1980 Stanford Cardinals football team

1980 Stanford Cardinals football
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Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
1980 record	6–5 (3–4 Pac-10)
Head coach	Paul Wiggin (1st year)
Home stadium	Stanford Stadium (c. 85,500, grass)

1980 Pacific-10 football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#16 Washington $	6	–	1	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
#13 UCLA	5	–	2	–	0			9	–	2	–	0
#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

The 980 Stanford Cardinals football team represented Stanford University in the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. Following the surprise resignation of Rod Dowhower, Stanford's new head coach was Paul Wiggin, a former star defensive end at Stanford who had also played 10 years in the NFL and most recently had been an assistant coach in the NFL.

Schedule

Date	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	Result
September 6	at Oregon	#15	Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR	W 35–25
September 13	Tulane*	#13	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA	W 19–14
September 20	at Boston College*	#11	Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA	L 13–30
September 27	at #4 Oklahoma*		Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	W 31–14
October 4	San Jose State*	#15	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA	W 35–21
October 11	at #5 UCLA	#16	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA	L 21–35
October 18	Washington	#20	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA	L 24–27
October 25	at #17 Washington State		Martin Stadium • Pullman, WA	W 48–34
November 1	Oregon State		Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA	W 54–13
November 8	#4 USC		Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA	L 9–34
November 22	California		California Memorial Stadium • Berkeley, CA (83rd Big Game)	L 23–28
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll.