1980 North Dakota Fighting Sioux football team

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1980 North Dakota Fighting Sioux football
Conference North Central Conference
Record6–4 (5–2 NCC)
Head coach
Home stadium Memorial Stadium
Seasons
  1979
1981 
1980 North Central Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 10 Northern Colorado $^ 6 1 07 4 0
Nebraska–Omaha 5 2 07 3 0
North Dakota 5 2 06 4 0
North Dakota State 5 2 06 4 0
South Dakota * 3 3 15 6 0
Augustana (SD) 2 5 02 7 1
South Dakota State * 1 5 13 8 0
Morningside 0 7 02 8 0
  • + Conference co-champions
  • ^ NCAA Division II playoff participant
  • * – South Dakota and South Dakota State split two head-to-head games, which counted as a tie for each team in the conference standings.
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1980 North Dakota Fighting Sioux football team, also known as the Nodaks, was an American football team that represented the University of North Dakota in the North Central Conference (NCC) during the 1980 NCAA Division II football season.

Contents

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 6at Portland State *L 14–2811,952 [1]
September 13 Montana State *W 14–610,000
September 20at Northern Colorado Greeley, CO L 22–271,587
September 27 Augustana (SD)
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Grand Forks, ND
W 34–77,400
October 4 North Dakota State
W 34–2014,500 [2]
October 11at South Dakota L 24–329,200
October 18at Morningside
W 33–71,202
October 25No. 2 Nebraska–Omaha
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Grand Forks, ND
W 31–144,000
November 1 South Dakota State
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Grand Forks, ND
W 47–134,100
November 8at Puget Sound * Tacoma, WA L 6–103,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster

1980 North Dakota Fighting Sioux football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
RB 33Jeff AbernathyFr
QB 42Tom BioloSr
OT 74Todd ThomasSr
TE 86Henry JordanSr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
CB 13Jim AbernathyJr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injury icon 2.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

References

  1. "Lomax, PSU open with 28-14 victory". Statesman Journal (AP story). September 7, 1980. p. 3D.
  2. "Jones leads Sioux victory". Argus-Leader. October 5, 1980. Retrieved October 2, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Final 1980 Cumulative Football Statistics Report (North Dakota)". National Collegiate Athletic Association . Retrieved December 23, 2022.
  4. "2019 North Dakota Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of North Dakota. 2019. p. 176.