1980 Pro Bowl

	1980 AFC–NFC Pro Bowl
AFC	NFC
27	37
Head coach: ; Don Coryell; (San Diego Chargers)	Head coach: ; Tom Landry; (Dallas Cowboys)
Date	January 27, 1980
Stadium	Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, Hawaii
MVP	Chuck Muncie (New Orleans Saints)
Referee	Dick Jorgensen
Attendance	48,060
	TV in the United States
Network	ABC
Announcers	Al Michaels, Howard Cosell and Fran Tarkenton

The 1980 Pro Bowl was the NFL's 30th annual all-star game which featured the outstanding performers from the 1979 season. The game was played on Sunday, January 27, 1980, at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii before 48,060 fans.^[1] The final score was NFC 37, AFC 27.^[2]

Don Coryell of the San Diego Chargers lead the AFC team against an NFC team coached by Dallas Cowboys head coach Tom Landry.^[1] The referee was Dick Jorgensen.^[1]

Chuck Muncie of the New Orleans Saints was named the game's Most Valuable Player.^[2] Players on the winning NFC team received $5,000 apiece while the AFC participants each took home $2,500.^[3]

This was the first of thirty consecutive Pro Bowls played in Honolulu. It also marked a return to the game being played on a Sunday.

References [edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c "1980 Pro Bowl game book" (PDF). NFL Game Statistics & Information. National Football League. Archived from the original on January 30, 2012. Retrieved January 30, 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Bradshaw fizzles while NFC sizzles". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. AP. January 28, 1980. p. 15. Retrieved January 17, 2012.
^ "NFL Pro Bowl history". CBSSports.com. Archived from the original on January 16, 2012. Retrieved January 30, 2012.

"1980 Pro Bowl players". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on January 30, 2012. Retrieved January 30, 2012.

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