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1979-80 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 22-6 (Independent)

Rank: 9th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Digger Phelps

PS/G: 78.1 (53rd of 265)

PA/G: 66.9 (60th of 265)

SRS: 13.38 (16th of 260)

SOS: 2.60 (67th of 260)

NCAA Tournament: (#4 seed in Midwest)
Lost Midwest Second Round (87-84) versus #5 Missouri

AP Poll Summary

1979-80 Season AP Poll summary

AP Poll Summary Table
School	Pre	12/3	12/10	12/17	12/26	1/2	1/7	1/14	1/21	1/28	2/4	2/11	2/18	2/25	Final
Notre Dame	5	4	4	4	3	7	7	8	8	8	9	12	10	14	9

Schedules prior to the 1994-95 season may be missing games vs. non-Division I opponents.

Schedule and Results

Schedule and Results Table
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
1	Sat, Dec 1, 1979	REG		Valparaiso	Ind	-9.54	W	92	66		1	0	W 1	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
2	Mon, Dec 3, 1979	REG		Iowa State	Big 8	-1.24	W	87	77		2	0	W 2	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
3	Wed, Dec 5, 1979	REG	@	Northwestern	Big Ten	5.92	W	73	56		3	0	W 3	Welsh-Ryan Arena
4	Sat, Dec 8, 1979	REG		Saint Louis	Metro	0.85	W	93	66		4	0	W 4	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
5	Tue, Dec 11, 1979	REG		UCLA (7)	Pac-10	15.66	W	77	74		5	0	W 5	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
6	Sat, Dec 22, 1979	REG		Fairfield	ECACM	-10.88	W	69	59		6	0	W 6	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
7	Sat, Dec 29, 1979	REG	N	Kentucky (2)	SEC	16.94	L	80	86		6	1	L 1	Freedom Hall
8	Tue, Jan 8, 1980	REG	@	San Francisco	WCAC	6.39	L	59	67		6	2	L 2	War Memorial Gymnasium
9	Thu, Jan 10, 1980	REG	@	Tulane	Metro	-1.99	W	79	59		7	2	W 1	Avron B. Fogelman Arena
10	Sun, Jan 13, 1980	REG	@	TCU	SWC	-8.48	W	85	68		8	2	W 2	Daniel-Meyer Coliseum
11	Tue, Jan 15, 1980	REG		Villanova	EAA	10.81	W	70	69		9	2	W 3	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
12	Sat, Jan 19, 1980	REG	@	UCLA	Pac-10	15.66	W	80	73		10	2	W 4	Pauley Pavilion
13	Wed, Jan 23, 1980	REG		Canisius	ECACN	-5.69	W	84	63		11	2	W 5	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
14	Sat, Jan 26, 1980	REG		Maryland (15)	ACC	14.61	W	64	63		12	2	W 6	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
15	Wed, Jan 30, 1980	REG	@	La Salle	ECC	5.82	L	60	62		12	3	L 1	The Palestra
16	Sat, Feb 2, 1980	REG		Davidson	Southern	-9.27	W	105	71		13	3	W 1	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
17	Mon, Feb 4, 1980	REG		Navy	ECACS	-6.18	W	67	53		14	3	W 2	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
18	Wed, Feb 6, 1980	REG		Manhattan	ECACM	-15.08	W	93	49		15	3	W 3	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
19	Sat, Feb 9, 1980	REG		NC State	ACC	12.95	L	55	63		15	4	L 1	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
20	Mon, Feb 11, 1980	REG		San Francisco	WCAC	6.39	W	78	66		16	4	W 1	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
21	Thu, Feb 14, 1980	REG	@	Fordham	ECACM	-5.89	W	86	76		17	4	W 2	Rose Hill Gymnasium
22	Sat, Feb 16, 1980	REG	@	South Carolina	Ind	0.67	W	90	66		18	4	W 3	Carolina Coliseum
23	Wed, Feb 20, 1980	REG	@	Xavier	MW City	-6.97	W	85	72		19	4	W 4	Schmidt Fieldhouse
24	Sun, Feb 24, 1980	REG		Marquette	Ind	9.56	L	74	77		19	5	L 1	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
25	Wed, Feb 27, 1980	REG		DePaul (1)	Ind	14.10	W	76	74		20	5	W 1	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
26	Sat, Mar 1, 1980	REG	@	Dayton	Ind	2.33	W	62	54		21	5	W 2	University of Dayton Arena
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
27	Sat, Mar 8, 1980	NCAA	N	Missouri (16)	Big 8	12.81	L	84	87	OT	21	6	L 1	Bob Devaney Sports Center