The 1980 Chicago Bears season was their 61st regular season completed in the National Football League. The club posted a 7–9 record under second year coach Neill Armstrong and failed to make the playoffs.
One of the seven victories by the Bears that year was a Thanksgiving game against the Detroit Lions. With no time left in regulation, Bears quarterback Vince Evans scored a game-tying touchdown that sent the game into overtime. Then, before a national television audience, Dave Williams returned a kickoff 95 yards for a touchdown on the first play of overtime and a 23–17 victory in overtime over the Lions.
Walter Payton once again led the NFC in rushing for the fifth straight year with 1,460 yards.
Contents
1NFL Draft
2Roster
3Schedule
4Season summary
4.1Week 1
4.2Week 2
4.3Week 3
4.4Week 4
4.5Week 5
4.6Week 6
4.7Week 7
4.8Week 8
4.9Week 9
4.10Week 10
4.11Week 11
4.12Week 12
4.13Week 13
4.14Week 14
4.15Week 15
4.16Week 16
5Standings
6References
NFL Draft
Main article: 1980 NFL Draft
Round
Pick
Player
Position
School/Club Team
Roster
1980 Chicago Bears final roster
Quarterbacks
8 Vince Evans
15 Mike Phipps
Running backs
35 Roland Harper
37 Willie McClendon
34 Walter Payton
30 John Skibinski
26Matt Suhey FB
22 Dave Williams FB
Wide receivers
84 Brian Baschnagel
83 Kris Haines
89 James Scott
80 Rickey Watts
Tight ends
87 Mike Cobb
81 Robin Earl
80Bob Fisher
Offensive linemen
64 Ted Albrecht T
65 Noah Jackson G
62 Dan Jiggetts T
70 Dennis Lick T
71Rocco Moore T
52 Dan Neal C
69 Revie Sorey G
53Paul Tabor G
Defensive linemen
99 Dan Hampton DE
90 Al Harris DE
73 Mike Hartenstine DE
68 Jim Osborne DT
82 Alan Page DT
76 Ron Rydalch DT
72 Brad Shearer DT
Linebackers
59 Gary Campbell
51 Bruce Herron
54 Tom Hicks
57 Lee Kunz
58 Jerry Muckensturm
55Otis Wilson
Defensive backs
49Dave Becker
48 Allan Ellis CB
45 Gary Fencik FS
36 Wentford Gaines
47Jonathan Hoke
29 Vaughn Lusby
46 Doug Plank FS
44 Terry Schmidt CB
23 Len Walterscheid
Special teams
86 Bob Parsons P
16 Robert R. Thomas K
Reserve lists
Practice squad
Rookies in italics
Active, Inactive, Practice squad
Schedule
Week
Date
Opponent
Result
Attendance
1
September 7, 1980
at Green Bay Packers
L 12–6
54,381
2
September 14, 1980
New Orleans Saints
W 22–3
62,523
3
September 21, 1980
Minnesota Vikings
L 34–14
59,983
4
September 28, 1980
at Pittsburgh Steelers
L 38–3
53,987
5
October 6, 1980
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
W 23–0
61,350
6
October 12, 1980
at Minnesota Vikings
L 13–7
46,751
7
October 19, 1980
Detroit Lions
W 24–7
58,508
8
October 26, 1980
at Philadelphia Eagles
L 17–14
68,752
9
November 3, 1980
at Cleveland Browns
L 27–21
84,225
10
November 9, 1980
Washington Redskins
W 35–21
57,159
11
November 16, 1980
Houston Oilers
L 10–6
59,390
12
November 23, 1980
at Atlanta Falcons
L 28–17
49,156
13
November 27, 1980
at Detroit Lions
W 23–17
75,397
14
December 7, 1980
Green Bay Packers
W 61–7
57,176
15
December 14, 1980
Cincinnati Bengals
L 17–14
48,808
16
December 20, 1980
at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
W 14–13
55,298
Season summary
Week 1
1
2
3
4
OT
Total
Bears
3
0
3
0
0
6
• Packers
0
6
0
0
6
12
Date: September 7
Location: Lambeau Field
Week 2
1
2
3
4
Total
Saints
3
0
0
0
3
• Bears
10
3
2
7
22
Date: September 14
Location: Soldier Field
Week 3
1
2
3
4
Total
• Vikings
14
7
7
6
34
Bears
0
0
0
14
14
Date: September 21
Location: Soldier Field
Week 4
1
2
3
4
Total
Bears
3
0
0
0
3
• Steelers
7
17
7
7
38
Date: September 28
Location: Three Rivers Stadium
Week 5
1
2
3
4
Total
Buccaneers
0
0
0
0
0
• Bears
0
3
10
10
23
Date: October 6
Location: Soldier Field
Television network: ABC
Week 6
1
2
3
4
Total
Bears
0
0
7
0
7
• Vikings
3
0
3
7
13
Date: October 12
Location: Metropolitan Stadium
Week 7
1
2
3
4
Total
Lions
0
0
0
7
7
• Bears
7
3
7
7
24
Date: October 19
Location: Soldier Field
Week 8
1
2
3
4
Total
Bears
0
0
14
0
14
• Eagles
7
0
7
3
17
Date: October 26
Location: Veterans Stadium
Week 9
1
2
3
4
Total
Bears
0
0
7
14
21
• Browns
3
7
3
14
27
Date: November 3
Location: Cleveland Stadium
Television network: ABC
Week 10
1
2
3
4
Total
Redskins
0
0
14
7
21
• Bears
21
14
0
0
35
Date: November 9
Location: Soldier Field
Week 11
1
2
3
4
Total
• Oilers
0
7
3
0
10
Bears
0
6
0
0
6
Date: November 16
Location: Soldier Field
Week 12
1
2
3
4
Total
Bears
7
3
7
0
17
• Falcons
0
14
0
14
28
Date: November 23
Location: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
Week 13
1
2
3
4
OT
Total
• Bears
0
3
0
14
6
23
Lions
3
7
7
0
0
17
Date: November 27
Location: Pontiac Silverdome
Game start: 12:30 p.m. CST
Game weather: indoors (dome)
Referee: Fred Silva
TV announcers (CBS): Pat Summerall, Tom Brookshier, and Irv Cross (sideline)
Source: Pro-Football-Reference.com
Scoring summary
1
Lions
Eddie Murray 34-yard field goal
Lions 3–0
2
Lions
Billy Sims 47-yard pass from Gary Danielson (Eddie Murray kick)
Lions 10–0
2
Bears
Bob Thomas 24-yard field goal
Lions 10–3
3
Lions
Gary Danielson 1-yard run (Eddie Murray kick)
Lions 17–3
4
Bears
Bob Fisher 20-yard pass from Vince Evans (Bob Thomas kick)
Lions 17–10
4
Bears
Vince Evans 4-yard run (Bob Thomas kick)
Tie 17–17
OT
Bears
Dave Williams 94-yard kickoff return
Bears 23–17
Week 14
1
2
3
4
Total
Packers
0
7
0
0
7
• Bears
0
28
13
20
61
Date: December 7
Location: Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois
Game start: 1:00 p.m.
Game weather: 56°F, wind 10 mph
Scoring summary
2
CHI
Walter Payton 1 yard run (Bob Thomas kick)
Bears 7–0
2
CHI
Walter Payton 3 yard run (Bob Thomas kick)
Bears 14–0
2
CHI
Roland Harper 1 yard run (Bob Thomas kick)
Bears 21–0
2
GB
James Lofton 15 yard pass from Lynn Dickey (Jan Stenerud kick)
Bears 21–7
2
CHI
Brian Baschnagel 4 yard pass from Vince Evans (Bob Thomas kick)
Bears 28–7
3
CHI
Robin Earl 9 yard pass from Vince Evans (kick failed)
Bears 34–7
3
CHI
Rickey Watts 53 yard pass from Vince Evans (Bob Thomas kick)
Bears 41–7
4
CHI
Walter Payton 14 yard run (Bob Thomas kick)
Bears 48–7
4
CHI
Len Walterscheid 36 yard interception return (Bob Thomas kick)
Formerly the Decatur Staleys (1920) and the Chicago Staleys (1921)
Based in Chicago, Illinois
Headquartered in Lake Forest, Illinois
Franchise
History
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Records
Records and statistics
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All-time record versus NFL
Team awards and honors
Players
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Pro Football Hall of Famers
First-round draft picks
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Stadiums
Staley Field
Wrigley Field
Memorial Stadium
Soldier Field
Culture
Brian's Song
1971
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Brian Piccolo Award
"Bear Down, Chicago Bears"
"The Super Bowl Shuffle"
Monsters of the Midway
"Sweet Home Chicago"
Bill Swerski's Superfans
Chuck Swirsky
Chicago Honey Bears
Staley Da Bear
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Halas Hall
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85386 Payton
Jim Cornelison
Lore
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1932 Playoff Game
First NFL Championship Game
"The Sneakers Game"
T formation
73–0
15–1
Super Bowl XX
46 defense
Fog Bowl
75th Anniversary
League
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Cardiac Kids
2006 game vs. Arizona Cardinals
Club Dub
Rivalries
Detroit Lions
Green Bay Packers
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Retired numbers
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Key personnel
Chairman: George McCaskey
President/CEO: Ted Phillips
General Manager: Ryan Pace
Head Coach: Matt Nagy
Division championships (21)
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1984
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1985
2006
League championships (9)
1921
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1985 (XX)
Media
Broadcasters
Radio:
WBBM (AM)
WCFS-FM (FM simulcast of WBBM)
Personnel:
Jeff Joniak (play-by-play)
Tom Thayer (analyst)
Zach Zaidman (sideline reporter and radio coach's show host)
Television:
WFLD (pre-season and most regular season games through Fox, official pre-game and post-game)
NBC Sports Chicago (in-season team programming)
Personnel:
Lou Canellis (gameday television host, pre-season sideline reporter)
Sam Rosen (pre-season play-by-play)
Jim Miller (pre-season analyst)
Current league affiliations
League: National Football League
Conference: National Football Conference
Division: North Division
Seasons (100)
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