1980 Stanford Cardinals football team

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1980 Stanford Cardinals football
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
1980 record6–5 (3–4 Pac-10)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDennis Green (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorJack Harbaugh (1st season)
Home stadiumStanford Stadium (1921)
(c. 85,500, grass)
Seasons
← 1979
1981 →
1980 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
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
  • $ – 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.

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.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentRankSiteResult
September 6at OregonNo. 15
W 35–25
September 13Tulane*No. 13
W 19–14
September 20at Boston College*No. 11
L 13–30
September 27at No. 4 Oklahoma*
  • Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
  • Norman, OK
W 31–14
October 4San Jose State*No. 15
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA (rivalry)
W 35–21
October 11at No. 5 UCLANo. 16
L 21–35
October 18No. 17 WashingtonNo. 20
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
L 24–27
October 25at Washington State
W 48–34
November 1Oregon State
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA
W 54–13
November 8No. 4 USC
  • Stanford Stadium
  • Stanford, CA (rivalry)
L 9–34
November 22California
L 23–28
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
Source:[10]

Roster[]

1980 Stanford Cardinal football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
HB 41 LaMott Atkins Jr
FB 32 Jim Brown Sr
TE 82 Jim Clymer Fr
OL 59 John Delmare Jr
RB 24 Mike Dotterer So
TE 83 Chris Dressel So
OL 78 Jim Dykstra Sr
QB 7 John Elway So
FB 35 Jeff Haile Sr
OT 67 Brian Holloway Sr
FB 40 Greg Hooper So
C 66 John Macauley Sr
WR 28 Ken Margerum Sr
OL 71 Bo Mattson Sr
FB 33 Rob Moore So
FB 36 Mark Mordell Jr
HB 23 Eric Mullins Fr
OL 68 Mike Neill Sr
HB 31 Darrin Nelson Jr
OL 62 Chris Rose So
WR 26 Mike Tolliver So
WR 25 Andre Tyler Sr
HB 22 Vincent White So
QB 18 Phil Wilson Jr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DL 65 Craig Awbrey Jr
DB 48 Kevin Baird So
DL 74 Duke Dapper Sr
DB 11 Rick Gervais Sr
DB 20 Rod Gilmore Jr
DL 83 Kevin Lamar Fr
DB 12 Kevin MacMillan So
LB 80 Milt McColl Sr
LB 50 Dave Morze Jr
DL 60 Doug Rogers Jr
LB 98 Jay Summers Jr
DB 45 Vaughn Williams Fr
LB 58 Gary Wimmer So
LB 52 Craig Zellmer Sr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
K, P 10 Ken Naber Sr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt
Source:[11][12]

Season summary[]

at California[]

See also: 1980 California Golden Bears football team
Stanford Cardinal (6–4) at California Golden Bears (2–8)
1 2 34Total
Stanford 7 0 01623
California 7 14 0728

at California Memorial Stadium, Berkeley, California

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

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.

References[]

  1. ^ "Card coach resigns". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. January 24, 1980. p. 30.
  2. ^ "Dowhower suddenly leaves Stanford for NFL". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). wire service reports. January 24, 1980. p. 3B.
  3. ^ "Dowhower resigns as Stanford football coach". Lodi News-Sentinel. (California). UPI. January 24, 1980. p. 18.
  4. ^ a b "Wiggin Stanford football coach". Lodi News-Sentinel. (California). UPI. February 2, 1980. p. 10.
  5. ^ "Wiggin gets Stanford job". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. February 2, 1980. p. 14.
  6. ^ a b "Cal shuffles the Cards, 28-23". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. November 23, 1980. p. 4B.
  7. ^ "Stanford job to thrill Wiggin". Lawrence Journal-World. (Kansas). February 2, 1980. p. 9.
  8. ^ "Green is coach at Northwestern". Lodi News-Sentinel. (California). UPI. December 24, 1980. p. 12.
  9. ^ "Big 10 gets its first black head football coach". Tuscaloosa News. (Alabama). Associated Press. December 24, 1980. p. 9.
  10. ^ "Stanford Game-by-Game Results; 1980–1984". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on 2012-11-02. Retrieved January 21, 2013.
  11. ^ "Starting lineups". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). September 6, 1980. p. 2C.
  12. ^ "Starting lineups". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). November 1, 1980. p. 2B.

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