1980 Hall of Fame Classic

August 2023 March 2026 Hall of Fame Classic December 27 1980 1980 Arkansas Razorbacks 6–5 Lou Holtz 14 14 3 3 RB Gary AndersonLB Billy Ray Smith Tulane Green Wave 7–4 Vince Gibson 0 0 0 15 bg Legion Field Birmingham, Alabama Raleigh J. Girouard 30,000 All-American Bowl The 1980 Hall of Fame Classic was a college football postseason bowl game between the Arkansas Razorbacks and the Tulane Green Wave. Background The Razorbacks finished 6th in the Southwestern Conference in their second bowl game in the calendar year of 1980. This was Tulane's second straight bowl appearance (the first time in school history) and fourth in 10 years. Game summary James Tolbert started the scoring off for the Razorbacks with his 1-yard touchdown run in the first quarter. Gary Anderson made it 14–0 on his 80-yard punt return for a touchdown. Steve Clyde caught a 9-yard touchdown pass from Tom Jones to make it 21–0, and Anderson added in a touchdown run from 46 yards to give Arkansas a 28–0 halftime lead. Ish Ordonez made it 31–0 on his 40-yard field goal in the 3rd quarter. Tulane finally got on the board on Marcus Anderson's touchdown reception of 62 yards from Nickie Hall to make it 31–7. Ordonez added in his 2nd field goal to make it 34–7 in the fourth quarter. Kelvin Robinson scored on a touchdown plunge to make it 34–14, but Tulane could not score after that as Arkansas won their first bowl game since 1978. Gary Anderson rushed for 156 yards on 11 carries.http://www.tulane.edu/~athletic/FB/FBHIST/FBBOWL.HTML Tulane Football Bowl Games August 12, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20001216025800/http://www.tulane.edu/~athletic/FB/FBHIST/FBBOWL.HTML December 16, 2000 dead Aftermath Tulane waited seven years to make their next bowl appearance, in 1987. The Razorbacks made seven more bowl games in the decade. Neither returned to this bowl game. Statistics Statistics Arkansas TulaneFirst downs 22 18Rushing yards 383 157Passing yards 83 241Total yards 466 398Pass (comp–att–int) 5–13–1 16–37–2Fumbles–lost 0–0 3–2Penalties–yards 1–19 3–15 References Hall of Fame Classic Category:All-American Bowl Category:Arkansas Razorbacks football bowl games Category:Tulane Green Wave football bowl games Category:December 1980 sports events in the United States Category:1980 in sports in Alabama