1980 North Dakota Fighting Sioux football team

1980 North Dakota Fighting Sioux football
1980 North Dakota Fighting Sioux football
Conference	North Central Conference
Record	6–4 (5–2 NCC)
Head coach	Pat Behrns (1st season);
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium
	Seasons ← 1979 1981 →

1980 North Central Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 10 Northern Colorado $^	6	–	1	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Nebraska–Omaha	5	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
North Dakota	5	–	2	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
North Dakota State	5	–	2	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
South Dakota *	3	–	3	–	1	5	–	6	–	0
Augustana (SD)	2	–	5	–	0	2	–	7	–	1
South Dakota State *	1	–	5	–	1	3	–	8	–	0
Morningside	0	–	7	–	0	2	–	8	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant * – South Dakota and South Dakota State split two head-to-head games, which counted as a tie for each team in the conference standings. Rankings from AP Poll

The 1980 North Dakota Fighting Sioux football team, also known as the Nodaks, was an American football team that represented the University of North Dakota in the North Central Conference (NCC) during the 1980 NCAA Division II football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 6	at Portland State*	Civic Stadium Portland, OR	L 14–28	11,952	^[1]
September 13	Montana State*	Memorial Stadium Grand Forks, ND	W 14–6	10,000
September 20	at Northern Colorado	Greeley, CO	L 22–27	1,587
September 27	Augustana (SD)	Memorial Stadium Grand Forks, ND	W 34–7	7,400
October 4	North Dakota State	Memorial Stadium Grand Forks, ND (Nickel Trophy)	W 34–20	14,500	^[2]
October 11	at South Dakota	DakotaDome Vermillion, SD	L 24–32	9,200
October 18	at Morningside	Roberts Field Sioux City, IA	W 33–7	1,202
October 25	No. 2 Nebraska–Omaha	Memorial Stadium Grand Forks, ND	W 31–14	4,000
November 1	South Dakota State	Memorial Stadium Grand Forks, ND	W 47–13	4,100
November 8	at Puget Sound*	Tacoma, WA	L 6–10	3,000
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

1980 North Dakota Fighting Sioux football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
RB	`33`	Jeff Abernathy	Fr
QB	`42`	Tom Biolo	Sr
OT	`74`	Todd Thomas	Sr
TE	`86`	Henry Jordan	Sr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
CB	`13`	Jim Abernathy	Jr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

^ "Lomax, PSU open with 28-14 victory". Statesman Journal (AP story). September 7, 1980. p. 3D.
^ "Jones leads Sioux victory". Argus-Leader. October 5, 1980. Retrieved October 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Final 1980 Cumulative Football Statistics Report". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 23, 2022.
^ "2019 North Dakota Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of North Dakota. 2019. p. 176.

v t e North Dakota Fighting Hawks football
Venues	Memorial Stadium (1927–2000) Alerus Center (2001–present)
Bowls & rivalries	North Dakota State: Nickel Trophy South Dakota: Sitting Bull Trophy
Culture & lore	"Fight On Sioux" "It's for You, North Dakota U" Pride of the North Native American mascot controversy
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943–1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
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