1980 Philadelphia Eagles season

The 1980 Philadelphia Eagles season resulted in an appearance in the Super Bowl.

Offseason
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.

1980 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 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 the this year's draft.

The draft began with first overall pick of 1978 Heisman Trophy winner, as a Jr. in college, Billy Sims, Running Back from University of Oklahoma, by the Detroit Lions.

Player Selections
The table shows the Eagles selections and what picks they had that were traded away and the team that ended up with that pick. It is possible the Eagles' pick ended up with this team via another trade the Eagles made. Not shown are acquired picks that the Eagles traded away.

Pre-Season
The Eagle would hold training camp at West Chester University in West Chester, Pennsylvania

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

Game Recaps
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.

Week 1
Sunday, September 7, 1980 Kickoff 4:00 PM Eastern

Played at Veterans Stadium grass in 76F degrees with a 11 MPH wind

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

Week 3
Monday, September 22, 1980 Kickoff 9:00 PM Eastern

Played at Veterans Stadium on AstroTurf playing surface in 79F degrees with a 8 MPH wind

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

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

Played at Veterans Stadium on an AstroTurf playing surface in 54F degrees with a 6 MPH wind

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

Week 7
Sunday, October 19, 1980 Kickoff 1:00 PM Eastern

Played at Veterans Stadium on an AstroTurf playing surface in 61F degrees with a 9 MPH wind

Week 8
Sunday, October 26, 1980 Kickoff 4:00 PM Eastern

Played at Veterans Stadium on an AstroTurf playing surface in 45F degrees with a 21 MPH wind

Week 9
Sunday, October 26, 1980 Kickoff 1:00 PM Pacific

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

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.

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

Week 12
Sunday, November 23, 1980 Kickoff 1:00 PM Eastern

Played at Veterans Stadium on an AstroTurf playing surface in 37F degrees with a 5 MPH wind

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

Week 14
Sunday, December 7, 1980 Kickoff 1:00 PM Eastern

Played at Veterans Stadium on AstroTurf playing surface in 46F degrees with a 7 MPH wind
 * An Eagles win would be a step closer to NFC number 1 seed position

Week 15
Sunday, December 14, 1980 Kickoff 1:00 PM Eastern

Played at Veterans Stadium on an AstroTurf playing surface in 34F degrees with a 15 MPH wind and a wind chill of 24

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

NFC Division Playoff
Sunday, November 23, 1980 Kickoff 1:00 PM Eastern

Played at Veterans Stadium on an AstroTurf playing surface in 24F degrees with a 10 MPH wind with a wind chill of 14F

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

Played at Veterans Stadium on an AstroTurf playing surface in 11F degrees with a 12 MPH wind with a wind chill of −3.

Record above is regular season record.

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

1980 Roster
(All time List of Philadelphia Eagles players in franchise history)

Awards and Honors

 * Ron Jaworski, Bert Bell Award