1980-81 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 23-6 (Independent)

Rank: 7th in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Digger Phelps

PS/G: 72.0 (116th of 264)

PA/G: 62.4 (36th of 264)

SRS: 13.27 (24th of 264)

SOS: 4.34 (63rd of 264)

NCAA Tournament: (#2 seed in East)
Won East Second Round (54-45) versus #10 James Madison
Lost East Regional Semifinal (51-50) versus #6 Brigham Young

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AP Poll Summary

1980-81 Season AP Poll summary

AP Poll Summary Table
School	Pre	12/1	12/8	12/15	12/22	12/29	1/5	1/12	1/19	1/26	2/2	2/9	2/16	2/23	3/2	Final
Notre Dame	10	13	9	6	8	4	5	7	13	8	9	12	11	6	6	7

Schedules prior to the 1992-93 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, Nov 29, 1980	REG	@	UCLA (6)	Pac-10	14.89	L	81	94		0	1	L 1	Pauley Pavilion
2	Tue, Dec 2, 1980	REG		Montana State	Big Sky	-3.24	W	87	68		1	1	W 1	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
3	Thu, Dec 4, 1980	REG		TCU	SWC	0.16	W	79	63		2	1	W 2	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
4	Tue, Dec 9, 1980	REG		Indiana (7)	Big Ten	21.18	W	68	64		3	1	W 3	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
5	Mon, Dec 22, 1980	REG		Valparaiso	Ind	-9.08	W	69	56		4	1	W 4	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
6	Sat, Dec 27, 1980	REG	N	Kentucky (2)	SEC	18.59	W	67	61		5	1	W 5	Freedom Hall
7	Sun, Jan 4, 1981	REG	@	Davidson	Southern	-4.04	W	87	67		6	1	W 6	Johnston Gym
8	Tue, Jan 6, 1981	REG	@	Villanova	Big East	6.92	W	96	65		7	1	W 7	Villanova Field House
9	Sat, Jan 10, 1981	REG	@	Marquette	Ind	7.98	L	52	54		7	2	L 1	MECCA Arena
10	Tue, Jan 13, 1981	REG	@	San Francisco	WCAC	6.29	L	63	66		7	3	L 2	War Memorial Gymnasium
11	Sat, Jan 17, 1981	REG		Hofstra	ECC	-5.04	W	65	55		8	3	W 1	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
12	Mon, Jan 19, 1981	REG		Fordham	ECACM	1.65	W	67	61		9	3	W 2	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
13	Wed, Jan 21, 1981	REG		San Francisco	WCAC	6.29	W	80	75		10	3	W 3	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
14	Sat, Jan 24, 1981	REG	@	Maryland (10)	ACC	13.70	W	73	70		11	3	W 4	Cole Fieldhouse
15	Tue, Jan 27, 1981	REG		Cornell	Ivy	-10.57	W	80	58		12	3	W 5	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
16	Sat, Jan 31, 1981	REG		South Carolina	Ind	1.62	W	94	84		13	3	W 6	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
17	Mon, Feb 2, 1981	REG		Saint Mary's (CA)	WCAC	-9.29	W	94	63		14	3	W 7	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
18	Wed, Feb 4, 1981	REG		La Salle	ECC	-2.15	W	60	59		15	3	W 8	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
19	Sun, Feb 8, 1981	REG		UCLA (12)	Pac-10	14.89	L	50	51		15	4	L 1	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
20	Tue, Feb 10, 1981	REG		Boston University	ECACN	-6.43	W	89	63		16	4	W 1	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
21	Sat, Feb 14, 1981	REG	@	NC State	ACC	9.37	W	71	55		17	4	W 2	Reynolds Coliseum
22	Mon, Feb 16, 1981	REG		Fairfield	ECACM	-5.47	W	57	55		18	4	W 3	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
23	Sun, Feb 22, 1981	REG		Virginia (1)	ACC	18.59	W	57	56		19	4	W 4	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
24	Thu, Feb 26, 1981	REG		Saint Francis (PA)	ECACS	-5.44	W	87	71		20	4	W 5	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
25	Sat, Feb 28, 1981	REG		Dayton	Ind	2.64	W	70	57		21	4	W 6	Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center
26	Sun, Mar 8, 1981	REG	@	DePaul (2)	Ind	15.47	L	64	74		21	5	L 1	Rosemont Horizon
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
27	Sat, Mar 14, 1981	NCAA	N	James Madison	ECACS	8.28	W	54	45		22	5	W 1	Providence Civic Center
28	Thu, Mar 19, 1981	NCAA	N	Brigham Young (16)	WAC	13.80	L	50	51		22	6	L 1	The Omni