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1980 NCAA Division II football season

1980 NCAA Division II football season
Regular season August – November 1980
Playoffs December 1980
National Championship Zia Bowl
University Stadium
Albuquerque, NM
Champions Cal Poly–SLO
1980 Lone Star Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Southwest Texas State $ 6 1 0     8 3 0
Angelo State 5 1 1     8 1 1
Texas A&I 5 2 0     7 4 0
East Texas State 4 2 1     7 2 1
Stephen F. Austin 4 3 0     4 6 0
Sam Houston State 2 5 0     3 7 0
Abilene Christian 1 6 0     2 8 0
Howard Payne 0 7 0     1 8 1
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – Division II playoff participant
1980 Mid-Continent football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Eastern Illinois $^ 4 0 0     7 4 0
Northern Michigan 3 1 0     9 2 0
Northern Iowa 2 2 0     7 4 0
Youngstown State 1 3 0     2 8 1
Western Illinois 0 4 0     4 6 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – Division II playoff participant
1980 Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Missouri-Rolla $ 6 0 0     10 0 0
SW Missouri State 5 1 0     6 5 0
Central Missouri State 3 3 0     6 3 1
NE Missouri State 3 3 0     5 6 0
SE Missouri State 3 3 0     4 7 0
NW Missouri State 1 5 0     2 8 0
Lincoln (MO) 0 6 0     2 9 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – Division II playoff participant
1980 NCAA Division II National Football Championship playoffs
Teams 8
Finals Site
Champions
Runner-Up
Semifinalists
Winning Coach
  • championship

The 1980 NCAA Division II football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division II level, began in August 1980, and concluded with the NCAA Division II Football Championship in December 1980 at University Stadium in Albuquerque, NM. During the game's two-year stretch in New Mexico, it was referred to as the Zia Bowl.

Cal Poly–San Luis Obispo defeated Eastern Illinois in the championship game, 21–13, to win their first Division II national title.



Association of Mid-Continent Universities – Eastern Illinois
Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association – North Carolina Central
Far Western Football Conference – UC Davis
Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Hillsdale
Gulf South Conference – North Alabama
Lone Star Conference – Southwest Texas State
Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Missouri–Rolla
North Central Conference – Northern Colorado
Northern Intercollegiate Conference – Minnesota–Duluth
Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference – Clarion
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference – Adams State and CSU Pueblo
South Atlantic Conference – Elon and Mars Hill
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Alabama A&M


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