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Record: 12-4-0, Finished 1st in NFC East Division
NFL Season Summary
1980 NFC Champions
Scored 384 points (24.0/g), 6th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 222 points (13.9/g), 1st.
Differential of 162 points (10.1/g), 1st.
Expected W-L: 12.6-3.4.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +7 (0.4/g), 8th.
Coached by Dick Vermeil (12-4-0)
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1980 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
| 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 | Denver Broncos | 27 | 6 | 21 | 421 | 284 | 137 | 2 | 14 | 233 | 140 | 93 | 2 | |
| 2 | Sun | September 14 | box | W | 2-0 | @ | Minnesota Vikings | 42 | 7 | 28 | 529 | 280 | 249 | 1 | 16 | 207 | 175 | 32 | 1 |
| 3 | Mon | September 22 | box | W | 3-0 | New York Giants | 35 | 3 | 23 | 382 | 234 | 148 | 3 | 19 | 252 | 169 | 83 | 2 | |
| 4 | Sun | September 28 | box | L | 3-1 | @ | St. Louis Cardinals | 14 | 24 | 19 | 319 | 210 | 109 | 3 | 19 | 303 | 108 | 195 | 1 |
| 5 | Sun | October 5 | box | W | 4-1 | Washington Redskins | 24 | 14 | 18 | 312 | 173 | 139 | 2 | 14 | 329 | 232 | 97 | 1 | |
| 6 | Sun | October 12 | box | W | 5-1 | @ | New York Giants | 31 | 16 | 23 | 329 | 205 | 124 | 2 | 13 | 161 | 79 | 82 | 2 |
| 7 | Sun | October 19 | box | W | 6-1 | Dallas Cowboys | 17 | 10 | 15 | 248 | 180 | 68 | 4 | 19 | 249 | 203 | 46 | 5 | |
| 8 | Sun | October 26 | box | W | 7-1 | Chicago Bears | 17 | 14 | 21 | 305 | 167 | 138 | 1 | 17 | 238 | 106 | 132 | 2 | |
| 9 | Sun | November 2 | box | W | 8-1 | @ | Seattle Seahawks | 27 | 20 | 22 | 363 | 248 | 115 | 2 | 20 | 323 | 220 | 103 | |
| 10 | Sun | November 9 | box | W | 9-1 | @ | New Orleans Saints | 34 | 21 | 26 | 454 | 320 | 134 | 1 | 22 | 411 | 327 | 84 | 2 |
| 11 | Sun | November 16 | box | W | 10-1 | @ | Washington Redskins | 24 | 0 | 18 | 296 | 139 | 157 | 1 | 13 | 218 | 137 | 81 | 5 |
| 12 | Sun | November 23 | box | W | 11-1 | Oakland Raiders | 10 | 7 | 13 | 271 | 164 | 107 | 2 | 12 | 275 | 175 | 100 | 3 | |
| 13 | Sun | November 30 | box | L | 11-2 | @ | San Diego Chargers | 21 | 22 | 20 | 263 | 171 | 92 | 1 | 17 | 403 | 330 | 73 | 2 |
| 14 | Sun | December 7 | box | L | 11-3 | Atlanta Falcons | 17 | 20 | 20 | 276 | 190 | 86 | 2 | 23 | 375 | 193 | 182 | 3 | |
| 15 | Sun | December 14 | box | W | 12-3 | St. Louis Cardinals | 17 | 3 | 18 | 344 | 236 | 108 | 1 | 8 | 126 | 59 | 67 | 2 | |
| 16 | Sun | December 21 | box | L | 12-4 | @ | Dallas Cowboys | 27 | 35 | 21 | 407 | 323 | 84 | 24 | 340 | 172 | 168 | 2 | |
| Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||||
| Division | Sat | January 3 | box | W | 13-4 | Minnesota Vikings | 31 | 16 | |||||||||||
| ConfChamp | Sun | January 11 | box | W | 14-4 | Dallas Cowboys | 20 | 7 | |||||||||||
| SuperBowl | Sun | January 25 | box | L | 14-5 | N | Oakland Raiders | 10 | 27 | ||||||||||