1980 Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils football
ConferenceSouthwestern Athletic Conference
Record5–5 (3–3 SWAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumBulldog Stadium
Hornet Stadium
1980 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 Grambling State +^ 5 –1 –010 –2 –0
Jackson State + 5 –1 –08 –3 –0
Alcorn State 3 –3 –06 –4 –0
Mississippi Valley State 3 –3 –05 –5 –0
Southern 3 –3 –04 –6 –1
Texas Southern 2 –4 –02 –9 –0
Prairie View A&M 0 –6 –02 –8 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from Associated Press poll

The 1980 Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils football team represented Mississippi Valley State University as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 1980 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by first-year head coach Archie Cooley, the Delta Devils compiled an overall record of 5–5, with a conference record of 3–3, and finished tied for third in the SWAC.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 6at Morris Brown*
W 10–6[1]
September 20at Arkansas–Pine Bluff*
W 27–21
September 27at Jackson State
L 0–40[2]
October 4at Southern
L 12–14[3]
October 11North Carolina A&T*dagger
L 16–17[4][5]
October 18Grambling State
  • Bulldog Stadium
  • Greenwood, MS
L 24–34[6]
October 25at Texas Southern
W 20–12[7]
November 1Prairie View A&M
  • Bulldog Stadium
  • Greenwood, MS
W 47–7[8]
November 8Alcorn State
W 29–17[9][10]
November 15Alabama State*
  • Bulldog Stadium
  • Greenwood, MS
L 17–27[11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

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References

  1. ↑ "Valley's Devils edge Morris-Brown". The Greenwood Commonwealth. September 7, 1980. Retrieved August 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "Valley falls 40–0 to Jackson State". The Greenwood Commonwealth. September 28, 1980. Retrieved August 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Southern nips Mississippi Valley 14–12". Abbeville Meridional. October 5, 1980. Retrieved August 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Valley State team readying for Saturday homecoming battle". The Greenwood Commonwealth. October 10, 1980. Retrieved August 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Aggies overcome Devils, refs". News and Record. October 12, 1980. Retrieved August 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Devils nailed by Grambling, 34–24". The Greenwood Commonwealth. October 19, 1980. Retrieved August 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Mississippi Valley 20, Texas Southern 12". The Sun. October 26, 1980. Retrieved August 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Valley rolls over Prairie View". The Greenwood Commonwealth. November 2, 1980. Retrieved August 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Devils set for powerful Alcorn". The Greenwood Commonwealth. November 7, 1980. Retrieved August 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Miss. Valley beats Alcorn". Enterprise-Journal. November 9, 1980. Retrieved August 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "ASU defense leads way to victory". The Montgomery Advertiser. November 16, 1980. Retrieved August 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ "Mississippi Valley State Yearly Results (1980–1984)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved August 19, 2023.


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