American college football season
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 [ edit ] Date Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance Source September 6 at Oregon No. 15 W 35–2537,300 September 13 Tulane * No. 13 W 19–14 September 20 at Boston College * No. 11 L 13–3032,037 [10] September 27 at No. 4 Oklahoma * W 31–1475,811 October 4 San Jose State * No. 15 Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA (rivalry ) W 35–21 October 11 at No. 5 UCLA No. 16 L 21–3564,175 October 18 Washington No. 20 Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA L 24–2760,066 October 25 at Washington State W 48–3430,371 November 1 Oregon State Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA W 54–1343,294 November 8 No. 4 USC Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA (rivalry ) ABC L 9–3484,892 November 22 at California L 23–2878,258 *Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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Game summaries [ edit ] At California [ edit ] Game information First quarter
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 Top receivers STAN – Vincent White – 9 receptions, 109 yards, TD CAL – Don Sprague – 2 receptions, 62 yards
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.
1980 Stanford Cardinal football team roster Players Coaches Offense 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 [ edit ] ^ "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 [ edit ]
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