| 1980 VFL Premiership season | |
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| Teams | 12 |
| Premiers | Richmond (10th premiership) |
| Minor Premiers | Geelong (8th minor premiership) |
| Night series | North Melbourne (1st Night series win) |
| Matches played | 138 |
| Highest attendance | 113,461 |
| Coleman Medallist | Michael Roach (Richmond) |
| Brownlow Medallist | Kelvin Templeton (Footscray) |
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Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1980.
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North Melbourne defeated Collingwood 8.9 (57) to 7.12 (54) in the Final.
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| Hawthorn | 15.16 (106) | Richmond | 16.15 (111) | Princes Park | 21,028 | 29 March 1980 |
| Geelong | 12.13 (85) | South Melbourne | 13.10 (88) | Kardinia Park (Stadium) | 22,685 | 29 March 1980 |
| Essendon | 12.15 (87) | North Melbourne | 15.10 (100) | Windy Hill | 28,811 | 29 March 1980 |
| Footscray | 17.11 (113) | Fitzroy | 18.17 (125) | Western Oval | 20,060 | 29 March 1980 |
| Collingwood | 13.16 (94) | Carlton | 19.18 (132) | Victoria Park | 29,587 | 29 March 1980 |
| Melbourne | 18.14 (122) | St Kilda | 14.16 (100) | VFL Park | 31,859 | 29 March 1980 |
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| Richmond | 17.15 (117) | Essendon | 17.22 (124) | MCG | 51,548 | 5 April 1980 |
| North Melbourne | 7.14 (56) | Collingwood | 7.19 (61) | Arden Street Oval | 24,363 | 5 April 1980 |
| Melbourne | 22.8 (140) | Fitzroy | 17.14 (116) | VFL Park | 28,802 | 5 April 1980 |
| Carlton | 14.25 (109) | Geelong | 15.14 (104) | Princes Park | 32,614 | 7 April 1980 |
| St Kilda | 11.17 (83) | Hawthorn | 15.26 (116) | Moorabbin Oval | 22,265 | 7 April 1980 |
| South Melbourne | 14.17 (101) | Footscray | 10.13 (73) | Lake Oval | 19,191 | 7 April 1980 |
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| Richmond | 18.20 (128) | St Kilda | 19.14 (128) | MCG | 37,076 | 12 April 1980 |
| Geelong | 17.17 (119) | Melbourne | 14.9 (93) | Kardinia Park (Stadium) | 21,504 | 12 April 1980 |
| Fitzroy | 14.18 (102) | North Melbourne | 21.22 (148) | Junction Oval | 14,548 | 12 April 1980 |
| Hawthorn | 19.16 (130) | Collingwood | 16.23 (119) | Princes Park | 27,034 | 12 April 1980 |
| Footscray | 14.10 (94) | Carlton | 17.17 (119) | Western Oval | 21,434 | 12 April 1980 |
| Essendon | 24.12 (156) | South Melbourne | 14.17 (101) | VFL Park | 33,909 | 12 April 1980 |
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| Collingwood | 8.9 (57) | Richmond | 16.13 (109) | Victoria Park | 29,888 | 19 April 1980 |
| Carlton | 22.18 (150) | South Melbourne | 13.15 (93) | Princes Park | 20,794 | 19 April 1980 |
| North Melbourne | 10.9 (69) | Geelong | 16.10 (106) | Arden Street Oval | 15,437 | 19 April 1980 |
| Melbourne | 18.21 (129) | Footscray | 18.12 (120) | MCG | 20,905 | 19 April 1980 |
| St Kilda | 11.17 (83) | Essendon | 12.8 (80) | Moorabbin Oval | 30,947 | 19 April 1980 |
| Hawthorn | 11.19 (85) | Fitzroy | 12.10 (82) | VFL Park | 26,104 | 19 April 1980 |
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| Geelong | 14.10 (94) | Hawthorn | 13.11 (89) | Kardinia Park (Stadium) | 34,256 | 25 April 1980 |
| Richmond | 29.25 (199) | Fitzroy | 11.15 (81) | MCG | 44,401 | 25 April 1980 |
| Carlton | 14.19 (103) | Melbourne | 9.20 (74) | VFL Park | 60,784 | 25 April 1980 |
| South Melbourne | 17.20 (122) | St Kilda | 7.15 (57) | Lake Oval | 23,003 | 26 April 1980 |
| Essendon | 9.15 (69) | Collingwood | 10.13 (73) | Windy Hill | 32,140 | 26 April 1980 |
| North Melbourne | 26.21 (177) | Footscray | 8.7 (55) | SCG | 13,476 | 27 April 1980 |
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| Melbourne | 15.14 (104) | South Melbourne | 19.16 (130) | MCG | 22,487 | 3 May 1980 |
| Collingwood | 26.12 (168) | St Kilda | 16.12 (108) | Victoria Park | 29,094 | 3 May 1980 |
| Hawthorn | 19.16 (130) | Footscray | 18.5 (113) | Princes Park | 11,958 | 3 May 1980 |
| Fitzroy | 16.12 (108) | Essendon | 15.23 (113) | Junction Oval | 17,562 | 3 May 1980 |
| North Melbourne | 18.11 (119) | Carlton | 12.15 (87) | Arden Street Oval | 24,644 | 3 May 1980 |
| Richmond | 12.16 (88) | Geelong | 10.17 (77) | VFL Park | 47,265 | 3 May 1980 |
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| Footscray | 10.10 (70) | Richmond | 27.18 (180) | Western Oval | 16,471 | 10 May 1980 |
| Essendon | 13.15 (93) | Geelong | 16.11 (107) | Windy Hill | 23,993 | 10 May 1980 |
| Carlton | 14.27 (111) | Hawthorn | 16.17 (113) | Princes Park | 26,414 | 10 May 1980 |
| St Kilda | 12.20 (92) | Fitzroy | 18.23 (131) | Moorabbin Oval | 17,557 | 10 May 1980 |
| South Melbourne | 17.13 (115) | Collingwood | 13.12 (90) | Lake Oval | 22,375 | 10 May 1980 |
| North Melbourne | 24.15 (159) | Melbourne | 10.12 (72) | VFL Park | 18,939 | 10 May 1980 |
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| North Melbourne | 15.19 (109) | South Melbourne | 16.10 (106) | Arden Street Oval | 17,190 | 17 May 1980 |
| Hawthorn | 17.16 (118) | Melbourne | 15.18 (108) | Princes Park | 10,504 | 17 May 1980 |
| Geelong | 20.15 (135) | St Kilda | 10.12 (72) | Kardinia Park (Stadium) | 22,449 | 17 May 1980 |
| Fitzroy | 17.16 (118) | Collingwood | 17.16 (118) | Junction Oval | 20,596 | 17 May 1980 |
| Richmond | 19.24 (138) | Carlton | 12.13 (85) | MCG | 85,659 | 17 May 1980 |
| Essendon | 22.16 (148) | Footscray | 10.11 (71) | VFL Park | 21,851 | 17 May 1980 |
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| Melbourne | 15.12 (102) | Richmond | 29.21 (195) | MCG | 27,217 | 24 May 1980 |
| Fitzroy | 14.16 (100) | South Melbourne | 16.25 (121) | Junction Oval | 14,665 | 24 May 1980 |
| Collingwood | 18.28 (136) | Geelong | 15.15 (105) | Victoria Park | 30,157 | 24 May 1980 |
| St Kilda | 19.15 (129) | Footscray | 15.13 (103) | Moorabbin Oval | 15,207 | 24 May 1980 |
| North Melbourne | 14.9 (93) | Hawthorn | 13.10 (88) | VFL Park | 34,384 | 24 May 1980 |
| Carlton | 20.11 (131) | Essendon | 13.16 (94) | SCG | 24,545 | 25 May 1980 |
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| Essendon | 17.18 (120) | Melbourne | 11.10 (76) | Windy Hill | 16,504 | 31 May 1980 |
| Richmond | 15.15 (105) | North Melbourne | 13.20 (98) | MCG | 61,769 | 31 May 1980 |
| South Melbourne | 28.15 (183) | Hawthorn | 14.15 (99) | Lake Oval | 17,420 | 31 May 1980 |
| Geelong | 18.15 (123) | Fitzroy | 17.6 (108) | Kardinia Park (Stadium) | 19,581 | 31 May 1980 |
| Footscray | 18.11 (119) | Collingwood | 24.17 (161) | Western Oval | 21,482 | 31 May 1980 |
| Carlton | 14.20 (104) | St Kilda | 9.8 (62) | VFL Park | 37,594 | 31 May 1980 |
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| Footscray | 15.13 (103) | Geelong | 22.12 (144) | Western Oval | 15,519 | 7 June 1980 |
| Collingwood | 19.15 (129) | Melbourne | 18.11 (119) | Victoria Park | 23,040 | 7 June 1980 |
| St Kilda | 12.8 (80) | North Melbourne | 25.13 (163) | Moorabbin Oval | 16,506 | 7 June 1980 |
| Hawthorn | 9.17 (71) | Essendon | 13.11 (89) | Princes Park | 21,223 | 7 June 1980 |
| Fitzroy | 19.12 (126) | Carlton | 22.24 (156) | Junction Oval | 15,286 | 7 June 1980 |
| Richmond | 18.13 (121) | South Melbourne | 10.8 (68) | VFL Park | 50,017 | 7 June 1980 |
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| Melbourne | 19.20 (134) | St Kilda | 14.8 (92) | MCG | 26,324 | 14 June 1980 |
| Fitzroy | 18.15 (123) | Footscray | 25.17 (167) | Junction Oval | 10,681 | 14 June 1980 |
| North Melbourne | 15.11 (101) | Essendon | 10.12 (72) | Arden Street Oval | 28,068 | 14 June 1980 |
| Carlton | 13.12 (90) | Collingwood | 11.19 (85) | Princes Park | 43,599 | 15 June 1980 |
| Richmond | 16.12 (108) | Hawthorn | 11.22 (88) | MCG | 57,572 | 16 June 1980 |
| Geelong | 21.21 (147) | South Melbourne | 12.12 (84) | SCG | 13,209 | 16 June 1980 |
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| Hawthorn | 21.17 (143) | St Kilda | 16.13 (109) | Princes Park | 11,686 | 21 June 1980 |
| Footscray | 15.14 (104) | South Melbourne | 12.15 (87) | Western Oval | 15,837 | 21 June 1980 |
| Essendon | 15.17 (107) | Richmond | 16.21 (117) | Windy Hill | 24,045 | 21 June 1980 |
| Melbourne | 18.21 (129) | Fitzroy | 18.9 (117) | MCG | 15,075 | 21 June 1980 |
| Geelong | 12.11 (83) | Carlton | 12.6 (78) | Kardinia Park (Stadium) | 26,526 | 21 June 1980 |
| Collingwood | 20.19 (139) | North Melbourne | 13.15 (93) | VFL Park | 54,675 | 21 June 1980 |
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| Geelong | 13.6 (84) | North Melbourne | 4.3 (27) | Kardinia Park (Stadium) | 21,555 | 28 June 1980 |
| Footscray | 10.13 (73) | Melbourne | 6.7 (43) | Western Oval | 11,785 | 28 June 1980 |
| Hawthorn | 21.17 (143) | Fitzroy | 8.7 (55) | Princes Park | 8,209 | 28 June 1980 |
| Richmond | 9.19 (73) | Collingwood | 7.22 (64) | MCG | 64,054 | 28 June 1980 |
| South Melbourne | 5.9 (39) | Carlton | 10.18 (78) | Lake Oval | 12,362 | 28 June 1980 |
| St Kilda | 7.11 (53) | Essendon | 6.12 (48) | VFL Park | 20,485 | 28 June 1980 |
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| St Kilda | 5.6 (36) | South Melbourne | 6.14 (50) | Moorabbin Oval | 16,840 | 12 July 1980 |
| Fitzroy | 15.19 (109) | Richmond | 12.16 (88) | Junction Oval | 11,362 | 12 July 1980 |
| Collingwood | 11.22 (88) | Essendon | 13.6 (84) | Victoria Park | 30,659 | 12 July 1980 |
| North Melbourne | 15.19 (109) | Footscray | 7.8 (50) | Arden Street Oval | 15,277 | 12 July 1980 |
| Melbourne | 15.13 (103) | Carlton | 18.24 (132) | MCG | 26,216 | 12 July 1980 |
| Geelong | 17.15 (117) | Hawthorn | 4.13 (37) | VFL Park | 34,204 | 12 July 1980 |
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| Essendon | 20.9 (129) | South Melbourne | 19.19 (133) | Windy Hill | 17,471 | 19 July 1980 |
| Collingwood | 22.17 (149) | Hawthorn | 19.8 (122) | Victoria Park | 25,090 | 19 July 1980 |
| Carlton | 24.16 (160) | Footscray | 15.13 (103) | Princes Park | 18,792 | 19 July 1980 |
| Melbourne | 15.15 (105) | Geelong | 17.12 (114) | MCG | 23,327 | 19 July 1980 |
| North Melbourne | 17.13 (115) | Fitzroy | 13.8 (86) | VFL Park | 16,002 | 19 July 1980 |
| Richmond | 34.18 (222) | St Kilda | 11.4 (70) | SCG | 14,077 | 20 July 1980 |
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| Footscray | 25.10 (160) | Hawthorn | 15.17 (107) | Western Oval | 12,362 | 26 July 1980 |
| Essendon | 18.14 (122) | Fitzroy | 17.14 (116) | Windy Hill | 14,372 | 26 July 1980 |
| Carlton | 14.17 (101) | North Melbourne | 20.13 (133) | Princes Park | 26,347 | 26 July 1980 |
| South Melbourne | 17.22 (124) | Melbourne | 13.12 (90) | Lake Oval | 11,643 | 26 July 1980 |
| Richmond | 13.15 (93) | Geelong | 16.14 (110) | MCG | 70,068 | 26 July 1980 |
| Collingwood | 32.19 (211) | St Kilda | 16.11 (107) | VFL Park | 33,933 | 26 July 1980 |
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| Fitzroy | 15.14 (104) | St Kilda | 12.8 (80) | Junction Oval | 6,836 | 2 August 1980 |
| Collingwood | 11.24 (90) | South Melbourne | 8.9 (57) | Victoria Park | 24,739 | 2 August 1980 |
| North Melbourne | 12.15 (87) | Melbourne | 7.15 (57) | Arden Street Oval | 7,544 | 2 August 1980 |
| Geelong | 15.14 (104) | Essendon | 13.12 (90) | Kardinia Park (Stadium) | 24,738 | 2 August 1980 |
| Hawthorn | 9.15 (69) | Carlton | 16.17 (113) | Princes Park | 15,046 | 2 August 1980 |
| Richmond | 23.18 (156) | Footscray | 6.5 (41) | VFL Park | 18,282 | 2 August 1980 |
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| Essendon | 18.8 (116) | Footscray | 11.8 (74) | Windy Hill | 16,952 | 9 August 1980 |
| Carlton | 12.19 (91) | Richmond | 10.10 (70) | Princes Park | 30,051 | 9 August 1980 |
| South Melbourne | 12.13 (85) | North Melbourne | 11.7 (73) | Lake Oval | 13,681 | 9 August 1980 |
| Melbourne | 9.10 (64) | Hawthorn | 19.27 (141) | MCG | 15,447 | 9 August 1980 |
| St Kilda | 13.10 (88) | Geelong | 11.17 (83) | Moorabbin Oval | 13,236 | 9 August 1980 |
| Collingwood | 19.10 (124) | Fitzroy | 16.19 (115) | VFL Park | 31,013 | 9 August 1980 |
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| Footscray | 16.22 (118) | St Kilda | 11.7 (73) | Western Oval | 13,966 | 16 August 1980 |
| Carlton | 25.14 (164) | Essendon | 16.7 (103) | Princes Park | 27,955 | 16 August 1980 |
| Richmond | 26.18 (174) | Melbourne | 16.13 (109) | MCG | 19,048 | 16 August 1980 |
| South Melbourne | 20.14 (134) | Fitzroy | 17.15 (117) | Lake Oval | 12,015 | 16 August 1980 |
| Geelong | 14.15 (99) | Collingwood | 12.9 (81) | Kardinia Park (Stadium) | 42,198 | 16 August 1980 |
| North Melbourne | 20.15 (135) | Hawthorn | 11.13 (79) | VFL Park | 21,739 | 16 August 1980 |
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| North Melbourne | 14.14 (98) | Richmond | 15.19 (109) | Arden Street Oval | 23,682 | 23 August 1980 |
| Fitzroy | 16.21 (117) | Geelong | 20.12 (132) | Junction Oval | 12,004 | 23 August 1980 |
| Collingwood | 19.16 (130) | Footscray | 13.14 (92) | Victoria Park | 23,472 | 23 August 1980 |
| Melbourne | 14.17 (101) | Essendon | 18.14 (122) | MCG | 23,530 | 23 August 1980 |
| St Kilda | 13.9 (87) | Carlton | 20.16 (136) | Moorabbin Oval | 21,258 | 23 August 1980 |
| Hawthorn | 16.17 (113) | South Melbourne | 12.11 (83) | VFL Park | 19,882 | 23 August 1980 |
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| North Melbourne | 11.17 (83) | St Kilda | 12.11 (83) | Arden Street Oval | 10,302 | 30 August 1980 |
| Essendon | 15.12 (102) | Hawthorn | 8.14 (62) | Windy Hill | 17,772 | 30 August 1980 |
| Carlton | 21.20 (146) | Fitzroy | 20.22 (142) | Princes Park | 22,495 | 30 August 1980 |
| South Melbourne | 16.11 (107) | Richmond | 7.11 (53) | Lake Oval | 21,964 | 30 August 1980 |
| Melbourne | 9.12 (66) | Collingwood | 19.10 (124) | MCG | 52,791 | 30 August 1980 |
| Geelong | 12.18 (90) | Footscray | 5.10 (40) | VFL Park | 21,186 | 30 August 1980 |
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| TEAM | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | % | PTS | ||||
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| 1 | Geelong | 22 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 2362 | 1888 | 125.11 | 68 | |||
| 2 | Carlton | 22 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 2576 | 2128 | 121.05 | 68 | |||
| 3 | Richmond (P) | 22 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2754 | 1990 | 138.39 | 66 | |||
| 4 | North Melbourne | 22 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 2345 | 1894 | 123.81 | 58 | |||
| 5 | Collingwood | 22 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 2491 | 2178 | 114.37 | 58 | |||
| 6 | South Melbourne | 22 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 2211 | 2174 | 101.70 | 52 | |||
| 7 | Essendon | 22 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 2268 | 2151 | 105.44 | 40 | |||
| 8 | Hawthorn | 22 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 2249 | 2381 | 94.46 | 40 | |||
| 9 | Melbourne | 22 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 2140 | 2709 | 79.00 | 20 | |||
| 10 | Footscray | 22 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 2056 | 2737 | 75.12 | 20 | |||
| 11 | St Kilda | 22 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 1872 | 2704 | 69.23 | 20 | |||
| 12 | Fitzroy | 22 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 2398 | 2788 | 86.01 | 18 | |||
| Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against | ||||||||||||
| Game | Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| QF | Carlton | 10.14 (74) | Richmond | 18.8 (116) | Waverley Park | 59,014 | 6 September 1980 |
| EF | North Melbourne | 14.12 (96) | Collingwood | 14.20 (104) | MCG | 82,952 | 6 September 1980 |
| Game | Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| 1st SF | Carlton | 15.12 (102) | Collingwood | 22.20 (152) | MCG | 94,451 | 13 September 1980 |
| 2nd SF | Geelong | 11.5 (71) | Richmond | 14.11 (95) | Waverley Park | 65,303 | 13 September 1980 |
| Game | Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| PF | Geelong | 13.11 (89) | Collingwood | 13.15 (93) | Waverley Park | 75,526 | 20 September 1980 |
Richmond defeated Collingwood 23.21 (159) to 9.24 (78), in front of a crowd of 113,461 people. (For an explanation of scoring see Australian rules football).
| Game | Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| Grand Final | Richmond | 23.21 (159) | Collingwood | 9.24 (78) | MCG | 113,461 | 27 September 1980 |
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