1980 Iowa State Cyclones football team

1980 Iowa State Cyclones football
1980 Iowa State Cyclones football
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Record	6–5 (3–4 Big 8)
Head coach	Donnie Duncan (2nd season);
Offensive coordinator	Mack Brown (1st season)
Home stadium	Cylcone Stadium
	Seasons ← 1979 1981 →

The 1980 Iowa State Cyclones football team represented Iowa State University as a member of the Big Eight Conference during the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by second-year head coach Donnie Duncan, the Cyclones compiled an overall record of 6–5 with a mark of 3–4 in conference play, tying for fourth place in the Big Eight. The team played its home games at Cylcone Stadium in Ames, Iowa.

1980 Big Eight Conference football standings
v t e	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

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 13	1:30 pm	Northeast Louisiana*		Cylcone Stadium Ames, IA		W 42–7	47,331	^[1]
September 20	1:30 pm	San Jose State*		Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA		W 27–6	47,806
September 27	1:05 pm	at Iowa*		Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA (rivalry)	IPBN/ESPN (delay)	W 10–7	60,145
October 4	1:30 pm	Colorado State*		Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA		W 69–0	49,368
October 11	1:30 pm	Kansas State		Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA (rivalry)		W 31–7	50,163
October 18	1:30 pm	at Kansas	No. 19	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS		L 17–28	30,000
October 25	1:30 pm	No. 17 Oklahoma		Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA		L 7–42	52,974
November 1	2:00 pm	at Colorado		Folsom Field Boulder, CO		L 9–17	41,567
November 8	1:30 pm	at Missouri		Faurot Field Columbia, MO (rivalry)		L 10–14	67,533
November 15	1:30 pm	No. 4 Nebraska		Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA	ESPN (delay)	L 0–35	52,942
November 22	1:30 pm	at Oklahoma State		Lewis Field Stillwater, OK		W 23–21	37,500
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

1980 Iowa State Cyclones football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
RB	`45`	Dwayne Crutchfield	Jr
TE	`88`	Dan Johnson	Jr
C	`56`	Jim Meyer	So
OT	`69`	Karl Nelson	So
QB	`18`	John Quinn	Jr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
CB	`19`	Joe Brown	Jr
CB	`44`	Larry Crawford	Sr
CB	`9`	Jeff Grannon	Sr
LB	`55`	Jim Less	Sr
DT	`71`	Dan Martin	So
DT	`62`	Kenny Neil	Sr
DT	`74`	Scott Nelson	So
DE	`80`	Bruce Reimers	Fr
LB	`54`	Chris Washington	Fr
LB		Jay Niemann	So

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
P	`10`	Kelly Goodburn	Fr

^ "ISU sails, Crutchfield leads ground assault, 42–7". The Des Moines Register. September 14, 1980. p. D1. Retrieved January 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Iowa State Football Record Book" (PDF). Iowa State University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 6, 2014. Retrieved January 5, 2014.