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Record: 5-10-1, Finished 4th in NFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 231 points (14.4/g), 28th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 371 points (23.2/g), 22nd.
Differential of -140 points (-8.8/g), 26th.
Expected W-L: 3.9-12.1.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -14 (-0.9/g), 28th.
Coached by Bart Starr (5-10-1)
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1980 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
| Score | Offense | Defense | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Date | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | ||||
| 1 | Sun | September 7 | box | W | 1-0 | Chicago Bears | 12 | 6 | 12 | 214 | 100 | 114 | 1 | 18 | 268 | 167 | 101 | 4 | |
| 2 | Sun | September 14 | box | L | 1-1 | Detroit Lions | 7 | 29 | 17 | 242 | 183 | 59 | 2 | 19 | 459 | 229 | 230 | 1 | |
| 3 | Sun | September 21 | box | L | 1-2 | @ | Los Angeles Rams | 21 | 51 | 16 | 192 | 132 | 60 | 5 | 21 | 381 | 220 | 161 | 1 |
| 4 | Sun | September 28 | box | L | 1-3 | Dallas Cowboys | 7 | 28 | 17 | 264 | 132 | 132 | 1 | 24 | 394 | 200 | 194 | 1 | |
| 5 | Sun | October 5 | box | W | 2-3 | Cincinnati Bengals | 14 | 9 | 21 | 313 | 183 | 130 | 1 | 14 | 216 | 124 | 92 | 2 | |
| 6 | Sun | October 12 | box | T | 2-3-1 | @ | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 14 | 14 | 32 | 569 | 415 | 154 | 2 | 15 | 262 | 82 | 180 | |
| 7 | Sun | October 19 | box | L | 2-4-1 | @ | Cleveland Browns | 21 | 26 | 19 | 312 | 222 | 90 | 3 | 23 | 471 | 384 | 87 | 1 |
| 8 | Sun | October 26 | box | W | 3-4-1 | Minnesota Vikings | 16 | 3 | 18 | 330 | 183 | 147 | 5 | 15 | 297 | 212 | 85 | 3 | |
| 9 | Sun | November 2 | box | L | 3-5-1 | @ | Pittsburgh Steelers | 20 | 22 | 18 | 343 | 266 | 77 | 3 | 18 | 281 | 121 | 160 | 4 |
| 10 | Sun | November 9 | box | W | 4-5-1 | San Francisco 49ers | 23 | 16 | 24 | 415 | 235 | 180 | 3 | 17 | 376 | 262 | 114 | 3 | |
| 11 | Sun | November 16 | box | L | 4-6-1 | @ | New York Giants | 21 | 27 | 24 | 410 | 289 | 121 | 4 | 19 | 406 | 294 | 112 | 2 |
| 12 | Sun | November 23 | box | W | 5-6-1 | @ | Minnesota Vikings | 25 | 13 | 25 | 443 | 197 | 246 | 17 | 276 | 187 | 89 | ||
| 13 | Sun | November 30 | box | L | 5-7-1 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 17 | 20 | 18 | 257 | 183 | 74 | 1 | 19 | 373 | 235 | 138 | 1 | |
| 14 | Sun | December 7 | box | L | 5-8-1 | @ | Chicago Bears | 7 | 61 | 19 | 266 | 185 | 81 | 3 | 33 | 594 | 327 | 267 | |
| 15 | Sun | December 14 | box | L | 5-9-1 | Houston Oilers | 3 | 22 | 16 | 337 | 283 | 54 | 5 | 22 | 371 | 114 | 257 | 2 | |
| 16 | Sun | December 21 | box | L | 5-10-1 | @ | Detroit Lions | 3 | 24 | 11 | 190 | 103 | 87 | 2 | 22 | 357 | 225 | 132 | 2 |
| Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | TO | FL | 1stPy | |||
| Team Offense | 231 | 5097 | 1047 | 4.9 | 307 | 289 | 511 | 3291 | 15 | 29 | 5.9 | 164 | 493 | 1806 | 13 | 3.7 | 119 | 41 | 12 | 24 |
| Team Defense | 371 | 5782 | 1059 | 5.5 | 496 | 259 | 460 | 3383 | 19 | 13 | 6.8 | 166 | 565 | 2399 | 19 | 4.2 | 316 | 27 | 14 | 14 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 28 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 23 | 27 | 17 | 18 | 22 | 20 | 26 | 20 | 6 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 22 | 25 | 14 | 9 | 23 | 9 | 27 | 26 | 24 | 24 | 21 | 22 | 27 | 13 | ||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lynn Dickey | 31 | QB | 16 | 16 | 5-10-1 | 278 | 478 | 58.2 | 3529 | 15 | 3.1 | 25 | 5.2 | 69 | 7.4 | 5.3 | 12.7 | 220.6 | 70.0 | 37 | 314 | 6.2 | 4.3 | 7.2 |
| David Whitehurst | 25 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 33.3 | 55 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 6.7 | 24 | 3.7 | 0.7 | 11.0 | 27.5 | 17.4 | 3 | 19 | 2.0 | -0.5 | 16.7 | ||
| Bill Troup | 29 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 33.3 | 48 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 25.0 | 24 | 4.0 | -7.3 | 12.0 | 24.0 | 6.9 | 2 | 20 | 2.0 | -7.6 | 14.3 | ||
| Steve Pisarkiewicz | 27 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 40.0 | 19 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 16 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 9.5 | 19.0 | 51.2 | 1 | 7 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 16.7 | ||
| David Beverly | 30 | P | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
| Team Total | 25.4 | 16 | 5-10-1 | 289 | 511 | 56.6 | 3651 | 15 | 2.9 | 29 | 5.7 | 69 | 7.1 | 4.9 | 12.6 | 228.2 | 65.1 | 43 | 360 | 5.9 | 3.9 | 7.8 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 259 | 460 | 56.3 | 3383 | 19 | 4.1 | 13 | 2.8 | 7.4 | 6.5 | 13.1 | 211.4 | 81.6 | 34 | 234 | 6.8 | 5.6 |
| Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| Eddie Lee Ivery | 23 | RB | 16 | 16 | 202 | 831 | 3 | 38 | 4.1 | 51.9 | 12.6 | 50 | 481 | 9.6 | 1 | 46 | 3.1 | 30.1 | 1312 | 4 | 3 |
| Gerry Ellis | 23 | FB | 15 | 13 | 126 | 545 | 5 | 22 | 4.3 | 36.3 | 8.4 | 48 | 496 | 10.3 | 3 | 69 | 3.2 | 33.1 | 1041 | 8 | 7 |
| Steve Atkins | 24 | 9 | 3 | 67 | 216 | 1 | 16 | 3.2 | 24.0 | 7.4 | 7 | 47 | 6.7 | 1 | 16 | 0.8 | 5.2 | 263 | 2 | 1 | |
| Terdell Middleton | 25 | 13 | 0 | 56 | 155 | 2 | 15 | 2.8 | 11.9 | 4.3 | 13 | 59 | 4.5 | 0 | 17 | 1.0 | 4.5 | 214 | 2 | 1 | |
| Lynn Dickey | 31 | QB | 16 | 16 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 11 | 1 | 13 | |||||||
| Harlan Huckleby | 23 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 0 | 8 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 22 | 1 | 0 | |
| David Beverly | 30 | P | 16 | 0 | 6 | 21 | 0 | 11 | 3.5 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 21 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
| Aundra Thompson | 27 | WR | 15 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 40 | 609 | 15.2 | 2 | 55 | 2.7 | 40.6 | 614 | 2 | 2 |
| Vickey Ray Anderson | 24 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Paul Coffman | 24 | TE | 16 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 42 | 496 | 11.8 | 3 | 25 | 2.6 | 31.0 | 499 | 3 | 0 |
| Barty Smith | 28 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| James Lofton* | 24 | WR | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 71 | 1226 | 17.3 | 4 | 47 | 4.4 | 76.6 | 1226 | 4 | 0 | |
| Ron Cassidy | 23 | RET | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5 | 109 | 21.8 | 0 | 43 | 0.3 | 7.3 | 109 | 0 | 1 | |
| Bill Larson | 27 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 37 | 9.3 | 1 | 21 | 0.4 | 4.1 | 37 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Fred Nixon | 22 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 78 | 19.5 | 0 | 32 | 0.3 | 5.2 | 78 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Team Total | 25.4 | 16 | 493 | 1806 | 13 | 38 | 3.7 | 112.9 | 30.8 | 289 | 3651 | 12.6 | 15 | 69 | 18.1 | 228.2 | 5457 | 28 | 36 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 565 | 2399 | 19 | 4.2 | 149.9 | 35.3 | 259 | 3383 | 13.1 | 19 | 16.2 | 211.4 | 5782 | 38 | 27 | |||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| Mark Lee | 22 | RET | 15 | 1 | 5 | 32 | 0 | 17 | 6.4 | 30 | 589 | 0 | 35 | 19.6 | 621 |
| Ron Cassidy | 23 | RET | 15 | 1 | 17 | 139 | 0 | 20 | 8.2 | 248 | |||||
| Fred Nixon | 22 | 15 | 0 | 11 | 85 | 0 | 16 | 7.7 | 6 | 160 | 0 | 54 | 26.7 | 323 | |
| Aundra Thompson | 27 | WR | 15 | 15 | 15 | 283 | 0 | 57 | 18.9 | 897 | |||||
| Mike C. McCoy | 27 | RCB | 16 | 16 | 14 | 261 | 0 | 32 | 18.6 | 261 | |||||
| Johnnie Gray | 27 | FS | 16 | 16 | 4 | 41 | 0 | 16 | 10.3 | 5 | 63 | 0 | 18 | 12.6 | 104 |
| Harlan Huckleby | 23 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 59 | 0 | 21 | 19.7 | 81 | ||||||
| Team Total | 25.4 | 16 | 37 | 297 | 0 | 20 | 8.0 | 73 | 1415 | 0 | 57 | 19.4 | 7169 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 50 | 0 | 52 | 902 | 0 | 17.3 | ||||||||
| 0--19 | 20--29 | 30--39 | 40--49 | 50+ | Tot | PAT | Punting | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | XPA | XPM | Pnt | Yds | Lng | Blck | ||||
| David Beverly | 30 | P | 16 | 0 | 86 | 3294 | 55 | 0 | 38.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Tom Birney | 24 | K | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 50.0% | 18 | 14 | 77.8% | ||||||||
| Chester Marcol | 31 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 66.7% | 7 | 7 | 100.0% | 1 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 33.0 | ||||||||
| Jan Stenerud | 38 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 60.0% | 3 | 3 | 100.0% | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 25.4 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 55.0% | 28 | 24 | 85.7% | 87 | 3327 | 55 | 0 | 38.2 | ||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 27 | 25 | 92.6% | 43 | 36 | 83.7% | 83 | 3245 | 39.1 | |||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| John Anderson | 24 | LOLB | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Vickey Ray Anderson | 24 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Steve Atkins | 24 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| David Beverly | 30 | P | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -5 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ken E. Brown | 26 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -37 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Ron Cassidy | 23 | RET | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Lynn Dickey | 31 | QB | 16 | 16 | 13 | 5 | -7 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mike Douglass | 25 | ROLB | 16 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Gerry Ellis | 23 | FB | 15 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Johnnie Gray | 27 | FS | 16 | 16 | 5 | 54 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 30 | 0 | ||||||
| Jim Gueno | 26 | lolb | 16 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Leotis Harris | 25 | RG | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Estus Hood | 25 | LCB | 15 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Eddie Lee Ivery | 23 | RB | 16 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Charles A. Johnson | 23 | NT | 15 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mike Jolly | 22 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Terry Jones | 24 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Kit Lathrop | 24 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Mark Lee | 22 | RET | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Steve Luke | 27 | SS | 16 | 16 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Larry McCarren | 29 | C | 16 | 16 | 1 | 1 | -28 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mike C. McCoy | 27 | RCB | 16 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Casey Merrill | 23 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Terdell Middleton | 25 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Fred Nixon | 22 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Ed O'Neil | 28 | LILB | 12 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Paul Rudzinski | 24 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | |||||||||||
| Tim Stokes | 30 | LT | 15 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Aundra Thompson | 27 | WR | 15 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Wylie Turner | 23 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 13 | |||||||||||
| David Whitehurst | 25 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Team Total | 25.4 | 16 | 13 | 92 | 0 | 21 | 36 | 36 | -16 | 0 | ||||||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 43 | 27 | 13 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerry Ellis | 23 | FB | 15 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 48 | |||||||||
| Tom Birney | 24 | K | 7 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 32 | |||||||||
| Eddie Lee Ivery | 23 | RB | 16 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 24 | |||||||||
| James Lofton* | 24 | WR | 16 | 16 | 4 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Chester Marcol | 31 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 19 | |||||||||
| Paul Coffman | 24 | TE | 16 | 16 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Steve Atkins | 24 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Terdell Middleton | 25 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Jan Stenerud | 38 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Aundra Thompson | 27 | WR | 15 | 15 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Lynn Dickey | 31 | QB | 16 | 16 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Harlan Huckleby | 23 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Bill Larson | 27 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Team Total | 25.4 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 231 | ||||||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 19 | 19 | 36 | 25 | 1 | 371 |