1980 San Jose State Spartans football team

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1980 San Jose State Spartans football
Conference Pacific Coast Athletic Association
Record7–4 (3–2 PCAA)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Dennis Erickson (2nd season)
Home stadium Spartan Stadium
Seasons
  1979
1981  
1980 Pacific Coast Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Long Beach State $ 5 0 08 3 0
Utah State 4 1 06 5 0
San Jose State 3 2 07 4 0
Fresno State 1 4 05 6 0
Cal State Fullerton 1 4 04 7 0
Pacific (CA) 1 4 04 8 0
  • $ Conference champion

The 1980 San Jose State Spartans football team represented San Jose State University during the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season as a member of the Pacific Coast Athletic Association. [note 1] The team was led by head coach Jack Elway, in his second year at San Jose State, and the team played home games at Spartan Stadium in San Jose, California. The Spartans finished the 1980 season with a record of seven wins and four losses (7–4, 3–2 PCAA).

Contents

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 6 Santa Clara *W 28–14
September 13at Washington State * ABC W 31–2618,153
September 20at Iowa State *L 6–2747,806 [1]
October 4at No. 15 Stanford *L 21–35
October 11 Fresno State Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Spartan Stadium
  • San Jose, CA (rivalry)
W 26–1414,120 [2]
October 18 Long Beach State
  • Spartan Stadium
  • San Jose, CA
L 21–2311,725 [3]
October 25 Idaho *
  • Spartan Stadium
  • San Jose, CA
W 32–107,263 [4] [5]
November 1at No. 10 Baylor *W 30–2235,000
November 8at Pacific (CA) W 28–2317,569 [6]
November 15 Cal State Fullerton
  • Spartan Stadium
  • San Jose, CA
W 33–2110,021 [7]
November 22 Utah State
  • Spartan Stadium
  • San Jose, CA
L 38–4416,318 [8]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Team players in the NFL

The following were selected in the 1981 NFL draft. [11]

PlayerPositionRoundOverallNFL team
Mark Nichols Wide receiver116 Detroit Lions

The following finished their college career in 1980, were not drafted, but played in the NFL. [12]

PlayerPositionFirst NFL team
Bill BenjaminLinebacker 1987 Indianapolis Colts
Mike KatolinCenter 1987 Cleveland Browns

Notes

  1. The Big West Conference was known as the Pacific Coast Athletic Association from its founding in 1969 through 1987.

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The 1976 San Jose State Spartans football team represented San Jose State University during the 1976 NCAA Division I football season as a member of the Pacific Coast Athletic Association. The team was led by first year head coach Lynn Stiles. They played home games at Spartan Stadium in San Jose, California. The Spartans finished the season as champions of the PCAA for the second year in a row, with a record of seven wins and four losses.

The 1977 San Jose State Spartans football team represented San Jose State University during the 1977 NCAA Division I football season as a member of the Pacific Coast Athletic Association. The team was led by second year head coach Lynn Stiles. They played home games at Spartan Stadium in San Jose, California. The Spartans finished the season with a record of four wins and seven losses.

The 1979 San Jose State Spartans football team represented San Jose State University during the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season as a member of the Pacific Coast Athletic Association. The team was led by first year head coach Jack Elway. They played home games at Spartan Stadium in San Jose, California.

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The 1998 San Jose State Spartans football team represented San Jose State University during the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season as a member of the Western Athletic Conference. The team was led by head coach Dave Baldwin, in his second year as head coach at San Jose State. They played home games at Spartan Stadium in San Jose, California. The Spartans finished the 1998 season with a record of four wins and eight losses.

The 1979 Pacific Tigers football team represented the University of the Pacific (UOP) in the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season as a member of the Pacific Coast Athletic Association.

The 1949 San Jose State Spartans football team represented San Jose State College during the 1949 college football season.

The 1947 San Jose State Spartans football team represented San Jose State College during the 1947 college football season.

The 1940 San Jose State Spartans football team represented San Jose State College during the 1940 college football season.

The 1951 San Jose State Spartans football team represented San Jose State College during the 1951 college football season.

The 1953 San Jose State Spartans football team represented San Jose State College during the 1953 college football season.

The 1957 San Jose State Spartans football team represented San Jose State College during the 1957 college football season.

The 1961 San Jose State Spartans football team represented San Jose State College during the 1961 college football season.

The 1964 San Jose State Spartans football team represented San Jose State College during the 1964 NCAA University Division football season.

The 1965 San Jose State Spartans football team represented San Jose State College during the 1965 NCAA University Division football season.

The 1968 San Jose State Spartans football team represented San Jose State College during the 1968 NCAA University Division football season.

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