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,[1][2][3] Stanford's new head coach was alumnus Paul Wiggin,[4][5] and he led the Cardinals to a 6–5 record (3–4 in Pac-10, tied for sixth).[6] Home games were played on campus at Stanford Stadium in Stanford, California.
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.[4][7]
After the season in December, offensive coordinator Dennis Green became the head coach at Northwestern in the Big Ten Conference,[8][9] and receivers/backs coach Jim Fassel was promoted. Green returned to Stanford as head coach in 1989.
^"Card coach resigns". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. January 24, 1980. p. 30.
^"Dowhower suddenly leaves Stanford for NFL". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). wire service reports. January 24, 1980. p. 3B.
^"Dowhower resigns as Stanford football coach". Lodi News-Sentinel. (California). UPI. January 24, 1980. p. 18.
^ ab"Wiggin Stanford football coach". Lodi News-Sentinel. (California). UPI. February 2, 1980. p. 10.
^"Wiggin gets Stanford job". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. February 2, 1980. p. 14.
^"Cal shuffles the Cards, 28-23". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. November 23, 1980. p. 4B.
^"Stanford job to thrill Wiggin". Lawrence Journal-World. (Kansas). February 2, 1980. p. 9.
^"Green is coach at Northwestern". Lodi News-Sentinel. (California). UPI. December 24, 1980. p. 12.
^"Big 10 gets its first black head football coach". Tuscaloosa News. (Alabama). Associated Press. December 24, 1980. p. 9.
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