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Record: 9-7-0, Finished 1st in NFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 317 points (19.8/g), 15th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 308 points (19.2/g), 11th.
Differential of 9 points (0.6/g), 14th.
Expected W-L: 8.3-7.7.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +12 (0.8/g), 3rd.
Coached by Bud Grant (9-7-0)
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1980 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
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| Rnd | Pick | Tm | Pos | Yrs | From | To | AP1 | PB | St | G | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | College/Univ | |
| 1 | 9 | MIN | Doug Martin | DE | 10 | 1980 | 1989 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 126 | Washington | |||||||||||
| 2 | 30 | MIN | Willie Teal | DB | 8 | 1980 | 1987 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 80 | LSU | |||||||||||
| 3 | 68 | MIN | Brent Boyd | G | 6 | 1980 | 1986 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 59 | UCLA | |||||||||||
| 4 | 92 | MIN | Dennis Johnson | LB | 6 | 1980 | 1985 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 85 | USC | |||||||||||
| 5 | 121 | MIN | Doug Paschal | RB | 1 | 1980 | 1980 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 15 | 53 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 0 | North Carolina | |||||
| 5 | 122 | MIN | Paul Jones | RB | 0 | 0 | 0 | California | |||||||||||||||
| 6 | 148 | MIN | Ray Yakavonis | NT | 3 | 1981 | 1983 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | East Stroudsburg | |||||||||||
| 7 | 174 | MIN | Henry Johnson | LB | 4 | 1980 | 1983 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | Georgia Tech | |||||||||||
| 9 | 232 | MIN | Dennis Mosley | RB | 0 | 0 | 0 | Iowa | |||||||||||||||
| 10 | 258 | MIN | Kenny Brown | WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | Nebraska | |||||||||||||||
| 11 | 288 | MIN | Sam Harrell | RB | 3 | 1981 | 1987 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 43 | 0 | East Carolina | |||||
| 12 | 315 | MIN | Thomas Lane | DB | 0 | 0 | 0 | Florida A&M | |||||||||||||||