American college football season
1980 Big Eight Conference football standings | Conf | | | Overall |
Team | W | | L | | T | | | W | | L | | T |
No. 3 Oklahoma $ | 7 | – | 0 | – | 0 | | | 10 | – | 2 | – | 0 |
No. 7 Nebraska | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | | | 10 | – | 2 | – | 0 |
Missouri | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | | | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 |
Iowa State | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | | | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 |
Oklahoma State | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | | | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 |
Kansas State | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | | | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 |
Kansas | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | | | 2 | – | 8 | – | 1 |
Colorado | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | | | 1 | – | 10 | – | 0 |
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Rankings from AP Poll |
The 1980 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head football coach was Jim Dickey.[1] The Wildcats played their home games in KSU Stadium.
1980 was the second time in school history that the Wildcats were shut out three times in one season, the only other time being in 1975. The Wildcats were shut out by LSU, Tulsa, Oklahoma State.
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 13 | at LSU* | | | L 0–21 | 75,405 | [2] |
September 20 | South Dakota* | | | W 24–3 | 26,120 | |
September 27 | Arkansas State* | | | W 31–7 | 32,580 | [3] |
October 4 | at Tulsa* | | | L 0–3 | 23,213 | |
October 11 | at Iowa State | | | L 7–31 | 50,163 | |
October 18 | at No. 17 Oklahoma | | | L 21–35 | 74,638 | |
October 25 | No. 16 Missouri | | ABC | L 3–13 | 30,610 | |
November 1 | Kansas | | | W 18–20 (forfeit)^ | 43,276 | |
November 8 | at No. 5 Nebraska | | | L 8–55 | 76,121 | |
November 15 | Oklahoma State | | | L 0–10 | 22,370 | |
November 22 | Colorado | | | W 17–14 | 17,510 | |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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^ Kansas mistakenly counts this as a win. Kansas was forced by the Big Eight Conference to forfeit this game after beating Kansas State on the field, 20–18. Kerwin Bell, a Kansas running back was later determined to be ineligible at the time of the game.
Roster
1980 Kansas State Wildcats football team roster |
Players | Coaches |
Offense Pos. | # | Name | Class | TE | 80 | Mike Cox | So | QB | 4 | Darrell Ray Dickey | So | OT | 77 | Doug Hoppock | Jr | RB | 20 | Kenny Smith | Jr | C | 51 | Pat Sura | Sr | | Defense | Special teams Pos. | # | Name | Class | K | 7 | Jim Jackson | Jr | | - Head coach
- Coordinators/assistant coaches
- Gary Darnell – Defensive Coordinator & assistant head coach
- Carl Selmer – Offensive line
- Mo Lattimore – Defensive ends
- Chuck Driesbach – Defensive backs
- Jim Davie – Assistant
- Jim Donnan – Assistant
- Dennis Franchione – Assistant
- George Walstad – Assistant
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (S) Suspended
- (I) Ineligible
- Injured
- Redshirt
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References
- ^ "1980 Kansas State Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
- ^ "Louisiana State stymies Kansas State 21–0". The Kansas City Star. September 14, 1980. Retrieved October 31, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Kansas State builds some confidence in downing Arkansas State 31–7". The Kansas City Star. September 28, 1980. Retrieved August 12, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ DeLassus, David. "Kansas State University coaching records by game (1980)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on October 20, 2012. Retrieved January 11, 2011.
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