1980 Philadelphia Eagles season

Head coach

Dick Vermeil

Owner

Leonard Tose

Home field

Veterans Stadium

Results

Record

12–4

Division place

1st NFC East

Playoff finish

Lost Super Bowl XV

Timeline

Previous season		Next season
< 1979		1981 >

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.

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.

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
3		Traded Pick
4		Traded Pick
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

colspan="7" style="background: #005100; color:white; border: 2px solid #C0C0C0" text-align: center;" | 1980 Philadelphia Eagles staff

Front office

Owner – Leonard Tose
General Manager – Jim Murray
Director of Player Personnel – Carl Peterson

Head coaches

Head Coach – Dick Vermeil

Offensive coaches

Quarterbacks – Sid Gillman
Running Backs – Billy Joe
Receivers – Dick Coury
Tight Ends – Lynn Stiles
Offensive Line – Ken Iman
Offensive Line – Jerry Wampfler

Defensive coaches

Defensive Coordinator – Marion Campbell
Defensive Line – Chuck Clausen
Linebackers – George Hill
Defensive Backs – Fred Bruney

Special teams coaches

Special Teams – Lynn Stiles

Roster

colspan="10" style="background: #005100; color:white; border:2px solid #C0C0C0" text-align:center;" | 1980 Philadelphia Eagles roster

Quarterbacks

7 Ron Jaworski
9 Joe Pisarcik

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

86 Ken Dunek
86 Lewis Gilbert
84 Keith Krepfle
88 John Spagnola

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

66 Bill Bergey ILB
95 John Bunting OLB
59 Al Chesley ILB
55 Frank LeMaster ILB
52 Ray Phillips OLB
56 Jerry Robinson OLB
51 Reggie Wilkes OLB

Defensive backs

Special teams

1 Tony Franklin K
4 Max Runager P

Rookies in italics

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Regular season

The 1980 season schedule was set by how the Eagles finished in 1979, 2nd in NFC East. The way it 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 is over you know who you play the next year.

A home and home series vs Dallas, New York Giants, St. Louis and Washington = 8 games
The top 4 teams in the NFC East play the top 4 teams AFC WEST from the 1979 season = 4 games
the 2nd and 3rd place team in NFC Central and NFC West in the 1979 Season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	September 7, 1980	Denver Broncos	W 27–6	70,307
2	September 14, 1980	at Minnesota Vikings	W 42–7	46,460
3	September 22, 1980	New York Giants	W 35–3	70,767
4	September 28, 1980	at St. Louis Cardinals	L 24–14	49,079
5	October 5, 1980	Washington Redskins	W 24–14	69,044
6	October 12, 1980	at New York Giants	W 31–16	71,051
7	October 19, 1980	Dallas Cowboys	W 17–10	70,696
8	October 26, 1980	Chicago Bears	W 17–14	68,752
9	November 2, 1980	at Seattle Seahawks	W 27–20	61,047
10	November 9, 1980	at New Orleans Saints	W 34–21	44,340
11	November 16, 1980	at Washington Redskins	W 24–0	51,897
12	November 23, 1980	Oakland Raiders	W 10–7	68,535
13	November 30, 1980	at San Diego Chargers	L 22–21	51,567
14	December 7, 1980	Atlanta Falcons	L 20–17	70,205
15	December 14, 1980	St. Louis Cardinals	W 17–3	68,969
16	December 21, 1980	at Dallas Cowboys	L 35–27	62,548

Game summaries

A recap of the scoring plays and the game scores by quarters during the year. The record after the team's name reflects this games outcome also.^[2]

Week 1

Sunday, September 7, 1980 Kickoff 4:00 PM Eastern

Played at Veterans Stadium grass in weather= 82°F (Partly Cloudy)

	1	2	3	4	Total
– align="left"\| Denver Broncos (0–1–0)	0	0	6	0	6
– align="left"\|Philadelphia Eagles (1–0–0)	7	13	0	7	27

		- align="center"\|SCORING PLAYS	- align="center"\|DEN	- align="center"\| PHIL
1st	Eagles	Harold Carmichael 56-yard pass from Ron Jaworski (Tony Franklin kick)	- align="center"\|0	- align="center"\|7
2nd	Eagles	Tony Franklin 17-yard field goal	- align="center"\|0	- align="center"\| 10
	Eagles	Tony Franklin 35-yard field goal	- align="center"\|0	- align="center"\| 13
	Eagles	Scott Fitzkee 16-yard pass from Ron Jaworski (Tony Franklin kick)	- align="center"\|0	- align="center"\| 20
3rd	Broncos	Fred Steinfort 44-yard field goal	- align="center"\|3	- align="center"\| 20
	Broncos	Fred Steinfort 43-yard field goal	- align="center"\|6	- align="center"\| 20
4th	Eagles	John Spagnola 11-yard pass from Ron Jaworski (Tony Franklin kick)	- align="center"\| 6	- align="center"\| 27

Week 2

Sunday, September 14, 1980 Kickoff 12:00 PM Central

Played at Metropolitan Stadium on Grass playing surface in 57F degrees with a 12 MPH wind

	1	2	3	4	Total
– align="left"\|Philadelphia Eagles (2–0–0)	14	0	14	14	42
– align="left"\|Minnesota Vikings (1–1–0)	0	7	0	0	7

		- align="center"\|SCORING PLAYS	- align="center"\|PHIL	- align="center"\| MINN
1st	Eagles	- align="left"\|Leroy Harris 2-yard rush (Tony Franklin kick)	- align="center"\|7	- align="center"\| 0
	Eagles	- align="left"\|Wilbert Montgomery 72-yard rush (Tony Franklin kick)	- align="center"\|14	- align="center"\|0
2nd	Vikings	- align="left"\|Ahmad Rashad 16-yard pass from Tommy Kramer (Rick Danmeier kick)	- align="center"\|14	- align="center"\|7
3rd	Eagles	- align="left"\|Leroy Harris 4-yard rush (Tony Franklin kick)	- align="center"\|21	- align="center"\|7
	Eagles	- align="left"\|Wilbert Montgomery 1-yard rush (Tony Franklin kick)	- align="center"\|28	- align="center"\|7
4th	Eagles	- align="left"\|Scott Fitzkee 45-yard pass from Ron Jaworski (Tony Franklin kick)	- align="center"\|35	- align="center"\|7
	Eagles	- align="left"\|Harold Carmichael 13-yard pass from Ron Jaworski (Tony Franklin kick)	- align="center"\|42	- align="center"\|7

he missed the field goal

Week 3

Monday, September 22, 1980 Kickoff 9:00 PM Eastern

Played at Veterans Stadium on AstroTurf playing surface weather= 78°F (Partly Cloudy)

	1	2	3	4	Total
– align="left"\| New York Giants (1–2–0)	3	0	0	0	3
– align="left"\|Philadelphia Eagles (3–0–0)	7	14	7	7	35

		- align="center"\|SCORING PLAYS	- align="center"\|NYG	- align="center"\|PHIL	TIME
1st	Giants	- align="Left"\| Joe Danelo 50-yard field goal	- align="center"\|3	- align="center"\| 0
	Eagles	- align="left"\|Wilbert Montgomery 3-yard pass from Ron Jaworski (Tony Franklin kick)	- align="center"\|3	-align="center"\|7
2nd	Eagles	- align="left"\|Harold Carmichael 22-yard pass from Ron Jaworski (Tony Franklin kick)	-align="center"\|3	-align="center"\|14
	Eagles	- align="left"\|Leroy Harris 2-yard rush (Tony Franklin kick)	-align="center"\|3	-align="center"\|21
3rd	Eagles	- align="left"\|Charlie A. Smith 12-yard pass from Ron Jaworski (Tony Franklin kick)	-align="center"\|3	-align="center"\|28
4th	Eagles	- align="left"\|Wilbert Montgomery 1-yard rush (Tony Franklin kick)	- align="center"\|3	-align="center"\|35

Week 4

Sunday, September 28, 1980 Kickoff 1:00 PM Eastern

Played at Busch Memorial Stadium on an AstroTurf playing surface in 63F degrees with a 7 MPH wind

	1	2	3	4	Total
– align="left"\|Philadelphia Eagles (3–1–0)	0	7	0	7	14
– align="left"\|St. Louis Cardinals (1–3–0)	7	3	7	7	24

		- align="center"\|SCORING PLAYS	- align="center"\|PHIL	- align="center"\| St. L	- align="center"\| TIME
1st	Cardinals	- align="left"\|70-yard interception return (Steve Little kick)	- align="center"\| 0	- align="center"\| 7	- align"center"\|
2nd	Eagles	- align="left"\|Ron Jaworski 1-yard rush (Tony Franklin kick)	7	7
	Cardinals	- align="left"\|Steve Little 31-yard field goal	7	10
3rd	Cardinals	- align="left"\|Ottis Anderson 14-yard rush (Steve Little kick)	7	17
4th	Cardinals	- align="left"\|Ottis Anderson 37-yard rush (Steve Little kick)	7	24
	Eagles	- align="left"\|Keith Krepfle 9-yard pass from Ron Jaworski (Tony Franklin kick)	14	24

Week 5

Sunday, October 5, 1980 Kickoff 1:00 PM Eastern

Played at Veterans Stadium on an AstroTurf playing surface weather= 61°F (Cloudy)

	1	2	3	4	Total
– align="left"\|Washington Redskins (1–4–0)	7	0	0	7	14
– align="left"\|Philadelphia Eagles (4–1–0)	7	14	3	0	24

		SCORING PLAYS	WASH	PHIL	TIME
1st	Redskins	Ricky Thompson 54-yard pass from Joe Theismann (Mark Moseley kick)	- align="center"\| 7	- align="center"\| 0
	Eagles	Leroy Harris 51-yard pass from Ron Jaworski (Tony Franklin kick)	- align="center"\| 7	- align="center"\| 7
2nd	Eagles	Wilbert Montgomery 3-yard rush (Tony Franklin kick)	- align="center"\| 7	- align="center"\| 14
	Eagles	Harold Carmichael 6-yard pass from Ron Jaworski (Tony Franklin kick)	- align="center"\| 7	- align="center"\| 21
3rd	Eagles	Tony Franklin 39-yard field goal	- align="center"\| 7	- align="center"\| 24
4th	Redskins	Rickey Claitt 10-yard rush (Mark Moseley kick)	- align="center"\| 14	- align="center"\| 24

Week 6

Sunday, October 12, 1980 Kickoff 1:00 PM Eastern

Played at Giants Stadium on an AstroTurf playing surface in 57F degrees with a 16 MPH wind

	1	2	3	4	Total
– align="left"\|Philadelphia Eagles (5–1–0)	0	3	14	14	31
– align="left"\|New York Giants (1–5–0)	7	9	0	0	16

		SCORING PLAYS	PHIL	NY G	TIME
1st	Giants	Phil Simms 1-yard rush (Joe Danelo kick)	- align="center"\|0	- align="center"\|7
2nd	Giants	Johnny Perkins 15-yard pass from Phil Simms (kick failed)	- align="center"\|0	- align="center"\|13
	Eagles	Tony Franklin 41-yard field goal	- align="center"\|3	- align="center"\|13
	Giants	Joe Danelo 42-yard field goal	- align="center"\|3	- align="center"\|16
3rd	Eagles	Louie Giammona 1-yard rush (Tony Franklin kick)	- align="center"\|10	- align="center"\|16
	Eagles	Perry Harrington 19-yard rush (Tony Franklin kick)	- align="center"\|17	- align="center"\|16
4th	Eagles	Louie Giammona 3-yard rush (Tony Franklin kick)	- align="center"\|24	- align="center"\|16
	Eagles	Keith Krepfle 6-yard pass from Ron Jaworski (Tony Franklin kick)	- align="center"\|31	- align="center"\|16

Week 7

Sunday, October 19, 1980 Kickoff 1:00 PM Eastern

Played at Veterans Stadium on an AstroTurf playing surface weather= 69°F (Sunny)

	1	2	3	4	Total
– align="left"\|Dallas Cowboys (5–2–0)	7	3	0	0	10
– align="left"\|Philadelphia Eagles (6–1–0)	0	10	0	7	17

		SCORING PLAYS	DAL	PHIL	TIME
1st	Cowboys	Mike Hegman 0-yard fumble return (Rafael Septien kick)	- align="center"\|7	- align="center"\|0
2nd	Eagles	Tony Franklin 35-yard field goal	- align="center"\|7	- align="center"\|3
	Eagles	Harold Carmichael 5-yard pass from Ron Jaworski (Tony Franklin kick)	- align="center"\|7	- align="center"\|10
	Cowboys	Rafael Septien 33-yard field goal	- align="center"\|10	- align="center"\|10
4th	Eagles	Charlie A. Smith 15-yard pass from Ron Jaworski (Tony Franklin kick)	- align="center"\|10	- align="center"\|17

Week 8

Sunday, October 26, 1980 Kickoff 4:00 PM Eastern

Played at Veterans Stadium on an AstroTurf playing surface weather= 46°F (Cloudy)

	1	2	3	4	Total
– align="left"\|Chicago Bears (3–5–0)	0	0	14	0	14
– align="left"\|Philadelphia Eagles (7–1–0)	7	0	7	3	17

		SCORING PLAYS	CHI	PHIL	TIME
1st	Eagles	Billy Campfield 2-yard pass from Ron Jaworski (Tony Franklin kick)	- align="center"\|0	- align="center"\|7
3rd	Eagles	Louie Giammona 2-yard pass from Ron Jaworski (Tony Franklin kick)	- align="center"\|0	- align="center"\|14
	Bears	Roland Harper 1-yard rush (Bob Thomas kick)	- align="center"\|7	- align="center"\|14
	Bears	Vince Evans 3-yard rush (Bob Thomas kick)	- align="center"\|14	- align="center"\|14
4th	Eagles	Tony Franklin 18-yard field goal	- align="center"\|14	- align="center"\|17

Week 9

Sunday, October 26, 1980 Kickoff 1:00 PM Pacific

Played at the Kingdome on an AstroTurf playing surface in 72F degrees indoors

	1	2	3	4	Total
– align="left"\|Philadelphia Eagles (8–1–0)	0	7	10	10	27
– align="left"\|Seattle Seahawks (4–5–0)	6	0	7	7	20

		SCORING PLAYS	CHI	PHIL	TIME
1st	Seahawks	Efren Herrera 21-yard field goal	- align="center"\|0	- align="center"\|3
	Seahawks	Efren Herrera 31-yard field goal	- align="center"\|0	- align="center"\|6
2nd	Eagles	Billy Campfield 1-yard rush (Tony Franklin kick)	- align="center"\|7	- align="center"\|6
3rd	Seahawks	Steve Largent 27-yard pass from Jim Zorn (Efren Herrera kick)	- align="center"\|7	- align="center"\|13
	Eagles	Charlie A. Smith 15-yard pass from Ron Jaworski (Tony Franklin kick)	- align="center"\|14	- align="center"\|13
	Eagles	Tony Franklin 39-yard field goal	- align="center"\|17	- align="center"\|13
4th	Seahawks	Dan Doornink 9-yard rush (Efren Herrera kick)	- align="center"\|17	- align="center"\|20
	Eagles	Billy Campfield 5-yard pass from Ron Jaworski (Tony Franklin kick)	- align="center"\|24	- align="center"\|20
	Eagles	Tony Franklin 25-yard field goal	- align="center"\|27	- align="center"\|20

Week 10

Sunday, October 26, 1980 Kickoff 3:00 PM Central

Played at the Louisiana Superdome on an AstroTurf playing surface in 72F degrees indoors.

	1	2	3	4	Total
– align="left"\|Philadelphia Eagles (9–1–0)	0	17	7	10	34
– align="left"\|New Orleans Saints (0–10–0)	7	7	7	0	21

		SCORING PLAYS	PHI	NO	TIME
1st	Saints	Brooks Williams 24-yard pass from Archie Manning (Benny Ricardo kick)	- align="center"\| 0	- align="center"\|7
2nd	Eagles	Harold Carmichael 10-yard pass from Ron Jaworski (Tony Franklin kick)	- align="center"\|7	- align="center"\|7
	Saints	Wes Chandler 17-yard pass from Archie Manning (Benny Ricardo kick)	- align="center"\|7	- align="center"\|14
	Eagles	Tony Franklin 32-yard field goal	- align="center"\|10	- align="center"\|14
	Eagles	Harold Carmichael 6-yard pass from Ron Jaworski (Tony Franklin kick)	- align="center"\|17	- align="center"\|14
3rd	Eagles	Harold Carmichael 25-yard pass from Ron Jaworski (Tony Franklin kick)	- align="center"\|24	- align="center"\|14
	Saints	Brooks Williams 8-yard pass from Archie Manning (Benny Ricardo kick)	- align="center"\|24	- align="center"\|21
4th	Eagles	Tony Franklin 30-yard field goal	- align="center"\|27	- align="center"\|21
	Eagles	Mike Hogan 2-yard rush (Tony Franklin kick)	- align="center"\|34	- align="center"\|21

Week 11

Sunday, November 16, 1980 Kickoff 1:00 PM Eastern

Played at Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium on grass in 45F degrees with a 16 MPH wind

	1	2	3	4	Total
Philadelphia Eagles (10–1–0)	14	3	7	0	24
– align="left"\|Washington Redskins (3–8–0)	0	0	0	0	0

		- align="center"\|SCORING PLAYS	- align="center"\|PHI	- align="center"\| WASH
1st	Eagles	Keith Krepfle 8-yard pass from Ron Jaworski (Tony Franklin kick)	- align="center"\|7	- align="center"\|0
	Eagles	John Spagnola 14-yard pass from Ron Jaworski (Tony Franklin kick)	- align="center"\|14	- align="center"\|0
2nd	Eagles	Tony Franklin 38-yard field goal	- align="center"\|17	- align="center"\|0
3rd	Eagles	Jerry Robinson 59-yard fumble return (Tony Franklin kick)	- align="center"\|24	- align="center"\|0

Week 12

Sunday, November 23, 1980 Kickoff 1:00 PM Eastern

Played at Veterans Stadium on an AstroTurf playing surface weather= 44°F (Cloudy & Drizzle)

	1	2	3	4	Total
– align="left"\|Oakland Raiders (8–4–0)	0	0	0	7	7
– align="left"\|Philadelphia Eagles (11–1–0)	0	0	3	7	10

		SCORING PLAYS	OAK	PHIL	TIME
3rd	Eagles	Tony Franklin 51-yard field goal	- align="center"\| 0	- align="center"\| 3
4th	Raiders	Cliff Branch 86-yard pass from Jim Plunkett (Chris Bahr kick)	- align="center"\| 7	- align="center"\| 3
	Eagles	Wilbert Montgomery 3-yard rush (Tony Franklin kick)	- align="center"\| 7	- align="center"\| 10

Week 13

Sunday, November 30, 1980 Kickoff 1:00 PM Pacific

Played at Jack Murphy Stadium on grass playing surface in 61F degrees with a 6 MPH wind

	1	2	3	4	Total
– align="left"\|Philadelphia Eagles (11–2–0)	0	0	7	14	21
– align="left"\|San Diego Chargers (9–4–0)	9	10	0	3	22

– align="center"\|		SCORING PLAYS	PHIL	SD	TIME
1st	Chargers	Kellen Winslow 14-yard pass from Dan Fouts (kick failed)	- align="center"\|0	- align="center"\| 6
	Chargers	Rolf Benirschke 34-yard field goal	- align="center"\|0	- align="center"\|9
2nd	Chargers	Kellen Winslow 17-yard pass from Dan Fouts (Rolf Benirschke kick)	- align="center"\|0	- align="center"\|16
	Chargers	Rolf Benirschke 45-yard field goal	- align="center"\|0	- align="center"\|19
3rd	Eagles	Wilbert Montgomery 1-yard rush (Tony Franklin kick)	- align="center"\|7	19
4th	Chargers	Rolf Benirschke 42-yard field goal	- align="center"\|7	- align="center"\|22
	Eagles	Keith Krepfle 16-yard pass from Ron Jaworski (Tony Franklin kick)	- align="center"\|14	- align="center"\|22
	Eagles	Wilbert Montgomery 11-yard pass from Ron Jaworski (Tony Franklin kick)	- align="center"\|21	- align="center"\|22

Week 14

Sunday, December 7, 1980 Kickoff 1:00 PM Eastern

Played at Veterans Stadium on AstroTurf playing surface weather= 55°F (Light Rain)

An Eagles win would be a step closer to NFC number 1 seed position

	1	2	3	4	Total
– align="left"\|Atlanta Falcons (11–3–0)	3	7	7	3	20
– align="left"\|Philadelphia Eagles (11–3–0)	0	14	0	3	17

		- align="center"\|SCORING PLAYS	- align="center"\|ATL	- align="center"\|PHIL	TIME
1st	Falcons	- align="Left"\| Tim Mazzetti 26-yard field goal	- align="center"\|3	- align="center"\| 0
2nd	Eagles	- align="left"\|Harold Carmichael 22-yard pass from Ron Jaworski (Tony Franklin kick)	- align="center"\|3	- align="center"\|7
	Eagles	- align="left"\|John Spagnola 15-yard pass from Louie Giammona (Tony Franklin kick)	- align="center"\|3	- align="center"\|14
	Falcons	- align="center"\|Wallace Francis 11-yard pass from Steve Bartkowski (Tim Mazzetti kick)	- align="center"\|10	- align="center"\|14
3rd	Falcons	- align="left"\|Lynn Cain 12-yard pass from Steve Bartkowski (Tim Mazzetti kick)	- align="center"\|17	- align="center"\|14
4th	Eagles	- align="left"\|Tony Franklin 40-yard field goal	- align="center"\|17	- align="center"\|17
	Falcons	- align="left"\|Tim Mazzetti 37-yard field goal	- align="center"\|20	- align="center"\|17

Week 15

Sunday, December 14, 1980 Kickoff 1:00 PM Eastern

Played at Veterans Stadium on an AstroTurf playing surface weather= 44°F (Sunny)

	1	2	3	4	Total
– align="left"\|St. Louis Cardinals (5–10–0)	0	0	0	3	3
– align="left"\|Philadelphia Eagles (12–3–0)	0	0	7	10	17

		- align="center"\|SCORING PLAYS	- align="center"\|St. L	- align="center"\| PHIL	- align="center"\|TIME
3rd	Eagles	- align="left"\|Wilbert Montgomery 9-yard rush (Tony Franklin kick)	7	0
4th	Eagles	- align="left"\|Tony Franklin 19-yard field goal	0	10
	Cardinals	- align="left"\|Neil O'Donoghue 25-yard field goal	3	10
	Eagles	- align="left"\|Louie Giammona 1-yard rush (Tony Franklin kick)	3	17

Week 16

Sunday, December 21, 1980 Kickoff 3:00 PM Central

Played at Texas Stadium on AstroTurf playing surface in 28F degrees with wind at 9 MPH, and a wind chill of 19F

Dallas needed to win game by 25 or more points to win NFC Eastern Division title by tie breaker rules.
Harold Carmichael's streak of games with a pass caught is stopped

	1	2	3	4	Total
– align="left"\|Philadelphia Eagles (12–4–0)	0	0	10	17	27
– align="left"\|Dallas Cowboys (12–4–0)	7	14	7	7	35

		- align="center"\|SCORING PLAYS	- align="center"\|PHIL	- align="center"\| DAL	TIME
1st	Cowboys	Danny White 1-yard rush (Rafael Septien kick)	- align="center"\|0	- align="center"\| 7
2nd	Cowboys	Tony Hill 36-yard pass from Danny White (Rafael Septien kick)	- align="center"\|0	- align="center"\| 14
	Cowboys	Preston Pearson 9-yard pass from Danny White (Rafael Septien kick)	- align="center"\|0	- align="center"\| 21
3rd	Eagles	Louie Giammona 1-yard rush (Tony Franklin kick)	- align="center"\|7	- align="center"\| 21
	Cowboys	Drew Pearson 11-yard pass from Danny White (Rafael Septien kick)	- align="center"\| 7	- align="center"\| 28
	Eagles	Tony Franklin 29-yard field goal	- align="center"\|10	- align="center"\| 28
4th	Cowboys	Billy Joe DuPree 15-yard pass from Danny White (Rafael Septien kick)	- align="center"\|10	- align="center"\|35
	Eagles	Rodney Parker 30-yard pass from Ron Jaworski (Tony Franklin kick)	- align="center"\|17	- align="center"\|35
	Eagles	Tony Franklin 19-yard field goal	- align="center"\|20	- align="center"\|35
	Eagles	Wilbert Montgomery 6-yard rush (Tony Franklin kick)	- align="center"\|27	- align="center"\|35

Standings

NFC East
	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
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

Veterans Stadium during the 1980 NFC Championship Game against the Dallas Cowboys, January 11, 1981.

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
Divisional	January 3, 1981	Minnesota Vikings	W 31–16	68,434
Conference Championship	January 11, 1981	Dallas Cowboys	W 20–7	70,696
Super Bowl	January 25, 1981	N Oakland Raiders	L 27–10	75,500

NFC Division Playoff

Saturday, January 3, 1981 Kickoff 1:00 PM Eastern

Played at Veterans Stadium on an AstroTurf playing surface weather= 26°F (Cloudy)

RK		1	2	3	4	Total
3	- align="left"\|Minnesota Vikings(9–7)	7	7	2	0	16
2	- align="left"\|Philadelphia Eagles (12–4)	0	7	14	10	31

		SCORING PLAYS	MINN	PHIL	TIME
1st	Vikings	Sammy White 30-yard pass from Tommy Kramer (Rick Danmeier kick)	7	0
2nd	Vikings	Ted Brown 1-yard rush (Rick Danmeier kick)	14	0
	Eagles	Harold Carmichael 9-yard pass from Ron Jaworski (Tony Franklin kick)	14	7
3rd	Eagles	Wilbert Montgomery 8-yard rush (Tony Franklin kick)	14	14
	Vikings	Safety, Martin and Blair tackled Jaworski in end zone	16	14
	Eagles	Wilbert Montgomery 5-yard rush (Tony Franklin kick)	16	21
4th	Eagles	Tony Franklin 33-yard field goal	16	24
	Eagles	Perry Harrington 2-yard rush (Tony Franklin kick)	16	31

NFC Championship

Sunday, January 11, 1981 Kickoff 12:30 PM Eastern

Played at Veterans Stadium on an AstroTurf playing surface weather= 17°F (Sunny)

RK		1	2	3	4	Total
3	- align="left"\|Dallas Cowboys(12–4–0)	0	7	0	0	7
2	- align="left"\|Philadelphia Eagles (12–4–0)	7	0	10	3	20

Record above is regular season record.

		SCORING PLAYS	DAL	PHIL	TIME
1st	Eagles	Wilbert Montgomery 42-yard rush (Tony Franklin kick)	- align="center"\|0	- align="center"\|7
2nd	Cowboys	Tony Dorsett 3-yard rush (Rafael Septien kick)	- align="center"\|7	- align="center"\|7
3rd	Eagles	Tony Franklin 26-yard field goal	- align="center"\|7	- align="center"\|10
	Eagles	Leroy Harris 9-yard rush (Tony Franklin kick)	- align="center"\|7	- align="center"\|17
4th	Eagles	Tony Franklin 20-yard field goal	– align="center"\|7	– align="center"\|20

Super Bowl XV

Sunday, January 25, 1981 Kickoff 5:00 PM Central

Played at the Louisiana Superdome on an AstroTurf playing surface in 72F degrees indoors

RK		1	2	3	4	Total
4 AFC	- align="left"\|Oakland Raiders (11–5–0)	14	0	10	3	27
2 NFC	- align="left"\|Philadelphia Eagles (12–4–0)	0	3	0	7	10

		SCORING PLAYS	OAK	PHIL	TIME
1st	Raiders	Cliff Branch 2-yard pass from Jim Plunkett (Chris Bahr kick)	- align="center"\| 7	- align="center"\| 0
	Raiders	Kenny King 80-yard pass from Jim Plunkett (Chris Bahr kick)	- align="center"\| 14	- align="center"\| 0
2nd	Eagles	Tony Franklin 30-yard field goal	- align="center"\| 14	- align="center"\| 3
3rd	Raiders	Cliff Branch 29-yard pass from Jim Plunkett (Chris Bahr kick)	- align="center"\| 21	- align="center"\| 3
	Raiders	Chris Bahr 46-yard field goal	- align="center"\| 24	- align="center"\| 3
4th	Eagles	Keith Krepfle 8-yard pass from Ron Jaworski (Tony Franklin kick)	- align="center"\| 24	- align="center"\| 10
	Raiders	Chris Bahr 35-yard field goal	- align="center"\| 27	- align="center"\| 10

Awards and Honors

Ron Jaworski, Bert Bell Award^[3]

References

↑ "1980 Philadelphia Eagles starters and roster". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 10, 2014.
↑ http://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/phi/1972.htm
↑ http://www.maxwellfootballclub.org/content/awards/bell/past_bell.htm

External links

1980 Philadelphia Eagles at Pro-Football-Reference.com

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1980 NFL season

East	Central	West	East	Central	West
Baltimore	Cincinnati	Denver	Dallas	Chicago	Atlanta
Buffalo	Cleveland	Kansas City	NY Giants	Detroit	Los Angeles
Miami	Houston	Oakland	Philadelphia	Green Bay	New Orleans
New England	Pittsburgh	San Diego	St. Louis	Minnesota	San Francisco
NY Jets		Seattle	Washington	Tampa Bay

		- align="center"\|SCORING PLAYS	- align="center"\|PHIL	- align="center"\| MINN
1st	Eagles	- align="left"\|Leroy Harris 2-yard rush (Tony Franklin kick)	- align="center"\|7	- align="center"\| 0
	Eagles	- align="left"\|Wilbert Montgomery 72-yard rush (Tony Franklin kick)	- align="center"\|14	- align="center"\|0
2nd	Vikings	- align="left"\|Ahmad Rashad 16-yard pass from Tommy Kramer (Rick Danmeier kick)	- align="center"\|14	- align="center"\|7
3rd	Eagles	- align="left"\|Leroy Harris 4-yard rush (Tony Franklin kick)	- align="center"\|21	- align="center"\|7
	Eagles	- align="left"\|Wilbert Montgomery 1-yard rush (Tony Franklin kick)	- align="center"\|28	- align="center"\|7
4th	Eagles	- align="left"\|Scott Fitzkee 45-yard pass from Ron Jaworski (Tony Franklin kick)	- align="center"\|35	- align="center"\|7
	Eagles	- align="left"\|Harold Carmichael 13-yard pass from Ron Jaworski (Tony Franklin kick)	- align="center"\|42	- align="center"\|7

		- align="center"\|SCORING PLAYS	- align="center"\|NYG	- align="center"\|PHIL	TIME
1st	Giants	- align="Left"\| Joe Danelo 50-yard field goal	- align="center"\|3	- align="center"\| 0
	Eagles	- align="left"\|Wilbert Montgomery 3-yard pass from Ron Jaworski (Tony Franklin kick)	- align="center"\|3	-align="center"\|7
2nd	Eagles	- align="left"\|Harold Carmichael 22-yard pass from Ron Jaworski (Tony Franklin kick)	-align="center"\|3	-align="center"\|14
	Eagles	- align="left"\|Leroy Harris 2-yard rush (Tony Franklin kick)	-align="center"\|3	-align="center"\|21
3rd	Eagles	- align="left"\|Charlie A. Smith 12-yard pass from Ron Jaworski (Tony Franklin kick)	-align="center"\|3	-align="center"\|28
4th	Eagles	- align="left"\|Wilbert Montgomery 1-yard rush (Tony Franklin kick)	- align="center"\|3	-align="center"\|35

		- align="center"\|SCORING PLAYS	- align="center"\|ATL	- align="center"\|PHIL	TIME
1st	Falcons	- align="Left"\| Tim Mazzetti 26-yard field goal	- align="center"\|3	- align="center"\| 0
2nd	Eagles	- align="left"\|Harold Carmichael 22-yard pass from Ron Jaworski (Tony Franklin kick)	- align="center"\|3	- align="center"\|7
	Eagles	- align="left"\|John Spagnola 15-yard pass from Louie Giammona (Tony Franklin kick)	- align="center"\|3	- align="center"\|14
	Falcons	- align="center"\|Wallace Francis 11-yard pass from Steve Bartkowski (Tim Mazzetti kick)	- align="center"\|10	- align="center"\|14
3rd	Falcons	- align="left"\|Lynn Cain 12-yard pass from Steve Bartkowski (Tim Mazzetti kick)	- align="center"\|17	- align="center"\|14
4th	Eagles	- align="left"\|Tony Franklin 40-yard field goal	- align="center"\|17	- align="center"\|17
	Falcons	- align="left"\|Tim Mazzetti 37-yard field goal	- align="center"\|20	- align="center"\|17