1980 Stanford Cardinals football team

The 1980 Stanford Cardinals football team represented Stanford University in the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. Following the surprise resignation of Rod Dowhower, Stanford's new head coach was Paul Wiggin, a former star defensive end at Stanford who had also played 10 years in the NFL and most recently had been an assistant coach in the NFL.[1]

1980 Stanford Cardinals football
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
1980 record	6–5 (3–4 Pac-10)
Head coach	Paul Wiggin (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Jack Harbaugh (1st season)
Home stadium	Stanford Stadium (c. 85,500, grass)

1980 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
	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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result
September 6	at Oregon	No. 15	Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR	W 35–25
September 13	Tulane*	No. 13	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	W 19–14
September 20	at Boston College*	No. 11	Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA	L 13–30
September 27	at No. 4 Oklahoma*		Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK	W 31–14
October 4	San Jose State*	No. 15	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA (rivalry)	W 35–21
October 11	at No. 5 UCLA	No. 16	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 21–35
October 18	Washington	No. 20	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	L 24–27
October 25	at No. 17 Washington State		Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	W 48–34
November 1	Oregon State		Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	W 54–13
November 8	No. 4 USC		Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA (rivalry)	L 9–34
November 22	California		California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA (83rd Big Game)	L 23–28
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster

1980 Stanford Cardinal football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class RB 24 Mike Dotterer So TE 83 Chris Dressel So QB 7 John Elway So T 67 Brian Holloway Sr WR 28 Ken Margerum Sr RB 31 Darrin Nelson Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Paul Wiggin Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

References

1. "Stanford job to thrill Wiggin". Lawrence Journal-World. February 2, 1980. Retrieved January 22, 2013.
2. "Stanford Game-by-Game Results; 1980–1984". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on 2012-11-02. Retrieved January 21, 2013.