1980 Stanford Cardinals football team

The 1980 Stanford Cardinals football team represented Stanford University in the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. Following the surprise resignation of Rod Dowhower, Stanford's new head coach was Paul Wiggin, a former star defensive end at Stanford who had also played 10 years in the NFL and most recently had been an assistant coach in the NFL.[1]

1980 Stanford Cardinals football
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
1980 record6–5 (3–4 Pac-10)
Head coachPaul Wiggin (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorJack Harbaugh (1st season)
Home stadiumStanford Stadium (c. 85,500, grass)
1980 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 16 Washington $ 6 1 0  9 3 0
No. 13 UCLA 5 2 0  9 2 0
No. 11 USC 4 2 1  8 2 1
Arizona State 5 3 0  7 4 0
Oregon 4 3 1  6 3 2
Stanford 3 4 0  6 5 0
Arizona 3 4 0  5 6 0
Washington State 3 4 0  4 7 0
California 3 5 0  3 8 0
Oregon State 0 8 0  0 11 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResult
September 6at OregonNo. 15W 35–25
September 13Tulane*No. 13W 19–14
September 20at Boston College*No. 11L 13–30
September 27at No. 4 Oklahoma*
W 31–14
October 4San Jose State*No. 15
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA (rivalry)
W 35–21
October 11at No. 5 UCLANo. 16L 21–35
October 18WashingtonNo. 20
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
L 24–27
October 25at No. 17 Washington StateW 48–34
November 1Oregon State
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
W 54–13
November 8No. 4 USC
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA (rivalry)
L 9–34
November 22CaliforniaL 23–28
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[2]

Roster

1980 Stanford Cardinal football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
RB 24 Mike Dotterer So
TE 83 Chris Dressel So
QB 7 John Elway So
T 67 Brian Holloway Sr
WR 28 Ken Margerum Sr
RB 31 Darrin Nelson Jr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

References

  1. "Stanford job to thrill Wiggin". Lawrence Journal-World. February 2, 1980. Retrieved January 22, 2013.
  2. "Stanford Game-by-Game Results; 19801984". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on 2012-11-02. Retrieved January 21, 2013.
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