The1980 Baylor Bears football team represented theBaylor University in the1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Bears finished the season first in theSouthwest Conference. DuringMike Singletary's senior season of 1980, Baylor won 10 games for the first time in school history. Throughout his Baylor career, Singletary averaged 15tackles per game. After Baylor's 16–0 victory overTexas in the regular season finale, the Longhorns did not suffer another shutout for 24 years, which was one of the longest non-shutout streaks in college football history.

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 13	atLamar*		Cardinal Stadium Beaumont, TX		W 42–7	18,500	[1]
September 20	West Texas State*		Baylor Stadium Waco, TX		W 43–15	25,000	[2]
September 27	atTexas Tech		Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX (rivalry)		W 11–3	48,539	[3]
October 4	Houston	No. 20	Baylor Stadium Waco, TX (rivalry)		W 24–12	40,000	[4]
October 11	No. 20SMU	No. 18	Baylor Stadium Waco, TX		W 32–28	35,000	[5]
October 18	atTexas A&M	No. 13	Kyle Field College Station, TX (rivalry)		W 46–7	69,735	[6]
October 25	atTCU	No. 11	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX (rivalry)		W 21–6	22,385	[7]
November 1	San Jose State*	No. 10	Baylor Stadium Waco, TX		L 22–30	35,000	[8]
November 8	Arkansas	No. 16	Baylor Stadium Waco, TX		W 42–15	46,000	[9]
November 15	atRice	No. 12	Rice Stadium Houston, TX		W 16–6	26,000	[10]
November 22	No. 20Texas	No. 11	Baylor Stadium Waco, TX (rivalry)		W 16–0	48,500	[11]
January 1	vs. No. 9Alabama*	No. 6	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (Cotton Bowl Classic)	CBS	L 2–30	74,281	[12]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings fromAP Poll released prior to the game

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Baylor's first win in Lubbock since 1966.

• Mike Singletary, (All-America) honors
• Mike Singletary,Davey O'Brien Memorial Trophy, awarded to the most outstanding player in the Southwest Conference.

The following players were drafted into professional football following the season.^[14]

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