| 1980 Kansas State Wildcats football | |
| Conference | Big Eight Conference |
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| 1980 record | 4–7 (1–6 Big 8) |
| Head coach | Jim Dickey (3rd season) |
| Home stadium | KSU Stadium |
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| 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 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. 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# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | ||
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| 9/13/1980* | at LSU | Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, Louisiana | L 21-0 | 75,405 | ||||
| 9/20/1980* | South Dakota | KSU Stadium • Manhattan, Kansas | W 24-3 | 26,120 | ||||
| 9/27/1980* | Arkansas State | KSU Stadium • Manhattan, Kansas | W 31-7 | 32,580 | ||||
| 10/4/1980* | at Tulsa | Skelly Stadium • Tulsa, Oklahoma | L 3-0 | 23,213 | ||||
| 10/11/1980 | at Iowa State | Cyclone Stadium • Ames, Iowa | L 31-7 | 50,163 | ||||
| 10/18/1980 | at #11 Oklahoma | Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, Oklahoma | L 35-21 | 74,638 | ||||
| 10/25/1980† | Missouri | KSU Stadium • Manhattan, Kansas | ABC | L 13-3 | 30,610 | |||
| 11/1/1980 | Kansas | KSU Stadium • Manhattan, Kansas (Sunflower Showdown) | W 1-0 (KU forfeit)^ | 43,276 | ||||
| 11/8/1980 | at #5 Nebraska | Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska | L 55-8 | 76,121 | ||||
| 11/15/1980 | Oklahoma State | KSU Stadium • Manhattan, Kansas | L 10-0 | 22,370 | ||||
| 11/22/1980 | Colorado | KSU Stadium • Manhattan, Kansas | W 17-14 | 17,510 | ||||
| *Non-Conference Game. †Homecoming. #Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time. | ||||||||
Table references[1]
^ The University of 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.
References[]
- ↑ DeLassus, David. "Kansas State University coaching records by game (1980)". College Football Data Warehouse. http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_game_by_game.php?coachid=582&year=1980. Retrieved January 11, 2011.
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