1980 Cal Poly Mustangs football team
| 1980 Cal Poly Mustangs football | |
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NCAA Division II National Champion
CCAA champion |
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Division II Quarterfinal Playoff,
W 15–0 vs. Jacksonville State Division II Semifinal Playoff W 28–14 vs. Santa Clara Zia Bowl Division II Championship W 21–13 vs. Eastern Illinois |
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| Conference | California Collegiate Athletic Association |
| 1980 record | 10–3 (2–0 CCAA) |
| Head coach | Joe Harper (13th year) |
| Home stadium |
Mustang Stadium (Capacity: 8,500) |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal Poly $^ | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal State Northridge | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal Poly Pomona | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1980 Cal Poly Mustangs football team represented California Polytechnic State University during the 1980 NCAA Division II football season.
Cal Poly competed in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA). The Mustangs were led by 13th-year head coach Joe Harper and played home games at Mustang Stadium in San Luis Obispo, California. They finished the regular season as champion of the CCAA, their fifth consecutive conference championship. The team finished the regular season with a record of seven wins and three losses (7–3, 2–0 CCAA).
The Mustangs qualified for the Division II playoffs at the end of the season. In the quarterfinal game, Cal Poly shut out the Jacksonville State Gamecocks, 15–0. In the semifinal game, Cal Poly beat theSanta Clara Broncos for the second time in the season. The score in this game was 38–14. In the Division II Championship game, called the Zia Bowl in 1980, the Mustangs upset the No. 1 ranked Eastern Illinois Panthers, 21–13. This was the first football national championship for Cal Poly and brought their record to ten wins and three losses (10–3).
The following Cal Poly Mustang players were selected in the 1981 NFL Draft.
The following finished their college career in 1980, were not drafted, but played in the NFL.
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