 101 Minnesota Vikings Jim Joiner Wide receiver10 263 St. Louis Cardinals Pat Walker Wide receiver11 290 Denver Broncos
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