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Record: 11-5-0, Finished 1st in AFC West Division
NFL Season Summary
1980 Super Bowl Champions
Scored 364 points (22.8/g), 7th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 306 points (19.1/g), 10th.
Differential of 58 points (3.6/g), 9th.
Expected W-L: 9.6-6.4.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +8 (0.5/g), 6th.
Simple Rating System: Total 4.2, Offense: 2.9, Defense: 1.3, SoS: 0.6, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Tom Flores
Training Camp: El Rancho Tropicana (Santa Rosa, California)
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| Tot Yds & TO | Passing | Rushing | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | TO | FL | 1stPy | |||
| Team Offense | 364 | 5045 | 1044 | 4.8 | 281 | 235 | 456 | 2899 | 23 | 24 | 5.8 | 149 | 541 | 2146 | 14 | 4.0 | 108 | 44 | 20 | 24 |
| Team Defense | 306 | 5038 | 1079 | 4.7 | 319 | 296 | 524 | 3312 | 17 | 35 | 5.7 | 181 | 501 | 1726 | 19 | 3.4 | 108 | 52 | 17 | 30 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 7 | 16 | 23 | 22 | 19 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 11 | 26 | 25 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 10 | 11 | 20 | 22 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||
| Score | Offense | Defense | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Day | Date | OT | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | |||
| 1 | Sun | September 7 | boxscore | W | 1-0 | @ | Kansas City Chiefs | 27 | 14 | 18 | 376 | 285 | 91 | 17 | 276 | 163 | 113 | 3 | ||
| 2 | Sun | September 14 | boxscore | L | OT | 1-1 | @ | San Diego Chargers | 24 | 30 | 25 | 435 | 249 | 186 | 4 | 30 | 448 | 372 | 76 | 7 |
| 3 | Sun | September 21 | boxscore | W | 2-1 | Washington Redskins | 24 | 21 | 24 | 391 | 164 | 227 | 3 | 23 | 240 | 156 | 84 | 1 | ||
| 4 | Sun | September 28 | boxscore | L | 2-2 | @ | Buffalo Bills | 7 | 24 | 12 | 179 | 109 | 70 | 5 | 25 | 325 | 160 | 165 | 1 | |
| 5 | Sun | October 5 | boxscore | L | 2-3 | Kansas City Chiefs | 17 | 31 | 23 | 332 | 259 | 73 | 8 | 10 | 220 | 45 | 175 | 1 | ||
| 6 | Sun | October 12 | boxscore | W | 3-3 | San Diego Chargers | 38 | 24 | 14 | 374 | 157 | 217 | 1 | 30 | 435 | 345 | 90 | 6 | ||
| 7 | Mon | October 20 | boxscore | W | 4-3 | @ | Pittsburgh Steelers | 45 | 34 | 20 | 390 | 247 | 143 | 2 | 27 | 467 | 350 | 117 | 3 | |
| 8 | Sun | October 26 | boxscore | W | 5-3 | Seattle Seahawks | 33 | 14 | 19 | 339 | 201 | 138 | 1 | 14 | 263 | 238 | 25 | 3 | ||
| 9 | Sun | November 2 | boxscore | W | 6-3 | Miami Dolphins | 16 | 10 | 20 | 329 | 137 | 192 | 4 | 10 | 166 | 103 | 63 | 3 | ||
| 10 | Sun | November 9 | boxscore | W | 7-3 | Cincinnati Bengals | 28 | 17 | 19 | 348 | 244 | 104 | 5 | 20 | 264 | 195 | 69 | 4 | ||
| 11 | Mon | November 17 | boxscore | W | 8-3 | @ | Seattle Seahawks | 19 | 17 | 12 | 227 | 110 | 117 | 2 | 23 | 391 | 233 | 158 | 2 | |
| 12 | Sun | November 23 | boxscore | L | 8-4 | @ | Philadelphia Eagles | 7 | 10 | 12 | 275 | 175 | 100 | 3 | 13 | 271 | 164 | 107 | 2 | |
| 13 | Mon | December 1 | boxscore | W | 9-4 | Denver Broncos | 9 | 3 | 15 | 215 | 51 | 164 | 12 | 214 | 119 | 95 | 6 | |||
| 14 | Sun | December 7 | boxscore | L | 9-5 | Dallas Cowboys | 13 | 19 | 16 | 248 | 165 | 83 | 4 | 17 | 260 | 132 | 128 | 1 | ||
| 15 | Sun | December 14 | boxscore | W | 10-5 | @ | Denver Broncos | 24 | 21 | 15 | 276 | 179 | 97 | 1 | 26 | 507 | 431 | 76 | 4 | |
| 16 | Sun | December 21 | boxscore | W | 11-5 | @ | New York Giants | 33 | 17 | 17 | 311 | 167 | 144 | 1 | 22 | 291 | 106 | 185 | 5 | |
| Playoffs | ||||||||||||||||||||
| WildCard | Sun | December 28 | boxscore | W | 12-5 | Houston Oilers | 27 | 7 | 12 | 250 | 139 | 111 | 1 | 18 | 275 | 178 | 97 | 3 | ||
| Division | Sun | January 4 | boxscore | W | 13-5 | @ | Cleveland Browns | 14 | 12 | 12 | 208 | 132 | 76 | 3 | 17 | 254 | 169 | 85 | 4 | |
| ConfChamp | Sun | January 11 | boxscore | W | 14-5 | @ | San Diego Chargers | 34 | 27 | 21 | 362 | 224 | 138 | 26 | 434 | 351 | 83 | 3 | ||
| SuperBowl | Sun | January 25 | boxscore | W | 15-5 | N | Philadelphia Eagles | 27 | 10 | 17 | 377 | 260 | 117 | 19 | 360 | 291 | 69 | 4 | ||
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | 4QC | GWD | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | Jim Plunkett | 33 | QB | 13 | 11 | 9-2-0 | 165 | 320 | 51.6 | 2299 | 18 | 5.6 | 16 | 5.0 | 86 | 7.2 | 6.1 | 13.9 | 176.8 | 72.9 | 36 | 285 | 5.66 | 4.65 | 10.1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 7 | Dan Pastorini | 31 | qb | 5 | 5 | 2-3-0 | 66 | 130 | 50.8 | 932 | 5 | 3.8 | 8 | 6.2 | 56 | 7.2 | 5.2 | 14.1 | 186.4 | 61.4 | 10 | 103 | 5.92 | 4.06 | 7.1 | |||
| 6 | Marc Wilson | 23 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 60.0 | 31 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 10.3 | 15.5 | 77.9 | 0 | 0 | 6.20 | 6.20 | 0.0 | |||||
| 8 | Ray Guy* | 31 | P | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 32 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 32 | 32.0 | 32.0 | 32.0 | 2.0 | 118.7 | 0 | 0 | 32.00 | 32.00 | 0.0 | ||||
| 46 | Todd Christensen | 24 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 7 | -7.00 | -7.00 | 100.0 | ||||||||||||
| Team Total | 27.0 | 16 | 11-5-0 | 235 | 456 | 51.5 | 3294 | 23 | 5.0 | 24 | 5.3 | 86 | 7.2 | 5.9 | 14.0 | 205.9 | 70.0 | 47 | 395 | 5.76 | 4.53 | 9.3 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 296 | 524 | 56.5 | 3731 | 17 | 3.2 | 35 | 6.7 | 7.1 | 4.76 | 12.6 | 233.2 | 61.8 | 54 | 419 | 5.7 | 3.6 | 9.3 |
| Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| 30 | Mark van Eeghen | 28 | FB | 16 | 16 | 222 | 838 | 5 | 34 | 3.8 | 52.4 | 13.9 | 29 | 259 | 8.9 | 0 | 37 | 1.8 | 16.2 | 1097 | 5 | 3 |
| 33 | Kenny King* | 23 | RB | 15 | 13 | 172 | 761 | 4 | 89 | 4.4 | 50.7 | 11.5 | 22 | 145 | 6.6 | 0 | 18 | 1.5 | 9.7 | 906 | 4 | 6 |
| 22 | Arthur Whittington | 25 | rb | 15 | 3 | 91 | 299 | 3 | 42 | 3.3 | 19.9 | 6.1 | 19 | 205 | 10.8 | 0 | 55 | 1.3 | 13.7 | 504 | 3 | 3 |
| 16 | Jim Plunkett | 33 | QB | 13 | 11 | 28 | 141 | 2 | 17 | 5.0 | 10.8 | 2.2 | 141 | 2 | 9 | |||||||
| 31 | Derrick Jensen | 24 | rb | 16 | 1 | 14 | 30 | 0 | 4 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 7 | 87 | 12.4 | 0 | 32 | 0.4 | 5.4 | 117 | 0 | 1 |
| 43 | Ira Matthews | 23 | KR/PR | 16 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 2.2 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 0 | 20 | 0.2 | 2.1 | 44 | 0 | 7 |
| 7 | Dan Pastorini | 31 | qb | 5 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 10 | 6.0 | 4.8 | 0.8 | 24 | 0 | 3 | |||||||
| 8 | Ray Guy* | 31 | P | 16 | 0 | 3 | 38 | 0 | 24 | 12.7 | 2.4 | 0.2 | 38 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 21 | Cliff Branch | 32 | WR | 16 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 44 | 858 | 19.5 | 7 | 86 | 2.8 | 53.6 | 859 | 7 | 0 |
| 6 | Marc Wilson | 23 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 85 | Bob Chandler | 31 | WR | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 49 | 786 | 16.0 | 10 | 56 | 3.1 | 49.1 | 786 | 10 | 1 | |
| 88 | Raymond Chester | 32 | TE | 16 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 28 | 366 | 13.1 | 4 | 47 | 1.8 | 22.9 | 366 | 4 | 1 | |
| 87 | Dave Casper* | 29 | te | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 22 | 270 | 12.3 | 1 | 35 | 3.7 | 45.0 | 270 | 1 | 1 | |
| 81 | Morris Bradshaw | 28 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6 | 132 | 22.0 | 1 | 45 | 0.4 | 8.3 | 132 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 84 | Derrick Ramsey | 24 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5 | 117 | 23.4 | 0 | 58 | 0.3 | 7.3 | 117 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 89 | Rich Martini | 25 | wr | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 0 | 36 | 0.1 | 2.3 | 36 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Total | 27.0 | 16 | 541 | 2146 | 14 | 89 | 4.0 | 134.1 | 33.8 | 235 | 3294 | 14.0 | 23 | 86 | 14.7 | 205.9 | 5440 | 37 | 38 | |||
| Opp Total | 16 | 501 | 1726 | 19 | 3.4 | 107.9 | 31.3 | 296 | 3312 | 11.2 | 17 | 18.5 | 207.0 | 5038 | 36 | 34 | ||||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| 43 | Ira Matthews | 23 | KR/PR | 16 | 0 | 48 | 421 | 0 | 34 | 8.8 | 29 | 585 | 0 | 45 | 20.2 | 1050 |
| 22 | Arthur Whittington | 25 | rb | 15 | 3 | 21 | 392 | 1 | 90 | 18.7 | 896 | |||||
| 26 | Keith Moody | 27 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 150 | 0 | 39 | 18.8 | 150 | ||||||
| 46 | Todd Christensen | 24 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | ||||||
| 37 | Lester Hayes*+ | 25 | LCB | 16 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| 31 | Derrick Jensen | 24 | rb | 16 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 150 | |||||
| 23 | Odis McKinney | 23 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||
| 84 | Derrick Ramsey | 24 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 127 | ||||||
| Team Total | 27.0 | 16 | 49 | 421 | 0 | 34 | 8.6 | 62 | 1180 | 2 | 90 | 19.0 | 7041 | |||
| Opp Total | 16 | 34 | 0 | 66 | 1315 | 0 | 19.9 | |||||||||
| 0-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ | Tot | PAT | Punting | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | XPA | XPM | Pnt | Yds | Lng | Blck | ||||
| 10 | Chris Bahr | 27 | K | 16 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 37 | 19 | 51.4% | 44 | 41 | 93.2% | ||||||||
| 8 | Ray Guy* | 31 | P | 16 | 0 | 71 | 3099 | 77 | 0 | 43.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Team Total | 27.0 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 37 | 19 | 51.4% | 44 | 41 | 93.2% | 71 | 3099 | 77 | 0 | 43.6 | ||||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 24 | 14 | 58.3% | 37 | 36 | 97.3% | 87 | 3384 | 38.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| 37 | Lester Hayes*+ | 25 | LCB | 16 | 16 | 13 | 273 | 1 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 16 | Jim Plunkett | 33 | QB | 13 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 2 | -2 | 0 | |||||||||
| 43 | Ira Matthews | 23 | KR/PR | 16 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 83 | Ted Hendricks*+ | 33 | LOLB | 16 | 16 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 36 | Mike Davis | 24 | SS | 16 | 16 | 3 | 88 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 35 | 0 | ||||
| 33 | Kenny King* | 23 | RB | 15 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 22 | Arthur Whittington | 25 | rb | 15 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -9 | 0 | |||||||||
| 23 | Odis McKinney | 23 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |||||
| 53 | Rod Martin | 26 | ROLB | 16 | 10 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 42 | 1 | ||||
| 35 | Dwayne O'Steen | 26 | rcb | 15 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 44 | Burgess Owens | 29 | FS | 16 | 16 | 3 | 59 | 1 | 58 | 0 | |||||||||
| 7 | Dan Pastorini | 31 | qb | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 78 | Art Shell* | 34 | LT | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 30 | Mark van Eeghen | 28 | FB | 16 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 90 | Willie Jones | 23 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 70 | Henry Lawrence | 29 | RT | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 55 | Matt Millen | 22 | LILB | 16 | 16 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |||||||||
| 56 | Jeff Barnes | 25 | rolb | 16 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 87 | Dave Casper* | 29 | te | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 85 | Bob Chandler | 31 | WR | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 88 | Raymond Chester | 32 | TE | 16 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 46 | Todd Christensen | 24 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 50 | Dave Dalby | 30 | C | 16 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | |||||||||
| 8 | Ray Guy* | 31 | P | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 86 | Cedrick Hardman | 32 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 42 | Monte Jackson | 27 | RCB | 16 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 31 | Derrick Jensen | 24 | rb | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 65 | Mickey Marvin | 25 | RG | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 57 | Randy McClanahan | 26 | RILB | 14 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||||||||
| 26 | Keith Moody | 27 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 51 | Bob Nelson | 27 | rilb | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 84 | Derrick Ramsey | 24 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 63 | Gene Upshaw | 35 | LG | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Team Total | 27.0 | 16 | 35 | 501 | 2 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 35 | 84 | 3 | 1 | ||||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 47 | 34 | 17 | |||||||||||||||
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | AllTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Chris Bahr | 27 | K | 16 | 0 | 41 | 19 | 98 | ||||||||||
| 85 | Bob Chandler | 31 | WR | 16 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 60 | ||||||||||
| 21 | Cliff Branch | 32 | WR | 16 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 42 | ||||||||||
| 30 | Mark van Eeghen | 28 | FB | 16 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 30 | ||||||||||
| 88 | Raymond Chester | 32 | TE | 16 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 24 | ||||||||||
| 33 | Kenny King* | 23 | RB | 15 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 24 | ||||||||||
| 22 | Arthur Whittington | 25 | rb | 15 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 24 | |||||||||
| 16 | Jim Plunkett | 33 | QB | 13 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 81 | Morris Bradshaw | 28 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 87 | Dave Casper* | 29 | te | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 46 | Todd Christensen | 24 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 37 | Lester Hayes*+ | 25 | LCB | 16 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 31 | Derrick Jensen | 24 | rb | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 90 | Willie Jones | 23 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 53 | Rod Martin | 26 | ROLB | 16 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 44 | Burgess Owens | 29 | FS | 16 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 83 | Ted Hendricks*+ | 33 | LOLB | 16 | 16 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Team Total | 27.0 | 16 | 14 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 44 | 41 | 19 | 1 | 364 | ||||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 19 | 17 | 36 | 14 | 306 |