1980 Maine Black Bears football team

The 1980 Maine Black Bears football team was an American football team that represented the University of Maine as a member of the Yankee Conference during the 1980 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In its fifth season under head coach Jack Bicknell, the team compiled a 4–7 record (1–4 against conference opponents) and finished fifth out of six teams in the Yankee Conference. Andrew Neilson, Peter A. Thiboutot, and John Tursky were the team captains.

1980 Maine Black Bears football
Conference	Yankee Conference
Record	4–7 (1–4 Yankee)
Head coach	Jack Bicknell (5th season)
Captain	Andrew Neilson, Peter A. Thiboutot, John Tursky
Home stadium	Alumni Field

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	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 6	at Merchant Marine*	Tomb Field Kings Point, NY	W 17–8	5,000
September 13	Lehigh*	Alumni Field Orono, ME	L 6–37	6,000
September 20	Rhode Island	Alumni Field Orono, ME	W 14–11	4,200
September 27	at No. 7 Boston University*	Nickerson Field Boston, MA	L 0–17
October 4	Lafayette*	Alumni Field Orono, ME	W 24–3	4,100
October 11	at New Hampshire	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH (rivalry)	L 13–19
October 18	No. T–10 UMass	Alumni Field Orono, ME	L 14–21	2,700
October 25	at No. T–5 Connecticut	Memorial Stadium Storrs, CT	L 13–14	5,000
November 1	Northeastern*	Alumni Field Orono, ME	W 35–24	2,009
November 8	at Princeton*	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	L 7–24	7,210
November 15	No. 8 Delaware*	Alumni Field Orono, ME	L 6–35
*Non-conference game Rankings from Associated Press Poll released prior to the game