1980 Stanford Cardinals football team

1980 Stanford Cardinals football
1980 Stanford Cardinals football
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
Record	6–5 (3–4 Pac-10)
Head coach	Paul Wiggin (1st season);
Offensive coordinator	Dennis Green (1st season)
Offensive scheme	West Coast
Defensive coordinator	Jack Harbaugh (1st season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Stanford Stadium
	Seasons ← 1979 1981 →

The 1980 Stanford Cardinals football team represented Stanford University in the Pacific-10 Conference during the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season.^[1] Following the surprise resignation of Rod Dowhower after one season in January,^[2]^[3]^[4] Stanford's new head coach was alumnus Paul Wiggin,^[5]^[6] and he led the Cardinals to a 6–5 record (3–4 in Pac-10, tied for sixth).^[7] Home games were played on campus at Stanford Stadium in Stanford, California.

Record6–5 (3–4 Pac-10)

Headcoach

OffensivecoordinatorDennis Green (1st season)

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1980 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
v t e	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

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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.^[5]^[8]

After the season in December, offensive coordinator Dennis Green became the head coach at Northwestern in the Big Ten Conference,^[9]^[10] and receivers/backs coach Jim Fassel was promoted. Green returned to Stanford as head coach in 1989.

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 6	at Oregon	No. 15	Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR (rivalry)		W 35–25	37,300	^[11]
September 13	Tulane*	No. 13	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA		W 19–14	54,829	^[12]
September 20	at Boston College*	No. 11	Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA		L 13–30	32,037	^[13]
September 27	at No. 4 Oklahoma*		Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK		W 31–14	75,811	^[14]
October 4	San Jose State*	No. 15	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA (rivalry)		W 35–21	61,127	^[15]
October 11	at No. 5 UCLA	No. 16	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (rivalry)		L 21–35	64,175	^[16]
October 18	Washington	No. 20	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	ABC	L 24–27	60,066	^[17]
October 25	at Washington State		Martin Stadium Pullman, WA		W 48–34	30,371	^[18]
November 1	Oregon State		Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA		W 54–13	43,294	^[19]
November 8	No. 4 USC		Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA (rivalry)	ABC	L 9–34	84,892	^[20]
November 22	at California		California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA (Big Game)		L 23–28	78,258	^[21]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Stanford	7	0	0	16	23
California	7	14	0	7	28

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