1980 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team information
American college football season
1980Wake Forest Demon Deacons football
Conference
Atlantic Coast Conference
Record
5–6 (2–4 ACC)
Head coach
John Mackovic (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator
Ed Zaunbrecher (1st season)
Captain
Bill Ard, Carlos Bradley, Jay Venuto
Home stadium
Groves 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
The 1980 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest University during the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. In its third season under head coach John Mackovic, the team compiled a 5–6 record and finished in a three-way tie for fourth place in the Atlantic Coast Conference.[1]
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