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1980 Arizona State

7–⁠4 (5–⁠3 Pac-10), coached by Darryl Rogers.

Schedule and results

Arizona State in 1980, game by game: won vs. No. 9 Houston 29–13; won vs. Oregon State 42–14; lost at No. 2 Ohio State 21–38; lost at No. 4 USC 21–23; won vs. Washington State 27–21; won vs. Pacific 37–9; lost at Washington 0–25; won vs. California 34–6; lost vs. No. 17 UCLA 14–23; won vs. Oregon 42–37; won at Arizona 44–7+37−25Won 29–13 vs. No. 9 Houston+16No. 9 HoustonWon 42–14 vs. Oregon State+28Oregon StateLost 21–38 at No. 2 Ohio State-17No. 2 Ohio StateLost 21–23 at No. 4 USC-2No. 4 USCWon 27–21 vs. Washington State+6Washington StateWon 37–9 vs. Pacific+28PacificLost 0–25 at Washington-25WashingtonWon 34–6 vs. California+28CaliforniaLost 14–23 vs. No. 17 UCLA-9No. 17 UCLAWon 42–37 vs. Oregon+5OregonWon 44–7 at Arizona+37Arizona
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 13vs9HoustonW 29–⁠1341%
Sep 20vsOregon StateW 42–⁠1484%
Sep 27at2Ohio StateL 21–⁠3829%
Oct 4at4USCL 21–⁠2319%
Oct 11vsWashington StateW 27–⁠2178%
Oct 25vsPacificW 37–⁠982%
Nov 1atWashingtonL 0–⁠2540%
Nov 8vsCaliforniaW 34–⁠670%
Nov 15vs17UCLAL 14–⁠2348%
Nov 22vsOregonW 42–⁠3751%
Nov 29atArizonaW 44–⁠752%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Arizona 44–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; 4th in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 33rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 93 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 4: 20

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1980.

Record
7–⁠4
Conference
5–⁠3 4th in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked peak No. 20
Points
311–⁠216
Coach
Darryl Rogers
Elo
1597 +67 this season
SP+ rating
14.0 No. 25 of 133; offense No. 12, defense No. 63
SRS
14.9 No. 23 of 138 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Bob Baker
Defensive coordinator
George Dyer
Captain
John Mistler

Drafted in 1981

The 1981 draft
Rd 3John Mistler WRNew York Giants
Rd 4Ron Washington WRKansas City Chiefs
Rd 6Mel Hoover WRNew York Giants

All-Pac-10

3 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1980 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1980 Pac-10 standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Washington6–⁠19–⁠316
UCLA5–⁠29–⁠213
USC4–⁠2–⁠18–⁠2–⁠111
Arizona State5–⁠37–⁠4
Oregon4–⁠3–⁠16–⁠3–⁠2
Stanford3–⁠46–⁠5
Arizona3–⁠45–⁠6
Washington State3–⁠44–⁠7
California3–⁠53–⁠8
Oregon State0–⁠80–⁠11

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.