1980 NAIA Division II football season

American college football season

1980 NAIA Division II football season

Regular season| August–November 1980
Postseason| November–December 1980
National Championship| Lincoln Bowl
Tacoma, WA
Champions| Pacific Lutheran

* ←1979
* NAIA Division II football season
* 1981→

The 1980 NAIA Division II football season, as part of the 1980 college football season in the United States and the 25th season of college football sponsored by the NAIA, was the 11th season of play of the NAIA's lower division for football.

The season was played from August to November 1980 and culminated in the 1980 NAIA Division II Football National Championship, played at the Lincoln Bowl in Tacoma, Washington.[1]

The Pacific Lutheran Lutes defeated the Wilmington Quakers) in the championship game, 38–10, to win their first NAIA national title.

## Conference realignment

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### Conference changes

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* This was the final season for the Tri-State Conference. Its three remaining members, from Iowa and South Dakota, would all become independents.

## Conference standings

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1980 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin football standings |

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Elmhurst \+  | 6  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 7  | – | 2  | – | 0
No. 17 Illinois Wesleyan \+  | 6  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 7  | – | 2  | – | 0
Augustana (IL) | 5  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 3  | – | 0
Carthage | 5  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 3  | – | 0
Millikin | 5  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 3  | – | 0
North Central (IL) | 5  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 3  | – | 0
North Park | 2  | – | 6  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 6  | – | 0
Wheaton (IL) | 1  | – | 7  | – | 0 |  |  | 2  | – | 7  | – | 0
Carroll (WI) | 1  | – | 7  | – | 0 |  |  | 1  | – | 8  | – | 0

* \+ – Conference co-champions

Rankings from NAIA Division II poll
1980 Frontier Conference football standings |

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Carroll (MT) \+  | 4  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 4  | – | 0
Western Montana \+  | 4  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 5  | – | 0
Montana Tech | 3  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 6  | – | 0
Rocky Mountain | 1  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 1  | – | 7  | – | 0

* \+ – Conference co-champions

1980 Heart of America Athletic Conference football standings |

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No. 4 William Jewell +^  | 7  | – | 0  | – | 1 |  |  | 11  | – | 1  | – | 1
No. 7 Baker +^  | 7  | – | 0  | – | 1 |  |  | 9  | – | 1  | – | 1
Graceland | 5  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 3  | – | 0
Missouri Valley | 5  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 7  | – | 4  | – | 0
Ottawa | 4  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 7  | – | 4  | – | 0
Culver–Stockton | 3  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 6  | – | 0
MidAmerica Nazarene | 2  | – | 6  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 7  | – | 0
Central Methodist | 2  | – | 6  | – | 0 |  |  | 2  | – | 8  | – | 0
Tarkio | 0  | – | 8  | – | 0 |  |  | 0  | – | 10  | – | 0

* \+ – Conference co-champions
* ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant

Rankings from NAIA Division II poll
1980 Hoosier–Buckeye Conference football standings |

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No. 9 Anderson (IN) \+  | 7  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 8  | – | 1  | – | 0
No. 2 Wilmington (OH) +^  | 7  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 10  | – | 2  | – | 0
No. 5 Hanover +^  | 7  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 8  | – | 2  | – | 0
Findlay | 5  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 4  | – | 0
Defiance | 4  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 5  | – | 0
Earlham | 2  | – | 6  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 6  | – | 0
Bluffton | 2  | – | 6  | – | 0 |  |  | 2  | – | 6  | – | 1
Taylor | 2  | – | 6  | – | 0 |  |  | 2  | – | 7  | – | 0
Manchester (IN) | 0  | – | 8  | – | 0 |  |  | 0  | – | 9  | – | 0

* \+ – Conference co-champions
* ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant

Rankings from NAIA Division II poll
1980 Illini–Badger Football Conference standings |

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Milton $  | 4  | – | 0  | – | 1 |  |  | 5  | – | 3  | – | 1
Concordia (IL) | 3  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 6  | – | 0
Northeastern Illinois | 3  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 6  | – | 0
Eureka | 2  | – | 2  | – | 1 |  |  | 3  | – | 5  | – | 1
Lakeland | 2  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 6  | – | 0
Concordia (WI) | 1  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 2  | – | 7  | – | 0

* $ – Conference champion

1980 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings |

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No. 12 Bethany (KS) $  | 7  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 9  | – | 1  | – | 0
Kansas Wesleyan | 6  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 4  | – | 0
St. Mary of the Plains | 6  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 4  | – | 0
Southwestern (KS) | 4  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 5  | – | 0
Bethel (KS) | 3  | – | 4  | – | 1 |  |  | 3  | – | 5  | – | 1
Friends | 3  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 5  | – | 0
Sterling | 2  | – | 5  | – | 1 |  |  | 2  | – | 6  | – | 1
McPherson | 2  | – | 6  | – | 0 |  |  | 2  | – | 7  | – | 0
Tabor | 2  | – | 6  | – | 0 |  |  | 2  | – | 7  | – | 0

* $ – Conference champion

Rankings from NAIA Division II poll
1980 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings |

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Concordia–Moorhead $  | 7  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 8  | – | 2  | – | 0
No.16 Gustavus Adolphus | 6  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 7  | – | 3  | – | 0
Saint John's (MN) | 5  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 3  | – | 0
Hamline | 5  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 4  | – | 0
St. Olaf | 4  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 4  | – | 0
Augsburg | 4  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 5  | – | 0
St. Thomas (MN) | 2  | – | 5  | – | 1 |  |  | 3  | – | 6  | – | 1
Bethel (MN) | 2  | – | 6  | – | 0 |  |  | 2  | – | 8  | – | 0
Macalester | 0  | – | 7  | – | 1 |  |  | 1  | – | 7  | – | 1

* $ – Conference champion

Rankings from NAIA Division II poll
1980 Nebraska Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings |

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No. 13 Hastings $  | 4  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 8  | – | 1  | – | 0
Midland | 3  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 4  | – | 0
Concordia (NE) | 3  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 5  | – | 0
Doane | 3  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 6  | – | 0
Nebraska Wesleyan | 2  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 6  | – | 0
Dana | 0  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 0  | – | 9  | – | 0

* $ – Conference champion
* Hastings and Doane played twice; each game counted as ½ of a game in the conference standings.

Rankings from NAIA Division II poll
1980 North Dakota College Athletic Conference football standings |

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No. 6 Valley City State $^  | 6  | – | 0  | – | 0 |  |  | 10  | – | 1  | – | 0
No. 18 Dickinson State | 4  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 7  | – | 2  | – | 0
Jamestown | 4  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 3  | – | 0
Mayville State | 3  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 3  | – | 0
Minot State | 3  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 4  | – | 0
North Dakota Science | 1  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 2  | – | 7  | – | 0
Bismarck JC | 0  | – | 6  | – | 0 |  |  | 2  | – | 5  | – | 0

* $ – Conference champion
* ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant

Rankings from NAIA Division II poll
1980 Northwest Conference football standings |

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Team | W |   | L |   | T |  |  | W |   | L |   | T
No. 3 Linfield $^  | 5  | – | 0  | – | 0 |  |  | 9  | – | 1  | – | 0
No. 1 Pacific Lutheran ^  | 4  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 11  | – | 1  | – | 0
Willamette | 2  | – | 2  | – | 1 |  |  | 3  | – | 4  | – | 1
Whitworth | 2  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 2  | – | 7  | – | 0
Lewis & Clark | 1  | – | 3  | – | 1 |  |  | 4  | – | 4  | – | 1
Pacific (OR) | 0  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 0  | – | 9  | – | 0

* $ – Conference champion
* ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant
Whitworth forfeited two games

Rankings from NAIA Division II poll
1980 South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference football standings |

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No. 11 South Dakota Tech $  | 6  | – | 0  | – | 0 |  |  | 8  | – | 1  | – | 0
Black Hills State | 5  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 4  | – | 0
Sioux Falls | 4  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 5  | – | 0
Dakota State | 3  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 4  | – | 0
Huron | 2  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 7  | – | 0
South Dakota–Springfield | 1  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 2  | – | 8  | – | 0
Dakota Wesleyan | 0  | – | 6  | – | 0 |  |  | 1  | – | 8  | – | 0

* $ – Conference champion

Rankings from NAIA Division II poll
1980 Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings |

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Redlands $  | 5  | – | 0  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 4  | – | 0
Claremont-Mudd | 4  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 3  | – | 0
Whittier | 3  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 5  | – | 5  | – | 0
Occidental | 2  | – | 3  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 6  | – | 0
La Verne | 1  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 2  | – | 8  | – | 0
Pomona-Pitzer | 0  | – | 5  | – | 0 |  |  | 0  | – | 9  | – | 0

* $ – Conference champion

1980 Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings |

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Team | W |   | L |   | T |  |  | W |   | L |   | T
No. 8 McMurry $^  | 9  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 9  | – | 2  | – | 0
No. 15 Austin | 8  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 8  | – | 2  | – | 0
Sul Ross | 6  | – | 4  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 4  | – | 0
Trinity (TX) | 4  | – | 6  | – | 0 |  |  | 4  | – | 6  | – | 0
Tarleton State | 3  | – | 7  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 7  | – | 0
Lubbock Christian | 0  | – | 10  | – | 0 |  |  | 0  | – | 10  | – | 0

* $ – Conference champion
* ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant

Rankings from NAIA Division II poll
1980 Tri-State Conference football standings |

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Northwestern (IA) | 2  | – | 0  | – | 0 |  |  | 6  | – | 3  | – | 0
Westmar | 1  | – | 1  | – | 0 |  |  | 7  | – | 3  | – | 0
Yankton | 0  | – | 2  | – | 0 |  |  | 3  | – | 7  | – | 0

* $ – Conference champion

1980 NAIA Division II independents football records |

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No. 10 Peru State |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 9  | – | 1  | – | 0
No. 20 Azusa Pacific |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 8  | – | 2  | – | 0
No. 14 Cal Lutheran |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 7  | – | 2  | – | 1
No. 19 Oklahoma Panhandle State |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 7  | – | 3  | – | 0
Waynesburg |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 5  | – | 3  | – | 0
Westminster (PA) |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 5  | – | 3  | – | 0
Simon Fraser |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 5  | – | 4  | – | 0
Chadron State |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 5  | – | 5  | – | 0
Loras |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 5  | – | 5  | – | 0
Geneva |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 4  | – | 5  | – | 0
Iowa Wesleyan |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 4  | – | 6  | – | 0
Texas Lutheran |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 4  | – | 6  | – | 0
Benedictine (KS) |   |  | – |  |   |  |  | 3  | – | 7  | – | 0
Rankings from NAIA Division II poll

## Conference champions

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Conference  | Champion  | Record

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Frontier | Carroll (MT)
Montana Western | 4–2
Heart of America | William Jewell
Baker (KS) | 7–0–1
Hoosier-Buckeye | Anderson (IN)
Hanover
Wilmington (OH) | 7–1
Kansas | Bethany | 7–1
Minnesota | Concordia–Moorhead | 7–1
Nebraska | Hastings | 4–1
North Dakota | Valley City State | 4–0
Northwest | Linfield | 5–0
South Dakota | South Dakota Tech | 6–0
Texas | McMurry | 9–1

## Postseason

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| Quarterfinals
Campus sites | | | Semifinals
Campus sites | | | Championship
Tacoma, WA |

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|   | Linfield | 20 | | |
|   | Pacific Lutheran* | 35 |
| |   | Pacific Lutheran* | 32 |
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| | |   | Valley City State | 0 |
|   | Valley City State | 16 |

|   | McMurry (TX)* | 7 |
| |   | Pacific Lutheran* | 38 |
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| | |   | Wilmington (OH) | 10 |
|   | Baker | 17 | |

|   | William Jewell* | 20 |
| |   | William Jewell* | 17 |
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| | |   | Wilmington (OH) | 31 |
|   | Hanover | 49 |

|   | Wilmington (OH)* (4OT) | 56 |

## See also

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* 1980 NAIA Division I football season
* 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season
* 1980 NCAA Division I-AA football season
* 1980 NCAA Division II football season
* 1980 NCAA Division III football season

## References

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1. ^ "NAIA Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. pp. 4–11\. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 15, 2015. Retrieved December 2, 2015.

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