1980 Stanford Cardinals football team

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.

1980 Stanford Cardinals football
Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
1980 record	6–5 (3–4 Pac-10)
Head coach	Paul Wiggin (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Dennis Green (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Jack Harbaugh (1st season)
Home stadium	Stanford Stadium (1921) (c. 85,500, grass)

1980 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
	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

Hired in February, Wiggin was a former star defensive end at Stanford (All-Pacific Coast in 1955, 1956), played eleven years in the NFL, was a head coach for three seasons with the Kansas City Chiefs (1975–77), 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	Result
September 6	at Oregon	No. 15	Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR	W 35–25
September 13	Tulane*	No. 13	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	W 19–14
September 20	at Boston College*	No. 11	Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA	L 13–30
September 27	at No. 4 Oklahoma*		Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK	W 31–14
October 4	San Jose State*	No. 15	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA (rivalry)	W 35–21
October 11	at No. 5 UCLA	No. 16	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 21–35
October 18	No. 17 Washington	No. 20	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	L 24–27
October 25	at Washington State		Martin Stadium Pullman, WA	W 48–34
November 1	Oregon State		Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	W 54–13
November 8	No. 4 USC		Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA (rivalry)	L 9–34
November 22	California		California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA (83rd Big Game)	L 23–28
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Source:[10]

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 Paul Wiggin (1st year) Coordinators/assistant coaches Dennis Green (OC) Jack Harbaugh (DC) Jim Fassel (QB, WR) Larry Mac Duff (OL) Dave Ottmar (TE) Chuck Detwiler (DB) Ray Handley (OLB) Dick James (OL) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Source:[11][12]

Season summary

at California

Stanford Cardinal (6–4) at California Golden Bears (2–8)

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

at California Memorial Stadium, Berkeley, California

• Date: November 22
• Game attendance: 78,258
• Source:[6]

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 No scoring 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 STAN – John Elway – 28/44, 257 yards, TD CAL – J Torchio – 11/22, 186 yards, TD 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

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.

References

1. "Card coach resigns". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. January 24, 1980. p. 30.
2. "Dowhower suddenly leaves Stanford for NFL". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). wire service reports. January 24, 1980. p. 3B.
3. "Dowhower resigns as Stanford football coach". Lodi News-Sentinel. (California). UPI. January 24, 1980. p. 18.
4. "Wiggin Stanford football coach". Lodi News-Sentinel. (California). UPI. February 2, 1980. p. 10.
5. "Wiggin gets Stanford job". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. February 2, 1980. p. 14.
6. "Cal shuffles the Cards, 28-23". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. November 23, 1980. p. 4B.
7. "Stanford job to thrill Wiggin". Lawrence Journal-World. (Kansas). February 2, 1980. p. 9.
8. "Green is coach at Northwestern". Lodi News-Sentinel. (California). UPI. December 24, 1980. p. 12.
9. "Big 10 gets its first black head football coach". Tuscaloosa News. (Alabama). Associated Press. December 24, 1980. p. 9.
10. "Stanford Game-by-Game Results; 1980–1984". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on 2012-11-02. Retrieved January 21, 2013.
11. "Starting lineups". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). September 6, 1980. p. 2C.
12. "Starting lineups". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). November 1, 1980. p. 2B.

External links

• Official game program: Stanford at Washington State – October 25, 1980