Kentucky Wildcats

1980 Roster

NO.	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	CLASS
40	Richard Abraham R. Abraham	DL	6'3"	230	SO
	Fred Ackiss F. Ackiss	OL	6'5"	236	SO
52	Richard Adams R. Adams	OL	6'5"	240	SO
	Brian Allen B. Allen	WR	5'10"	178	SO
43	Glenn Amerson G. Amerson	LB	6'0"	216	SO
53	Ben Ansley B. Ansley	LB	6'0"	213	SO
22	Kerry Baird K. Baird	WR	6'3"	185
61	Ronald J. Bojalad R. J. Bojalad	OL	6'2"	230
69	David Bond D. Bond	OL	6'4"	245	JR
	Paul Bortnick P. Bortnick		6'3"	235	SO
60	James Bowen J. Bowen		6'2"	230	SO
15	John Thomas Boyle J. Thomas Boyle	QB	6'3"	200
57	Effley Brooks E. Brooks	DL	6'1"	230	JR
45	Randy Brooks R. Brooks	FB	5'8"	185	SR
14	Rick Buehner R. Buehner	DB	6'0"	185	JR
65	Mike Burford M. Burford	OL	6'0"	203	JR
95	William Burse W. Burse	DB	6'4"	210
54	Robert Byrd R. Byrd	LB	6'1"	204	SO
80	Jim Campbell J. Campbell	TE	6'2"	224	JR
	Dan Chase D. Chase	DL	6'2"	220	SO
82	Dave Clark D. Clark	WR	5'10"	177	SR
73	Robert Cobb R. Cobb	OL	6'3"	240	JR
79	Mickey Cochran M. Cochran	OL	6'3"	250	SO
	Joe Cooper J. Cooper	RB	5'8"	165	SO
64	Don Corbin D. Corbin	OL	6'6"	250
	Dave Decker D. Decker	OL	6'6"	235	SO
87	Jeff Dennis J. Dennis	DL	6'1"	210	SO
	Shawn Donigan S. Donigan	FB	6'0"	213	JR
46	Chris Dorazio C. Dorazio	LB	6'2"	208
90	Jake Drug J. Drug	DL	6'2"	224	SO
99	Mike Duncan M. Duncan	DL	6'0"	215
71	Brent Edwards B. Edwards	OL	6'1"	210	SR
41	Chris Ference C. Ference	WR	6'3"	230
	Tony Floyd T. Floyd	DL	6'2"	230
	Bob Fogle B. Fogle	OL	6'3"	253	SO
32	Rod Francis R. Francis	FB	6'0"	206	SO
38	Joe Freeman J. Freeman	LB	5'9"	205	JR
72	Tim Gooch T. Gooch		6'2"	241	SR
3	Tom Griggs T. Griggs	K	5'10"	180	JR
21	John Grimsley J. Grimsley	LB	6'2"	195
	Dean T. Hall D. T. Hall	OL	6'2"	217	SO
58	James L. Hasty J. L. Hasty		6'4"	220
	Richard Hatfield R. Hatfield		6'2"	205
7	Terry Henry T. Henry	QB	6'0"	192	SO
	Steve Hricenak S. Hricenak	OL	6'1"	226	SR
23	Charlie Jackson C. Jackson	RB	5'11"	187	SO
24	Gordon Jackson G. Jackson	RB	6'1"	180
48	Cameron Jacobs C. Jacobs	DL	6'3"	210
19	Chris Jacobs C. Jacobs	DB	6'0"	175	SR
12	Randy Jenkins R. Jenkins	QB	6'1"	190	FR
35	Ben Johnson B. Johnson	DB	5'11"	180	SO
63	Gregg Johnson G. Johnson	OL	6'3"	225
	Chris Jones C. Jones	RB	6'2"	196	SO
55	Chuck Jones C. Jones	DL	6'2"	205	SR
27	John Jones J. Jones	LB	6'3"	175
84	Kevin Kearns K. Kearns	DL	6'1"	235	SO
68	Ron Knott R. Knott		6'4"	231
	Lawrence Lee L. Lee	RB	6'0"	175
	Greg Lichtenberg G. Lichtenberg		6'6"	225	FR
37	Greg Long G. Long	DB	6'0"	190	JR
94	Dave Lyons D. Lyons	DL	6'2"	202	SO
50	John Maddox J. Maddox	OL	6'3"	229	SO
85	Robert Mangas R. Mangas	TE	6'2"	213	SO
	Don Marquess D. Marquess	DL	6'0"	201	SO
70	Keith Martin K. Martin	OL	6'3"	215
56	Henry Marzan H. Marzan	LB	6'0"	200	SO
20	Rick Massie R. Massie	WR	6'1"	180	SO
49	Kevin McClelland K. McClelland	LB	6'2"	195
11	Larry McCrimmon L. McCrimmon	QB	6'2"	198	SO
	Frank McDaniels F. McDaniels	TE	6'2"	226	SO
	Dough McEldowney D. McEldowney	K	5'10"	194	JR
2	Venus Meaux V. Meaux	DB	5'10"	186	JR
29	David Meers D. Meers	DB	6'1"	185	JR
62	Craig Miller C. Miller		5'11"	240	JR
18	Andy Molls A. Molls	DB	5'10"	181	SO
	Forrest Moore F. Moore		6'0"	200	SO
31	Greg Motley G. Motley	DB	6'0"	187	SR
	Mike Muchnicki M. Muchnicki	OL	6'2"	245
34	Henry Parks H. Parks	RB	5'10"	170	JR
	Mark Paslick M. Paslick	RB	5'11"	183	SO
4	Tom Petty T. Petty	DB	5'10"	180	SO
16	Juan Portela J. Portela	WR	6'0"	185	JR
	Dwayne Porter D. Porter	DB	5'8"	171	SO
83	Donald Portis D. Portis	OL	6'2"	243	SO
5	Chris Poulton C. Poulton	P	6'0"	187	SO
9	Ty Richmond T. Richmond	DB	6'2"	205
51	Ken Roark K. Roark	OL	6'3"	230	SR
	Tim Roberts T. Roberts	DL	6'2"	202	SO
44	Donald Roe D. Roe	DL	6'2"	205	SO
93	Andy Ryan A. Ryan	DL	6'2"	218	SR
42	Scott Schroeder S. Schroeder	LB	5'10"	199	SO
	Darryl Scott D. Scott	WR	6'2"	191	SO
91	Todd Shadowen T. Shadowen	TE	6'4"	216	SO
81	Eddie Simmons E. Simmons	DB	6'2"	175
66	Chuck Smith C. Smith	LB	6'0"	216	SR
59	Jeff Smith J. Smith	DL	6'4"	235
	Steve Smith S. Smith	WR	6'0"	169	SO
77	Gerald Smyth G. Smyth	OL	6'4"	259	SO
	Mike Smyth M. Smyth	TE	6'4"	209	SO
17	Rick Strein R. Strein	K	5'10"	207	JR
	George Taylor G. Taylor		6'2"	244	SO
74	Chris Thomas C. Thomas	OL	6'5"	225
	Thomas Venable T. Venable	FB	6'0"	192	SO
86	Allan Watson A. Watson	WR	6'2"	186	SO
	Steve Williams S. Williams	OL	6'5"	253	SO
88	Steve Willis S. Willis	DL	6'2"	200
78	Earl Wilson E. Wilson		6'4"	252	JR
8	Greg Wimberly G. Wimberly	WR	5'9"	180
67	Lee Young L. Young	OL	6'0"	211	SR

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,499

Maiava

1,453

Jennings

1,423

Atkinson

Rush Yards Leaders

644

Sheppard

600

Baugh

592

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

585

Legree

564

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

14

Taylor

14

Mensah

14

Maiava

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

9

Hawkins

9

Knight

Rec TD Leaders

7

Duff

7

Dixon

7

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

228.2

Mensah

209.1

Stockton

204.6

Hoover

Sack Leaders

7.5

Simmons

7.0

Umanmielen

6.5

Hopkins

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

54.8

53.5

51.8

48.0

47.5

45.0

Opp PPG Rankings

8.0

8.3

8.5

9.0

9.8

10.3

Total Yards Rankings

588.8

550.8

548.3

533.3

532.8

523.8

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

333.7

332.3

294.8

281.5

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

392.5

365.3

365.0

361.3

347.3

346.5

Sack Leaders

18.0

17.0

15.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	4	0	1.000
2	Florida	4	0	1.000
3	Georgia	4	0	1.000
4	Mississippi State	4	0	1.000
5	Texas	4	0	1.000
6	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
7	Auburn	3	1	.750
8	Kentucky	3	1	.750
9	LSU	3	1	.750
10	Missouri	3	1	.750
11	Tennessee	3	1	.750
12	Vanderbilt	3	1	.750
13	Arkansas	2	2	.500
14	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
15	South Carolina	2	2	.500
16	Texas A&M	2	2	.500

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	3	1	.750
2	Fresno State	3	1	.750
3	Colorado State	2	2	.500
4	Oregon State	2	2	.500
5	Texas State	2	2	.500
6	San Diego State	1	3	.250
7	Utah State	1	3	.250
8	Washington State	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	4	0	1.000
2	Indiana	4	0	1.000
3	Iowa	4	0	1.000
4	Nebraska	4	0	1.000
5	Minnesota	3	1	.750
6	Ohio State	3	1	.750
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	Wisconsin	3	1	.750
9	USC	4	1	.800
10	Michigan	3	1	.750
11	Penn State	3	1	.750
12	Washington	3	1	.750
13	Northwestern	2	1	.667
14	Illinois	2	2	.500
15	Maryland	2	2	.500
16	Michigan State	2	2	.500
17	Purdue	1	3	.250
18	Rutgers	1	3	.250

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Cincinnati	4	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	4	0	1.000
3	Utah	4	0	1.000
4	BYU	3	0	1.000
5	Baylor	3	1	.750
6	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
7	UCF	3	1	.750
8	Arizona State	2	1	.667
9	Arizona	3	1	.750
10	Houston	3	1	.750
11	Kansas State	3	1	.750
12	West Virginia	3	1	.750
13	Colorado	2	2	.500
14	Iowa State	2	2	.500
15	TCU	2	2	.500
16	Kansas	1	2	.333

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	UMass	4	0	1.000
2	Kent State	2	2	.500
3	Eastern Michigan	2	3	.400
4	Toledo	3	1	.750
5	Buffalo	2	2	.500
6	Central Michigan	2	2	.500
7	Miami (OH)	2	2	.500
8	Ohio	2	2	.500
9	Western Michigan	2	2	.500
10	Akron	1	3	.250
11	Bowling Green	0	4	.000
12	Ball State	1	3	.250
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	4	0	1.000
2	Clemson	3	1	.750
3	Duke	4	0	1.000
4	Pittsburgh	4	0	1.000
5	Virginia Tech	4	0	1.000
6	Virginia	3	1	.750
7	Wake Forest	3	1	.750
8	Louisville	2	2	.500
9	SMU	3	1	.750
10	California	2	2	.500
11	Stanford	2	2	.500
12	North Carolina	2	1	.667
13	Boston College	2	2	.500
14	Florida State	2	2	.500
15	NC State	2	2	.500
16	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
17	Syracuse	1	2	.333

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	4	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	2	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	4	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	3	1	.750
3	UAB	2	2	.500
4	Army	2	1	.667
5	Memphis	3	1	.750
6	Tulsa	3	1	.750
7	UTSA	3	1	.750
8	East Carolina	2	2	.500
9	North Texas	2	2	.500
10	Tulane	2	2	.500
11	Rice	1	3	.250
12	Charlotte	0	4	.000
13	Temple	1	3	.250
14	Navy	1	2	.333

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
2	Liberty	3	1	.750
3	Delaware	2	2	.500
4	Florida International	2	2	.500
5	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
6	Missouri State	1	3	.250
7	New Mexico State	1	3	.250
8	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
9	Western Kentucky	1	3	.250
10	Middle Tennessee	2	2	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	4	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	3	1	.750
3	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
4	South Alabama	2	2	.500
5	Georgia State	3	1	.750
6	Marshall	3	1	.750
7	Arkansas State	2	2	.500
8	Troy	2	2	.500
9	Georgia Southern	1	3	.250
10	Louisiana Tech	1	2	.333
11	Southern Miss	1	3	.250
12	Coastal Carolina	1	3	.250
13	Old Dominion	1	3	.250
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	4	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	4	0	1.000
2	UNLV	2	2	.500
3	Wyoming	2	2	.500
4	Air Force	2	1	.667
5	New Mexico	3	1	.750
6	San Jose State	2	2	.500
7	UTEP	1	3	.250
8	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
9	Nevada	1	3	.250
10	Hawai'i	1	3	.250