Michigan Tech Huskies football, 1980–1989

1980–1989 Michigan Tech Huskies football
1980–1989 Michigan Tech Huskies football
Conference	Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (1980–1985); Independent (1986–1989)
Head coach	Jim Kapp (1973–1980); Ron Marciel (1981–1983); Tom Danna (1985–1986); Bernie Anderson (1987–2005);
Home stadium	Hubbell Field (1980); Sherman Field (1981–1989)
	Seasons ← 1970–1979 1990–1999 →

The Michigan Tech Huskies football program, 1980–1989 represented Michigan Technological University in college football during the 1980s. The Huskies had a losing record for nine of the ten seasons during the decade, the only winning season being 1988 when they compiled a 6–4 record. They went through four coaches during the decade: Jim Kapp (1973–1980); Ron Marciel (1981–1983); Tom Danna (1985–1986); and Bernie Anderson (1987–2005).^[1]

ConferenceGreat Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (1980–1985)
Independent (1986–1989)

Headcoach

Jim Kapp (1973–1980)
Ron Marciel (1981–1983)
Tom Danna (1985–1986)
Bernie Anderson (1987–2005)

HomestadiumHubbell Field (1980)
Sherman Field (1981–1989)

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Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 6	at Northwood	Midland, MI	L 14–41		^[4]
September 13	Ferris State	Hubbell Field Houghton, MI	T 7–7	2,000–2,500	^[5]^[6]
September 20	vs. Alma*	Pontiac Silverdome Pontiac, MI	W 14–10		^[7]
September 27	Grand Valley State	Hubbell Field Houghton, MI	L 6–44	2,500–2,800	^[8]
October 4	St. Olaf*	Hubbell Field Houghton, MI	L 20–30	3,500	^[9]
October 11	at Wayne State (MI)	Tartar Stadium Detroit, MI	L 8–35	1,500	^[10]
October 18	at Hillsdale	Hillsdale, MI	L 6–7
October 25	Bemidji State*	Hubbell Field Houghton, MI	W 39–0	500	^[11]
November 1	Saginaw Valley State	Hubbell Field Houghton, MI	L 3–34	500	^[12]
*Non-conference game

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 12	Northwood	Sherman Field Houghton, MI	L 7–10	2,000
September 19	vs. Alma*	Pontiac Silverdome Pontiac, MI	W 42–27	4,950	^[16]
September 26	at Ferris State	Big Rapids, MI	L 6–27	8,500
October 3	at Grand Valley State	Lubbers Stadium Allendale, MI	L 5–52	5,500
October 10	at St. Olaf*	Northfield, MN	L 0–14	2,000
October 17	Wayne State (MI)	Sherman Field Houghton, MI	L 13–16	1,500
October 24	Hillsdale	Sherman Field Houghton, MI	L 14–36	500
October 31	at No. 2 Northern Michigan*	Marquette, MI	L 15–44	4,600–4,738	^[17]
November 7	at Saginaw Valley State	Saginaw, MI	L 13–18	1,500
*Non-conference game Rankings from NCAA Division II Football Committee Poll released prior to the game

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 18	at Alma*	Alma, MI	L 21–27
September 25	Northern Michigan*	Sherman Field Houghton, MI	L 19–50
October 2	at Northwood	Midland, MI	L 13–14
October 9	Saginaw Valley State	Sherman Field Houghton, MI	W 24–10
October 16	at Wayne State (MI)	Detroit, MI	L 20–45
October 23	Ferris State	Sherman Field Houghton, MI	L 20–33
October 30	Grand Valley State	Sherman Field Houghton, MI	L 28–35	589
November 6	at Hillsdale	Hillsdale, MI	L 0–51
November 13	St. Norbert*	Sherman Field Houghton, MI	L 15–24
*Non-conference game

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 3	at North Dakota*	Grand Forks, ND	L 7–55
September 17	Alma*	Sherman Field Houghton, MI	W 36–0
September 24	at Northern Michigan*	Marquette, MI	L 21–28
October 1	Northwood	Sherman Field Houghton, MI	L 25–35
October 8	at Saginaw Valley State	Saginaw, MI	L 15–35
October 15	Wayne State (MI)	Sherman Field Houghton, MI	L 7–23
October 22	at Ferris State	Big Rapids, MI	W 31–28
October 29	at Grand Valley State	Lubbers Stadium Allendale, MI	L 34–36	3,177
November 5	Hillsdale	Sherman Field Houghton, MI	L 0–36
November 12	at St. Norbert*	De Pere, WI	W 56–13
*Non-conference game

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 1	at North Dakota	Grand Forks, ND	L 13–42	5,100
September 15	at St. Norbert	De Pere, WI	W 41–13
September 22	Lakeland	Houghton, MI	W 56–3	1,086
September 29	at Hillsdale	Hillsdale, MI	L 6–24	4,552
October 6	at Wayne State	Detroit, MI	L 20–57	972
October 13	Ferris State	Houghton, MI	W 48–22	1,396
October 20	Grand Valley State	Houghton, MI	W 27–20	599
October 27	at Northwood	Midland, MI	L 21–38
November 3	Saginaw Valley State	Houghton, MI	L 28–50	521
November 10	at Northern Michigan	Marquette, MI	L 28–55	735

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1980 Michigan Tech Huskies football
Conference	Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Record	2–6–1 (0–5–1 GLIAC)
Head coach	Jim Kapp (8th season)
Home stadium	Hubbell Field
Seasons ← 1979 1981 →

v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 20 Hillsdale $	5	–	1	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Northwood	4	–	2	–	0	6	–	2	–	1
No. 18 Grand Valley State	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Wayne State (MI)	3	–	3	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Ferris State	2	–	3	–	1	4	–	4	–	2
Saginaw Valley State	2	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Michigan Tech	0	–	5	–	1	2	–	6	–	1

$ – Conference champion Rankings from NAIA Division I poll

v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Grand Valley State $	6	–	0	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
No. 3 Hillsdale ^	5	–	1	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
Ferris State	3	–	3	–	0	4	–	4	–	0
Wayne State (MI)	3	–	3	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Northwood	2	–	4	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Saginaw Valley State	2	–	4	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Michigan Tech	0	–	6	–	0	1	–	8	–	0

$ – Conference champion ^ – NAIA Division I playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Division I poll

v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 1 Hillsdale $^	6	–	0	–	0	12	–	1	–	0
Grand Valley State	5	–	1	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Northwood	4	–	2	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Wayne State (MI)	2	–	4	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Ferris State	2	–	4	–	0	2	–	6	–	0
Michigan Tech	1	–	5	–	0	1	–	8	–	0
Saginaw Valley State	1	–	5	–	0	1	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion ^ – NAIA Division I playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Division I poll

v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 7 Saginaw Valley State $^	6	–	0	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
No. 8 Hillsdale	4	–	2	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
Wayne State (MI)	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Northwood	3	–	3	–	0	4	–	4	–	0
Grand Valley State	3	–	3	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Michigan Tech	1	–	5	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Ferris State	0	–	6	–	0	0	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion ^ – NAIA Division I playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Division I poll

v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 6 Saginaw Valley State $^	6	–	0	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
No. 17 Northwood	5	–	1	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Wayne State (MI)	4	–	2	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Hillsdale	3	–	3	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Michigan Tech	2	–	4	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Ferris State	1	–	5	–	0	2	–	8	–	0
Grand Valley State	0	–	6	–	0	0	–	10	–	0

$ – Conference champion ^ – NAIA Division I playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Division I poll

v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 2 Hillsdale $^	5	–	1	–	0	11	–	1	–	1
Saginaw Valley State	4	–	1	–	1	4	–	5	–	1
Ferris State	4	–	2	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Grand Valley State	4	–	2	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Northwood	2	–	3	–	1	3	–	4	–	2
Wayne State (MI)	1	–	5	–	0	1	–	8	–	1
Michigan Tech	0	–	6	–	0	1	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion ^ – NAIA Division I playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Division I poll

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 7	Ferris State		L 7–28
September 14	St. Norbert*	Houghton, MI	W 22–21
September 21	at Western Illinois*	Hanson Field Macomb, IL	L 20–55		^[22]
September 29	Northwood		L 28–38
October 5	at Saginaw Valley State		L 21–51
October 12	Wayne State (MI)		L 12–30
October 19	Ferris State		L 14–21
October 26	Grand Valley State	Houghton, MI	L 22–42	470
November 2	at Hillsdale	Frank "Muddy" Waters Stadium Hillsdale, MI	L 6–52	3,522
November 9	Northern Michigan*		L 14–41
*Non-conference game

1986 Michigan Tech Huskies football
Conference	Independent
Record	2–7
Head coach	Tom Danna (2nd season)
Home stadium	Sherman Field
Seasons ← 1985 1987 →

v t e	Conf.			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
No. 4 Central State (OH) ^		–		10	–	1	–	1
No. T–18 New Haven		–		8	–	2	–	0
No. 7 Towson State ^		–		8	–	3	–	1
Southern Connecticut State		–		7	–	3	–	0
American International		–		6	–	4	–	0
UCF		–		6	–	5	–	0
Northern Michigan		–		5	–	5	–	0
Saint Mary's		–		5	–	5	–	0
Springfield		–		4	–	5	–	0
Michigan Tech		–		3	–	6	–	0
Kentucky State		–		1	–	9	–	0
Liberty		–		1	–	9	–	0
Central Connecticut		–		0	–	10	–	0

^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant Rankings from NCAA Division II Football Committee poll

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v t e	Conf.			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
No. 16 New Haven		–		8	–	2	–	0
Saint Mary's		–		8	–	3	–	0
No. 11 UCF ^		–		9	–	4	–	0
Springfield		–		5	–	3	–	1
Central Connecticut		–		4	–	4	–	1
American International		–		3	–	5	–	2
Liberty		–		3	–	7	–	0
Kentucky State		–		2	–	8	–	1
Michigan Tech		–		2	–	7	–	0
Southern Connecticut State		–		1	–	9	–	0

^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant Rankings from NCAA Division II Football Committee poll

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 5	at Northern Michigan	Marquette, MI	L 3–55
September 12	St. Norbert	Houghton, MI	W 31–17
September 19	at Minnesota-Duluth	Duluth, MN	L 10–41
September 26	Ferris State	Houghton, MI	L 3–27
October 3	at Northwood	Midland, MI	L 16–34
October 10	at Moorhead State	Moorhead, MI	L 14–38
October 17	Wayne State	Houghton, MI	L 22–29
October 24	at Wisconsin-Oshkosh	Oshkosh, WI	L 3–34
November 7	Minnesota-Morris	Houghton, MI	L 24–42

v t e	Conf.			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Saint Mary's		–		10	–	0	–	0
New Haven		–		7	–	3	–	0
Springfield		–		6	–	3	–	1
Central Connecticut		–		5	–	3	–	1
Michigan Tech		–		6	–	4	–	0
UCF		–		6	–	5	–	0
American International		–		5	–	5	–	0
Wofford		–		5	–	5	–	0
Kentucky State		–		4	–	7	–	0
Southern Connecticut State		–		0	–	10	–	0

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 10	Wilmington (OH)	Houghton, MI	W 20–15	1,304
September 17	at Hope	Holland, MI	W 17–14	2,908
September 24	at Ferris State	Big Rapids, MI	L 15–21	3,775
October 1	Northwood	Houghton, MI	W 31–13	688
October 8	Bemidji State	Houghton, MI	W 28–14	695
October 15	at Winona State	Winona, MN	L 24–25	2,000
October 22	Minnesota-Duluth	Houghton, MI	L 0–41	2,011
October 29	at Minnesota-Morris	Morris, MN	W 43–42	950
November 5	St. Norbert	Houghton, MI	W 28–13	377
November 12	vs. Moorhead State	Minneapolis, MN (Metrodome Classic)	L 21–42	3,500	^[27]

v t e	Conf.			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
No. T–12 New Haven		–		8	–	2	–	0
No. 19 American International		–		7	–	3	–	0
UCF		–		7	–	3	–	0
Saint Mary's		–		6	–	4	–	0
Wofford		–		6	–	5	–	0
Central Connecticut		–		5	–	5	–	0
Springfield		–		4	–	6	–	0
Southern Connecticut State		–		3	–	7	–	0
Michigan Tech		–		2	–	7	–	0
Kentucky State		–		2	–	9	–	0

Rankings from NCAA Division II Football Committee poll

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 9	at Wilmington (OH)	Wilmington, OH	W 21–17	2,400
September 16	Hope	Houghton, MI	W 12–6	1,208
September 23	Ferris State	Houghton, MI	L 20–35	766
September 30	at Northwood	Midland, MI	L 14–16	1,500
October 7	at Bemidji State	Bemidji, MN	L 14–26	1,100
October 14	Winona State	Houghton, MI	L 16–18	3,051
October 21	at Minnesota-Duluth	Duluth, MN	L 7–31	1,962
October 28	Minnesota-Morris	Houghton, MI	L 20–22	955
November 4	at St. Norbert	De Pere, WI	L 23–32	1,089