1980 Green Bay Packers season

1980 Green Bay Packers season
Head coach	Bart Starr
Home field	Lambeau Field Milwaukee County Stadium
Results
Record	5–10–1
Division place	5th NFC Central
Playoff finish	did not qualify

The 1980 Green Bay Packers season was their 61st season in the National Football League. The club posted a 5–10–1 record under coach Bart Starr, earning them a fourth-place finish in the NFC Central division.

Offseason

NFL Draft

Main article: 1980 NFL Draft

1980 Packers Draft Selections
Round	Overall	Player	Position	College
1	4	Bruce Clark	DT	Penn State
1	26	George Cumby	LB	Oklahoma
2	34	Mark Lee	CB	Washington
3	61	Syd Kitson	G	Wake Forest
4	87	Fred Nixon	WR	Oklahoma
6	143	Karl Swanke	OT	Boston College
7	169	Buddy Aydelette	OT	Alabama
8	199	Tim Smith	DB	Oregon State
9	195	Kelly Saalfeld	C	Nebraska
10	253	Jafus White	DB	Texas A&I
12	310	James Stewart	DB	Memphis

Players highlighted in yellow indicate players selected to the Pro Bowl during their NFL career.

Personnel

Staff

1980 Green Bay Packers staff

Front office

President – Dominic Olejniczak
Vice President – Robert J. Parins
Corporate General Manager – Bob Harlan
Director of Player Personnel – Dick Corrick

Head coaches

Head Coach – Bart Starr

Offensive coaches

Quarterbacks/Offensive Backs – Zeke Bratkowski
Receivers – Lew Carpenter
Offensive Line – Ernie McMillan
Assistant Offensive Line – Tom Lovat
Special Assistant – Dick Rehbein

Defensive coaches

Defensive Coordinator – John Meyer
Defensive Line – Jim Champion
Defensive Line – Fred von Appen
Linebackers – John Marshall
Defensive Backs – Ross Fichtner

Special teams coaches

Special Teams – John Marshall

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Regular season

Another Bad Season for Green Bay

Before the 1980 season even began, first-round draft pick Bruce Clark bolted directly for the Canadian Football League, never playing a down for the Packers. He forced a trade to the New Orleans Saints upon returning to the United States.

Green Bay regrouped and started strong by outlasting the Chicago Bears in an overtime thriller in the season opener. But with 27 players on injured reserved during the course of the year, the team was unable to replenish its roster and Green Bay suffered their 7th losing season in 8 years.

The season hit rock bottom in the rematch with the Bears. Exactly three months after the opener at Lambeau Field, Chicago exacted revenge by embarrassing its archrival 61-7 at Soldier Field.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Result	Score	Record	Venue	Attendance
09/07/1980	Chicago Bears	W	12–6 (OT)	1–0–0	Lambeau Field	54,381
09/14/1980	Detroit Lions	L	29–7	1–1–0	Milwaukee County Stadium	53,099
09/21/1980	at Los Angeles Rams	L	51–21	1–2–0	Anaheim Stadium	63,850
09/28/1980	Dallas Cowboys	L	28–7	1–3–0	Milwaukee County Stadium	54,776
10/05/1980	Cincinnati Bengals	W	14–9	2–3–0	Lambeau Field	55,006
10/12/1980	at Tampa Bay Buccaneers	T	14–14 (OT)	2–3–1	Tampa Stadium	64,854
10/19/1980	at Cleveland Browns	L	26–21	2–4–1	Cleveland Stadium	75,548
10/26/1980	Minnesota Vikings	W	16–3	3–4–1	Lambeau Field	56,191
11/02/1980	at Pittsburgh Steelers	L	22–20	3–5–1	Three Rivers Stadium	52,165
11/09/1980	San Francisco 49ers	W	23–16	4–5–1	Milwaukee County Stadium	54,475
11/16/1980	at New York Giants	L	27–21	4–6–1	Giants Stadium	76,609
11/23/1980	at Minnesota Vikings	W	25–13	5–6–1	Metropolitan Stadium	47,234
11/30/1980	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	L	20–17	5–7–1	Milwaukee County Stadium	54,225
12/07/1980	at Chicago Bears	L	61–7	5–8–1	Soldier Field	57,176
12/14/1980	Houston Oilers	L	22–3	5–9–1	Lambeau Field	53,201
12/21/1980	at Detroit Lions	L	24–3	5–10–1	Pontiac Silverdome	75,111

Standings

NFC Central
	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Minnesota Vikings⁽³⁾	9	7	0	.563	5–3	8–4	317	308	L1
Detroit Lions	9	7	0	.563	5–3	9–5	334	272	W2
Chicago Bears	7	9	0	.438	5–3	7–5	304	264	W1
Tampa Bay Buccaneers	5	10	1	.344	1–6–1	4–7–1	271	341	L3
Green Bay Packers	5	10	1	.344	3–4–1	4–7–1	231	371	L4

Game summaries

Week 2: Detroit Lions

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lions	3	13	6	7	29
Packers	0	7	0	0	7

Awards and records

Hall of Famers

In 1980 Packer great Herb Adderley was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame

References

↑ "All Time Coaches Database". Packers.com. Retrieved February 22, 2011.

Green Bay Packers

Founded in 1919 Based and headquartered in Green Bay, Wisconsin

Franchise	Franchise Team history Green Bay Packers, Inc. Board of Directors

Records	Seasons Coaches Players A–D E–K L–R S–Z Starting quarterbacks Pro Football Hall of Famers Retired numbers First-round draft picks Records Pro Bowlers Stadiums

Stadiums	Hagemeister Park Bellevue Park City Stadium Borchert Field Wisconsin State Fair Park Marquette Stadium Milwaukee County Stadium Lambeau Field

Training Facilities	Don Hutson Center Clarke Hinkle Field Ray Nitschke Field St. Norbert College (training camp) Rockwood Lodge (former)

Culture	Cheesehead Lambeau Leap Hall of Fame Packers Fan Hall of Fame "Bang the Drum All Day" Cheerleaders Fight song Lumberjack Band Pigskin Champions Vernon Biever Hungry Five George Whitney Calhoun The Dope Sheet Curly Lambeau Vince Lombardi Ron Wolf Lombardi Pitch Perfect 2 Packers Heritage Trail Packers Pro Shop

Lore	Dolly Gray impostor The Ice Bowl The Snow Bowl Instant Replay Game 4th and 26 Fail Mary Miracle in Motown

Division championships (22)	1936 1938 1939 1944 1960 1961 1962 1965 1966 1967 1972 1995 1996 1997 2002 2003 2004 2007 2011 2012 2013 2014

Conference championships (9)	1960 1961 1962 1965 1966 1967 1996 1997 2010

League championships (13^†)	1929 1930 1931 1936 1939 1944 1961 1962 1965 1966 (I) 1967 (II) 1996 (XXXI) 2010 (XLV) ^† does not include 1966 or 1967 NFL championships

Retired numbers	3 4 14 15 66 92

Rivalries	Chicago Bears Detroit Lions Minnesota Vikings

Broadcasters	Radio: Packers Radio Network WTMJ WKTI-HD2 WIXX WTAQ Television (pre-season & official in-season team programming): WGBA-TV WTMJ-TV Personnel: Wayne Larrivee (play-by-play) Larry McCarren (color/analysis)

Current league affiliations	League: National Football League (1921–present) Conference: National Football Conference Division: North Division

Seasons (97)	1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Championship seasons in bold

Green Bay Packers seasons

1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Bold indicates NFL Championship or Super Bowl victory Italics indicates NFL Championship or Super Bowl appearance

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

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