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1980 Southland Conference Year Summary

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Record: 30-37-0, .448 W-L% (14th of 14) (Schedule and Results)

SRS: -8.81 (12th of 14) ▪ SOS: -6.18 (11th of 14)

Conference Champion: McNeese State

Ranked in Preseason AP Poll: 0
Ranked in Final AP Poll: 0

Standings

	Overall				Conference				Pts/G		SRS
School	W	L	T	Pct	W	L	T	Pct	Own	Opp	SRS	SOS	Notes
McNeese State	10	2	0	.833	5	0	0	1.000	26.5	12.8	3.41	-8.43
Louisiana-Lafayette	7	4	0	.636	4	1	0	.800	17.6	13.1	-3.67	-7.85
Texas-Arlington	3	8	0	.273	3	2	0	.600	22.5	31.0	-11.62	-4.80
Louisiana Tech	5	6	0	.455	2	3	0	.400	17.5	20.0	-8.87	-6.23
Lamar	3	8	0	.273	1	4	0	.200	16.9	29.8	-14.13	-3.85
Arkansas State	2	9	0	.182	0	5	0	.000	11.7	24.5	-18.00	-5.91

1 Bowl Game

Date	Bowl	Winner/Tie	Pts	Loser/Tie	Pts	Notes
1980-12-13	Independence Bowl	Southern Mississippi	16	McNeese State	14	Independence Bowl (Shreveport, LA)

Conference Leaders

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Pass Completions

1.	Ray Campbell (LAMAR)	157
2.	Matt Dunigan (LATECH)	149
3.	Phillip Reynolds (LALAF)	128
4.	Scott Logan (TXARL)	67
5.	Stephen Starring* (MCNST)	52
6.	Jerry Deller (LAMAR)	28
7.	Tim Langford (ARST)	27
8.	Kyle Gandy (LATECH)	16
9.	Guy Lissak (TXARL)	15
10.	Dwight Prudhomme (LALAF)	13

Pass Attempts

1.	Matt Dunigan (LATECH)	313
2.	Ray Campbell (LAMAR)	296
3.	Phillip Reynolds (LALAF)	277
4.	Scott Logan (TXARL)	134
5.	Stephen Starring* (MCNST)	129
6.	Jerry Deller (LAMAR)	73
7.	Tim Langford (ARST)	71
8.	Kyle Gandy (LATECH)	41
9.	Guy Lissak (TXARL)	29
10.	Russ Henderson (ARST)	27

Pass Completion Percentage

1.	Ray Campbell (LAMAR)	53.0
2.	Matt Dunigan (LATECH)	47.6
3.	Phillip Reynolds (LALAF)	46.2

Passing Yards

1.	Matt Dunigan (LATECH)	1939
2.	Phillip Reynolds (LALAF)	1680
3.	Ray Campbell (LAMAR)	1491
4.	Scott Logan (TXARL)	1070
5.	Stephen Starring* (MCNST)	1006
6.	Jerry Deller (LAMAR)	298
7.	Tim Langford (ARST)	281
8.	Kyle Gandy (LATECH)	279
9.	Guy Lissak (TXARL)	221
10.	Dwight Prudhomme (LALAF)	158

Passing Yards Per Attempt

1.	Matt Dunigan (LATECH)	6.2
2.	Phillip Reynolds (LALAF)	6.1
3.	Ray Campbell (LAMAR)	5.0

Adjusted Passing Yards Per Attempt

1.	Matt Dunigan (LATECH)	4.9
2.	Phillip Reynolds (LALAF)	3.6
3.	Ray Campbell (LAMAR)	2.6

Passing Touchdowns

1.	Phillip Reynolds (LALAF)	13
2.	Matt Dunigan (LATECH)	9
3.	Stephen Starring* (MCNST)	8
4.	Ray Campbell (LAMAR)	7
5.	Scott Logan (TXARL)	6
6.	Jerry Deller (LAMAR)	3
7.	Kyle Gandy (LATECH)	2
	Russ Henderson (ARST)	2

Passing Interceptions

1.	Phillip Reynolds (LALAF)	21
2.	Ray Campbell (LAMAR)	19
3.	Matt Dunigan (LATECH)	13
4.	Stephen Starring* (MCNST)	12
5.	Scott Logan (TXARL)	9
	Tim Langford (ARST)	9
7.	Kyle Gandy (LATECH)	6
8.	Jerry Deller (LAMAR)	5
9.	Russ Henderson (ARST)	4
10.	Rick Spivey (ARST)	2

Passing Efficiency Rating

1.	Matt Dunigan (LATECH)	100.8
2.	Phillip Reynolds (LALAF)	97.5
3.	Ray Campbell (LAMAR)	90.3

Rush Attempts

1.	Theron McClendon* (MCNST)	257
2.	Stephen Starring* (MCNST)	219
3.	Earl James Greer (LATECH)	127
4.	Buford Jordon* (MCNST)	122
5.	Rodney Smith (LALAF)	119
6.	Matt Dunigan (LATECH)	117
7.	Tim Langford (ARST)	108
8.	Lee Charles Wright (ARST)	107
9.	Phillip Jessie (TXARL)	103
	Scott Logan (TXARL)	103

Rushing Yards

1.	Theron McClendon* (MCNST)	1272
2.	Stephen Starring* (MCNST)	974
3.	Buford Jordon* (MCNST)	766
4.	Phillip Jessie (TXARL)	675
5.	Earl James Greer (LATECH)	517
6.	Edward Blanco (LALAF)	478
7.	Rodney Smith (LALAF)	446
8.	Tony Felder (TXARL)	434
9.	Erven Beasley (ARST)	433
10.	Scott Logan (TXARL)	408

Rushing Yards Per Attempt

1.	Phillip Jessie (TXARL)	6.6
2.	Buford Jordon* (MCNST)	6.3
3.	Erven Beasley (ARST)	5.2
4.	Theron McClendon* (MCNST)	4.9
5.	Edward Blanco (LALAF)	4.7
6.	Anthony Price (TXARL)	4.7
7.	George Yates (LATECH)	4.5
8.	Stephen Starring* (MCNST)	4.4
9.	Tim Johnson (LAMAR)	4.4
10.	Tony Felder (TXARL)	4.4

Rushing Touchdowns

1.	Buford Jordon* (MCNST)	9
	Theron McClendon* (MCNST)	9
3.	Stephen Starring* (MCNST)	8
4.	Phillip Jessie (TXARL)	6
5.	Tony Felder (TXARL)	5
	Edward Blanco (LALAF)	5
	George Yates (LATECH)	5
	Ben Booker (LAMAR)	5
9.	Matt Dunigan (LATECH)	4
10.	Scott Logan (TXARL)	3
	Earl James Greer (LATECH)	3
	Tim Langford (ARST)	3
	Rodney Smith (LALAF)	3

Receptions

1.	Leland Padgett (LATECH)	34
	Alfred Mask (LAMAR)	34
	Sam Choice (LAMAR)	34
4.	Ben Booker (LAMAR)	33
5.	Curtis Calhoun (LALAF)	32
	Gary Lewis (TXARL)	32
7.	Johnny Giordano (LATECH)	27
8.	Rodney Smith (LALAF)	25
9.	Tim Johnson (LAMAR)	22
	Freddie Brown (LATECH)	22

Receiving Yards

1.	Gary Lewis (TXARL)	711
2.	Sam Choice (LAMAR)	579
3.	Leland Padgett (LATECH)	547
4.	Freddie Brown (LATECH)	464
5.	Johnny Giordano (LATECH)	459
6.	Curtis Calhoun (LALAF)	443
7.	Alfred Mask (LAMAR)	368
8.	Mark Barousse* (MCNST)	308
9.	Chris Tilley (LATECH)	240
10.	Doug Waddell (LALAF)	214

Receiving Yards Per Reception

1.	Gary Lewis (TXARL)	22.2
2.	Freddie Brown (LATECH)	21.1
3.	Sam Choice (LAMAR)	17.0
4.	Johnny Giordano (LATECH)	17.0
5.	Leland Padgett (LATECH)	16.1
6.	Curtis Calhoun (LALAF)	13.8
7.	Alfred Mask (LAMAR)	10.8
8.	Rodney Smith (LALAF)	6.1
9.	Ben Booker (LAMAR)	5.8
10.	Tim Johnson (LAMAR)	3.2

Receiving Touchdowns

1.	Gary Lewis (TXARL)	4
	Jerry Mack (ARST)	4
	Barry Herbert (LALAF)	4
	Sam Choice (LAMAR)	4
5.	Johnny Giordano (LATECH)	3
	Brent Anderson (LALAF)	3
	Earl James Greer (LATECH)	3
	Mark Barousse* (MCNST)	3
	Alfred Mask (LAMAR)	3
	Ben Booker (LAMAR)	3

Plays From Scrimmage

1.	Theron McClendon* (MCNST)	263
2.	Stephen Starring* (MCNST)	219
3.	Earl James Greer (LATECH)	145
4.	Rodney Smith (LALAF)	144
5.	Buford Jordon* (MCNST)	124
6.	Phillip Jessie (TXARL)	121
7.	Ben Booker (LAMAR)	120
8.	Matt Dunigan (LATECH)	117
9.	Lee Charles Wright (ARST)	116
10.	Tony Felder (TXARL)	111

Yards From Scrimmage

1.	Theron McClendon* (MCNST)	1387
2.	Stephen Starring* (MCNST)	974
3.	Phillip Jessie (TXARL)	852
4.	Buford Jordon* (MCNST)	775
5.	Gary Lewis (TXARL)	711
6.	Earl James Greer (LATECH)	659
7.	Rodney Smith (LALAF)	598
8.	Ben Booker (LAMAR)	568
9.	Sam Choice (LAMAR)	564
10.	Tony Felder (TXARL)	562

Touchdowns From Scrimmage

1.	Theron McClendon* (MCNST)	9
	Buford Jordon* (MCNST)	9
3.	Stephen Starring* (MCNST)	8
	Ben Booker (LAMAR)	8
5.	Tony Felder (TXARL)	6
	Phillip Jessie (TXARL)	6
	Earl James Greer (LATECH)	6
	George Yates (LATECH)	6
9.	Barry Herbert (LALAF)	5
	Edward Blanco (LALAF)	5

Total Plays

1.	Matt Dunigan (LATECH)	430
2.	Phillip Reynolds (LALAF)	367
3.	Stephen Starring* (MCNST)	348
4.	Ray Campbell (LAMAR)	347
5.	Theron McClendon* (MCNST)	258
6.	Scott Logan (TXARL)	237
7.	Tim Langford (ARST)	179
8.	Earl James Greer (LATECH)	127
9.	Buford Jordon* (MCNST)	122
10.	Rodney Smith (LALAF)	121

Total Yards

1.	Stephen Starring* (MCNST)	1980
2.	Matt Dunigan (LATECH)	1866
3.	Phillip Reynolds (LALAF)	1852
4.	Scott Logan (TXARL)	1478
5.	Ray Campbell (LAMAR)	1429
6.	Theron McClendon* (MCNST)	1272
7.	Buford Jordon* (MCNST)	766
8.	Phillip Jessie (TXARL)	675
9.	Earl James Greer (LATECH)	517
10.	Edward Blanco (LALAF)	478

Total Touchdowns

1.	Stephen Starring* (MCNST)	16
2.	Phillip Reynolds (LALAF)	13
	Matt Dunigan (LATECH)	13
4.	Scott Logan (TXARL)	9
	Theron McClendon* (MCNST)	9
	Buford Jordon* (MCNST)	9
7.	Ray Campbell (LAMAR)	8
8.	Phillip Jessie (TXARL)	6
9.	Edward Blanco (LALAF)	5
	George Yates (LATECH)	5
	Tony Felder (TXARL)	5
	Ben Booker (LAMAR)	5

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