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1980 Detroit Lions
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Record: 9-7-0, Finished 1st in NFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 334 points (20.9/g), 11th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 272 points (17.0/g), 5th.
Differential of 62 points (3.9/g), 7th.
Expected W-L: 9.9-6.1.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +3 (0.2/g), 11th.
Coached by Monte Clark (9-7-0)
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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 | Sun | September 7 | box | W | 1-0 | @ | Los Angeles Rams | 41 | 20 | 27 | 494 | 164 | 330 | 1 | 16 | 255 | 169 | 86 | 3 |
| 2 | Sun | September 14 | box | W | 2-0 | @ | Green Bay Packers | 29 | 7 | 19 | 459 | 229 | 230 | 1 | 17 | 242 | 183 | 59 | 2 |
| 3 | Sun | September 21 | box | W | 3-0 | St. Louis Cardinals | 20 | 7 | 19 | 320 | 139 | 181 | 20 | 324 | 242 | 82 | 2 | ||
| 4 | Sun | September 28 | box | W | 4-0 | Minnesota Vikings | 27 | 7 | 23 | 410 | 150 | 260 | 1 | 16 | 276 | 217 | 59 | 5 | |
| 5 | Sun | October 5 | box | L | 4-1 | @ | Atlanta Falcons | 28 | 43 | 17 | 370 | 298 | 72 | 4 | 19 | 365 | 174 | 191 | 2 |
| 6 | Sun | October 12 | box | W | 5-1 | New Orleans Saints | 24 | 13 | 18 | 380 | 154 | 226 | 2 | 21 | 333 | 276 | 57 | 2 | |
| 7 | Sun | October 19 | box | L | 5-2 | @ | Chicago Bears | 7 | 24 | 13 | 241 | 176 | 65 | 1 | 16 | 341 | 171 | 170 | 2 |
| 8 | Sun | October 26 | box | L | 5-3 | @ | Kansas City Chiefs | 17 | 20 | 18 | 322 | 91 | 231 | 2 | 18 | 293 | 174 | 119 | |
| 9 | Sun | November 2 | box | W | 6-3 | San Francisco 49ers | 17 | 13 | 21 | 411 | 265 | 146 | 6 | 13 | 241 | 178 | 63 | 2 | |
| 10 | Sun | November 9 | box | L | 6-4 | @ | Minnesota Vikings | 0 | 34 | 12 | 178 | 130 | 48 | 5 | 23 | 446 | 346 | 100 | |
| 11 | Sun | November 16 | box | L | 6-5 | Baltimore Colts | 9 | 10 | 26 | 311 | 108 | 203 | 2 | 14 | 287 | 150 | 137 | 4 | |
| 12 | Sun | November 23 | box | W | 7-5 | @ | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 24 | 10 | 19 | 262 | 133 | 129 | 1 | 15 | 200 | 155 | 45 | 4 |
| 13 | Thu | November 27 | box | L | 7-6 | Chicago Bears | 17 | 23 | 19 | 313 | 164 | 149 | 21 | 302 | 124 | 178 | |||
| 14 | Sun | December 7 | box | L | 7-7 | @ | St. Louis Cardinals | 23 | 24 | 16 | 304 | 183 | 121 | 1 | 14 | 225 | 99 | 126 | 1 |
| 15 | Sun | December 14 | box | W | 8-7 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 27 | 14 | 19 | 408 | 332 | 76 | 2 | 11 | 213 | 173 | 40 | 3 | |
| 16 | Sun | December 21 | box | W | 9-7 | Green Bay Packers | 24 | 3 | 22 | 357 | 225 | 132 | 2 | 11 | 190 | 103 | 87 | 2 | |