1980 Philadelphia Eagles season


The 1980 Philadelphia Eagles season was the team's 48th season in the National Football League. 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. The 1980 NFC Championship long stood as the proudest moment in Eagles history in the Super Bowl era until Super Bowl LII 38 years later.

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.
RoundPickPlayerPositionSchool
123Roynell YoungDBAlcorn State University
253Perry HarringtonRBJackson State University
3Traded Pick
4Traded Pick
5135Nate RiversWRSouth Carolina State
6161Greg MurthaTUniversity of Minnesota
7188Terrell WardDBSan Diego State
8218Mike CurcioLBTemple University
9245Bob HarrisTBowling Green
11298Lee JukesWRNorth Carolina State
11302Thomas BrownDEBaylor University
12329Howard FieldsDBBaylor

Personnel

Staff

Roster

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.

Game summaries

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

Week 5

Week 6

Week 7

Week 8

Week 9

Week 10

Week 11

Week 12

Week 13

Week 14

Week 15

Week 16

Playoffs

Divisional

Conference Championship

Super Bowl

Awards and honors