The 1979–80 season was the Jazz sixth season in the NBA and its first in Utah. The Jazz averaged 102.4 points per game (ranked 22 in NBA) while allowing an average of 108.4 points per game (ranked 10th in NBA). The attendance was 320,649 (ranked 21st in NBA). The attendance figure was worse than the last season in New Orleans, where the club had an attendance of 364,205 (ranked 18th in NBA). In addition, the Jazz move from the Central Division to the Midwest Division (with the Indiana Pacers replacing them).
Draft picks Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club team 1 20 Larry Knight Loyola University of Chicago 2 23 Tico Brown Georgia Institute of Technology
Roster
Regular season Pete Maravich was waived by the Jazz on January 18, 1980, and was quickly picked up by the Boston Celtics where he played the rest of the season alongside Larry Bird.Deseret Morning News | 25 years later the Jazz are going strong
Season standings
Game log Regular season
| 1 | | @ Portland | L 85–101
| Memorial Coliseum | 0–1 |- | 2 | | Milwaukee | L 107–131
| Salt Palace | 0–2 |- | 3 | | Portland | L 92–107
| Salt Palace | 0–3 |- | 4 | October 20 | @ Golden State | 96–101
| Oracle Arena | 0–4 |- | 5 | October 22 | San Diego | 110–109
| Salt Palace | 1–4 |- | 6 | | @ Los Angeles | L 87–102
| The Forum | 1–5 |- | 7 | October 25 | Chicago | 113–105
| Salt Palace | 2–5 |- | 8 | October 27 | @ Denver | 96–116
| McNichols Sports Arena | 2–6 |- | 9 | | @ Kansas City | L 108–125
| Municipal Auditorium | 2–7
| 10 | | New York | L 118–134
| Salt Palace | 2–8 |- | 12 | | Phoenix | L 107–120
| Salt Palace | 2–10 |- | 14 | | Seattle | L 87–88
| Salt Palace | 2–12 |- | 16 | | @ Atlanta | L 97–108
| The Omni | 2–14 |- | 17 | | @ Boston | L 97–113
| Boston Garden | 2–15 |- | 18 | | @ Washington | L 103–111
| Capital Centre | 2–16 |- | 21 | | Los Angeles | L 118–122
| Salt Palace | 2–19
| 23 | | Seattle | W 97–95
| Salt Palace | 4–19 |- | 24 | | Milwaukee | L 89–96
| Salt Palace | 4–20 |- | 25 | | @ Seattle | L 96–115
| Kingdome | 4–21 |- | 26 | | Portland | W 87–82 (OT)
| Salt Palace | 5–21 |- | 29 | | San Antonio | W 144–114
| Salt Palace | 8–21 |- | 30 | | @ Kansas City | L 87–103
| Municipal Auditorium | 8–22 |- | 31 | | @ Milwaukee | L 79–104
| MECCA Arena | 8–23 |- | 33 | | @ Phoenix | L 99–117
| Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum | 9–24 |- | 37 | | Los Angeles | L 116–124
| Salt Palace | 10–27 |- | 39 | | @ Milwaukee | W 95–88
| MECCA Arena | 12–27
| 40 | | Kansas City | L 121–128 (OT)
| Salt Palace | 12–28 |- | 41 | | @ Portland | L 97–115
| Memorial Coliseum | 12–29 |- | 42 | | Washington | L 107–108
| Salt Palace | 12–30 |- | 44 | | @ Seattle | L 90–100
| Kingdome | 13–31 |- | 46 | | @ Phoenix | L 103–106
| Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum | 13–33 |- | 47 | | @ Los Angeles | L 99–112
| The Forum | 13–34 |- | 48 | | Phoenix | L 108–115
| Salt Palace | 13–35 |- | 51 | | Milwaukee | W 127–122 (OT)
| Salt Palace | 16–35 |- | 52 | | Kansas City | L 88–110
| Salt Palace | 16–36 |- | 53 | | @ Kansas City | L 107–112
| Municipal Auditorium | 16–37 |- | 54 | | Philadelphia | W 107–101
| Salt Palace | 17–37
|- align="center" |colspan="9" bgcolor="#bbcaff"|All-Star Break |- style="background:#cfc;" |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" |- | 57 | | Atlanta | L 90–92
| Salt Palace | 19–38 |- | 58 | | @ Houston | L 95–117
| The Summit | 19–39 |- | 59 | | @ San Antonio | L 128–148
| HemisFair Arena | 19–40 |- | 60 | | @ Philadelphia | L 85–107
| The Spectrum | 19–41 |- | 62 | | @ New York | W 121–102
| Madison Square Garden | 20–42 |- | 63 | | Boston | L 98–105
| Salt Palace | 20–43 |- | 64 | | Houston | L 82–94
| Salt Palace | 20–44 |- | 65 | | Seattle | L 95–105
| Salt Palace | 20–45 |- | 67 | | Phoenix | L 101–111
| Salt Palace | 20–47 |- | 68 | | @ Portland | W 91–87
| Memorial Coliseum | 21–47
| 69 | | @ Seattle | L 91–103
| Kingdome | 21–48 |- | 71 | | Portland | W 117–110
| Salt Palace | 22–49 |- | 72 | | @ Phoenix | L 94–110
| Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum | 22–50 |- | 77 | | Kansas City | L 98–102
| Salt Palace | 23–54 |- | 78 | | @ Los Angeles | L 96–101
| The Forum | 23–55 |- | 80 | | Los Angeles | L 95–97
| Salt Palace | 24–56 |- | 82 | | @ Milwaukee | L 91–107
| MECCA Arena | 24–58
Player stats Note: GP= Games played; REB= Rebounds; AST= Assists; STL = Steals; BLK = Blocks; PTS = Points; AVG = Average Player GP MIN REB AST STL BLK PTSAdrian Dantley 68 2674 516 191 96 14 1903Ron Boone 75 2286 216 302 92 3 970Allan Bristow 82 2304 512 341 88 6 953Terry Furlow 55 1718 152 221 54 14878Tom Boswell 61 1555 328 115 24 29700Ben Poquette 82 2349 560 131 45 162 731Pete Maravich 17 522 40 54 15 4 290Bernard King 19 419 88 52 7 4 176Brad Davis 13 225 15 45 10 176Carl Kilpatrick 2 6 4 0 0 0 3
Transactions Added Bernard King to Roster.
References
Jazz on Basketball Reference