1980 Washington State Cougars football team

1980 Washington State Cougars football
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Record4–7 (3–4 Pac-10)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorPat Ruel (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorBob Padilla (1st season)
Captains
Home stadiumMartin Stadium,
Joe Albi Stadium (Spokane)
Seasons
← 1979
1981 →
1980 Pacific-10 Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 16 Washington $ 6 1 0 9 3 0
No. 13 UCLA 5 2 0 9 2 0
No. 11 USC 4 2 1 8 2 1
Arizona State 5 3 0 7 4 0
Oregon 4 3 1 6 3 2
Stanford 3 4 0 6 5 0
Arizona 3 4 0 5 6 0
Washington State 3 4 0 4 7 0
California 3 5 0 3 8 0
Oregon State 0 8 0 0 11 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1980 Washington State Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Washington State University in the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) during the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their third season under head coach Jim Walden, the Cougars compiled a 4–7 record (3–4 in Pac-10, tied for sixth), and outscored their opponents 287 to 271.[1][2]

The team's statistical leaders included Samoa Samoa with 1,668 passing yards,[3] Tim Harris with 801 rushing yards,[4] and Jim Whatley with 433 receiving yards.[5]

This year's Apple Cup is the most recent played at Joe Albi Stadium in Spokane; since 1982, the Cougar home games in the series (even-numbered years) have been held on campus at Martin Stadium. From 1950 thru 1980 (except 1954 in Pullman), the Cougars were 3–12 (.200) in Spokane Apple Cups, while winning five in Seattle.

  1. ^ "1980 Washington State Cougars Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
  2. ^ "2016 Media Guide" (PDF). WSUCougars.com. Washington State Cougars Athletics. p. 77. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 21, 2016. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
  3. ^ Emerson, Paul (September 25, 1980). "Learning to be No. 1 quarterback at WSU". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). p. 1B.
  4. ^ Gerheim, Earl (September 24, 1980). "Cougs' handyman Harris: A hustler with high hopes". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. C1.
  5. ^ "1980 Washington State Cougars Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 24, 2016.