Harvard tied for third place in the Ivy League.
In their tenth year under head coach Joe Restic, the Crimson compiled a 7–3 record and outscored opponents 159 to 138.
[1] Harvard's 4–3 conference record tied for third in the Ivy League standings.
[2] Ivy League football teams expanded their schedules to 10 games in 1980, making this the first year since 1953 that the Crimson played three games against non-Ivy opponents.
Harvard played its home games at Harvard Stadium in the Allston neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.