1980 Stanford Cardinals football team

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1980 Stanford Cardinals football
Conference Pacific-10 Conference
Record6–5 (3–4 Pac-10)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Dennis Green (1st season)
Defensive coordinator Jack Harbaugh (1st season)
Home stadium Stanford Stadium (1921)
(c. 85,500, grass)
Seasons
  1979
1981  
1980 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 16 Washington $ 6 1 09 3 0
No. 13 UCLA 5 2 09 2 0
No. 11 USC 4 2 18 2 1
Arizona State 5 3 07 4 0
Oregon 4 3 16 3 2
Stanford 3 4 06 5 0
Arizona 3 4 05 6 0
Washington State 3 4 04 7 0
California 3 5 03 8 0
Oregon State 0 8 00 11 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

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.

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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 (197577), 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.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResult
September 6at Oregon No. 15W 35–25
September 13 Tulane *No. 13W 19–14
September 20at Boston College *No. 11L 13–30
September 27at No. 4 Oklahoma *W 31–14
October 4 San Jose State *No. 15
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA (rivalry)
W 35–21
October 11at No. 5 UCLA No. 16L 21–35
October 18 Washington No. 20
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
L 24–27
October 25at Washington State W 48–34
November 1 Oregon State
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
W 54–13
November 8No. 4 USC
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA (rivalry)
L 9–34
November 22at California L 23–28
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
Source: [10]

Roster

1980 Stanford Cardinal football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
HB 41LaMott AtkinsJr
FB 32Jim BrownSr
TE 82Jim ClymerFr
OL 59John DelmareJr
RB 24Mike DottererSo
TE 83 Chris Dressel So
OL 78Jim DykstraSr
QB 7 John Elway So
FB 35Jeff HaileSr
OT 67 Brian Holloway Sr
FB 40Greg HooperSo
C 66John MacauleySr
WR 28 Ken Margerum Sr
OL 71Bo MattsonSr
FB 33Rob MooreSo
FB 36Mark MordellJr
HB 23Eric MullinsFr
OL 68Mike NeillSr
HB 31 Darrin Nelson Jr
OL 62Chris RoseSo
WR 26Mike TolliverSo
WR 25Andre TylerSr
HB 22 Vincent White So
QB 18Phil WilsonJr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DL 65Craig AwbreyJr
DB 48Kevin BairdSo
DL 74Duke DapperSr
DB 11Rick GervaisSr
DB 20 Rod Gilmore Jr
DL 83Kevin LamarFr
DB 12Kevin MacMillanSo
LB 80Milt McCollSr
LB 50Dave MorzeJr
DL 60Doug RogersJr
LB 98Jay SummersJr
DB 45Vaughn WilliamsFr
LB 58Gary WimmerSo
LB 52Craig ZellmerSr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K, P 10Ken NaberSr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt
Source: [11] [12]

Season summary

At California

Stanford Cardinal (6–4) at California Golden Bears (2–8)
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California7140728

at California Memorial Stadium, Berkeley, California

  • Date: November 22
  • Game attendance: 78,258
  • Source: [6]
Game information

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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