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1980 Cal State Fullerton

4–⁠7 (1–⁠4 Pacific Coast Athletic Association), coached by Gene Murphy.

Schedule and results

Cal State Fullerton in 1980, game by game: won at Fresno State 39–25; won vs. Cal Poly 30–23; won vs. Northern Arizona 21–13; lost at UNLV 17–36; lost vs. Utah State 17–28; lost at Boise State 11–26; won at Nevada 17–16; lost at Hawai’i 21–31; lost vs. Long Beach State 10–20; lost at San José State 21–33; lost at Pacific 26–32+14−19Won 39–25 at Fresno State+14Fresno StateWon 30–23 vs. Cal Poly+7Cal PolyWon 21–13 vs. Northern Arizona+8Northern ArizonaLost 17–36 at UNLV-19UNLVLost 17–28 vs. Utah State-11Utah StateLost 11–26 at Boise State-15Boise StateWon 17–16 at Nevada+1NevadaLost 21–31 at Hawai’i-10Hawai’iLost 10–20 vs. Long Beach State-10Long Beach StateLost 21–33 at San José State-12San José StateLost 26–32 at Pacific-6Pacific
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 6atFresno StateW 39–⁠2539%
Sep 13vsCal PolyW 30–⁠2380%
Sep 20vsNorthern ArizonaW 21–⁠1384%
Oct 4atUNLVL 17–⁠3625%
Oct 11vsUtah StateL 17–⁠2846%
Oct 18atBoise StateL 11–⁠2638%
Oct 25atNevadaW 17–⁠1653%
Nov 1atHawai’iL 21–⁠3130%
Nov 8vsLong Beach StateL 10–⁠2039%
Nov 15atSan José StateL 21–⁠3318%
Nov 22atPacificL 26–⁠3244%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Pacific 32–⁠26; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 4th in the Pacific Coast Athletic Association.

In program history: The 10th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 23 on file).

Record
4–⁠7
Conference
1–⁠4 tied for 4th in Pacific Coast Athletic Association
AP final
Unranked
Points
230–⁠283
Coach
Gene Murphy
Elo
1304 −59 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−9.1 No. 101 of 138 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—

1980 Pacific Coast Athletic Association standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Long Beach State5–⁠08–⁠3
Utah State4–⁠16–⁠5
San José State3–⁠27–⁠4
Fresno State1–⁠45–⁠6
Cal State Fullerton1–⁠44–⁠7
Pacific1–⁠44–⁠8

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