1980 Washington Redskins

1980 Washington Redskins season
Head Coach	Jack Pardee
Home Field	RFK Stadium
Results
Record	6-10
Place	3rd NFC East
Playoff Finish	did not qualify
Timeline
Previous Season	Next Season
1979	1981

The 1980 Washington Redskins began with the team trying to improve on their 10-6 record from 1979. This was Jack Pardee's last season as Head Coach.

Offseason

NFL Draft

• Main article: 1980 NFL Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/Club Team

Personnel

Staff

1980 Washington Redskins final staff
	Front Office Chairman of the Board/Chief Executive Officer – Jack Kent Cooke President – Edward Bennett Williams General Manager – Bobby Beathard Executive Assistant to the President – Bobby Mitchell Assistant General Manager – Joel Margolis Assistant General Manager – Dick Meyers Director of Player Personnel – Mike Allman Director of Pro Scouting – Kirk Mee Director of College Scouting – Dick Daniels Personnel Scouts – Charley Casserly, Charley Taylor Head Coaches Head Coach – Jack Pardee Special Assistant to Head Coach – Bob Bowser Offensive Coaches Offensive Coordinator – Joe Walton Running Backs – Fred O'Connor Tight Ends – John Hilton Offensive Line – Ray Callahan			Defensive Coaches Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Line – Doc Urich Linebackers – George Dickson Defensive Secondary – Richie Petitbon Special Teams Coaches Special Teams – John Hilton

Roster

1980 Washington Redskins roster
	Quarterbacks 15 Mike Kruczek 11 Kim McQuilken  7 Joe Theismann Running backs 35 Rickey Claitt 30 Ike Forte 34 Bobby Hammond 22 Buddy Hardeman 38 Clarence Harmon 40 Wilbur Jackson Wide receivers 89 Kenny Harrison 84 Zion McKinney 81 Art Monk 83 Ricky Thompson Tight ends 88 Rick Walker 85 Don Warren		Offensive linemen 53 Jeff Bostic C 75 Terry Hermeling T 54 Bob Kuziel C 62 Dan Nugent G 56 Dan Peiffer C 64 Ron Saul G 67 Jerry Scanlan T 74 George Starke T 73 Jeff Williams G Defensive linemen 79 Coy Bacon DE 65 Dave Butz DT 82 Dallas Hickman DE/OLB 77 Joe Jones DE 71 Karl Lorch DE 78 Paul Smith DT 72 Diron Talbert DT		Linebackers 51 Monte Coleman OLB 59 Brad Dusek OLB 57 Rich Milot MLB 52 Neal Olkewicz MLB 50 Pete Wysocki OLB Defensive backs Special teams 10 Mike Connell P  3 Mark Moseley K		Reserve lists -- Farley Bell LB (Left Squad) 69 Perry Brooks DT (IR) 63 Fred Dean T/G (IR) 86 Phil DuBois TE (IR) —- Mike Gibbons T (IR) 61 Melvin Jones G (IR) 80 John McDaniel WR (IR) 76 Mat Mendenhall DE (IR) 78 Pat Ogrin DT (IR) 44 John Riggins RB (Left Squad) 47 Ray Waddy CB (IR) 31 Lewis Walker RB (IR) Practice/Taxi Squad Rookies in italics

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	September 8, 1980	Dallas Cowboys	L 17-3	55,045
2	September 18, 1980	at New York Giants	W 23-21	73,343
3	September 21, 1980	at Oakland Raiders	L 24-21	45,163
4	September 28, 1980	Seattle Seahawks	L 14-0	53,263
5	October 5, 1980	at Philadelphia Eagles	L 24-14	69,044
6	October 13, 1980	at Denver Broncos	L 20-17	74,657
7	October 19, 1980	St. Louis Cardinals	W 23-0	51,060
8	October 26, 1980	New Orleans Saints	W 22-14	51,375
9	November 2, 1980	Minnesota Vikings	L 39-14	52,060
10	November 9, 1980	at Chicago Bears	L 35-21	57,159
11	November 16, 1980	Philadelphia Eagles	L 24-0	51,897
12	November 23, 1980	at Dallas Cowboys	L 14-10	58,809
13	November 30, 1980	at Atlanta Falcons	L 10-6	55,665
14	December 7, 1980	San Diego Chargers	W 40-17	48,556
15	December 13, 1980	New York Giants	W 16-13	44,443
16	December 21, 1980	at St. Louis Cardinals	W 31-7	35,942

Standings

NFC East
	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	STK
Philadelphia Eagles	12	4	0	.750	384	222	L-1
Dallas Cowboys	12	4	0	.750	454	311	W-1
Washington Redskins	6	10	0	.375	261	293	W-3
St. Louis Cardinals	5	11	0	.313	299	350	L-2
New York Giants	4	12	0	.250	249	425	L-2

External links

• 1980 Washington Redskins season article at Wikipedia
• 1980 Washington Redskins at Pro-Football-Reference.com