West Chester was in the middle of finding itself in 1980. Its final season in the PSAC was 1976, so its schedule was a mix of PSAC teams and what are now FCS and Division III teams. This was far from a smooth transition, as the team dipped to 2-9 in 1978. Head coach Otto Kneidinger took over in 1979 and improved to 4-7, and in 1980, the team snuck over .500 to finish 5-4-1.
Losses came at Delaware, to American International, at Millersville, and at Bucknell. The Golden Rams topped Glassboro State (now Rowan University), Bloomsburg, East Stroudsburg and Salisbury. West Chester also blanked Kutztown, 19-0, which went on to represent the East in the PSAC championship game. And for the first time since 1945, a West Chester football game ended in a tie, when they knotted the Wolves of Cheyney at 24.
The 1980 Golden Ram Football Team
Before artificial turf was installed at Delaware
Plain uniforms and a vertical middle bar on the facemask were in
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