American college football season
1980 Stanford Cardinals football |
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Conference | Pacific-10 Conference |
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Record | 6–5 (3–4 Pac-10) |
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Head coach | |
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Offensive coordinator | Dennis Green (1st season) |
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Defensive coordinator | Jack Harbaugh (1st season) |
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Home stadium | Stanford Stadium |
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Seasons |
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 11 years in the National Football League (NFL), was a head coach for three seasons with the Kansas City Chiefs (1975–1977), 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
Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 6 | at Oregon | No. 15 | | | W 35–25 | 37,300 | |
September 13 | Tulane* | No. 13 | | | W 19–14 | | |
September 20 | at Boston College* | No. 11 | | | L 13–30 | 32,037 | [10] |
September 27 | at No. 4 Oklahoma* | | | | W 31–14 | 75,811 | |
October 4 | San Jose State* | No. 15 | - Stanford Stadium
- Stanford, CA (rivalry)
| | W 35–21 | | |
October 11 | at No. 5 UCLA | No. 16 | | | L 21–35 | 64,175 | |
October 18 | Washington | No. 20 | - Stanford Stadium
- Stanford, CA
| | L 24–27 | 60,066 | |
October 25 | at Washington State | | | | W 48–34 | 30,371 | |
November 1 | Oregon State | | - Stanford Stadium
- Stanford, CA
| | W 54–13 | 43,294 | |
November 8 | No. 4 USC | | - Stanford Stadium
- Stanford, CA (rivalry)
| ABC | L 9–34 | 84,892 | |
November 22 | at California | | | | L 23–28 | 78,258 | |
- *Non-conference game
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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Game summaries
At California
Game information |
First quarter - CAL – John Tuggle 15-yard run (Mick Luckhurst kick). Cal 7–0. Drive:
- STAN – Vincent White 1-yard run (Ken Naber kick). Tie 7–7. Drive:
Second quarter - CAL – Tyrone Portee 24-yard pass from J Torchio (Mick Luckhurst kick). Cal 14–7. Drive:
- CAL – John Tuggle 2-yard run (Mick Luckhurst kick). Cal 21–7. Drive:
Third quarter Fourth quarter - STAN – Vincent White 32-yard pass from John Elway (Ken Naber kick). Cal 21–14. Drive:
- STAN – Vincent White 4-yard run (Ken Naber kick). Tie 21–21. Drive:
- CAL – J Torchio 3-yard run (Mick Luckhurst kick). Cal 28–21. Drive:
- STAN – Safety, center snapped ball out of end zone. Cal 28–23.
| - Top passers
- Top rushers
- STAN – Vincent White – 24 rushes, 83 yards, 2 TD
- CAL – John Tuggle – 27 rushes, 110 yards, TD
- Top receivers
- STAN – Vincent White – 9 receptions, 109 yards, TD
- CAL – Don Sprague – 2 receptions, 62 yards
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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.
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
- Redshirt
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References
- ^ "Card coach resigns". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. January 24, 1980. p. 30.
- ^ "Dowhower suddenly leaves Stanford for NFL". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). wire service reports. January 24, 1980. p. 3B.
- ^ "Dowhower resigns as Stanford football coach". Lodi News-Sentinel. (California). UPI. January 24, 1980. p. 18.
- ^ a b "Wiggin Stanford football coach". Lodi News-Sentinel. (California). UPI. February 2, 1980. p. 10.
- ^ "Wiggin gets Stanford job". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. February 2, 1980. p. 14.
- ^ a b "Cal shuffles the Cards, 28-23". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. November 23, 1980. p. 4B.
- ^ "Stanford job to thrill Wiggin". Lawrence Journal-World. (Kansas). February 2, 1980. p. 9.
- ^ "Green is coach at Northwestern". Lodi News-Sentinel. (California). UPI. December 24, 1980. p. 12.
- ^ "Big 10 gets its first black head football coach". Tuscaloosa News. (Alabama). Associated Press. December 24, 1980. p. 9.
- ^ "Stanford falls 30-12 in a shocker". Tallahassee Democrat. September 21, 1980. p. 3F – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Stanford Game-by-Game Results; 1980–1984". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on November 2, 2012. Retrieved January 21, 2013.
- ^ "Starting lineups". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). September 6, 1980. p. 2C.
- ^ "Starting lineups". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). November 1, 1980. p. 2B.
External links
- Official game program: Stanford at Washington State – October 25, 1980
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