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Record: 11-5-0, Finished 1st in AFC East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 320 points (20.0/g), 12th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 260 points (16.2/g), 3rd.
Differential of 60 points (3.8/g), 8th.
Expected W-L: 9.9-6.1.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +3 (0.2/g), 11th.
Coached by Chuck Knox (11-5-0)
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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 | Miami Dolphins | 17 | 7 | 22 | 357 | 213 | 144 | 7 | 13 | 200 | 110 | 90 | 6 | |
| 2 | Sun | September 14 | box | W | 2-0 | New York Jets | 20 | 10 | 22 | 362 | 207 | 155 | 1 | 17 | 303 | 166 | 137 | 1 | |
| 3 | Sun | September 21 | box | W | 3-0 | @ | New Orleans Saints | 35 | 26 | 26 | 410 | 281 | 129 | 2 | 15 | 316 | 278 | 38 | |
| 4 | Sun | September 28 | box | W | 4-0 | Oakland Raiders | 24 | 7 | 25 | 325 | 160 | 165 | 1 | 12 | 179 | 109 | 70 | 5 | |
| 5 | Sun | October 5 | box | W | 5-0 | @ | San Diego Chargers | 26 | 24 | 14 | 202 | 83 | 119 | 1 | 19 | 300 | 214 | 86 | 4 |
| 6 | Sun | October 12 | box | L | 5-1 | Baltimore Colts | 12 | 17 | 24 | 363 | 201 | 162 | 1 | 22 | 355 | 206 | 149 | 2 | |
| 7 | Sun | October 19 | box | L | 5-2 | @ | Miami Dolphins | 14 | 17 | 18 | 289 | 221 | 68 | 3 | 15 | 232 | 83 | 149 | 3 |
| 8 | Sun | October 26 | box | W | 6-2 | New England Patriots | 31 | 13 | 21 | 357 | 176 | 181 | 3 | 8 | 148 | 109 | 39 | 4 | |
| 9 | Sun | November 2 | box | L | 6-3 | Atlanta Falcons | 14 | 30 | 20 | 364 | 270 | 94 | 5 | 19 | 311 | 161 | 150 | 3 | |
| 10 | Sun | November 9 | box | W | 7-3 | @ | New York Jets | 31 | 24 | 17 | 274 | 127 | 147 | 18 | 267 | 164 | 103 | 4 | |
| 11 | Sun | November 16 | box | W | 8-3 | @ | Cincinnati Bengals | 14 | 0 | 22 | 306 | 169 | 137 | 4 | 9 | 213 | 124 | 89 | 2 |
| 12 | Sun | November 23 | box | W | 9-3 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 28 | 13 | 23 | 379 | 201 | 178 | 2 | 16 | 239 | 155 | 84 | 1 | |
| 13 | Sun | November 30 | box | L | 9-4 | @ | Baltimore Colts | 24 | 28 | 24 | 284 | 164 | 120 | 4 | 14 | 201 | 88 | 113 | 3 |
| 14 | Sun | December 7 | box | W | 10-4 | Los Angeles Rams | 10 | 7 | 15 | 272 | 122 | 150 | 2 | 14 | 215 | 34 | 181 | 3 | |
| 15 | Sun | December 14 | box | L | 10-5 | @ | New England Patriots | 2 | 24 | 8 | 161 | 53 | 108 | 3 | 21 | 324 | 129 | 195 | 2 |
| 16 | Sun | December 21 | box | W | 11-5 | @ | San Francisco 49ers | 18 | 13 | 16 | 267 | 102 | 165 | 2 | 19 | 298 | 152 | 146 | 1 |
| Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||||
| Division | Sat | January 3 | box | L | 11-6 | @ | San Diego Chargers | 14 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | TO | FL | 1stPy | |||
| Team Offense | 320 | 4972 | 1084 | 4.6 | 317 | 262 | 461 | 2750 | 20 | 19 | 5.7 | 157 | 603 | 2222 | 17 | 3.7 | 134 | 41 | 22 | 26 |
| Team Defense | 260 | 4101 | 952 | 4.3 | 393 | 240 | 433 | 2282 | 15 | 24 | 4.9 | 120 | 486 | 1819 | 14 | 3.7 | 251 | 44 | 20 | 22 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 12 | 18 | 10 | 21 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 25 | 20 | 27 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 3 | ||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Ferguson | 30 | QB | 16 | 16 | 251 | 439 | 57.2 | 2805 | 20 | 4.6 | 18 | 4.1 | 69 | 6.4 | 5.0 | 11.2 | 175.3 | 74.5 | 13 | 129 | 5.9 | 4.6 | 2.9 |
| David Humm | 28 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 28.6 | 39 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 7.1 | 19 | 2.8 | -0.4 | 9.8 | 2.4 | 9.8 | 2 | 9 | 1.9 | -0.9 | 12.5 | |
| Dan Manucci | 23 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 83.3 | 64 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 22 | 10.7 | 10.7 | 12.8 | 32.0 | 111.1 | 5 | 48 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 45.5 | |
| Greg Cater | 23 | P | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 15 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 0.9 | 118.7 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 0.0 |
| Joe Cribbs* | 22 | RB | 16 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 13 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 0.8 | 118.7 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 0.0 |
| Team Total | 26.1 | 16 | 262 | 461 | 56.8 | 2936 | 20 | 4.3 | 19 | 4.1 | 69 | 6.4 | 4.9 | 11.2 | 183.5 | 73.3 | 20 | 186 | 5.7 | 4.4 | 4.2 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 240 | 433 | 55.4 | 2282 | 15 | 3.5 | 24 | 5.5 | 5.3 | 3.1 | 9.5 | 142.6 | 58.7 | 33 | 279 | 4.9 | 2.3 |
| Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| Joe Cribbs* | 22 | RB | 16 | 16 | 306 | 1185 | 11 | 48 | 3.9 | 74.1 | 19.1 | 52 | 415 | 8.0 | 1 | 21 | 3.3 | 25.9 | 1600 | 12 | 16 |
| Curtis Brown | 26 | FB | 16 | 16 | 153 | 559 | 3 | 34 | 3.7 | 34.9 | 9.6 | 27 | 137 | 5.1 | 0 | 20 | 1.7 | 8.6 | 696 | 3 | 4 |
| Roosevelt Leaks | 27 | 16 | 0 | 67 | 219 | 2 | 15 | 3.3 | 13.7 | 4.2 | 8 | 57 | 7.1 | 1 | 18 | 0.5 | 3.6 | 276 | 3 | 1 | |
| Joe Ferguson | 30 | QB | 16 | 16 | 31 | 65 | 0 | 15 | 2.1 | 4.1 | 1.9 | 65 | 0 | 9 | |||||||
| Roland Hooks | 27 | 16 | 0 | 25 | 118 | 1 | 25 | 4.7 | 7.4 | 1.6 | 23 | 179 | 7.8 | 0 | 26 | 1.4 | 11.2 | 297 | 1 | 3 | |
| Terry Miller | 24 | RET | 15 | 0 | 12 | 35 | 0 | 6 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 0 | 15 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 60 | 0 | 0 |
| Dan Manucci | 23 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 17 | 9.7 | 14.5 | 1.5 | 29 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Greg Cater | 23 | P | 16 | 0 | 2 | -10 | 0 | -1 | -5.0 | -0.6 | 0.1 | -10 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Jerry Butler* | 23 | WR | 16 | 16 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 57 | 832 | 14.6 | 6 | 69 | 3.6 | 52.0 | 850 | 6 | 0 |
| Mark Brammer | 22 | te | 16 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 26 | 283 | 10.9 | 4 | 36 | 1.6 | 17.7 | 291 | 4 | 0 |
| Ron Jessie | 32 | 16 | 2 | 1 | -9 | 0 | -9 | -9.0 | -0.6 | 0.1 | 4 | 56 | 14.0 | 1 | 20 | 0.3 | 3.5 | 47 | 1 | 0 | |
| David Humm | 28 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| Frank Lewis | 33 | WR | 15 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 40 | 648 | 16.2 | 6 | 31 | 2.7 | 43.2 | 648 | 6 | 0 | |
| Reuben Gant | 28 | TE | 16 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12 | 181 | 15.1 | 1 | 48 | 0.8 | 11.3 | 181 | 1 | 0 | |
| Lou Piccone | 31 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7 | 82 | 11.7 | 0 | 16 | 0.8 | 9.1 | 82 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Duke Fergerson | 26 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 0 | 19 | 0.3 | 4.6 | 41 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Total | 26.1 | 16 | 603 | 2222 | 17 | 48 | 3.7 | 138.9 | 37.7 | 262 | 2936 | 11.2 | 20 | 69 | 16.4 | 183.5 | 5158 | 37 | 36 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 486 | 1819 | 14 | 3.7 | 113.7 | 30.4 | 240 | 2282 | 9.5 | 15 | 15.0 | 142.6 | 4101 | 29 | 37 | |||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| Joe Cribbs* | 22 | RB | 16 | 16 | 29 | 154 | 0 | 16 | 5.3 | 2 | 39 | 0 | 20 | 19.5 | 1793 |
| Terry Miller | 24 | RET | 15 | 0 | 16 | 303 | 0 | 43 | 18.9 | 363 | |||||
| Roland Hooks | 27 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 90 | 0 | 17 | 11.3 | 7 | 109 | 0 | 35 | 15.6 | 496 | |
| Curtis Brown | 26 | FB | 16 | 16 | 10 | 181 | 0 | 25 | 18.1 | 877 | |||||
| Artie Owens | 27 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 157 | 0 | 29 | 19.6 | 157 | ||||||
| Chris Keating | 23 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 38 | 0 | 16 | 12.7 | 38 | ||||||
| Lou Piccone | 31 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 7.5 | 97 | ||||||
| Tim Vogler | 24 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||
| Team Total | 26.1 | 16 | 39 | 259 | 0 | 17 | 6.6 | 47 | 827 | 0 | 43 | 17.6 | 6244 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 34 | 0 | 52 | 1051 | 0 | 20.2 | ||||||||
| 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 | ||||
| Greg Cater | 23 | P | 16 | 0 | 73 | 2828 | 61 | 1 | 38.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Nick Mike-Mayer | 30 | K | 16 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 13 | 56.5% | 39 | 37 | 94.9% | ||||||||
| Team Total | 26.1 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 13 | 56.5% | 39 | 37 | 94.9% | 73 | 2828 | 61 | 1 | 38.7 | |||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 20 | 15 | 75.0% | 31 | 29 | 93.5% | 82 | 3223 | 39.3 | |||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| Curtis Brown | 26 | FB | 16 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mario Clark | 26 | LCB | 16 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Joe Cribbs* | 22 | RB | 16 | 16 | 16 | 1 | -7 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Joe Ferguson | 30 | QB | 16 | 16 | 9 | 1 | -12 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Steve Freeman | 27 | SS | 16 | 16 | 7 | 107 | 1 | 47 | ||||||||||
| Will Grant | 26 | C | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jim Haslett | 25 | LILB | 16 | 16 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Roland Hooks | 27 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| David Humm | 28 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Scott Hutchinson | 24 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Ken Jones | 28 | LT | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Chris Keating | 23 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Rod Kush | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Roosevelt Leaks | 27 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Reggie McKenzie | 30 | LG | 16 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Shane Nelson | 25 | RILB | 16 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jeff Nixon | 24 | fs | 7 | 5 | 5 | 81 | 1 | 50 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Ervin Parker | 22 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Lou Piccone | 31 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Isiah Robertson | 31 | ROLB | 16 | 16 | 2 | 39 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Charles Romes | 26 | RCB | 16 | 16 | 2 | 41 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Lucius Sanford | 24 | LOLB | 16 | 16 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bill Simpson | 29 | FS | 11 | 11 | 4 | 36 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| Sherman White | 32 | RDE | 15 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Ben Williams | 26 | LDE | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.1 | 16 | 24 | 334 | 2 | 50 | 36 | 32 | 10 | 0 | 2 | |||||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 20 | 37 | 17 | ||||||||||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Mike-Mayer | 30 | K | 16 | 0 | 37 | 13 | 76 | |||||||||
| Joe Cribbs* | 22 | RB | 16 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 72 | |||||||||
| Jerry Butler* | 23 | WR | 16 | 16 | 6 | 36 | ||||||||||
| Frank Lewis | 33 | WR | 15 | 14 | 6 | 36 | ||||||||||
| Mark Brammer | 22 | te | 16 | 5 | 4 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Curtis Brown | 26 | FB | 16 | 16 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Roosevelt Leaks | 27 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Steve Freeman | 27 | SS | 16 | 16 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Reuben Gant | 28 | TE | 16 | 11 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Roland Hooks | 27 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Ron Jessie | 32 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Jeff Nixon | 24 | fs | 7 | 5 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Lucius Sanford | 24 | LOLB | 16 | 16 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Ken E. Johnson | 25 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Bill Simpson | 29 | FS | 11 | 11 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.1 | 16 | 17 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 37 | 13 | 2 | 320 | ||||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 14 | 15 | 29 | 15 | 260 |