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1980 Stanford

6–⁠5 (3–⁠4 Pac-10), coached by Paul Wiggin.

Schedule and results

Stanford in 1980, game by game: won at Oregon 35–25; won vs. Tulane 19–14; lost at Boston College 13–30; won at No. 4 Oklahoma 31–14; won vs. San José State 35–21; lost at No. 5 UCLA 21–35; lost vs. Washington 24–27; won at Washington State 48–34; won vs. Oregon State 54–13; lost vs. No. 4 USC 9–34; lost at California 23–28+41−25Won 35–25 at Oregon+10OregonWon 19–14 vs. Tulane+5TulaneLost 13–30 at Boston College-17Boston CollegeWon 31–14 at No. 4 Oklahoma+17No. 4 OklahomaWon 35–21 vs. San José State+14San José StateLost 21–35 at No. 5 UCLA-14No. 5 UCLALost 24–27 vs. Washington-3WashingtonWon 48–34 at Washington State+14Washington StateWon 54–13 vs. Oregon State+41Oregon StateLost 9–34 vs. No. 4 USC-25No. 4 USCLost 23–28 at California-5California
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 6atOregonW 35–⁠2549%
Sep 13vsTulaneW 19–⁠1462%
Sep 20atBoston CollegeL 13–⁠3059%
Sep 27at4OklahomaW 31–⁠1421%
Oct 4vsSan José StateW 35–⁠2171%
Oct 11at5UCLAL 21–⁠3534%
Oct 18vsWashingtonL 24–⁠2755%
Oct 25atWashington StateW 48–⁠3462%
Nov 1vsOregon StateW 54–⁠1389%
Nov 8vs4USCL 9–⁠3433%
Nov 22atCaliforniaL 23–⁠2867%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to California 28–⁠23; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Pac-10.

In program history: The 52nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 109 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 15
  2. Wk 2: 13
  3. Wk 3: 11
  4. Wk 5: 15
  5. Wk 6: 16
  6. Wk 7: 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.

Consensus All-AmericanKen Margerum, WR

Record
6–⁠5
Conference
3–⁠4 tied for 6th in Pac-10
AP final
Unranked peak No. 11
Points
312–⁠275
Coach
Paul Wiggin
Elo
1550 +16 this season
SP+ rating
12.8 No. 29 of 133; offense No. 8, defense No. 80
SRS
12.2 No. 28 of 138 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Dennis Green
Defensive coordinator
Jack Harbaugh
Offense
West Coast
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 1981

The 1981 draft
Rd 1Brian Holloway OTNew England Patriots
Rd 3Ken Margerum WRChicago Bears

All-Pac-10

6 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Milt McCollLBCoaches-2

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.