1980 Seattle Seahawks season

Seattle Seahawks
1980 Seattle Seahawks season
Head coach	Jack Patera
Home field	Kingdome
Results
Record	4–12
Division place	5th AFC West
Playoff finish	did not qualify
Pro Bowlers	none
AP All-Pros	none

The 1980 Seattle Seahawks season was the team's fifth season in the National Football League.

The 1980 season was a strange season for the Seattle Seahawks. The team started off 4–3, then lost the remaining nine games of the season. They accumulated four road wins, but lost all eight regular season home games. The offense struggled, especially after losing Sherman Smith to a knee injury for the season. With the running game struggling, the team gave up 52 sacks, up from 23 in 1979. The offense went from 7th to 21st. Even though the defense improved from 27th to 13th, the Seahawks still gave up 405 points.

Memorable moments included a 26–7 win in Houston, intercepting Kenny Stabler five times; a 17–16 win in Kansas City; and a 14–0 win in Washington, with the offense rushing for over 220 yards.

More indicative of the season were the home losses: a week 1 34–13 rout at home inflicted by the Chargers, a 37–31 loss to the New England Patriots, featuring several lead changes, as the Seattle defense could not hold on; losing to the Kansas City Chiefs 31–30, after going into the 4th quarter with a 23–10 lead, and the Chiefs intercepting Jim Zorn a season-high five times, leading to 17 KC points. The low point of the season was a 27–21 loss to a struggling New York Giants team. On Thanksgiving Day, November 27, the Dallas Cowboys defeated the Seahawks 51–7, in Dallas, but many people believe the Giants loss was worse.

The successes of the 1978 and '79 seasons were long forgotten by season's end.

Offseason

NFL Draft

1980 Seahawks Draft Selections
Round/Pick	Player	Position	College
1/10	Jacob Green	Defensive End	Texas A&M
2/44	Andre Hines	Offensive Tackle	Stanford
4/97	Terry Dion	Defensive End	Oregon
5/127	Joe Steele	Running Back	Washington
5/132	Daniel Jacobs	Defensive End	Winston-Salem State
6/153	Mark McNeal	Defensive End	Idaho
8/204	Vic Minor	Defensive Back	Northeast Louisiana
8/207	Jack Cosgrove	Center	U. of Pacific
9/238	Jim Swift	Offensive Tackle	Iowa
10/265	Ron Essink	Offensive Tackle	Grand Valley State
10/274	Billy Reaves	Wide Receiver	Morris Brown
11/292	Tali Ena	Running Back	Washington State
12/319	Presnell Gilbert	Defensive Back	U.S. International

Undrafted free agents

1980 Undrafted Free Agents of note
Player	Position	College
Dave Krieg	Quarterback	Milton College

Personnel

Staff

1980 Seattle Seahawks staff

Front office

Managing General Partner – Herman Sarkowsky
General Manager – John Thompson
Assistant General Manager – Mark Duncan
Director of Player Personnel – Dick Mansperger
Director of Pro Scouting – Chuck Allen

Head coaches

Head Coach – Jack Patera

Offensive coaches

Offensive/Quarterbacks/Receivers – Jerry Rhome
Offensive Backs – Andy MacDonald
Offensive Line – Howard Mudd

Defensive coaches

Defensive/Linebackers – Larry Peccatiello
Defensive Line – Jim E. Mora
Defensive Backs – Jack Christiansen

Special teams coaches

Special Teams – Rusty Tillman

Strength and conditioning

Head Trainer – Bruce Scott
Assistant Trainer – Jim Whitesel

Final roster

1980 Seattle Seahawks final roster

Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

81 John Sawyer

Offensive linemen

76 Steve August T
72 Louis Bullard T
64 Ron Essink T
73 Andre Hines T
54 Art Kuehn C
61 Tom Lynch G
78 Bob Newton G
70 Jeff Sevy T
51 John Yarno C

Defensive linemen

63 Fred Anderson DE
82 Mark Bell DE
67 Bill Cooke DT
62 Terry Dion DE
79 Jacob Green DE
77 Bill Gregory DE
75 Robert Hardy DT
74 Manu Tuiasosopo DT

Linebackers

58 Terry Beeson
53 Keith Butler
55 Michael Jackson
52 Joe Norman
59 Terry Rennaker
56 Tim Walker

Defensive backs

22 Dave Brown CB
25 Don Dufek S
44 John Harris S
26 Kerry Justin CB
21 Vic Minor
42 Keith Simpson S
38 Cornell Webster CB

Special teams

Reserve lists

Practice squad

Rookies in italics
49 Active, 0 Inactive, 0 Practice squad

^[1]

Starters in bold.

Schedule

Preseason

Week	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		Game Site	Attendance	TV	Recap
Week	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Final score	Team record	Game Site	Attendance	TV	Recap
1	August 7	7:30pm PDT	Atlanta Falcons	W 14-10	1–0	Kingdome	59,555	KIRO	Recap
2	August 18	7:30pm PDT	Miami Dolphins	L 7-24	1–1	Kingdome	59,550	KIRO	Recap
3	August 23	7:00pm PDT	at San Francisco 49ers	W 10-7	2–1	Candlestick Park	41,841	KIRO	Recap
4	August 29	5:30pm PDT	at New England Patriots	W 30-23	3–1	Kingdome	56,947	NBC	Recap

Source: Seahawks Media Guides ^[2]^[3]

Regular season

Divisional matchups have the AFC West playing the NFC East.

Week	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		Game Site	Attendance	TV	Recap
Week	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Final score	Team record	Game Site	Attendance	TV	Recap
1	September 7	1:00pm PDT	San Diego Chargers	L 13–34	0–1	Kingdome	62,042	NBC	Recap
2	September 14	1:00pm PDT	at Kansas City Chiefs	W 17–16	1–1	Arrowhead Stadium	42,403	NBC	Recap
3	September 21	1:00pm PDT	New England Patriots	L 31–37	1–2	Kingdome	61,035	NBC	Recap
4	September 28	1:00pm PDT	at Washington Redskins	W 14–0	2–2	RFK Stadium	53,263	NBC	Recap
5	October 5	1:00pm PDT	at Houston Oilers	W 26–7	3–2	Houston Astrodome	46,860	NBC	Recap
6	October 12	1:00pm PDT	Cleveland Browns	L 3–27	3–3	Kingdome	61,366	NBC	Recap
7	October 19	1:00pm PDT	at New York Jets	W 27–17	4–3	Shea Stadium	52,496	NBC	Recap
8	October 26	1:00pm PST	at Oakland Raiders	L 14–33	4–4	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum	50,185	NBC	Recap
9	November 2	1:00pm PST	Philadelphia Eagles	L 20–27	4–5	Kingdome	61,047	CBS	Recap
10	November 9	1:00pm PST	Kansas City Chiefs	L 30–31	4–6	Kingdome	58,976	NBC	Recap
11	November 17	6:00pm PST	Oakland Raiders	L 17–19	4–7	Kingdome	60,480	ABC	Recap
12	November 23	1:00pm PST	at Denver Broncos	L 20–36	4–8	Mile High Stadium	73,274	NBC	Recap
13	November 27	1:00pm PST	at Dallas Cowboys	L 7–51	4–9	Texas Stadium	57,540	NBC	Recap
14	December 7	1:00pm PST	New York Giants	L 21–27	4–10	Kingdome	51,617	CBS	Recap
15	December 13	1:00pm PST	at San Diego Chargers	L 14–21	4–11	Jack Murphy Stadium	49,980	NBC	Recap
16	December 21	1:00pm PST	Denver Broncos	L 17–25	4–12	Kingdome	51,853	NBC	Recap

Bold indicates division opponents.

Source: 1980 NFL season results ^[4]

Standings

AFC West
	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
San Diego Chargers⁽¹⁾	11	5	0	.688	6–2	9–3	418	327	W2
Oakland Raiders⁽⁴⁾	11	5	0	.688	6–2	9–3	364	306	W2
Kansas City Chiefs	8	8	0	.500	4–4	6–8	319	336	W1
Denver Broncos	8	8	0	.500	3–5	5–7	310	323	W1
Seattle Seahawks	4	12	0	.250	1–7	3–9	291	408	L9

Game Summaries

Preseason

Week P1: vs. Atlanta Falcons

Preseason Week One: Seattle Seahawks vs. Atlanta Falcons – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Falcons	0	7	0	3	10
Seahawks	7	7	0	0	14

at Kingdome, Seattle

Date: August 7
Game time: 7:36pm local
Game weather: indoors
Game attendance: 59,555
Referee: Bob Frederic
TV: KIRO
Gamebook

Week P2: vs. Miami Dolphins

Preseason Week Two: Seattle Seahawks vs. Miami Dolphins – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Dolphins	7	0	0	17	24
Seahawks	7	0	0	0	7

at Kingdome, Seattle

Date: August 18
Game time: 7:30pm local
Game weather: indoors
Game attendance: 59,550
Referee: Fred Silva
TV: KIRO
Gamebook

Week P3: at San Francisco 49ers

Preseason Week Three: Seattle Seahawks at San Francisco 49ers – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Seahawks	0	0	0	0	0
49ers	0	0	0	0	0

at Candlestick Park, San Francisco

Date: August 23
Game time: 7:04pm local
Game weather: clear, 58 °F (14 °C), wind 5 miles per hour (8.0 km/h)
Game attendance: 41,841
Referee: Jim Tunney
TV: KIRO
Gamebook

Week P4: vs. New England Patriots

Preseason Week Four: Seattle Seahawks vs. New England Patriots – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Patriots	10	6	7	0	23
Seahawks	7	17	3	3	30

at Kingdome, Seattle

Date: August 29
Game time: 5:35pm local
Game weather: indoors
Game attendance: 56,947
Referee: Gene Barth
TV: NBC
Gamebook

Regular Season

Week 1: vs. San Diego Chargers

Week One: Seattle Seahawks vs. San Diego Chargers – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Chargers	3	21	7	3	34
Seahawks	3	0	3	7	13

at Kingdome, Seattle

Date: September 7
Game time: 1:01pm local
Game weather: indoors
Game attendance: 62,042
Referee: Jerry Seeman
TV announcers (NBC): Merle Harmon and Carl Eller
Gamebook

Game information

First quarter

SEA – Efren Herrera 46-yard field goal, 12:05 (SEA 3–0)
SD – Rolf Benirschke 41-yard field goal, 9:03 (Tied 3–3)

Second quarter

SD – Greg McCrary 1-yard pass from Dan Fouts (Rolf Benirschke kick), 12:36 (SD 10–3)
SD – Charlie Joiner 19-yard pass from Dan Fouts (Rolf Benirschke kick), 5:52 (SD 17–3)
SD – John Jefferson 10-yard pass from Dan Fouts (Rolf Benirschke kick), 1:15 (SD 24–3)

Third quarter

SEA – Efren Herrera 28-yard field goal, 8:18 (SD 24–6)
SD – John Jefferson 23-yard pass from Dan Fouts (Rolf Benirschke kick), 2:26 (SD 31–6)

Fourth quarter

SEA – Sam McCullum 36-yard pass from Jim Zorn (Efren Herrera kick), 13:17 (SD 31–13)
SD – Rolf Benirschke 29-yard field goal, 1:50 (SD 34–13)

Top passers

SD – Dan Fouts: 21/31, 230 yds, 4 TD
SEA – Jim Zorn: 18/33, 235 yds, 1 TD, 2 INT

Top rushers

SD – John Cappelletti: 16 car, 112 yds
SEA – Sherman Smith: 10 car, 37 yds

Top receivers

SD – John Jefferson: 6 rec, 103 yds, 2 TD
SEA – Steve Largent: 5 rec, 62 yds

Team – pass – rush – total – to

SD – 224 – 197 – 421 – 0
SEA – 202 – 47 – 249 – 2

Week 2: at Kansas City Chiefs

Week Two: Seattle Seahawks at Kansas City Chiefs – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Seahawks	7	10	0	0	17
Chiefs	0	7	6	3	16

at Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri

Date: September 14
Game time: 1:00pm local
Game weather: clear, 75 °F (24 °C), 55% humidity, wind N 12 miles per hour (19 km/h)
Game attendance: 42,403
Referee: Dick Jorgensen
TV announcers (NBC): Mike Adamle and Bob Trumpy
Gamebook

Game information

First quarter

SEA – Sam McCullum 12-yard pass from Jim Zorn (Efren Herrera kick), 0:40 (SEA 7–0)

Second quarter

SEA – Efren Herrera 19-yard field goal, 9:05 (SEA 10–0)
SEA – Sherman Smith 7-yard pass from Jim Zorn (Efren Herrera kick), 1:55 (SEA 17–0)
KC – Henry Marshall 1-yard pass from Steve Fuller (Nick Lowery kick), 0:06 (SEA 17–7)

Third quarter

KC – Nick Lowery 50-yard field goal, 5:37 (SEA 17–10)
KC – Nick Lowery 23-yard field goal, 1:15 (SEA 17–14)

Fourth quarter

KC – Nick Lowery 57-yard field goal, 8:35 (SEA 17–16)

Top passers

SEA – Jim Zorn: 17/27, 194 yds, 2 TD, 1 INT
KC – Steve Fuller: 20/31, 184 yds, 1 TD

Top rushers

SEA – Dan Doornink: 12 car, 32 yds
KC – Ted McKnight: 9 car, 28 yds

Top receivers

SEA – Sam McCullum: 6 rec, 96 yds, 1 TD
KC – J.T. Smith: 5 rec, 78 yds

Team – pass – rush – total – to

SEA – 187 – 122 – 309 – 2
KC – 155 – 83 – 238 – 0

Week 3: vs. New England Patriots

Week Three: Seattle Seahawks vs. New England Patriots – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Patriots	3	17	7	10	37
Seahawks	3	14	0	14	31

at Kingdome, Seattle

Date: September 21
Game time: 1:00pm local
Game weather: indoors
Game attendance: 61,035
Referee: Pat Haggerty
TV announcers (NBC): Bob Costas and Len Dawson
Gamebook

Game information

First quarter

NE – John Smith 19-yard field goal, 9:15 (NE 3–0)
SEA – Efren Herrera 33-yard field goal, 0:37 (Tied 3–3)

Second quarter

SEA – Steve Largent 20-yard pass from Jim Zorn (Efren Herrera kick), 10:24 (SEA 10–3)
NE – Stanley Morgan 68-yard pass from Steve Grogan (John Smith kick), 10:02 (Tied 10–10)
NE – Stanley Morgan 40-yard pass from Steve Grogan (John Smith kick), 6:31 (NE 17–10)
SEA – Sam McCullum 22-yard pass from Jim Zorn (Efren Herrera kick), 3:14 (Tied 17–17)
NE – John Smith 30-yard field goal, 0:00 (NE 20–17)

Third quarter

NE – Horace Ivory 20-yard run (John Smith kick), 1:43 (NE 27–17)

Fourth quarter

SEA – Steve Largent 31-yard pass from Jim Zorn (Efren Herrera kick), 14:46 (NE 27–24)
NE – John Smith 29-yard field goal, 12:23 (NE 30–24)
SEA – Sam McCullum 21-yard pass from Jim Zorn (Efren Herrera kick), 8:57 (SEA 31–30)
NE – Don Hasselbeck 16-yard pass from Steve Grogan (John Smith kick), 2:52 (NE 37–31)

Top passers

NE – Steve Grogan: 15/24, 271 yds, 3 TD, 1 INT
SEA – Jim Zorn: 20/36, 312 yds, 4 TD, 1 INT

Top rushers

NE – Don Calhoun: 13 car, 77 yds
SEA – Jim Jodat: 5 car, 42 yds

Top receivers

NE – Stanley Morgan: 2 rec, 108 yds, 2 TD
SEA – Steve Largent: 6 rec, 127 yds, 2 TD

Team – pass – rush – total – to

NE – 271 – 203 – 474 – 1
SEA – 299 – 134 – 433 – 2

Week 4: at Washington Redskins

Week Four: Seattle Seahawks at Washington Redskins – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Seahawks	0	7	0	7	14
Redskins	0	0	0	0	0

at RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.

Date: September 28
Game time: 4:00pm local
Game weather: clear, 76 °F (24 °C), 60% humidity, wind S 11 miles per hour (18 km/h)
Game attendance: 53,263
Referee: Jim Tunney
TV announcers (NBC): Dick Enberg and Merlin Olsen
Gamebook

Game information

First quarter

No scoring plays

Second quarter

SEA – Jim Zorn 21-yard run (Efren Herrera kick), 11:26 (SEA 7–0)

Third quarter

No scoring plays

Fourth quarter

SEA – Dan Doornink 8-yard run (Efren Herrera kick), 1:56 (SEA 14–0)

Top passers

SEA – Jim Zorn: 7/19, 86 yds, 2 INT
WAS – Joe Theismann: 16/35, 200 yds, 4 INT

Top rushers

SEA – Jim Jodat: 22 car, 117 yds
WAS – Wilbur Jackson: 11 car, 33 yds

Top receivers

SEA – Sam McCullum: 4 rec, 40 yds
WAS – Ricky Thompson: 4 rec, 50 yds

Team – pass – rush – total – to

SEA – 80 – 235 – 315 – 2
WAS – 205 – 78 – 283 – 4

Week 5: at Houston Oilers

Week Five: Seattle Seahawks at Houston Oilers – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Seahawks	3	20	3	0	26
Oilers	0	0	0	7	7

at Astrodome, Houston, Texas

Date: October 5
Game time: 12:00pm local
Game weather: indoors
Game attendance: 46,860
Referee: Fred Wyant
TV announcers (NBC): Sam Nover and Bob Trumpy
Gamebook

Game information

First quarter

SEA – Efren Herrera 32-yard field goal, 8:51 (SEA 3–0)

Second quarter

SEA – Sam McCullum 22-yard pass from Jim Zorn (Efren Herrera kick), 12:51 (SEA 10–0)
SEA – Efren Herrera 33-yard field goal, 10:10 (SEA 13–0)
SEA – Sam McCullum 24-yard pass from Jim Zorn (Efren Herrera kick), 9:35 (SEA 20–0)
SEA – Efren Herrera 50-yard field goal, 0:56 (SEA 23–0)

Third quarter

SEA – Efren Herrera 44-yard field goal, 10:25 (SEA 26–0)

Fourth quarter

HOU – Mike Barber 22-yard pass from Ken Stabler (Toni Fritsch kick), 1:23 (SEA 26–7)

Top passers

SEA – Jim Zorn: 12/22, 172 yds, 2 TD
HOU – Ken Stabler: 23/50, 174 yds, 1 TD, 5 INT

Top rushers

SEA – Jim Jodat: 12 car, 44 yds
HOU – Earl Campbell: 12 car, 50 yds

Top receivers

SEA – Sam McCullum: 4 rec, 80 yds, 2 TD
HOU – Jeff Groth: 4 rec, 47 yds

Team – pass – rush – total – to

SEA – 185 – 118 – 303 – 2
HOU – 163 – 79 – 242 – 6

Week 6: vs. Cleveland Browns

Week Six: Seattle Seahawks vs. Cleveland Browns – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Browns	7	6	7	7	27
Seahawks	0	3	0	0	3

at Kingdome, Seattle

Date: October 12
Game time: 1:02pm local
Game weather: indoors
Game attendance: 61,366
Referee: Chuck Heberling
TV announcers (NBC): Jay Randolph and Gene Washington
Gamebook

Game information

First quarter

CLE – Mike Pruitt 2-yard run (Don Cockroft kick), 3:58 (CLE 7–0)

Second quarter

SEA – Efren Herrera 29-yard field goal, 13:50 (CLE 7–3)
CLE – Keith Wright 39-yard pass from Brian Sipe (PAT failed), 2:30 (CLE 13–3)

Third quarter

CLE – Charles White 3-yard run (Don Cockroft kick), 6:45 (CLE 20–3)

Fourth quarter

CLE – Mike Pruitt 22-yard run (Don Cockroft kick), 13:20 (CLE 27–3)

Top passers

CLE – Brian Sipe: 12/24, 211 yds, 1 TD
SEA – Jim Zorn: 23/29, 222 yds

Top rushers

CLE – Mike Pruitt: 24 car, 166 yds, 2 TD
SEA – Jeff Moore: 6 car, 37 yds

Top receivers

CLE – Ozzie Newsome: 2 rec, 60 yds
SEA – Sam McCullum: 5 rec, 61 yds

Team – pass – rush – total – to

CLE – 211 – 176 – 387 – 1
SEA – 205 – 118 – 323 – 1

Week 7: at New York Jets

Week Seven: Seattle Seahawks at New York Jets – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Seahawks	3	0	7	17	27
Jets	0	7	7	3	17

at Shea Stadium, New York

Date: October 19
Game time: 1:01pm local
Game weather: clear, 64 °F (18 °C), 70% humidity, wind W 10 miles per hour (16 km/h)
Game attendance: 52,496
Referee: Bob McElwee
TV announcers (NBC): Charlie Jones and Len Dawson
Gamebook

Game information

First quarter

SEA – Efren Herrera 48-yard field goal, 4:12 (SEA 3–0)

Second quarter

NYJ – Mickey Shuler 4-yard pass from Richard Todd (Pat Leahy kick), 0:29 (NYJ 7–3)

Third quarter

NYJ – Scott Dierking 20-yard pass from Richard Todd (Pat Leahy kick), 9:51 (NYJ 14–3)
SEA – Jessie Green 32-yard blocked punt return (Efren Herrera kick), 5:05 (NYJ 14–10)

Fourth quarter

NYJ – Pat Leahy 22-yard field goal, 12:27 (NYJ 17–10)
SEA – Efren Herrera 23-yard field goal, 8:35 (NYJ 17–13)
SEA – Jim Jodat 2-yard run (Efren Herrera kick), 3:13 (SEA 20–17)
SEA – Jim Jodat 1-yard run (Efren Herrera kick), 2:06 (SEA 27–17)

Top passers

SEA – Jim Zorn: 17/27, 258 yds
NYJ – Richard Todd: 17/27, 198 yds, 2 TD, 2 INT

Top rushers

SEA – Jeff Moore: 4 car, 40 yds
NYJ – Scott Dierking: 18 car, 65 yds

Top receivers

SEA – Sam McCullum: 5 rec, 107 yds
NYJ – Derrick Gaffney: 5 rec, 91 yds

Team – pass – rush – total – to

SEA – 244 – 85 – 329 – 0
NYJ – 189 – 149 – 338 – 2

Week 8: at Oakland Raiders

Week Eight: Seattle Seahawks at Oakland Raiders – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Seahawks	0	0	0	14	14
Raiders	3	3	10	17	33

at Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland, California

Date: October 26
Game time: 1:01pm local
Game weather: clear, 63 °F (17 °C), 73% humidity, wind SW 5 miles per hour (8.0 km/h)
Game attendance: 50,185
Referee: Cal Lepore
TV announcers (NBC): Sam Nover and Bob Trumpy
Gamebook

Game information

First quarter

OAK – Chris Bahr 34-yard field goal, 1:44 (OAK 3–0)

Second quarter

OAK – Chris Bahr 38-yard field goal, 10:59 (OAK 6–0)

Third quarter

OAK – Chris Bahr 30-yard field goal, 11:47 (OAK 9–0)
OAK – Bob Chandler 5-yard pass from Jim Plunkett (Chris Bahr kick), 8:10 (OAK 16–0)

Fourth quarter

OAK – Bob Chandler 12-yard pass from Jim Plunkett (Chris Bahr kick), 14:07 (OAK 23–0)
SEA – Lawrence McCutcheon 1-yard run (Efren Herrera kick), 10:52 (OAK 23–7)
OAK – Bob Chandler 23-yard pass from Jim Plunkett (Chris Bahr kick), 8:51 (OAK 30–7)
SEA – Steve Largent 67-yard pass from Jim Zorn (Efren Herrera kick), 7:55 (OAK 30–14)
OAK – Chris Bahr 25-yard field goal, 2:44 (OAK 33–14)

Top passers

SEA – Jim Zorn: 17/33, 282 yds, 1 TD, 2 INT
OAK – Jim Plunkett: 16/25, 214 yds, 3 TD

Top rushers

SEA – Jeff Moore: 6 car, 9 yds
OAK – Mark van Eeghen: 17 car, 75 yds

Top receivers

SEA – Steve Largent: 4 rec, 142 yds, 1 TD
OAK – Bob Chandler: 5 rec, 75 yds, 3 TD

Team – pass – rush – total – to

SEA – 238 – 25 – 263 – 3
OAK – 201 – 138 – 339 – 1

Week 9: vs. Philadelphia Eagles

Week Nine: Seattle Seahawks vs. Philadelphia Eagles – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles	0	7	10	10	27
Seahawks	6	0	7	7	20

at Kingdome, Seattle

Date: November 2
Game time: 1:02pm local
Game weather: indoors
Game attendance: 61,047
Referee: Jerry Markbreit
TV announcers (CBS): Gary Bender and John Madden
Gamebook

Game information

First quarter

SEA – Efren Herrera 21-yard field goal, 4:40 (SEA 3–0)
SEA – Efren Herrera 31-yard field goal, 0:04 (SEA 6–0)

Second quarter

PHI – Billy Campfield 1-yard run (Tony Franklin kick), 0:58 (PHI 7–6)

Third quarter

SEA – Steve Largent 27-yard pass from Jim Zorn (Efren Herrera kick), 12:18 (SEA 13–6)
PHI – Charlie Smith 15-yard pass from Ron Jaworski (Tony Franklin kick), 4:57 (PHI 14–13)
PHI – Tony Franklin 39-yard field goal, 0:54 (PHI 17–13)

Fourth quarter

SEA – Dan Doornink 9-yard run (Efren Herrera kick), 11:40 (SEA 20–17)
PHI – Billy Campfield 5-yard run (Tony Franklin kick), 2:43 (PHI 24–20)
PHI – Tony Franklin 25-yard field goal, 1:30 (PHI 27–20)

Top passers

PHI – Ron Jaworski: 19/30, 253 yds, 2 TD, 1 INT
SEA – Jim Zorn: 20/35, 250 yds, 1 TD

Top rushers

PHI – Leroy Harris: 12 car, 39 yds
SEA – Dan Doornink: 7 car, 44 yds, 1 TD

Top receivers

PHI – Charlie Smith: 5 rec, 109 yds, 1 TD
SEA – Steve Largent: 6 rec, 101 yds, 1 TD

Team – pass – rush – total – to

PHI – 248 – 115 – 363 – 2
SEA – 220 – 103 – 323 – 0

Week 10: vs. Kansas City Chiefs

Week Ten: Seattle Seahawks vs. Kansas City Chiefs – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Chiefs	3	0	7	21	31
Seahawks	0	17	6	7	30

at Kingdome, Seattle

Date: November 9
Game time: 1:03pm local
Game weather: indoors
Game attendance: 58,976
Referee: Jim Tunney
TV announcers (NBC): Mike Adamle and Mike Haffner
Gamebook

Game information

First quarter

KC – Nick Lowery 42-yard field goal, 3:51 (KC 3–0)

Second quarter

SEA – Larry Brinson 22-yard run (Efren Herrera kick), 4:42 (SEA 7–3)
SEA – Efren Herrera 39-yard field goal, 1:34 (SEA 10–3)
SEA – Dan Doornink 4-yard pass from Jim Zorn (Efren Herrera kick), 0:02 (SEA 17–3)

Third quarter

KC – Tony Reed 12-yard pass from Steve Fuller (Nick Lowery kick), 14:34 (SEA 17–10)
SEA – Efren Herrera 31-yard field goal, 9:23 (SEA 20–10)
SEA – Efren Herrera 33-yard field goal, 3:39 (SEA 23–10)

Fourth quarter

KC – Henry Marshall 11-yard pass from Steve Fuller (Nick Lowery kick), 12:44 (SEA 23–17)
KC – Frank Manumaleuga 22-yard interception return (Nick Lowery kick), 11:33 (KC 24–23)
SEA – Jim Jodat 2-yard run (Efren Herrera kick), 4:10 (SEA 30–24)
KC – Arnold Morgado 1-yard run (Nick Lowery kick), 0:40 (KC 31–30)

Top passers

KC – Steve Fuller: 19/26, 233 yds, 2 TD, 2 INT
SEA – Jim Zorn: 18/37, 189 yds, 1 TD, 5 INT

Top rushers

KC – Ted McKnight: 12 car, 26 yds
SEA – Jim Jodat: 15 car, 57 yds, 1 TD

Top receivers

KC – Tony Reed: 6 rec, 73 yds, 1 TD
SEA – Sam McCullum: 4 rec, 57 yds

Team – pass – rush – total – to

KC – 216 – 81 – 297 – 4
SEA – 192 – 130 – 322 – 5

Week 11: vs. Oakland Raiders

Week Eleven: Seattle Seahawks vs. Oakland Raiders – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Raiders	0	0	7	12	19
Seahawks	0	7	7	3	17

at Kingdome, Seattle

Date: November 17
Game time: 6:06pm local
Game weather: indoors
Game attendance: 60,480
Referee: Fred Silva
TV announcers (ABC): Frank Gifford, Don Meredith, and Howard Cosell
Gamebook

Game information

First quarter

No scoring plays

Second quarter

SEA – Lawrence McCutcheon 1-yard run (Efren Herrera kick), 0:23 (SEA 7–0)

Third quarter

SEA – Dan Doornink 8-yard pass from Jim Zorn (Efren Herrera kick), 8:52 (SEA 14–0)
OAK – Arthur Whittington 10-yard run (Chris Bahr kick), 7:03 (SEA 14–7)

Fourth quarter

SEA – Efren Herrera 37-yard field goal, 14:56 (SEA 17–7)
OAK – Safety, Ted Hendricks blocked punt out of end zone, 10:28 (SEA 17–9)
OAK – Mark van Eeghen 1-yard run (Chris Bahr kick), 8:30 (SEA 17–16)
OAK – Chris Bahr 28-yard field goal, 0:56 (OAK 19–17)

Top passers

OAK – Jim Plunkett: 9/22, 135 yds, 1 INT
SEA – Jim Zorn: 19/35, 250 yds, 1 TD, 2 INT

Top rushers

OAK – Arthur Whittington: 10 car, 54 yds
SEA – Jim Jodat: 12 car, 48 yds

Top receivers

OAK – Derrick Ramsey: 2 rec, 76 yds
SEA – Steve Largent: 5 rec, 68 yds

Team – pass – rush – total – to

OAK – 110 – 117 – 227 – 2
SEA – 233 – 158 – 391 – 2

Week 12: at Denver Broncos

Week Twelve: Seattle Seahawks at Denver Broncos – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Seahawks	0	10	0	10	20
Broncos	7	10	3	16	36

at Mile High Stadium, Denver, Colorado

Date: November 23
Game time: 2:00pm local
Game weather: cloudy, 34 °F (1 °C), 69% humidity, wind E 9 miles per hour (14 km/h)
Game attendance: 73,274
Referee: Jerry Seeman
TV announcers (NBC): Charlie Jones and Len Dawson
Gamebook

Game information

First quarter

DEN – Riley Odoms 2-yard pass from Craig Morton (Fred Steinfort kick), 2:53 (DEN 7–0)

Second quarter

SEA – Efren Herrera 21-yard field goal, 13:04 (DEN 7–3)
SEA – Will Lewis 75-yard punt return (Efren Herrera kick), 8:46 (SEA 10–7)
DEN – Fred Steinfort 24-yard field goal, 4:02 (Tied 10–10)
DEN – Craig Morton 1-yard run (Fred Steinfort kick), 1:19 (DEN 17–10)

Third quarter

DEN – Fred Steinfort 33-yard field goal, 6:31 (DEN 20–10)

Fourth quarter

SEA – Efren Herrera 20-yard field goal, 14:57 (DEN 20–13)
DEN – Haven Moses 27-yard pass from Craig Morton (Fred Steinfort kick), 11:28 (DEN 27–13)
DEN – Don Latimer 15-yard interception return (Fred Steinfort kick), 7:20 (DEN 34–13)
DEN – Safety, Willie Jones tackled Jim Zorn in end zone, 6:07 (DEN 36–13)
SEA – Lawrence McCutcheon 5-yard pass from Sam Adkins (Efren Herrera kick), 0:12 (DEN 36–20)

Top passers

SEA – Jim Zorn: 12/18, 147 yds, 2 INT
DEN – Craig Morton: 19/28, 192 yds, 2 TD, 1 INT

Top rushers

SEA – Jim Zorn: 3 car, 25 yds
DEN – Jon Keyworth: 11 car, 28 yds

Top receivers

SEA – Steve Largent: 4 rec, 83 yds
DEN – Riley Odoms: 6 rec, 92 yds, 1 TD

Team – pass – rush – total – to

SEA – 151 – 69 – 220 – 5
DEN – 200 – 76 – 276 – 3

Week 13: at Dallas Cowboys

Week Thirteen: Seattle Seahawks at Dallas Cowboys – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Seahawks	0	0	0	7	7
Cowboys	9	21	0	21	51

at Texas Stadium, Irving, Texas

Date: November 27
Game time: 3:00pm local
Game weather: partly cloudy, 49 °F (9 °C), 52% humidity, wind WNW 17 miles per hour (27 km/h)
Game attendance: 57,540
Referee: Pat Haggerty
TV announcers (NBC): Dick Enberg and Merlin Olsen
Gamebook

Game information

First quarter

DAL – Tony Hill 18-yard pass from Danny White (Rafael Septién kick), 3:48 (DAL 7–0)
DAL – Safety, Jim Zorn intentional grounding in end zone, 3:29 (DAL 9–0)

Second quarter

DAL – Billy Joe DuPree 14-yard pass from Danny White (Rafael Septien kick), 14:09 (DAL 16–0)
DAL – Ron Springs 1-yard run (Rafael Septien kick), 11:57 (DAL 23–0)
DAL – Robert Newhouse 1-yard run (Rafael Septien kick), 1:57 (DAL 30–0)

Third quarter

No scoring plays

Fourth quarter

DAL – Tony Dorsett 1-yard run (Rafael Septien kick), 14:10 (DAL 37–0)
DAL – Tony Dorsett 1-yard run (Rafael Septien kick), 11:03 (DAL 44–0)
DAL – Billy Joe DuPree 14-yard pass from Glenn Carano (Rafael Septien kick), 9:23 (DAL 51–0)
SEA – Ron Essink 2-yard pass from Jim Zorn (Efren Herrera kick), 2:37 (DAL 51–7)

Top passers

SEA – Jim Zorn: 12/25, 110 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT
DAL – Danny White: 11/18, 120 yds, 2 TD, 2 INT

Top rushers

SEA – Lawrence McCutcheon: 11 car, 95 yds
DAL – Tony Dorsett: 18 car, 100 yds, 1 TD

Top receivers

SEA – Sam McCullum: 3 rec, 35 yds
DAL – Tony Dorsett: 4 rec, 44 yds

Team – pass – rush – total – to

SEA – 84 – 148 – 232 – 7
DAL – 125 – 200 – 325 – 2

Week 14: vs. New York Giants

Week Fourteen: Seattle Seahawks vs. New York Giants – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Giants	3	10	0	14	27
Seahawks	0	7	7	7	21

at Kingdome, Seattle

Date: December 7
Game time: 1:04pm local
Game weather: indoors
Game attendance: 51,617
Referee: Gordon McCarter
TV announcers (CBS): Curt Gowdy and Hank Stram
Gamebook

Game information

First quarter

NYG – Joe Danelo 43-yard field goal, 9:37 (NYG 3–0)

Second quarter

NYG – Joe Danelo 32-yard field goal, 11:52 (NYG 6–0)
NYG – Earnest Gray 48-yard pass from Scott Brunner (Joe Danelo kick), 10:20 (NYG 13–0)
SEA – Dan Doornink 1-yard run (Efren Herrera kick), 2:31 (NYG 13–7)

Third quarter

SEA – Jim Jodat 1-yard run (Efren Herrera kick), 6:20 (SEA 14–13)

Fourth quarter

NYG – Earnest Gray 50-yard pass from Scott Brunner (Joe Danelo kick), 11:47 (NYG 20–14)
SEA – Steve Largent 34-yard pass from Jim Zorn (Efren Herrera kick), 7:59 (SEA 21–20)
NYG – Billy Taylor 30-yard run (Joe Danelo kick), 1:57 (NYG 27–21)

Top passers

NYG – Scott Brunner: 8/18, 161 yds, 2 TD, 1 INT
SEA – Jim Zorn: 20/37, 238 yds, 1 TD

Top rushers

NYG – Billy Taylor: 19 car, 103 yds, 1 TD
SEA – Jim Jodat: 12 car, 72 yds, 1 TD

Top receivers

NYG – Earnest Gray: 3 rec, 114 yds, 2 TD
SEA – Steve Largent: 8 rec, 139 yds, 1 TD

Team – pass – rush – total – to

NYG – 161 – 150 – 311 – 2
SEA – 221 – 116 – 337 – 2

Week 15: at San Diego Chargers

Week Fifteen: Seattle Seahawks at San Diego Chargers – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Seahawks	0	0	7	7	14
Chargers	0	21	0	0	21

at San Diego Stadium, San Diego, California

Date: December 13
Game time: 1:01pm local
Game weather: clear, 72 °F (22 °C), 48% humidity, wind SW 5 miles per hour (8.0 km/h)
Game attendance: 49,980
Referee: Red Cashion
TV announcers (NBC): Charlie Jones and Len Dawson
Gamebook

Game information

First quarter

No scoring plays

Second quarter

SD – Chuck Muncie 1-yard run (Rolf Benirschke kick), 14:58 (SD 7–0)
SD – Chuck Muncie 10-yard run (Rolf Benirschke kick), 11:21 (SD 14–0)
SD – John Jefferson 19-yard pass from Dan Fouts (Rolf Benirschke kick), 1:53 (SD 21–0)

Third quarter

SEA – Jim Jodat 15-yard run (Efren Herrera kick), 3:30 (SD 21–7)

Fourth quarter

SEA – Steve Largent 2-yard pass from Jim Zorn (Efren Herrera kick), 0:00 (SD 21–14)

Top passers

SEA – Jim Zorn: 22/42, 179 yds, 1 TD
SD – Dan Fouts: 28/42, 339 yds, 1 TD, 2 INT

Top rushers

SEA – Jim Jodat: 7 car, 36 yds, 1 TD
SD – Chuck Muncie: 13 car, 42 yds, 2 TD

Top receivers

SEA – Steve Largent: 5 rec, 55 yds, 1 TD
SD – John Jefferson: 8 rec, 113 yds, 1 TD

Team – pass – rush – total – to

SEA – 152 – 79 – 231 – 1
SD – 330 – 90 – 420 – 4

Week 16: vs. Denver Broncos

Week Sixteen: Seattle Seahawks vs. Denver Broncos – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Broncos	10	9	6	0	25
Seahawks	0	0	3	14	17

at Kingdome, Seattle

Date: December 21
Game time: 1:01pm local
Game weather: indoors
Game attendance: 51,853
Referee: Bob McElwee
TV announcers (NBC): Jay Randolph and Gene Washington
Gamebook

Game information

First quarter

DEN – Fred Steinfort 53-yard field goal, 8:41 (DEN 3–0)
DEN – Riley Odoms 18-yard pass from Matt Robinson (Fred Steinfort kick), 8:14 (DEN 10–3)

Second quarter

DEN – Matt Robinson 1-yard run (PAT failed), 4:10 (DEN 16–0)
DEN – Fred Steinfort 55-yard field goal, 0:46 (DEN 19–0)

Third quarter

SEA – Efren Herrera 47-yard field goal, 9:28 (DEN 19–3)
DEN – Fred Steinfort 34-yard field goal, 6:45 (DEN 22–3)
DEN – Fred Steinfort 38-yard field goal, 2:16 (DEN 25–3)

Fourth quarter

SEA – Lawrence McCutcheon 2-yard run (Efren Herrera kick), 5:53 (DEN 25–10)
SEA – Jim Jodat 9-yard run (Efren Herrera kick), 0:44 (DEN 25–17)

Top passers

DEN – Craig Morton: 9/23, 99 yds, 1 TD
SEA – Jim Zorn: 22/33, 222 yds, 1 TD, 2 INT

Top rushers

DEN – Rob Lytle: 11 car, 89 yds
SEA – Jim Jodat: 10 car, 33 yds

Top receivers

DEN – Rick Upchurch: 2 rec, 26 yds
SEA – Steve Largent: 5 rec, 70 yds

Team – pass – rush – total – to

DEN – 101 – 135 – 236 – 0
SEA – 203 – 96 – 299 – 2

References

↑ https://www.pro-football-reference.com
↑ 1980 Seahawks Media Guide, accessed February 14, 2015.
↑ 1981 Seahawks Media Guide, accessed February 14, 2015.
↑ 1980 NFL season results, NFL.com, accessed February 14, 2015.

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