1980 North Dakota Fighting Sioux football team

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

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

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Roster

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	Head coach Pat Behrns Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

References

1. "Lomax, PSU open with 28-14 victory". Statesman Journal (AP story). September 7, 1980. p. 3D.
2. "Jones leads Sioux victory". Argus-Leader. October 5, 1980. Retrieved October 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Final 1980 Cumulative Football Statistics Report". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 23, 2022.
4. "2019 North Dakota Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of North Dakota. 2019. p. 176.