The 1980 Maine Black Bears football team was an

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team that represented the

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as a member of the Yankee Conference during the

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. In its fifth season under head coach

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, the team compiled a 4–7 record (1–4 against conference opponents) and finished fifth out of six teams in the Yankee Conference. Andrew Neilson, Peter A. Thiboutot, and John Tursky were the team captains.

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