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1980 Dallas Cowboys
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Record: 12-4-0, Finished 1st in NFC East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 454 points (28.4/g), 1st of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 311 points (19.4/g), 13th.
Differential of 143 points (8.9/g), 2nd.
Expected W-L: 11.4-4.6.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +8 (0.5/g), 6th.
Coached by Tom Landry (12-4-0)
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1980 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Team Games & Schedule
Glossary · CSV · PRE| Score | Offense | Defense | |||||||||||||||||
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| Week | Date | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | ||||
| 1 | Mon | September 8 | box | W | 1-0 | @ | Washington Redskins | 17 | 3 | 18 | 284 | 107 | 177 | 2 | 14 | 239 | 181 | 58 | 1 |
| 2 | Sun | September 14 | box | L | 1-1 | @ | Denver Broncos | 20 | 41 | 20 | 386 | 276 | 110 | 3 | 19 | 343 | 190 | 153 | |
| 3 | Sun | September 21 | box | W | 2-1 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 28 | 17 | 26 | 390 | 244 | 146 | 1 | 22 | 442 | 238 | 204 | 2 | |
| 4 | Sun | September 28 | box | W | 3-1 | @ | Green Bay Packers | 28 | 7 | 24 | 394 | 200 | 194 | 1 | 17 | 264 | 132 | 132 | 1 |
| 5 | Sun | October 5 | box | W | 4-1 | New York Giants | 24 | 3 | 20 | 335 | 250 | 85 | 2 | 14 | 292 | 155 | 137 | 4 | |
| 6 | Sun | October 12 | box | W | 5-1 | San Francisco 49ers | 59 | 14 | 28 | 460 | 226 | 234 | 14 | 225 | 147 | 78 | 10 | ||
| 7 | Sun | October 19 | box | L | 5-2 | @ | Philadelphia Eagles | 10 | 17 | 19 | 249 | 203 | 46 | 5 | 15 | 248 | 180 | 68 | 4 |
| 8 | Sun | October 26 | box | W | 6-2 | San Diego Chargers | 42 | 31 | 29 | 425 | 227 | 198 | 2 | 21 | 449 | 352 | 97 | 7 | |
| 9 | Sun | November 2 | box | W | 7-2 | @ | St. Louis Cardinals | 27 | 24 | 16 | 310 | 252 | 58 | 2 | 18 | 360 | 217 | 143 | 2 |
| 10 | Sun | November 9 | box | L | 7-3 | @ | New York Giants | 35 | 38 | 21 | 394 | 155 | 239 | 5 | 26 | 462 | 345 | 117 | 2 |
| 11 | Sun | November 16 | box | W | 8-3 | St. Louis Cardinals | 31 | 21 | 26 | 460 | 276 | 184 | 2 | 16 | 329 | 188 | 141 | 1 | |
| 12 | Sun | November 23 | box | W | 9-3 | Washington Redskins | 14 | 10 | 12 | 199 | 84 | 115 | 6 | 14 | 222 | 38 | 184 | 2 | |
| 13 | Thu | November 27 | box | W | 10-3 | Seattle Seahawks | 51 | 7 | 24 | 325 | 125 | 200 | 2 | 18 | 232 | 84 | 148 | 7 | |
| 14 | Sun | December 7 | box | W | 11-3 | @ | Oakland Raiders | 19 | 13 | 17 | 260 | 132 | 128 | 1 | 16 | 248 | 165 | 83 | 4 |
| 15 | Mon | December 15 | box | L | 11-4 | @ | Los Angeles Rams | 14 | 38 | 13 | 271 | 175 | 96 | 3 | 21 | 517 | 275 | 242 | |
| 16 | Sun | December 21 | box | W | 12-4 | Philadelphia Eagles | 35 | 27 | 24 | 340 | 172 | 168 | 2 | 21 | 407 | 323 | 84 | ||
| Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||||
| WildCard | Sun | December 28 | box | W | 13-4 | Los Angeles Rams | 34 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Division | Sun | January 4 | box | W | 14-4 | @ | Atlanta Falcons | 30 | 27 | ||||||||||
| ConfChamp | Sun | January 11 | box | L | 14-5 | @ | Philadelphia Eagles | 7 | 20 | ||||||||||