1980 Green Bay Packers

1980 Green Bay Packers season
Head Coach	Bart Starr
Home Field	Lambeau Field Milwaukee County Stadium
Results
Record	5–10–1
Place	5th NFC Central
Playoff Finish	did not qualify
Timeline
Previous Season	Next Season
1979	1981

The 1980 Green Bay Packers season was their 60th 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	DB	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/Coaches

1980 Green Bay Packers final 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

Roster

1980 Green Bay Packers roster
	Quarterbacks 12 Lynn Dickey 19 Steve Pisarkiewicz 10 Bill Troup 17 David Whitehurst Running backs 44 Vickey Ray Anderson 32 Steve Atkins 31 Gerry Ellis 25 Harlan Huckleby 40 Eddie Lee Ivery 34 Terdell Middleton Wide receivers 88 Ron Cassidy 85 Bobby Kimball 80 James Lofton 84 Fred Nixon 89 Aundra Thompson Tight ends 82 Paul Coffman 87 Bill Larson 83 John Thompson		Offensive linemen 62 Buddy Aydelette T 74 Ken Brown C 57 Derrel Gofourth 69 Leotis Harris 71 Melvin Jackson 64 Syd Kitson G 68 Greg Koch T 54 Larry McCarren C 76 Tim Stokes T 67 Karl Swanke T 65 Mike Wellman C Defensive linemen 77 Mike Butler DE 92 Rich Dimler DT 99 Charlie Johnson DT 90 Ezra Johnson DE 63 Terry Jones DT 72 Kit Lathrop DT 66 Mike Lewis DT 78 Casey Merrill DE		Linebackers 60 Kurt Allerman 59 John Anderson 58 Bruce Beekley 65 Brian Cabral 52 George Cumby 53 Mike Douglass 51 Jim Gueno 55 Mike Hunt 56 Ed O'Neil 70 Paul Rudzinski Defensive backs 24 Johnnie Gray 38 Estus Hood CB 21 Mike Jolly 22 Mark Lee CB 46 Steve Luke 29 Mike McCoy 20 Wylie Turner Special teams 11 David Beverly P 16 Tom Birney K 10 Jan Stenerud K		Reserve lists 55 Mike Hunt LB (IR) 79 Mark Koncar T (IR) 13 Chester Marcol K (IR) 33 Barty Smith RB (IR) Practice/Taxi Squad Rookies in italics

Regular season

Another Bad Season for Green Bay

Before the 1980 season even began, it seemed first-round draft pick Bruce Clark had the right idea when he bolted directly for the Canadian Football League, never playing a down for the Packers. 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.

Schedule

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

Standings

Template:1980 NFC Central standings

Game summaries

Week 2: Detroit Lions

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1 2 3 4 Total Lions 3 13 6 7 29 Packers 0 7 0 0 7 at Milwaukee County Stadium, Milwaukee, WI Date: September 14 Game time: 1:00 p.m. Game weather: 64°F, wind 14 mph Box Score Game information Passing Lynn Dickey 16/30, 174 yards, INT Rushing Eddie Lee Ivery 10-31, Steve Atkins 10-11, Harlan Huckleby 1-9, Gerry Ellis 1-5, Aundra Thompson 1-3 Receiving James Lofton 4-73, Aundra Thompson 4-47, Paul Coffman 2-27, Eddie Lee Ivery 4-23, Gerry Ellis 1-16, Ron Cassidy 1-13, Harlan Huckleby 2-9 Defense Mike Jolly INT

Scoring summary

Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP Lions Packers 1 Lions 32-yard field goal by Eddie Murray 3 0 2 Lions 39-yard field goal by Eddie Murray 6 0 2 Packers Eddie Lee Ivery 5-yard touchdown run, Chester Marcol kick good 6 7 2 Lions Billy Sims 1-yard touchdown run, Eddie Murray kick good 13 7 2 Lions 43-yard field goal by Eddie Murray 16 7 3 Lions 42-yard field goal by Eddie Murray 19 7 3 Lions 23-yard field goal by Eddie Murray 22 7 4 Lions Billy Sims 87-yard touchdown reception from Gary Danielson, Eddie Murray kick good 29 7 "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 29 7

Awards and records

Hall of Famers

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

External links

• 1980 Green Bay Packers season article at Wikipedia