1980 Baltimore Colts season

1980 Baltimore Colts season
Head coach	Mike McCormack
General manager	Dick Szymanski
Owner	Robert Irsay
Home field	Memorial Stadium
Results
Record	7–9
Division place	4th AFC East
Playoff finish	did not qualify

The 1980 Baltimore Colts season was the 28th season for the team in the National Football League (NFL). The Colts finished the NFL's 1980 season with a record of 7 wins and 9 losses, and fourth in the AFC East division.

Personnel

Staff

1980 Baltimore Colts staff

Front office

President and Treasurer – Robert Irsay
General Manager – Dick Szymanski
Assistant General Manager – Ernie Accorsi

Head coaches

Head Coach – Mike McCormack

Offensive coaches

Offensive Backfield – John Idzik
Receivers – Dick Bielski
Offensive Line – Ray Wietecha

Defensive coaches

Defensive Coordinator – Chuck Weber
Defensive Line – Ed Khayat
Defensive Backfield – John Symank

Special teams coaches

Special Teams – George Boutselis

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Game Site	Attendance
1	September 7, 1980	at New York Jets	W 17–14	1–0	Shea Stadium	50,777
2	September 14, 1980	Pittsburgh Steelers	L 17–20	1–1	Memorial Stadium	54,914
3	September 21, 1980	at Houston Oilers	L 16–21	1–2	Astrodome	47,878
4	September 28, 1980	New York Jets	W 35–21	2–2	Memorial Stadium	33,373
5	October 5, 1980	at Miami Dolphins	W 30–17	3–2	Miami Orange Bowl	50,631
6	October 12, 1980	at Buffalo Bills	W 17–12	4–2	Rich Stadium	73,634
7	October 19, 1980	New England Patriots	L 21–37	4–3	Memorial Stadium	53,924
8	October 26, 1980	St. Louis Cardinals	L 10–17	4–4	Memorial Stadium	33,506
9	November 2, 1980	at Kansas City Chiefs	W 31–24	5–4	Arrowhead Stadium	52,383
10	November 9, 1980	Cleveland Browns	L 27–28	5–5	Memorial Stadium	45,369
11	November 16, 1980	at Detroit Lions	W 10–9	6–5	Pontiac Silverdome	77,677
12	November 23, 1980	at New England Patriots	L 21–47	6–6	Schaefer Stadium	60,994
13	November 30, 1980	Buffalo Bills	W 28–24	7–6	Memorial Stadium	36,184
14	December 7, 1980	at Cincinnati Bengals	L 33–34	7–7	Riverfront Stadium	35,651
15	December 14, 1980	Miami Dolphins	L 14–24	7–8	Memorial Stadium	30,564
16	December 21, 1980	Kansas City Chiefs	L 28–38	7–9	Memorial Stadium	16,941

Game summaries

Week 1

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Colts	0	7	7	3	17
Jets	0	0	14	0	14

Date: September 7
Location: Shea Stadium, Flushing, New York
Game start: 4:00 p.m. EST
Game weather: 75°F, wind 12 mph

Scoring summary

2	BAL	Bert Jones 12 yard run (Steve Mike-Mayer kick)	Colts 7–0

3	BAL	Cleveland Franklin 1 yard run (Steve Mike-Mayer kick)	Colts 14–0

3	NYJ	Richard Todd 3 yard run (Pat Leahy kick)	Colts 14–7

3	NYJ	Darrol Ray 75 yard fumble return (Pat Leahy kick)	Tie 14–14

4	BAL	Steve Mike-Mayer 46 yard field goal	Colts 17–14

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Standings

AFC East
	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Buffalo Bills⁽³⁾	11	5	0	.688	4–4	8–4	320	260	W1
New England Patriots	10	6	0	.625	6–2	9–3	441	325	W2
Miami Dolphins	8	8	0	.500	3–5	4–8	266	305	L1
Baltimore Colts	7	9	0	.438	5–3	6–8	355	387	L3
New York Jets	4	12	0	.250	2–6	3–9	302	395	W1

References

↑ Pro-Football-Reference.com

Indianapolis Colts

Founded in 1953 Played in Baltimore (1953–1983) Based and headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana

Franchise	History in Baltimore relocation to Indianapolis in Indianapolis Players Quarterbacks Coaches Seasons Draft First-round draft picks Ring of Honor

Stadiums	Memorial Stadium RCA Dome Lucas Oil Stadium

Culture	Carroll Rosenbloom Robert Irsay Jim Irsay 12th Man AAFC Colts Baltimore Colts Marching Band The Band That Wouldn't Die Blue Cheerleaders

Lore	The Greatest Game Ever Played Ghost to the Post 1995 AFC Championship Game Deflategate

Rivalries	New England Patriots (Manning vs. Brady)

Division championships (16)	1968 1970 1975 1976 1977 1987 1999 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2009 2010 2013 2014

Conference championships (7)	1958 1959 1964 1968 1970 2006 2009

League championships (4^†)	1958 1959 1970 (V) 2006 (XLI) ^† does not include 1968 NFL championship

Retired numbers	19 22 24 70 77 82 89

Current league affiliations	League: National Football League Conference: American Football Conference Division: South Division

Seasons (63)	1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Championship seasons in bold

Baltimore / Indianapolis Colts seasons

Baltimore 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 Indianapolis 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Bold indicates NFL Championship or Super Bowl victory Italics indicates NFL Championship or Super Bowl appearance

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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