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, Stanford's new head coach was alumnus Paul Wiggin, and he led the Cardinals to a 6–5 record (3–4 in Pac-10, tied for sixth). Home games were played on campus at Stanford Stadium in Stanford, California.

1980 Stanford Cardinals football
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Record6–5 (3–4 Pac-10)
Head coach
  • Paul Wiggin (1st season)
Offensive coordinatorDennis Green (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorJack Harbaugh (1st season)
Home stadiumStanford Stadium
1980 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 16 Washington $ 6 1 09 3 0
No. 13 UCLA 5 2 09 2 0
No. 11 USC 4 2 18 2 1
Arizona State 5 3 07 4 0
Oregon 4 3 16 3 2
Stanford 3 4 06 5 0
Arizona 3 4 05 6 0
Washington State 3 4 04 7 0
California 3 5 03 8 0
Oregon State 0 8 00 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 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.

After the season in December, offensive coordinator Dennis Green became the head coach at Northwestern in the Big Ten Conference, and receivers/backs coach Jim Fassel was promoted. Green returned to Stanford as head coach in 1989.

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