1980 Connecticut Huskies football team

The 1980 Connecticut Huskies football team represented the University of Connecticut in the 1980 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Huskies were led by fourth-year head coach Walt Nadzak, and completed the season with a record of 7–3.

1980 Connecticut Huskies football
Conference	Yankee Conference
Record	7–3 (3–2 Yankee)
Head coach	Walt Nadzak (4th season)
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium

1980 Yankee Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 9 Boston University $	5	–	0	–	0			9	–	2	–	0
No. T–10 UMass	4	–	1	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
No. T–10 Connecticut	3	–	2	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
New Hampshire	2	–	3	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Maine	1	–	4	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Rhode Island	0	–	5	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from Associated Press poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 6	at New Hampshire		Cowell Stadium Durham, NH	W 20–10
September 13	Bucknell*		Memorial Stadium Storrs, CT	W 38–7	7,670
September 20	at Northeastern*		Parsons Field Brookline, MA	W 34–6
September 27	at Yale*	No. T–2	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 10–20	34,500
October 4	Colgate*		Memorial Stadium Storrs, CT	W 24–21	11,439
October 18	at Holy Cross*	No. 8	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 18–17	6,000
October 25	Maine	No. T–5	Memorial Stadium Storrs, CT	W 14–13	5,000
November 1	at No. T–10 UMass	No. 5	Alumni Stadium Amherst, MA (rivalry)	L 21–39	12,146
November 8	No. 4 Boston University	No. T–10	Memorial Stadium Storrs, CT	L 24–28
November 15	Rhode Island	No. T–10	Memorial Stadium Storrs, CT (rivalry)	W 56–30	5,500
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game