1980 NFL Passing

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Super Bowl Champion: Oakland Raiders

AP MVP: Brian Sipe

AP Offensive Rookie of the Year: Billy Sims

AP Defensive Rookie of the Year: Buddy Curry

AP Offensive Player of the Year: Earl Campbell

AP Defensive Player of the Year: Lester Hayes

Passing Leader: Dan Fouts, 4715 Yds

Rushing Leader: Earl Campbell, 1934 Yds

Receiving Leader: John Jefferson, 1340 Yds

Passing

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team All-Pro

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD
1	Dan Fouts*	SDG	29	QB	16	16	11-5-0	348	589	59.1	4715	30	5.1	24	4.1	65	8.0	7.2	13.5	294.7	84.7	32	210	5.2	7.25	6.48	1	2
2	Brian Sipe*+	CLE	31	QB	16	16	11-5-0	337	554	60.8	4132	30	5.4	14	2.5	65	7.5	7.4	12.3	258.3	91.4	23	217	4.0	6.79	6.73	3	4
3	Archie Manning	NOR	31	QB	16	16	1-15-0	309	509	60.7	3716	23	4.5	20	3.9	56	7.3	6.4	12.0	232.3	81.8	41	311	7.5	6.19	5.39	1	1
4	Tommy Kramer	MIN	25	QB	15	15	8-7-0	299	522	57.3	3582	19	3.6	23	4.4	76	6.9	5.6	12.0	238.8	72.2	37	214	6.6	6.03	4.85	4	4
5	Steve Bartkowski*	ATL	28	QB	16	16	12-4-0	257	463	55.5	3544	31	6.7	16	3.5	81	7.7	7.4	13.8	221.5	88.2	35	324	7.0	6.47	6.27	3	4
6	Lynn Dickey	GNB	31	QB	16	16	5-10-1	278	478	58.2	3529	15	3.1	25	5.2	69	7.4	5.7	12.7	220.6	70.0	37	314	7.2	6.24	4.64	0	3
7	Ron Jaworski*	PHI	29	QB	16	16	12-4-0	257	451	57.0	3529	27	6.0	12	2.7	56	7.8	7.8	13.7	220.6	91.0	27	213	5.6	6.94	6.94	2	3
8	Doug Williams	TAM	25	QB	16	16	5-10-1	254	521	48.8	3396	20	3.8	16	3.1	61	6.5	5.9	13.4	212.3	69.9	23	194	4.2	5.89	5.30	5	4
9	Jim Zorn	SEA	27	QB	16	16	4-12-0	276	488	56.6	3346	17	3.5	20	4.1	67	6.9	5.7	12.1	209.1	72.3	44	341	8.3	5.65	4.60	1	1
10	Terry Bradshaw	PIT	32	QB	15	15	9-6-0	218	424	51.4	3339	24	5.7	22	5.2	68	7.9	6.7	15.3	222.6	75.0	33	245	7.2	6.77	5.65	3	4
11	Richard Todd	NYJ	27	QB	16	16	4-12-0	264	479	55.1	3329	17	3.5	30	6.3	55	6.9	4.8	12.6	208.1	62.7	42	326	8.1	5.76	3.83	0	2
12	Danny White	DAL	28	QB	16	16	12-4-0	260	436	59.6	3287	28	6.4	25	5.7	58	7.5	6.2	12.6	205.4	80.7	30	252	6.4	6.51	5.30	1	1
13	Gary Danielson	DET	29	QB	16	16	9-7-0	244	417	58.5	3223	13	3.1	11	2.6	87	7.7	7.2	13.2	201.4	82.4	44	338	9.5	6.26	5.75	1	2
14	Ken Stabler	HOU	35	QB	16	16	11-5-0	293	457	64.1	3202	13	2.8	28	6.1	79	7.0	4.8	10.9	200.1	68.7	27	264	5.6	6.07	4.00	2	2
15	Vince Ferragamo	RAM	26	QB	16	15	11-4-0	240	404	59.4	3199	30	7.4	19	4.7	74	7.9	7.3	13.3	199.9	89.7	23	191	5.4	7.04	6.45	0	0
16	Bert Jones	BAL	29	QB	15	15	6-9-0	248	446	55.6	3134	23	5.2	21	4.7	47	7.0	5.9	12.6	208.9	75.3	34	262	7.1	5.98	4.97	0	2
17	Joe Theismann	WAS	31	QB	16	15	6-9-0	262	454	57.7	2962	17	3.7	16	3.5	54	6.5	5.7	11.3	185.1	75.2	31	282	6.4	5.53	4.74	2	2
18	Jim Hart	STL	36	QB	15	15	5-10-0	228	425	53.6	2946	16	3.8	20	4.7	69	6.9	5.6	12.9	196.4	68.6	39	292	8.4	5.72	4.47	0	0
19	Joe Ferguson	BUF	30	QB	16	16	11-5-0	251	439	57.2	2805	20	4.6	18	4.1	69	6.4	5.5	11.2	175.3	74.5	13	129	2.9	5.92	5.01	2	4
20	Steve Grogan	NWE	27	QB	12	12	7-5-0	175	306	57.2	2475	18	5.9	22	7.2	71	8.1	6.0	14.1	206.3	73.1	17	138	5.3	7.24	5.28	1	1
21	Phil Simms	NYG	25	QB	13	13	3-10-0	193	402	48.0	2321	15	3.7	19	4.7	58	5.8	4.4	12.0	178.5	58.9	36	233	8.2	4.77	3.50	1	1
22	Jim Plunkett	OAK	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	10.1	5.66	4.65	1	2
23	Steve Fuller	KAN	23	QB	14	13	6-7-0	193	320	60.3	2250	10	3.1	12	3.8	77	7.0	6.0	11.7	160.7	76.4	49	348	13.3	5.15	4.23	3	4
24	Craig Morton	DEN	37	QB	12	9	4-5-0	183	301	60.8	2150	12	4.0	13	4.3	41	7.1	6.0	11.7	179.2	77.8	26	190	8.0	5.99	4.94	1	3
25	Vince Evans	CHI	25	QB	13	10	5-5-0	148	278	53.2	2039	11	4.0	16	5.8	89	7.3	5.5	13.8	156.8	66.2	26	205	8.6	6.03	4.39	1	0
26	Steve DeBerg	SFO	26	QB	11	9	4-5-0	186	321	57.9	1998	12	3.7	17	5.3	93	6.2	4.6	10.7	181.6	66.7	14	114	4.2	5.62	4.06	1	2
27	David Woodley	MIA	22	QB	13	11	6-5-0	176	327	53.8	1850	14	4.3	17	5.2	61	5.7	4.2	10.5	142.3	63.1	17	127	4.9	5.01	3.60	1	2
28	Joe Montana	SFO	24	QB	15	7	2-5-0	176	273	64.5	1795	15	5.5	9	3.3	71	6.6	6.2	10.2	119.7	87.8	15	100	5.2	5.89	5.52	1	1
29	Ken Anderson	CIN	31	QB	13	12	5-7-0	166	275	60.4	1778	6	2.2	13	4.7	67	6.5	4.8	10.7	136.8	66.9	24	174	8.0	5.36	3.81
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD
30	Jack Thompson	CIN	24	QB	14	4	1-3-0	115	234	49.1	1324	11	4.7	12	5.1	59	5.7	4.3	11.5	94.6	60.9	13	113	5.3	4.90	3.61	2	3
31	Matt Robinson	DEN	25	QB	14	7	4-3-0	78	162	48.1	942	2	1.2	12	7.4	52	5.8	2.7	12.1	67.3	39.7	17	136	9.5	4.50	1.71
32	Dan Pastorini	OAK	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	7.1	5.92	4.06
33	Matt Cavanaugh	NWE	24	QB	16	4	3-1-0	63	105	60.0	885	9	8.6	5	4.8	40	8.4	8.0	14.0	55.3	95.9	8	62	7.1	7.28	6.88	1	1
34	Bob Griese	MIA	35	QB	5	3	1-2-0	61	100	61.0	790	6	6.0	4	4.0	54	7.9	7.3	13.0	158.0	89.2	9	89	8.3	6.43	5.88	2	2
35	Mike Phipps	CHI	33	QB	7	6	2-4-0	61	122	50.0	630	2	1.6	9	7.4	56	5.2	2.2	10.3	90.0	40.0	7	69	5.4	4.35	1.52
36	Scott Brunner	NYG	23	QB	16	3	1-2-0	52	112	46.4	610	4	3.6	6	5.4	50	5.4	3.8	11.7	38.1	53.1	10	76	8.2	4.38	2.82	1	1
37	Bill Kenney	KAN	25	QB	3	3	2-1-0	37	69	53.6	542	5	7.2	2	2.9	75	7.9	8.0	14.6	180.7	91.6	5	43	6.8	6.74	6.88	0	1
38	Cliff Stoudt	PIT	25	QB	6	1	0-1-0	32	60	53.3	493	2	3.3	2	3.3	72	8.2	7.4	15.4	82.2	78.0	4	19	6.3	7.41	6.63
39	Steve Dils	MIN	25	QB	16	1	1-0-0	32	51	62.7	352	3	5.9	0	0.0	58	6.9	8.1	11.0	22.0	102.7	4	32	7.3	5.82	6.91
40	Don Strock	MIA	30	QB	16	2	1-1-0	30	62	48.4	313	1	1.6	5	8.1	33	5.0	1.7	10.4	19.6	35.2	5	49	7.5	3.94	0.88	1	1
41	Greg Landry	BAL	34	QB	16	1	1-0-0	24	47	51.1	275	2	4.3	3	6.4	32	5.9	3.8	11.5	17.2	56.6	2	19	4.1	5.22	3.29
42	Mike Kruczek	WAS	27	QB	7	1	0-1-0	22	31	71.0	209	0	0.0	2	6.5	41	6.7	3.8	9.5	29.9	62.4	5	51	13.9	4.39	1.89
43	Bobby Scott	NOR	31	QB	5	0		16	33	48.5	200	2	6.1	1	3.0	40	6.1	5.9	12.5	40.0	75.3	4	41	10.8	4.30	4.16
44	Joe Pisarcik	PHI	28	QB	9	0		15	22	68.2	187	0	0.0	0	0.0	46	8.5	8.5	12.5	20.8	94.3	5	34	18.5	5.67	5.67	0	1
45	Pat Haden	RAM	27	QB	4	1	0-1-0	19	41	46.3	185	0	0.0	4	9.8	24	4.5	0.1	9.7	46.3	19.9	4	30	8.9	3.44	-0.56
46	Sam Adkins	SEA	25	QB	4	0		10	23	43.5	136	1	4.3	3	13.0	22	5.9	0.9	13.6	34.0	37.9	6	51	20.7	2.93	-1.03
47	Tom Clements	KAN	27	QB	1	0		7	12	58.3	77	0	0.0	0	0.0	18	6.4	6.4	11.0	77.0	77.4	3	30	20.0	3.13	3.13
48	Glenn Carano	DAL	25	QB	3	0		5	12	41.7	69	2	16.7	0	0.0	25	5.8	9.1	13.8	23.0	100.3	1	0	7.7	5.31	8.38
49	Rusty Lisch	STL	24	QB	2	0		6	17	35.3	68	0	0.0	3	17.6	23	4.0	-3.9	11.3	34.0	8.6	3	36	15.0	1.60	-5.15
50	Dan Manucci	BUF	23	QB	2	0		5	6	83.3	64	0	0.0	0	0.0	22	10.7	10.7	12.8	32.0	111.1	5	48	45.5	1.45	1.45
51	Earl Campbell*+	HOU	25	RB	15	15		1	2	50.0	57	1	50.0	0	0.0	57	28.5	38.5	57.0	3.8	135.4	0	0	0.0	28.50	38.50
52	Louie Giammona	PHI	27	RB	16	4		3	3	100.0	55	1	33.3	0	0.0	27	18.3	25.0	18.3	3.4	158.3	0	0	0.0	18.33	25.00
53	David Whitehurst	GNB	25	QB	2	0		5	15	33.3	55	0	0.0	1	6.7	24	3.7	0.7	11.0	27.5	17.4	3	19	16.7	2.00	-0.50
54	Mike Loyd	STL	24	QB	5	1	0-1-0	5	28	17.9	49	0	0.0	1	3.6	20	1.8	0.1	9.8	9.8	24.7	7	48	20.0	0.03	-1.26
55	Bill Troup	GNB	29	QB	2	0		4	12	33.3	48	0	0.0	3	25.0	24	4.0	-7.3	12.0	24.0	6.9	2	20	14.3	2.00	-7.64
56	Wes Chandler	NOR	24	WR	16	16		1	1	100.0	43	0	0.0	0	0.0	43	43.0	43.0	43.0	2.7	118.7	1	10	50.0	16.50	16.50
57	David Humm	BUF	28	QB	16	0		4	14	28.6	39	0	0.0	1	7.1	19	2.8	-0.4	9.8	2.4	9.8	2	9	12.5	1.88	-0.94
58	Tom Skladany	DET	25	P	16	0		2	2	100.0	38	0	0.0	0	0.0	19	19.0	19.0	19.0	2.4	118.7	0	0	0.0	19.00	19.00
59	Harold Jackson	NWE	34	WR	16	15		2	2	100.0	35	0	0.0	0	0.0	23	17.5	17.5	17.5	2.2	118.7	0	0	0.0	17.50	17.50
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD
60	Ray Guy*	OAK	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	0.0	32.00	32.00
61	Mike Guman	RAM	22	RB	16	0		1	1	100.0	31	1	100.0	0	0.0	31	31.0	51.0	31.0	1.9	158.3	1	5	50.0	13.00	23.00
62	Marc Wilson	OAK	23	QB	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	0.0	6.20	6.20
63	Guy Benjamin	NOR	25	QB	2	0		7	17	41.2	28	0	0.0	1	5.9	17	1.6	-1.0	4.0	14.0	24.4	0	0	0.0	1.65	-1.00
64	Jeff Komlo	DET	24	QB	4	0		2	4	50.0	26	0	0.0	1	25.0	20	6.5	-4.8	13.0	6.5	31.2	0	0	0.0	6.50	-4.75
65	Ed Luther	SDG	23	QB	5	0		2	3	66.7	26	0	0.0	1	33.3	13	8.7	-6.3	13.0	5.2	54.2	0	0	0.0	8.67	-6.33
66	Jeff Rutledge	RAM	23	QB	1	0		1	4	25.0	26	0	0.0	0	0.0	26	6.5	6.5	26.0	26.0	54.2	1	8	20.0	3.60	3.60
67	Mike Moroski	ATL	23	QB	3	0		2	3	66.7	24	0	0.0	0	0.0	18	8.0	8.0	12.0	8.0	91.0	0	0	0.0	8.00	8.00
68	Jack Holmes	NOR	27	FB	16	7		1	3	33.3	23	1	33.3	0	0.0	23	7.7	14.3	23.0	1.4	101.4	0	0	0.0	7.67	14.33
69	Steve Pisarkiewicz	GNB	27	QB	1	0		2	5	40.0	19	0	0.0	0	0.0	16	3.8	3.8	9.5	19.0	51.2	1	7	16.7	2.00	2.00
70	Chuck Fusina	TAM	23	QB	2	0		2	4	50.0	18	0	0.0	1	25.0	13	4.5	-6.8	9.0	9.0	22.9	1	0	20.0	3.60	-5.40
71	Greg Cater	BUF	23	P	16	0		1	1	100.0	15	0	0.0	0	0.0	15	15.0	15.0	15.0	0.9	118.7	0	0	0.0	15.00	15.00
72	Jeff Knapple	DEN	24	QB	2	0		1	4	25.0	15	0	0.0	0	0.0	15	3.8	3.8	15.0	7.5	42.7	0	0	0.0	3.75	3.75
73	Joe Cribbs*	BUF	22	RB	16	16		1	1	100.0	13	0	0.0	0	0.0	13	13.0	13.0	13.0	0.8	118.7	0	0	0.0	13.00	13.00
74	Lawrence McCutcheon	2TM	30	RB	14	1		1	2	50.0	12	0	0.0	0	0.0	12	6.0	6.0	12.0	0.9	68.7	1	4	33.3	2.67	2.67
75	Gifford Nielsen	HOU	26	QB	16	0		2	4	50.0	12	1	25.0	0	0.0	8	3.0	8.0	6.0	0.8	95.8	0	0	0.0	3.00	8.00
76	Chuck Ramsey	NYJ	28	P	16	0		1	2	50.0	6	0	0.0	0	0.0	6	3.0	3.0	6.0	0.4	56.2	0	0	0.0	3.00	3.00
77	Don Woods	2TM	29	RB	12	5		1	2	50.0	6	0	0.0	0	0.0	6	3.0	3.0	6.0	0.5	56.2	1	8	33.3	-0.67	-0.67
78	David Beverly	GNB	30	P	16	0		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.0	0.00	0.00
79	Nolan Cromwell*+	RAM	25	FS	16	16		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.0	0.00	0.00
80	Tony Dorsett	DAL	26	RB	15	15		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.0	0.00	0.00
81	Jerry Eckwood	TAM	26	RB	15	8		0	4	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.0	0.00	0.00
82	Russell Erxleben	NOR	23	P	16	0		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.0	0.00	0.00
83	Tony Galbreath	NOR	26	RB	16	4		0	2	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.0	0.00	0.00
84	Charley Hannah	TAM	25	RT	16	16		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.0	0.00	0.00
85	Buddy Hardeman	WAS	26	RB	15	1		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.0	0.00	0.00
86	John James	ATL	31	P	16	0		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0.0	-45.0		0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.00	-45.00
87	Steve Kreider	CIN	22	WR	16	0		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.0	0.00	0.00
88	Dave Krieg	SEA	22	QB	1	0		0	2	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	1	6	33.3	-2.00	-2.00
89	Wilbert Montgomery	PHI	26	RB	12	12		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.0	0.00	0.00
Rk	Player	Tm	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD
90	Nat Moore	MIA	29	WR	16	16		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.0	0.00	0.00
91	Tony Nathan	MIA	24	RB	16	6		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.0	0.00	0.00
92	Bob Parsons	CHI	30	P	16	0		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.0	0.00	0.00
93	Walter Payton*+	CHI	27	RB	16	16		0	3	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.0	0.00	0.00
94	Joe Senser	MIN	24	TE	16	0		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.0	0.00	0.00
95	Freddie Solomon	SFO	27	WR	16	13		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.0	0.00	0.00
96	Mike Thomas	SDG	27	RB	10	5		0	2	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	50.0	0	0.0	-22.5		0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.00	-22.50
97	Herman Weaver	SEA	32	P	16	0		0	2	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.0	0.00	0.00
98	Delvin Williams	MIA	29	RB	15	10		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.0	0.00	0.00

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