# 1980 Hawthorn Football Club season

The 1980 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 56th season in the Victorian Football League and 79th overall.

## Fixture
### Premiership season

| Rd | Date and local time | Opponent | Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) | Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) | Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) | Venue | Attendance | Record |
| Rd | Date and local time | Opponent | Home | Away | Result | Venue | Attendance | Record |
| 1 | Saturday, 29 March (2:10 pm) | Richmond | 15.16 (106) | 16.15 (111) | Lost by 5 points | Princes Park (H) | 20,775 | 0–1 |
| 2 | Saturday, 5 April (2:10 pm) | St Kilda | 11.17 (83) | 15.26 (116) | Won by 33 points | Moorabbin Oval (A) | 22,265 | 1–1 |
| 3 | Saturday, 12 April (2:10 pm) | Collingwood | 19.16 (130) | 16.23 (119) | Won by 11 points | Princes Park (H) | 28,232 | 2–1 |
| 4 | Saturday, 19 April (2:10 pm) | Fitzroy | 12.10 (82) | 11.19 (85) | Won by 3 points | VFL Park (A) | 26,104 | 3–1 |
| 5 | Friday, 25 April (2:10 pm) | Geelong | 14.10 (94) | 13.11 (89) | Lost by 5 points | Kardinia Park (A) | 34,498 | 3–2 |
| 6 | Saturday, 3 May (2:10 pm) | Footscray | 19.16 (130) | 18.5 (113) | Won by 17 points | Princes Park (H) | 11,758 | 4–2 |
| 7 | Saturday, 10 May (2:10 pm) | Carlton | 14.27 (111) | 16.17 (113) | Won by 2 points | Princes Park (A) | 28,788 | 5–2 |
| 8 | Saturday, 17 May (2:10 pm) | Melbourne | 17.16 (118) | 15.18 (108) | Won by 10 points | Princes Park (H) | 10,501 | 6–2 |
| 9 | Saturday, 24 May (2:10 pm) | North Melbourne | 14.9 (93) | 13.10 (88) | Lost by 5 points | VFL Park (A) | 34,384 | 6–3 |
| 10 | Saturday, 31 May (2:10 pm) | South Melbourne | 28.15 (183) | 14.15 (99) | Lost by 84 points | Lake Oval (A) | 17,420 | 6–4 |
| 11 | Saturday, 7 June (2:10 pm) | Essendon | 9.17 (71) | 13.11 (89) | Lost by 18 points | Princes Park (H) | 21,221 | 6–5 |
| 12 | Monday, 16 June (2:10 pm) | Richmond | 16.12 (108) | 11.22 (88) | Lost by 20 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) | 57,572 | 6–6 |
| 13 | Saturday, 21 June (2:10 pm) | St Kilda | 21.17 (143) | 16.13 (109) | Won by 34 points | Princes Park (H) | 11,686 | 7–6 |
| 14 | Saturday, 28 June (2:10 pm) | Fitzroy | 21.17 (143) | 8.7 (55) | Won by 88 points | Princes Park (H) | 8,209 | 8–6 |
| 15 | Saturday, 12 July (2:10 pm) | Geelong | 4.13 (37) | 17.15 (117) | Lost by 80 points | VFL Park (H) | 34,224 | 8–7 |
| 16 | Saturday, 19 July (2:10 pm) | Collingwood | 22.17 (149) | 19.8 (122) | Lost by 27 points | Victoria Park (A) | 25,090 | 8–8 |
| 17 | Saturday, 26 July (2:10 pm) | Footscray | 25.10 (160) | 15.17 (107) | Lost by 53 points | Western Oval (A) | 12,362 | 8–9 |
| 18 | Saturday, 2 August (2:10 pm) | Carlton | 9.15 (69) | 16.17 (113) | Lost by 44 points | Princes Park (H) | 15,046 | 8–10 |
| 19 | Saturday, 9 August (2:10 pm) | Melbourne | 9.10 (64) | 19.27 (141) | Won by 77 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) | 15,457 | 9–10 |
| 20 | Saturday, 16 August (2:10 pm) | North Melbourne | 11.13 (79) | 20.15 (135) | Lost by 56 points | VFL Park (H) | 21,739 | 9–11 |
| 21 | Saturday, 23 August (2:10 pm) | South Melbourne | 16.17 (113) | 12.11 (83) | Won by 30 points | VFL Park (H) | 19,882 | 10–11 |
| 22 | Saturday, 30 August (2:10 pm) | Essendon | 15.12 (102) | 8.14 (62) | Lost by 40 points | Windy Hill (A) | 17,744 | 10–12 |

## Ladder

| (P) | Premiers |
| | Qualified for finals |
| # | Team | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | % | Pts |
| 1 | Geelong | 22 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 2362 | 1888 | 125.1 | 68 |
| 2 | Carlton | 22 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 2576 | 2128 | 121.1 | 68 |
| 3 | Richmond (P) | 22 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2754 | 1990 | 138.4 | 66 |
| 4 | North Melbourne | 22 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 2345 | 1894 | 123.8 | 58 |
| 5 | Collingwood | 22 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 2491 | 2178 | 114.4 | 58 |
| 6 | South Melbourne | 22 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 2211 | 2174 | 101.7 | 52 |
| 7 | Essendon | 22 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 2268 | 2151 | 105.4 | 40 |
| 8 | Hawthorn | 22 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 2249 | 2381 | 94.5 | 40 |
| 9 | Melbourne | 22 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 2140 | 2709 | 79.0 | 20 |
| 10 | Footscray | 22 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 2056 | 2737 | 75.1 | 20 |
| 11 | St Kilda | 22 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 1872 | 2704 | 69.2 | 20 |
| 12 | Fitzroy | 22 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 2398 | 2788 | 86.0 | 18 |
Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for Average score: 105.0 Source: AFL Tables