1979 Stanford Cardinals football team

1979 Stanford Cardinals football

Conference	Pacific-10 Conference
1979 record	5–5–1 (3–3–1 Pac-10)
Head coach	Rod Dowhower (1st year)
Home stadium	Stanford Stadium (c. 85,500, grass)

1979 Pacific-10 football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#2 USC $	6	–	0	–	1	11	–	0	–	1
#11 Washington	5	–	2	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
Arizona	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	1
Oregon	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
California	5	–	4	–	0	6	–	6	–	0
Stanford	3	–	3	–	1	5	–	5	–	1
Arizona State *	3	–	4	–	0	6	–	6	–	0
UCLA	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Washington State	2	–	6	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Oregon State	1	–	7	–	0	1	–	10	–	0

$ – Conference champion * – Arizona State later forfeited 5 wins (3 in conference) due to NCAA sanctions Rankings from AP Poll

The 1979 Stanford Cardinals football team represented Stanford University during the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. Rod Dowhower, an assistant coach under previous coach Bill Walsh, was hired as Stanford's new head coach, but resigned after the season to take an assistant coaching position with the NFL's Denver Broncos.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result	Attendance
September 8	at Tulane*	No. 13	Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans,LA	L 10–33	41,251
September 15	San Jose State*		Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA (Rivalry)	W 45–29	46,789
September 22	Army*		Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA	L 13–17	43,345
September 29	Boston College*		Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA	W 33–14	36,412
October 6	UCLA		Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA	W 27–24	70,205
October 13	at No. 1 USC		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, CA (Rivalry)	T 21–21	76,067
October 20	at Arizona		Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ	W 30–10	55,000
October 27	at Oregon State		Parker Stadium • Corvallis, OR	L 31–33	16,000
November 3	Arizona State		Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA	W 28–21	40,184
November 10	Oregon		Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA	L 7–16	45,219
November 17	California		Stanford Stadium • Stanford, CA (82nd Big Game)	L 14–21	85,577
*Non-conference game.

Mike Dotterer became the first freshman in school history to score three touchdowns in one game during Stanford's 45-29 victory.^[3]

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Stanford	7	0	7	16	30
Arizona	0	7	3	0	10

Scoring summary

1	STAN	Hooper 3 yard pass from Schonert (Naber kick)	STAN 7-0

2	ARIZ	Hersey 5 yard run (Zivic kick)	Tied 7-7

3	ARIZ	Zivic 27 yard field goal	ARIZ 10-7

3	STAN	Tyler 15 yard pass from Schonert (Naber kick)	STAN 14-10

4	STAN	Naber 30 yard field goal	STAN 17-10

4	STAN	Dotterer 7 yard pass from Schonert (Naber kick)	STAN 24-10

4	STAN	Margerum 13 yard pass from Elway (kick failed)	STAN 30-10

↑ "Dowhower quits to take Broncos' post". Palm Beach Post. January 24, 1980. Retrieved January 22, 2013.
↑ "Stanford Game-by-Game Results; 1979–1983". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved January 21, 2013.
↑ Palm Beach Post. 1979 Sept 16. Retrieved 2014-Jan-20.

Stanford Cardinal football

Venues	Stanford Field (1905–1921) Stanford Stadium (1921–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games California: Big Game USC Notre Dame San Jose State: Bill Walsh Legacy Game

Culture & lore	Stanford Tree "Come Join the Band" "All Right Now" Stanford Band The Play Stanford Axe T formation 1906–17 Stanford rugby teams 1894 Chicago game 2007 USC game

People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders

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