| 1980 Pro Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 27, 1980 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, Hawaii | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Chuck Muncie (New Orleans Saints) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Referee | Dick Jorgensen | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 48,060 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ABC | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Al Michaels, Howard Cosell and Fran Tarkenton | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1980 Pro Bowl was the NFL's 30th annual all-star game which featured the outstanding performers from the 1979 season. The game was played on Sunday, January 27, 1980, at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii before 48,060 fans.[1] The final score was NFC 37, AFC 27.[2]
Don Coryell of the San Diego Chargers lead the AFC team against an NFC team coached by Dallas Cowboys head coach Tom Landry.[1] The referee was Dick Jorgensen.[1]
Chuck Muncie of the New Orleans Saints was named the game's Most Valuable Player.[2] Players on the winning NFC team received $5,000 apiece while the AFC participants each took home $2,500.[3]
This was the first of thirty consecutive Pro Bowls played in Honolulu. It also marked a return to the game being played on a Sunday.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "1980 Pro Bowl game book" (PDF). NFL Game Statistics & Information. National Football League. Archived from the original on January 30, 2012. http://www.webcitation.org/655Wou17a. Retrieved January 30, 2012.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Bradshaw fizzles while NFC sizzles". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. AP: p. 15. January 28, 1980. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=WZ5RAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rG0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=3437%2C3707763. Retrieved January 17, 2012.
- ↑ "NFL Pro Bowl history". CBSSports.com. Archived from the original on January 16, 2012. http://www.webcitation.org/64jzqxRdL. Retrieved January 30, 2012.
External links[]
- "1980 Pro Bowl players". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on January 30, 2012. http://www.webcitation.org/655WwkBKE. Retrieved January 30, 2012.
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