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1980 Miami Dolphins season

Head coach

Don Shula

Home field

Orange Bowl

Results

Record

8–8

Division place

3rd AFC East

Playoff finish

did not qualify

Timeline

Previous season		Next season
< 1979		1981 >

1 Offseason
- 1.1 NFL Draft
2 Regular season
3 Notes and references

Offseason [edit]

NFL Draft [edit]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School
1

Regular season [edit]

The 1980 NFL season would see the Dolphins drop to an 8–8 record, from their AFC East division winning 10–6 showing the previous year.

Quarterback Bob Griese, who struggled with leg problems during 1979, lost the starting job to longtime backup Don Strock, but he did poorly in two games, leading the Dolphins to return to Griese for Week 3. In Week 5, however, Griese suffered a career-ending shoulder injury against the Baltimore Colts and was succeeded by David Woodley, a rookie fresh from LSU.

The final game of the season was played against the New York Jets on December 20. NBC tried a novel experiment by broadcasting the game with no commentators, and with none of the players or staff wearing microphones. The effect was to give television viewers the feel of actually being in the stadium. To date, this was the only NFL game ever aired on TV without commentaries. The Jets won by a score of 24–17, costing the Dolphins a chance at a playoff berth.

It was during the ABC broadcast of Monday Night Football game on December 8, 1980 against the Patriots that Howard Cosell announced that John Lennon had been shot and killed.

Schedule [edit]

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	September 7, 1980	at Buffalo Bills	L 17–7	79,598
2	September 14, 1980	Cincinnati Bengals	W 17–16	38,322
3	September 21, 1980	at Atlanta Falcons	W 20–17	55,470
4	September 28, 1980	New Orleans Saints	W 21–16	40,946
5	October 5, 1980	Baltimore Colts	L 30–17	50,631
6	October 12, 1980	at New England Patriots	L 34–0	60,377
7	October 19, 1980	Buffalo Bills	W 17–14	41,636
8	October 27, 1980	at New York Jets	L 17–14	53,046
9	November 2, 1980	at Oakland Raiders	L 16–10	46,378
10	November 9, 1980	at Los Angeles Rams	W 35–14	62,198
11	November 16, 1980	San Francisco 49ers	W 17–13	45,135
12	November 20, 1980	San Diego Chargers	L 27–24	63,013
13	November 30, 1980	at Pittsburgh Steelers	L 23–10	51,384
14	December 8, 1980	New England Patriots	W 16–13	63,292
15	December 14, 1980	at Baltimore Colts	W 24–14	30,564
16	December 20, 1980	New York Jets	L 24–17	41,854

Game summaries [edit]

Week 14: vs. New England Patriots [edit]

New England Patriots at Miami Dolphins

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Patriots	0	6	0	7	0	13
• Dolphins	0	0	6	7	3	16

Date: Monday, December 8
Location: Orange Bowl, Miami, Florida
Game start: 9:00 p.m. EST
Television network: ABC

Source: Pro-Football-Reference.com

Scoring summary

2	Patriots	John Smith 23 yard field goal	Patriots 3-0

2	Patriots	John Smith 33 yard field goal	Patriots 6-0

3	Dolphins	Uwe von Schamann 27 yard field goal	Patriots 6-3

3	Dolphins	Uwe von Schamann 24 yard field goal	Tie 6-6

4	Patriots	Russ Francis 38 yard pass from Matt Cavanaugh (John Smith kick)	Patriots 13-6

4	Dolphins	Nat Moore 8 yard pass from David Woodley (Uwe von Schamann kick)	Tie 13-13

OT	Dolphins	Uwe von Schamann 23 yard field goal	Dolphins 16-13

Standings [edit]

AFC East
view talk edit	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA
Buffalo Bills⁽³⁾	11	5	0	.688	4–4	8–4	320	260
New England Patriots	10	6	0	.625	6–2	9–3	441	325
Miami Dolphins	8	8	0	.500	3–5	4–8	266	305
Baltimore Colts	7	9	0	.438	5–3	6–8	355	387
New York Jets	4	12	0	.250	2–6	3–9	302	395

Notes and references [edit]

Miami Dolphins

Founded in 1966 • Based in Miami Gardens, Florida

The Franchise

Franchise • Seasons • History • Players • First-round draft picks • Starting Quarterbacks • Honor Roll

Stadiums

Orange Bowl • Sun Life Stadium

Culture

Fight Song • Wayne Huizenga • Stephen M. Ross • Joe Robbie • T. D. • Cheerleaders • Only Wanna Be With You

Lore

Perfect Season • Garo's Gaffe • Snowplow Game • The Epic in Miami • The Clock Play • The Monday Night Miracle

Rivalries

Buffalo Bills • New York Jets • Tampa Bay Buccaneers • Chicago Bears

Head Coaches

Wilson • Shula • Johnson • Wannstedt • Bates • Saban • Cameron • Sparano • Bowles • Philbin

Division Championships (14)

1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1992, 1994, 2000, 2008

Conference Championships (5)

1971, 1972, 1973, 1982, 1984

League Championships (2)

1972, 1973

Retired Numbers

12, 13, 39

Current League Affiliations

League: National Football League • Conference: American Football Conference • Division: East Division

Seasons (48)

1960s	1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969

1970s	1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979

1980s	1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989

1990s	1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999

2000s	2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009

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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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