1980 New Hampshire Wildcats football team

1980 New Hampshire Wildcats football
Conference	Yankee Conference
Record	6–4 (2–3 Yankee)
Head coach	Bill Bowes (9th season)
Home stadium	Cowell 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

The 1980 New Hampshire Wildcats football team was an American football team that represented the University of New Hampshire as a member of the Yankee Conference during the 1980 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In its ninth year under head coach Bill Bowes, the team compiled a 6–4 record (2–3 against conference opponents) and finished fourth out of six teams in the Yankee Conference.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 6	Connecticut	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH	L 10–20
September 13	Wayne State*	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH	L 7–17
September 20	Boston University	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH	L 9–27
September 27	at Dartmouth*	Memorial Field Hanover, NH (rivalry)	W 24–7	11,027
October 11	Maine	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH	W 19–13
October 18	at Towson State*	Towson Stadium Towson, MD	W 10–0
October 25	at Northeastern*	Parsons Field Brookline, MA	W 48–12
November 1	Rhode Island	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH	W 31–28
November 8	Lafayette*	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH	W 26–6	7,121
November 15	at UMass	Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA (rivalry)	L 0–17
*Non-conference game