The Dallas Cowboys were 12-4 in 1980. They finished 2nd in the NFC East and 1st in the NFC. They fell to the Philadelphia Eagles, 20 to 7, in the 1980 NFC Championship game.

1980 Division Standings

TEAMWLTPCT
12
4
0
.750
Cowboys Cowboys
12
4
0
.750
6
10
0
.375
5
11
0
.313
4
12
0
.250

1980 Stats

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GPPTSYDSPLYAVGRUSH YDSRUSH ATTRUSH AVGPASS YDSPASS ATTPASS AVGSCKSCKY1DWNRUSH 1DWNPASS 1DWNPEN 1DWNPENPEN YDS
Team
16
454
5,482
1,075
5.1
2,378
595
4.0
3,356
449
7.5
31
252
337
143
171
23
109
908
Team Rank
1st
9th
4th
12th
6th
3rd
9th
15th
24th
8th
8th
19th
2nd
4th
8th
14th
20th
17th
Opponent
16
311
5,279
996
5.3
2,069
469
4.4
3,568
484
7.4
43
358
286
98
160
28
106
989
Opponent Rank
13th
17th
6th
22nd
18th
6th
26th
19th
13th
21st
9th
23rd
9th
3rd
14th
23rd
7th
3rd
Net
+143
+203
+79
-0.2
+309
+126
-0.4
-212
-35
+0.1
-12
-106
+51
+45
+11
-5
+3
-81
Net Rank
2nd
10th
5th
16th
11th
3rd
22nd
18th
17th
13th
6th
24th
5th
2nd
10th
20th
15th
8th

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AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
5
12
0
.294
AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
Colts Colts - e
8
9
0
.471
3
14
0
.176
AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
.529
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176