NFL 1980

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1980 NFL season
Regular season
season September 7, 1980 - December 22, 1980
Play-offs
date December 28, 1980
AFC champions Oakland Raiders
NFC champions Philadelphia Eagles
Super Bowl XV
date January 25, 1981
Venue Louisiana Superdome , New Orleans
NFL Champion Oakland Raiders
Pro Bowl
date 1st February 1981
Venue Aloha Stadium , Honolulu , Hawaii
NFL season
 <1979 1981> 

The 1980 NFL season was the 61st season in American football in the National Football League (NFL). The regular season began on September 7, 1980 and ended on December 22, 1980. The season ended with the Pro Bowl on February 1 at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu , Hawaii .

Oakland Raiders owner Al Davis announced ahead of the season that he intended to relocate the team to Los Angeles. This request was rejected by the team owners at their meeting on March 10, 1980. Davis then litigated the NFL. In May 1982 it was found that the NFL had violated antitrust law.

During the season, around 13.4 million viewers watched the 224 regular season games. This was an average of 59,787 spectators per game and thus the highest number in the entire history of the NFL to date. The stadiums were sold out at 92.4%.

Regular season

AFC East
team S. N U SQ P + P−
Buffalo Bills 11 5 0 .688 320 260
New England Patriots 10 6th 0 .625 441 325
Miami Dolphins 8th 8th 0 .500 266 305
Baltimore Colts 7th 9 0 .438 355 387
New York Jets 4th 12 0 .250 302 395
AFC Central
team S. N U SQ P + P−
Cleveland Browns 11 5 0 .688 357 310
Houston Oilers 11 5 0 .688 295 251
Pittsburgh Steelers 9 7th 0 .563 352 313
Cincinnati Bengals 6th 10 0 .375 244 312
AFC West
team S. N U SQ P + P−
San Diego Chargers 11 5 0 .688 418 327
Oakland Raiders 11 5 0 .688 364 306
Kansas City Chiefs 8th 8th 0 .500 319 336
Denver Broncos 8th 8th 0 .500 310 323
Seattle Seahawks 4th 12 0 .250 291 408
NFC East
team S. N U SQ P + P−
Philadelphia Eagles 12 4th 0 .750 384 222
Dallas Cowboys 12 4th 0 .750 454 311
Washington Redskins 6th 10 0 .375 261 293
St. Louis Cardinals 5 11 0 .313 299 350
New York Giants 4th 12 0 .250 249 425
NFC Central
team S. N U SQ P + P−
Minnesota Vikings 9 7th 0 .563 317 308
Detroit Lions 9 7th 0 .563 334 272
Chicago Bears 7th 9 0 .438 304 264
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 5 10 1 .344 271 341
Green Bay Packers 5 10 1 .344 231 371
NFC West
team S. N U SQ P + P−
Atlanta Falcons 12 4th 0 .750 405 272
Los Angeles Rams 11 5 0 .688 424 289
San Francisco 49ers 6th 10 0 .375 320 415
New Orleans Saints 1 15th 0 .063 291 487

Legend:

S iege N iederlagen U nentschieden SQ games won (relative)
P + points made P− opposing points Playoff participant

Play-offs

                                   
Divisional playoffs
    January 3 - Veterans Stadium        
NFC Wild Card Game NFC Championship
 2  Philadelphia  31
December 28th - Texas Stadium     January 11th - Veterans Stadium
 3  Minnesota  16  
 4th  Dallas  34  2  Philadelphia  20th
January 4th - Fulton County Stadium
 5  LA Rams  17th      4th  Dallas  7th   Super Bowl XV
 1  Atlanta  27
    January 25 - Louisiana Superdome
 4th  Dallas  30th  
 N2  Philadelphia  10
January 3 - Jack Murphy Stadium
AFC Wild Card Game AFC Championship    A4  Oakland  27
 1*  San Diego  20th
December 28 - Oakland Coliseum     January 11th - Jack Murphy Stadium
 3  Buffalo  14th  
 4th  Oakland  27  1  San Diego  27
January 4th - Cleveland Stadium
 5  Houston  7th      4th  Oakland  34  
 2 *  Cleveland  12
   
 4th  Oakland  14th  

Super Bowl XV

The 15th Super Bowl took place on January 25, 1981 at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans , Louisiana . In the finals, the Oakland Raiders met the Philadelphia Eagles , the Oakland Raiders won their second Super Bowl. They were only the second wild card team to reach the Super Bowl and the first to win it.

1 2 3 4th total
Philadelphia Eagles 0 3 7th 0 10
Oakland Raiders 14th 0 10 3 27

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gerald Eskenazi, Special To the New York Times: Plunkett Passes Raiders to a 2d Super Bowl, 27-10 . In: The New York Times . 1981, ISSN  0362-4331 ( nytimes.com ).