1980 Stanford Cardinals football team explained

Sport:football
Year:1980
Team:Stanford Cardinals
Conference:Pacific-10 Conference
Short Conf:Pac-10
Record:6–5
Conf Record:3–4
Hc Year:1st
Oc Year:1st
Dc Year:1st
Stadium:Stanford Stadium

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

[10]

Game summaries

At California

See also: 1980 California Golden Bears football team.

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

[11] [12]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Card coach resigns . Spokane Daily Chronicle . (Washington) . Associated Press . January 24, 1980 . 30 .
  2. News: Dowhower suddenly leaves Stanford for NFL . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon) . wire service reports . January 24, 1980 . 3B.
  3. News: Dowhower resigns as Stanford football coach . Lodi News-Sentinel . (California) . UPI . January 24, 1980 . 18.
  4. News: Wiggin Stanford football coach . Lodi News-Sentinel . (California) . UPI . February 2, 1980 . 10.
  5. News: Wiggin gets Stanford job . Spokane Daily Chronicle . (Washington) . Associated Press . February 2, 1980 . 14.
  6. News: Cal shuffles the Cards, 28-23 . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon) . Associated Press . November 23, 1980 . 4B.
  7. News: Stanford job to thrill Wiggin. February 2, 1980 . 9. Lawrence Journal-World . (Kansas).
  8. News: Green is coach at Northwestern . Lodi News-Sentinel . (California) . UPI . December 24, 1980 . 12.
  9. News: Big 10 gets its first black head football coach . Tuscaloosa News . (Alabama) . Associated Press . December 24, 1980 . 9.
  10. Web site: Stanford Game-by-Game Results; 1980 - 1984. College Football Data Warehouse. January 21, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20121102230300/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/pac10/stanford/yearly_results.php?year=1980. 2012-11-02. dead.
  11. News: Starting lineups . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon) . September 6, 1980 . 2C.
  12. News: Starting lineups . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon) . November 1, 1980 . 2B.

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