NFL » Minnesota Vikings » 1980
9-7 | Lost Div |
Record | Outcome |
The Minnesota Vikings finished the regular season with a 9-7 record. They went 5-3 at home and 4-4 on the road. Including the playoffs, the Minnesota Vikings went 9-8. Their final game was a loss in the Divisional Round to the Philadelphia Eagles.
The 1980 Minnesota Vikings played in the Central Division of the National Football Conference.
During the regular season, the 1980 Minnesota Vikings went 5-3 against their NFC Central opponents.
The Vikings won the NFC Central in the 1980 season with a 9-7 record. The Lions finished with the same record but lost on a tiebreaker. The Bears finished 2 games back with a 7-9 record. The Packers finished 3.5 games back with a 5-10-1 record. The Buccaneers finished 3.5 games back with a 5-10-1 record.
Opponent | Record | Win Percentage % | Point Differential |
---|---|---|---|
Chicago Bears | 2-0 | 100% | +26 |
Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 2-0 | 100% | +19 |
Detroit Lions | 1-1 | 50% | +14 |
Green Bay Packers | 0-2 | 0% | -25 |
The 1980 Minnesota Vikings had their best month in November, when they went 4-1 and had a 80% win percentage. Their worst month was October, when they went 1-3 and had a 25% win percentage.
Month | Record | Win Percentage % | Point Differential |
---|---|---|---|
September | 2-2 | 50% | -34 |
October | 1-3 | 25% | -27 |
November | 4-1 | 80% | +58 |
December | 2-1 | 66.7% | +12 |
Yes, the Minnesota Vikings made the Playoffs in 1980. They lost their only game against the Philadelphia Eagles in the Divisional Round.
The Minnesota Vikings finished the regular season with a point differential of +9. Based on their point differential and their pythagorean expectation, the Vikings could have been expected to have about 8.3 wins, or a 8-8 record in the regular season.
In close, one-score games, the 1980 Minnesota Vikings went 5-2. In games decided by a field goal or less, the Vikings went 2-0.
The 1980 Minnesota Vikings did not play any overtime games in the regular season.
The longest win streak during the regular season for the 1980 Minnesota Vikings was a 3 game winning streak on 2 separate stretches during the season.
The longest losing streak that the Minnesota Vikings had during the 1980 regular season was 2 games, which occured 2 separate times.
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Week | Date | Opponent | Score | ||
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Regular Season | |||||
1 | Sun, Sep 7, 1980 | vs Atlanta Falcons | Win 24 - 23 | ||
2 | Sun, Sep 14, 1980 | vs Philadelphia Eagles | Loss 7 - 42 | ||
3 | Sun, Sep 21, 1980 | @ Chicago Bears | Win 34 - 14 | ||
4 | Sun, Sep 28, 1980 | @ Detroit Lions | Loss 7 - 27 | ||
5 | Sun, Oct 5, 1980 | vs Pittsburgh Steelers | Loss 17 - 23 | ||
6 | Sun, Oct 12, 1980 | vs Chicago Bears | Win 13 - 7 | ||
7 | Sun, Oct 19, 1980 | @ Cincinnati Bengals | Loss 0 - 14 | ||
8 | Sun, Oct 26, 1980 | @ Green Bay Packers | Loss 3 - 16 | ||
9 | Sun, Nov 2, 1980 | @ Washington Redskins | Win 39 - 14 | ||
10 | Sun, Nov 9, 1980 | vs Detroit Lions | Win 34 - 0 | ||
11 | Sun, Nov 16, 1980 | vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Win 38 - 30 | ||
12 | Sun, Nov 23, 1980 | vs Green Bay Packers | Loss 13 - 25 | ||
13 | Sun, Nov 30, 1980 | @ New Orleans Saints | Win 23 - 20 | ||
14 | Sun, Dec 7, 1980 | @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Win 21 - 10 | ||
15 | Sun, Dec 14, 1980 | vs Cleveland Browns | Win 28 - 23 | ||
16 | Sun, Dec 21, 1980 | @ Houston Oilers | Loss 16 - 20 | ||
Playoffs | |||||
Div Divisional Round | Sat, Jan 3, 1981 | @ Philadelphia Eagles | Loss 16 - 31 |
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