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1980 Minnesota Vikings
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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
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 | Atlanta Falcons | 24 | 23 | 28 | 448 | 371 | 77 | 1 | 20 | 314 | 156 | 158 | 1 | |
| 2 | Sun | September 14 | box | L | 1-1 | Philadelphia Eagles | 7 | 42 | 16 | 207 | 175 | 32 | 1 | 28 | 529 | 280 | 249 | 1 | |
| 3 | Sun | September 21 | box | W | 2-1 | @ | Chicago Bears | 34 | 14 | 12 | 282 | 121 | 161 | 1 | 16 | 266 | 173 | 93 | 3 |
| 4 | Sun | September 28 | box | L | 2-2 | @ | Detroit Lions | 7 | 27 | 16 | 276 | 217 | 59 | 5 | 23 | 410 | 150 | 260 | 1 |
| 5 | Sun | October 5 | box | L | 2-3 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 17 | 23 | 20 | 318 | 211 | 107 | 5 | 23 | 411 | 231 | 180 | 2 | |
| 6 | Sun | October 12 | box | W | 3-3 | Chicago Bears | 13 | 7 | 16 | 236 | 144 | 92 | 2 | 12 | 234 | 73 | 161 | 6 | |
| 7 | Sun | October 19 | box | L | 3-4 | @ | Cincinnati Bengals | 0 | 14 | 10 | 168 | 113 | 55 | 2 | 25 | 432 | 263 | 169 | 1 |
| 8 | Sun | October 26 | box | L | 3-5 | @ | Green Bay Packers | 3 | 16 | 15 | 297 | 212 | 85 | 3 | 18 | 330 | 183 | 147 | 5 |
| 9 | Sun | November 2 | box | W | 4-5 | @ | Washington Redskins | 39 | 14 | 30 | 401 | 200 | 201 | 20 | 248 | 174 | 74 | 2 | |
| 10 | Sun | November 9 | box | W | 5-5 | Detroit Lions | 34 | 0 | 23 | 446 | 346 | 100 | 12 | 178 | 130 | 48 | 5 | ||
| 11 | Sun | November 16 | box | W | 6-5 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 38 | 30 | 26 | 450 | 326 | 124 | 27 | 573 | 486 | 87 | 3 | ||
| 12 | Sun | November 23 | box | L | 6-6 | Green Bay Packers | 13 | 25 | 17 | 276 | 187 | 89 | 25 | 443 | 197 | 246 | |||
| 13 | Sun | November 30 | box | W | 7-6 | @ | New Orleans Saints | 23 | 20 | 23 | 268 | 115 | 153 | 2 | 18 | 339 | 236 | 103 | 3 |
| 14 | Sun | December 7 | box | W | 8-6 | @ | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 21 | 10 | 19 | 365 | 247 | 118 | 19 | 348 | 220 | 128 | 2 | |
| 15 | Sun | December 14 | box | W | 9-6 | Cleveland Browns | 28 | 23 | 29 | 530 | 455 | 75 | 21 | 366 | 232 | 134 | 1 | ||
| 16 | Sun | December 21 | box | L | 9-7 | @ | Houston Oilers | 16 | 20 | 24 | 362 | 248 | 114 | 4 | 23 | 435 | 216 | 219 | 2 |
| Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||||
| Division | Sat | January 3 | box | L | 9-8 | @ | Philadelphia Eagles | 16 | 31 | ||||||||||