1980 Iowa State Cyclones football team

1980 Iowa State Cyclones football
Conference	Big Eight Conference
1980 record	6–5 (3–4 Big Eight)
Head coach	Donnie Duncan (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Mack Brown (1st season)
Home stadium	Cyclone Stadium (Capacity: 48,000)
Seasons

1980 Big 8 football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#3 Oklahoma †	7	–	0	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
#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
† – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1980 Iowa State Cyclones football team represented Iowa State University during the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. They played their home games at Cyclone Stadium in Ames, Iowa. They participated as members of the Big Eight Conference. The team was coached by head coach Donnie Duncan.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 13	Northeast Louisiana*		Cyclone Stadium Ames, Iowa	W 42–7	47,331
September 20	San Jose State*		Cyclone Stadium Ames, Iowa	W 27–6	47,806
September 27	at Iowa*		Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, Iowa (Battle for the Cy-Hawk Trophy)	W 10–7	60,145
October 4	Colorado State*		Cyclone Stadium Ames, Iowa	W 69–0	49,368
October 11	Kansas State		Cyclone Stadium Ames, Iowa	W 31–7	50,163
October 18	at Kansas	No. 19	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, Kansas	L 17–28	30,000
October 25	No. 17 Oklahoma		Cyclone Stadium Ames, Iowa	L 7–42	52,974
November 1	at Colorado		Folsom Field Boulder, Colorado	L 9–17	41,567
November 8	at Missouri		Faurot Field Columbia, Missouri (Battle for the Telephone Trophy)	L 10–14	67,533
November 15	No. 4 Nebraska		Cyclone Stadium Ames, Iowa	L 0–35	52,942
November 22	at Oklahoma State		Lewis Field Stillwater, Oklahoma	W 23–21	37,500
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game