1980 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

	1980 Big Ten football standings
	† – Conference champion ; Rankings from AP Poll / Coaches' Poll

Iowa Hawkeyes football
	1980 Iowa Hawkeyes football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1980 record	4–7 (4–4 Big Ten)
Head coach	Hayden Fry
Offensive coordinator	Bill Snyder
MVP	Keith Chappelle
Captain	6 Kent Ellis; John Harty; Dean McKillip; Matt Petrzelka; Bryan Skradis; Phil Suess;
Home stadium	Kinnick Stadium
	Seasons ← 1979 1981 →

The 1980 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa in the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent^#	Site	Result	Attendance
September 13	at Indiana	Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN	W 16-7	50,173
September 20*	at #6 Nebraska	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE	L 0-57	76,029
September 27*	Iowa State	Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA (Cy-Hawk Trophy)	L 7-10	60,145
October 4*	Arizona	Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA	L 3-5	59,950
October 11	Illinois	Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA	L 14-20	59,780
October 18†	Northwestern	Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA	W 25-3	59,990
October 25	at Minnesota	Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN (Floyd of Rosedale)	L 6-24	58,158
November 1	Wisconsin	Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA	W 22-13	59,995
November 8	at #17 Purdue	Ross-Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN	L 13-58	68,775
November 15	#7 Ohio State	Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA	L 7-41	59,890
November 22	at Michigan State	Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI	W 41-0	55,123
*Non-Conference Game. ^†Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

v · d · e	Conf					Overall
1980 Big Ten football standings
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#4/4 Michigan †	8	–	0	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
#15/15 Ohio State	7	–	1	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
#17/16 Purdue	7	–	1	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
Iowa	4	–	4	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Minnesota	4	–	5	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Indiana	3	–	5	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Wisconsin	3	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Illinois	3	–	5	–	0	3	–	7	–	1
Michigan State	2	–	6	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Northwestern	0	–	9	–	0	0	–	11	–	0

† – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll / Coaches' Poll