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 (the best finish in the Vermeil era) 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 27–10. 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.

After going 11–5 in the 1979 season and making the playoffs as a wildcard team, the Eagles found themselves looking to improve in 1980 through the NFL Draft.

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 consisted of 12 rounds over two days. ESPN covered all 12 rounds live for the first time.

The Philadelphia Eagles had the 23rd to 25th pick in each of the 12 rounds. The Eagles drafted 10 players.

1980 Philadelphia Eagles Draft
Round	Selection	Player	Position	College
1	23	Roynell Young	DB	Alcorn State University
2	53	Perry Harrington	RB	Jackson State University
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
	302	Thomas Brown	DE	Baylor University
12	329	Howard Fields	DB	Baylor

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

1980 Philadelphia Eagles roster

Quarterbacks (QB) 16 Rob Hertel  7 Ron Jaworski  9 Joe Pisarcik Running backs (RB) 37 Billy Campfield KR 33 Louie Giammona 35 Perry Harrington FB 20 Leroy Harris FB 31 Wilbert Montgomery 39 Bob Torrey Wide receivers (WR) 80 Luther Blue 17 Harold Carmichael 81 Scott Fitzkee 89 Wally Henry 83 Rodney Parker 85 Charlie Smith Tight ends (TE) 84 Keith Krepfle 88 John Spagnola

Offensive linemen (OL) 63 Ron Baker G 73 Steve Kenney T 50 Guy Morriss C 69 Woody Peoples G 62 Petey Perot G 76 Jerry Sisemore T 61 Mark Slater C 75 Stan Walters T Defensive linemen (DL) 97 Thomas Brown DE 71 Ken Clarke NT 78 Carl Hairston DE 68 Dennis Harrison DE 87 Claude Humphrey DE 65 Charlie Johnson NT

Linebackers (LB) 66 Bill Bergey ILB 95 John Bunting OLB 59 Al Chesley ILB 57 Mike Curcio OLB 55 Frank LeMaster ILB 52 Ray Phillips OLB 56 Jerry Robinson OLB 51 Reggie Wilkes OLB Defensive backs (DB) 27 Richard Blackmore CB 46 Herman Edwards CB 24 Zac Henderson DB 41 Randy Logan SS 21 John Sciarra 22 Brenard Wilson FS 43 Roynell Young CB Special teams  1 Tony Franklin K  4 Max Runager P

Reserve 86 Ken Dunek TE (IR) 30 Mike Hogan RB (IR) -- Ray Sydnor TE (IR) 42 Steve Wagner S (IR) -- Terrell Ward DB (IR) Rookies in italics

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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

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

Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

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1 2 3 4 Total Broncos 0 0 6 0 6 • Eagles 7 13 0 7 27 Date: September 7 Location: Veterans Stadium Game start: 4:00 p.m. EST Game attendance: 70,307 Game weather: Partly cloudy; 82 °F (28 °C) Referee: Chuck Heberling

1 2 3 4 Total • Eagles 14 0 14 14 42 Vikings 0 7 0 0 7 Date: September 14 Location: Metropolitan Stadium Game start: 1:00 p.m. EST Game attendance: 46,460 Game weather: Rain, 57 °F (14 °C); wind 12 mph (19 km/h) Referee: Red Cashion TV announcers (CBS): Vin Scully and George Allen

1 2 3 4 Total Giants 3 0 0 0 3 • Eagles 7 14 7 7 35 Date: September 22 Location: Veterans Stadium Game start: 9:00 p.m. EST Game attendance: 70,767 Game weather: Partly cloudy; 78 °F (26 °C) Referee: Bob Frederic TV announcers (ABC): Howard Cosell, Frank Gifford and Fran Tarkenton

1 2 3 4 Total Eagles 0 7 0 7 14 • Cardinals 7 3 7 7 24 Date: September 28 Location: Busch Stadium Game start: 1:00 p.m. EST Game attendance: 49,079 Game weather: 63 °F (17 °C); wind 7 mph (11 km/h) Referee: Gordon McCarter TV announcers (CBS): Gary Bender and John Madden

1 2 3 4 Total Redskins 7 0 0 7 14 • Eagles 7 14 3 0 24 Date: October 5 Location: Veterans Stadium Game start: 1:00 p.m. EST Game attendance: 69,044 Game weather: Cloudy; 61 °F (16 °C) Referee: Pat Haggerty TV announcers (CBS): Gary Bender and John Madden

1 2 3 4 Total • Eagles 0 3 14 14 31 Giants 7 9 0 0 16 Date: October 12 Location: Giants Stadium Game start: 1:00 p.m. EST Game attendance: 71,051 Game weather: 57 °F (14 °C); wind 16 mph (26 km/h) Referee: Gene Barth TV announcers (CBS): Vin Scully and George Allen

1 2 3 4 Total Cowboys 7 3 0 0 10 • Eagles 0 10 0 7 17 Date: October 19 Location: Veterans Stadium Game start: 1:00 p.m. EST Game attendance: 70,696 Game weather: Sunny; 69 °F (21 °C) Referee: Cal Lepore TV announcers (CBS): Pat Summerall and Tom Brookshier

1 2 3 4 Total Bears 0 0 14 0 14 • Eagles 7 0 7 3 17 Date: October 26 Location: Veterans Stadium Game start: 4:00 p.m. EST Game attendance: 68,752 Game weather: Cloudy; 46 °F (8 °C) Referee: Red Cashion TV announcers (CBS): Pat Summerall and Tom Brookshier

1 2 3 4 Total • Eagles 0 7 10 10 27 Seahawks 6 0 7 7 20 Date: November 2 Location: Kingdome Game start: 4:00 p.m. EST Game attendance: 61,047 Game weather: Indoors (dome) Referee: Jerry Markbreit TV announcers (CBS): Gary Bender and John Madden

1 2 3 4 Total • Eagles 0 17 7 10 34 Saints 7 7 7 0 21 Date: November 9 Location: Louisiana Superdome Game start: 4:00 p.m. EST Game attendance: 44,340 Game weather: Indoors (dome) Referee: Gordon McCarter TV announcers (CBS): Curt Gowdy and Hank Stram

1 2 3 4 Total • Eagles 14 3 7 0 24 Redskins 0 0 0 0 0 Date: November 16 Location: RFK Stadium Game start: 1:00 p.m. EST Game attendance: 51,897 Game weather: 45 °F (7 °C); wind 16 mph (26 km/h) Referee: Jerry Seeman TV announcers (CBS): Gary Bender and John Madden

1 2 3 4 Total Raiders 0 0 0 7 7 • Eagles 0 0 3 7 10 Date: November 23 Location: Veterans Stadium Game start: 1:00 p.m. EST Game attendance: 68,535 Game weather: Cloudy; 44 °F (7 °C) Referee: Jim Tunney TV announcers (NBC): Dick Enberg and Bob Trumpy

1 2 3 4 Total Eagles 0 0 7 14 21 • Chargers 9 10 0 3 22 Date: November 30 Location: Jack Murphy Stadium Game start: 4:00 p.m. EST Game attendance: 51,567 Game weather: 61 °F (16 °C); wind 6 mph (9.7 km/h) Referee: Chuck Heberling TV announcers (CBS): Curt Gowdy and Hank Stram

1 2 3 4 Total • Falcons 3 7 7 3 20 Eagles 0 14 0 3 17 Date: December 7 Location: Veterans Stadium Game start: 1:00 p.m. EST Game attendance: 70,205 Game weather: Light rain; 55 °F (13 °C) Referee: Pat Haggerty

1 2 3 4 Total Cardinals 0 0 0 3 3 • Eagles 0 0 7 10 17 Date: December 14 Location: Veterans Stadium Game start: 1:00 p.m. EST Game attendance: 68,969 Game weather: Sunny; 44 °F (7 °C) Referee: Bob Frederic TV announcers (CBS): Vin Scully and George Allen

1 2 3 4 Total Eagles 0 0 10 17 27 • Cowboys 7 14 7 7 35 Date: December 21 Location: Texas Stadium Game start: 4:00 p.m. EST Game attendance: 62,548 Game weather: 28 °F (−2 °C); wind 9 mph (14 km/h) Referee: Dick Jorgensen TV announcers (CBS): Pat Summerall and Tom Brookshier

• 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).

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

Round	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Location	Attendance
Divisional	January 3, 1981	Minnesota Vikings	W 31–16	1–0	Veterans Stadium	68,434
Conference Championship	January 11, 1981	Dallas Cowboys	W 20–7	2–0	Veterans Stadium	70,696
Super Bowl	January 25, 1981	Oakland Raiders	L 27–10	2–1	Louisiana Superdome	75,500

1 2 3 4 Total Vikings 7 7 2 0 16 • Eagles 0 7 14 10 31 Date: January 3 Location: Veterans Stadium Game start: 1:00 p.m. EST Game attendance: 68,434 Game weather: Cloudy; 26 °F (−3 °C) Referee: Jim Tunney

Scoring summary

Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP DAL PHI 1 Eagles Montgomery 42-yard touchdown run, Franklin kick good 0 7 2 Cowboys Dorsett 3-yard touchdown run, Septien kick good 7 7 3 Eagles 26-yard field goal by Franklin 7 10 3 Eagles Harris 9-yard touchdown run, Franklin kick good 7 17 4 Eagles 20-yard field goal by Franklin 7 20 "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 7 20

1 2 3 4 Total • Raiders 14 0 10 3 27 Eagles 0 3 0 7 10 Date: January 25 Location: Louisiana Superdome Game start: 6:00 p.m. EST Game attendance: 75,500 Game weather: Indoors (dome) Referee: Ben Dreith TV announcers (NBC): Dick Enberg, Merlin Olsen

• Ron Jaworski, Bert Bell Award^[3]

• 1980 Philadelphia Eagles at Pro-Football-Reference.com