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Conference | Pacific-10 Conference |
Record | 6–5 (3–4 Pac-10) |
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Offensive coordinator | Dennis Green (1st season) |
Defensive coordinator | Jack Harbaugh (1st season) |
Home stadium | Stanford Stadium (1921) (c. 85,500, grass) |
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1980 Stanford Cardinals football team represented Stanford University in the Pacific-10 Conference during the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. Following the surprise resignation of Rod Dowhower after one season in January, [1] [2] [3] Stanford's new head coach was alumnus Paul Wiggin, [4] [5] and he led the Cardinals to a 6–5 record (3–4 in Pac-10, tied for sixth). [6] Home games were played on campus at Stanford Stadium in Stanford, California.
Hired in February, Wiggin was a former star defensive end at Stanford (All-Pacific Coast in 1955, 1956), played eleven years in the NFL, was a head coach for three seasons with the Kansas City Chiefs (1975–77), and most recently was the defensive coordinator of the New Orleans Saints. [4] [7]
After the season in December, offensive coordinator Dennis Green became the head coach at Northwestern in the Big Ten Conference, [8] [9] and receivers/backs coach Jim Fassel was promoted. Green returned to Stanford as head coach in 1989.
Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result |
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September 6 | at Oregon | No. 15 | W 35–25 | |
September 13 | Tulane * | No. 13 | W 19–14 | |
September 20 | at Boston College * | No. 11 | L 13–30 | |
September 27 | at No. 4 Oklahoma * | W 31–14 | ||
October 4 | San Jose State * | No. 15 |
| W 35–21 |
October 11 | at No. 5 UCLA | No. 16 | L 21–35 | |
October 18 | Washington | No. 20 |
| L 24–27 |
October 25 | at Washington State | W 48–34 | ||
November 1 | Oregon State |
| W 54–13 | |
November 8 | No. 4 USC |
| L 9–34 | |
November 22 | at California | L 23–28 | ||
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Stanford | 7 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 23 |
California | 7 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 28 |
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Two costly fumbles and being stopped on the goal line with 1:07 left, ended Stanford's season on a sour note, and knocked them out of possible Peach Bowl consideration.
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