1980 Philadelphia Eagles season
The 1980 Philadelphia Eagles season was the team's 48th season in the National Football League (NFL). The Eagles won twelve of their sixteen games, winning their division for the first time in twenty years. The Eagles started the season winning eleven of their first twelve games, only to finish the season losing three of their final four. Still, the 12–4 record was good enough to win the NFC East division title for the first time in franchise history since the NFC East had been formed.
| 1980 Philadelphia Eagles season | |
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| Owner | Leonard Tose |
| Head coach | Dick Vermeil |
| General manager | Jim Murray |
| Home field | Veterans Stadium |
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| Record | 12–4 |
| Division place | 1st NFC East |
| Playoff finish | Won Divisional Playoffs (vs. Vikings) 31–16 Won NFC Championship (vs. Cowboys) 20–7 Lost Super Bowl XV (vs. Raiders) 10–27 |
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The Eagles defeated the Cowboys in the 1980 NFC Championship Game and earned their first Super Bowl appearance.
The 1980 season marked the Eagles' third consecutive playoff appearance under coach Dick Vermeil, and culminated in the team's first Super Bowl appearance, where they were defeated by the Oakland Raiders. The 1980 NFC Championship long stood as the proudest moment of the Super Bowl era in Eagles history until they won Super Bowl LII 37 years later.
Offseason
NFL draft
After going 11–5 in the 1979 season and making the playoffs again as a wildcard team, the Eagles found themselves looking to improve through the NFL Draft again.
The 1980 NFL draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting. The draft was held April 29–30, 1979. As was started with the 1977 NFL Draft, this would be 12 rounds. ESPN would cover all 12 rounds live for the first time. This would be over 2 days.
The Philadelphia Eagles would get the 23rd to the 25th pick in the 12 rounds. The Eagles would draft 10 players in this year's draft.
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | School |
| 1 | 23 | Roynell Young | DB | Alcorn State University |
| 2 | 53 | Perry Harrington | RB | Jackson State University |
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| 5 | 135 | Nate Rivers | WR | South Carolina State |
| 6 | 161 | Greg Murtha | T | University of Minnesota |
| 7 | 188 | Terrell Ward | DB | San Diego State |
| 8 | 218 | Mike Curcio | LB | Temple University |
| 9 | 245 | Bob Harris | T | Bowling Green |
| 11 | 298 | Lee Jukes | WR | North Carolina State |
| 11 | 302 | Thomas Brown | DE | Baylor University |
| 12 | 329 | Howard Fields | DB | Baylor |
Personnel
Staff
Front office
Head coaches
Offensive coaches
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Defensive coaches
Special teams coaches
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Roster
Regular season
The 1980 season schedule was set based on how the Eagles finished the previous season: 2nd in NFC East. The way the schedule was laid out, 4 of the 5 teams in the same division could end up having 10 to 14 common opponents during the 1980 season. Also, when the last regular-season game was over, each team knew who its opponents would be the next year.
- A home and away series vs the teams in its own division: Cowboys, Giants, Cardinals and Redskins = 8 games
- Each of the top 4 teams in the NFC East from the previous season played the top 4 teams in the AFC West from the previous season: Chargers, Broncos, Seahawks and Raiders = 4 games
- Each of the 2nd and 3rd place teams in the NFC East from the previous season (Eagles and Redskins) played the 2nd and 3rd place teams in the NFC Central and NFC West from the previous season: Bears, Vikings, Saints and Falcons = 4 games
Schedule
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Attendance |
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| 1 | September 7, 1980 | Denver Broncos | W 27–6 | 1–0 | 70,307 |
| 2 | September 14, 1980 | at Minnesota Vikings | W 42–7 | 2–0 | 46,460 |
| 3 | September 22, 1980 | New York Giants | W 35–3 | 3–0 | 70,767 |
| 4 | September 28, 1980 | at St. Louis Cardinals | L 24–14 | 3–1 | 49,079 |
| 5 | October 5, 1980 | Washington Redskins | W 24–14 | 4–1 | 69,044 |
| 6 | October 12, 1980 | at New York Giants | W 31–16 | 5–1 | 71,051 |
| 7 | October 19, 1980 | Dallas Cowboys | W 17–10 | 6–1 | 70,696 |
| 8 | October 26, 1980 | Chicago Bears | W 17–14 | 7–1 | 68,752 |
| 9 | November 2, 1980 | at Seattle Seahawks | W 27–20 | 8–1 | 61,047 |
| 10 | November 9, 1980 | at New Orleans Saints | W 34–21 | 9–1 | 44,340 |
| 11 | November 16, 1980 | at Washington Redskins | W 24–0 | 10–1 | 51,897 |
| 12 | November 23, 1980 | Oakland Raiders | W 10–7 | 11–1 | 68,535 |
| 13 | November 30, 1980 | at San Diego Chargers | L 22–21 | 11–2 | 51,567 |
| 14 | December 7, 1980 | Atlanta Falcons | L 20–17 | 11–3 | 70,205 |
| 15 | December 14, 1980 | St. Louis Cardinals | W 17–3 | 12–3 | 68,969 |
| 16 | December 21, 1980 | at Dallas Cowboys | L 35–27 | 12–4 | 62,548 |
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.
Game summaries
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- Harold Carmichael's streak of games with a pass caught is stopped. Despite losing this game, the Eagles clinched the NFC East Division on a quirky tie-breaker scenario because they lost by less than 25 points. The only caveat to losing by less than 25 points compared to winning this game outright was that the Eagles conceded the number one seed in the NFC to the Atlanta Falcons (who had also lost during this same week). The close defeat however proved to be less significant compared to winning this game outright as their eventual run to the Super Bowl would not have changed due to restrictions regarding teams from the same division meeting in the Divisional Round, and Dallas defeating both the Rams in the Wild Card Round (Dallas could only face Atlanta regardless of seeding), and the Falcons in the Divisional Round (the NFC Championship Game would have still been held in Philadelphia).
Standings
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| Philadelphia Eagles(2) | 12 | 4 | 0 | .750 | 6–2 | 9–3 | 384 | 222 | L1 |
| Dallas Cowboys(4) | 12 | 4 | 0 | .750 | 6–2 | 9–3 | 454 | 311 | W1 |
| Washington Redskins | 6 | 10 | 0 | .375 | 4–4 | 5–7 | 261 | 293 | W3 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 5 | 11 | 0 | .313 | 2–6 | 4–10 | 299 | 350 | L2 |
| New York Giants | 4 | 12 | 0 | .250 | 2–6 | 3–9 | 249 | 425 | L2 |
Playoffs
| Round | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Attendance |
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| Divisional | January 3, 1981 | Minnesota Vikings | W 31–16 | 1–0 | 68,434 |
| Conference Championship | January 11, 1981 | Dallas Cowboys | W 20–7 | 2–0 | 70,696 |
| Super Bowl | January 25, 1981 | Oakland Raiders | L 27–10 | 2–1 | 75,500 |
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Conference Championship
NFC Championship: Dallas Cowboys at Philadelphia Eagles
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| Cowboys | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Eagles | 7 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 20 |
at Veterans Stadium • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Date: January 11, 1981
- Game time: 1:00 p.m.
- Game weather: Sunny; 12°F; wind 3
- Game attendance: 70,696
- Referee: Jerry Markbreit
- TV announcers (CBS): Pat Summerall, Tom Brookshier, and Jimmy Snyder
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Veterans Stadium during the 1980 NFC Championship Game against the Dallas Cowboys, January 11, 1981.
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Awards and honors
- Ron Jaworski, Bert Bell Award[3]
References
- "1980 Philadelphia Eagles starters and roster". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 10, 2014.
- "1980 Philadelphia Eagles Statistics & Players". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
- "Bert Bell Award – Professional Player of the Year: Past Recipients". Maxwell Football Club. Archived from the original on June 19, 2009. Retrieved March 29, 2022.
External links
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