1980 South Dakota Coyotes football team

1980 North Central Conference football standings
	+ – 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

1980 South Dakota Coyotes football
1980 South Dakota Coyotes football
Conference	North Central Conference
1980 record	5–6 (3–3 NCC)
Head coach	Dave Triplett (2nd season);
Home stadium	DakotaDome
	Seasons ← 1979 1981 →

The 1980 South Dakota Coyotes football team represented the University of South Dakota in the 1980 NCAA Division II football season as a member of the North Central Conference.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 1	Morningside	DakotaDome Vermillion, SD	W 19–14
September 6	at Eastern Illinois*	O'Brien Stadium Charleston, IL	L 21–34
September 20	at Kansas State*	KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS	L 3–20	26,120
September 27	at South Dakota State	Coughlin–Alumni Stadium Brookings, SD	L 13–21
October 4	Augustana (SD)	DakotaDome Vermillion, SD	W 20–10
October 11	North Dakota	DakotaDome Vermillion, SD	W 32–23
October 18	at Nebraska–Omaha	Al F. Caniglia Field Omaha, Nebraska	L 7–18
October 25	Northern Colorado	DakotaDome Vermillion, SD	L 0–40
November 1	at North Dakota State	Dacotah Field Fargo, ND	L 7–49		^[1]
November 8	South Dakota State	DakotaDome Vermillion, SD	W 16–7
November 15	at Northern Iowa*	UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA	W 16–14
*Non-conference game

^ "Speral leads Bison past USD". Argus-Leader. November 2, 1980. Retrieved October 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

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Venues	(1926–1978) DakotaDome (1979–present)
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Culture & lore	"Hail, South Dakota!"
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1980 North Central Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 10 Northern Colorado $^	6	–	1	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Nebraska–Omaha	5	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
North Dakota	5	–	2	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
North Dakota State	5	–	2	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
South Dakota *	3	–	3	–	1	5	–	6	–	0
Augustana (SD)	2	–	5	–	0	2	–	7	–	1
South Dakota State *	1	–	5	–	1	3	–	8	–	0
Morningside	0	–	7	–	0	2	–	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