The 1980 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame in the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Dan Devine and played its home games at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, Indiana. The 1980 season would be Dan Devine's final year as Notre Dame head coach. In August, he had announced that the upcoming season would be his last. The offense had 248 points for, while the defense gave up 128 points.

Schedule

Game summaries

Purdue

ABC Player of Game - Mike Courey (151 yards passing, TD, 59 yards rushing, TD)

Michigan

Harry Oliver kicked the game-winning field goal as time expired.

At Michigan State

Blair Kiel started the second half at quarterback

Miami (FL)

Army

At Arizona

Dan Devine's 50th win at Notre Dame

Vs. Navy

At Georgia Tech

At Alabama

Air Force

At USC

Sugar Bowl (vs. Georgia)

Personnel

Awards and honors

Team players drafted into the NFL