1980 Los Angeles Rams season
1980 Los Angeles Rams season | |
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Owner | Anaheim Stadium |
Results | |
Record | 11–5 |
Division place | 2nd NFC West |
Playoff finish | Lost Wild Card Playoffs (at Cowboys) 13–34 |
The
Offseason
NFL Draft
1980 Los Angeles Rams draft | |||||
Round | Pick | Player | Position | College | Notes |
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1 | 17 | Johnnie Johnson | Safety
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Texas | |
2 | 50 | Irv Pankey | Tackle
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Penn State | |
3 | 58 | Jewerl Thomas | Running back | San Jose State | |
3 | 70 | LeRoy Irvin | Cornerback | Kansas | |
3 | 82 | Phil Murphy | Defensive tackle | South Carolina State | |
6 | 154 | Mike Guman | Running back | Penn State | |
7 | 176 | Kirk Collins | Defensive back | Baylor | Made roster in 1981 |
7 | 192 | Gerry Ellis | Running back | Missouri | |
8 | 220 | Tom Pettigrew | Tackle | Eastern Illinois | |
9 | 248 | George Farmer | Wide receiver | Southern | Made roster in 1982 |
10 | 276 | Bob Gruber | Tackle | Pittsburgh | |
11 | 304 | Terry Greer | Wide receiver | Alabama State | |
12 | 332 | Kevin Scanlon | Quarterback | Arkansas | |
Made roster * Made at least one Pro Bowl during career |
Personnel
Staff
Front office
Head coaches
Offensive coaches
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Defensive coaches
Special teams coaches
Strength and conditioning
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Roster
Regular season
Schedule
Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | Attendance | |
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1 | September 7 | Detroit Lions | L 20–41 | 0–1 | Anaheim Stadium
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64,892 | |
2 | September 11 | at Tampa Bay Buccaneers | L 9–10 | 0–2 | Tampa Stadium | 66,576 | |
3 | September 21 | Green Bay Packers | W 51–21 | 1–2 | Anaheim Stadium | 63,850 | |
4 | September 28 | at New York Giants | W 28–7 | 2–2 | Giants Stadium | 73,414 | |
5 | October 5 | San Francisco 49ers | W 48–26 | 3–2 | Anaheim Stadium | 62,188 | |
6 | October 12 | at St. Louis Cardinals | W 21–13 | 4–2 | Busch Memorial Stadium | 50,230 | |
7 | October 19 | at San Francisco 49ers | W 31–17 | 5–2 | Candlestick Park | 55,360 | |
8 | October 26 | at Atlanta Falcons | L 10–13 | 5–3 | Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium | 57,401 | |
9 | November 2 | New Orleans Saints | W 45–31 | 6–3 | Anaheim Stadium | 59,909 | |
10 | November 9 | Miami Dolphins | L 14–35 | 6–4 | Anaheim Stadium | 62,198 | |
11 | November 16 | at New England Patriots | W 17–14 | 7–4 | Schaefer Stadium | 60,609 | |
12 | November 24 | at New Orleans Saints | W 27–7 | 8–4 | Louisiana Superdome
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53,448 | |
13 | November 30 | New York Jets | W 38–13 | 9–4 | Anaheim Stadium | 59,743 | |
14 | December 7 | at Buffalo Bills | L 7–10 (OT) | 9–5 | Rich Stadium
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77,133 | |
15 | December 15 | Dallas Cowboys | W 38–14 | 10–5 | Anaheim Stadium | 65,154 | |
16 | December 21 | Atlanta Falcons | W 20–17 (OT) | 11–5 | Anaheim Stadium | 62,469 | |
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text. |
Season summary
Week 1 vs Lions
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Lions | 10 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 41 |
Rams | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
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Playoffs
Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | Attendance |
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Wildcard | December 28 | at Dallas Cowboys | L 13–34 | 0–1 | Texas Stadium | 64,533 |
Standings
NFC West | |||||||||
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W | L | T | PCT | DIV | CONF | PF | PA | STK | |
Atlanta Falcons(1) | 12 | 4 | 0 | .750 | 5–1 | 10–2 | 405 | 272 | L1 |
Los Angeles Rams(5) | 11 | 5 | 0 | .688 | 5–1 | 9–3 | 424 | 289 | W2 |
San Francisco 49ers | 6 | 10 | 0 | .375 | 2–4 | 4–8 | 320 | 415 | L2 |
New Orleans Saints | 1 | 15 | 0 | .063 | 0–6 | 0–12 | 291 | 487 | L1 |
See also
- Other Anaheim–based teams in 1980
References
- ^ "1980 Los Angeles Rams draftees". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved October 4, 2014.
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External links