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1980 Houston Oilers
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Record: 11-5-0, Finished 1st in AFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 295 points (18.4/g), 20th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 251 points (15.7/g), 2nd.
Differential of 44 points (2.8/g), 11th.
Expected W-L: 9.5-6.5.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -8 (-0.5/g), 21st.
Coached by Bum Phillips (11-5-0)
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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 | L | 0-1 | @ | Pittsburgh Steelers | 17 | 31 | 16 | 292 | 232 | 60 | 5 | 20 | 356 | 237 | 119 | 4 |
| 2 | Mon | September 15 | box | W | 1-1 | @ | Cleveland Browns | 16 | 7 | 23 | 369 | 177 | 192 | 1 | 13 | 181 | 106 | 75 | 1 |
| 3 | Sun | September 21 | box | W | 2-1 | Baltimore Colts | 21 | 16 | 27 | 392 | 182 | 210 | 5 | 14 | 240 | 101 | 139 | 1 | |
| 4 | Sun | September 28 | box | W | 3-1 | @ | Cincinnati Bengals | 13 | 10 | 20 | 259 | 222 | 37 | 2 | 14 | 250 | 134 | 116 | 1 |
| 5 | Sun | October 5 | box | L | 3-2 | Seattle Seahawks | 7 | 26 | 16 | 242 | 163 | 79 | 6 | 14 | 303 | 185 | 118 | 2 | |
| 6 | Sun | October 12 | box | L | 3-3 | @ | Kansas City Chiefs | 20 | 21 | 21 | 330 | 131 | 199 | 3 | 14 | 281 | 132 | 149 | 1 |
| 7 | Sun | October 19 | box | W | 4-3 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 20 | 14 | 23 | 467 | 222 | 245 | 4 | 12 | 193 | 126 | 67 | 4 | |
| 8 | Sun | October 26 | box | W | 5-3 | Cincinnati Bengals | 23 | 3 | 17 | 373 | 122 | 251 | 2 | 13 | 259 | 157 | 102 | 4 | |
| 9 | Sun | November 2 | box | W | 6-3 | @ | Denver Broncos | 20 | 16 | 23 | 330 | 157 | 173 | 1 | 18 | 252 | 156 | 96 | |
| 10 | Mon | November 10 | box | W | 7-3 | New England Patriots | 38 | 34 | 20 | 390 | 242 | 148 | 1 | 27 | 473 | 374 | 99 | 2 | |
| 11 | Sun | November 16 | box | W | 8-3 | @ | Chicago Bears | 10 | 6 | 20 | 330 | 93 | 237 | 1 | 14 | 326 | 148 | 178 | 1 |
| 12 | Sun | November 23 | box | L | 8-4 | @ | New York Jets | 28 | 31 | 28 | 472 | 349 | 123 | 6 | 17 | 327 | 223 | 104 | 3 |
| 13 | Sun | November 30 | box | L | 8-5 | Cleveland Browns | 14 | 17 | 17 | 322 | 208 | 114 | 5 | 11 | 194 | 73 | 121 | 1 | |
| 14 | Thu | December 4 | box | W | 9-5 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 6 | 0 | 13 | 268 | 177 | 91 | 1 | 18 | 278 | 118 | 160 | 5 | |
| 15 | Sun | December 14 | box | W | 10-5 | @ | Green Bay Packers | 22 | 3 | 22 | 371 | 114 | 257 | 2 | 16 | 337 | 283 | 54 | 5 |
| 16 | Sun | December 21 | box | W | 11-5 | Minnesota Vikings | 20 | 16 | 23 | 435 | 216 | 219 | 2 | 24 | 362 | 248 | 114 | 4 | |
| Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||||
| WildCard | Sun | December 28 | box | L | 11-6 | @ | Oakland Raiders | 7 | 27 | ||||||||||