1980 Philadelphia Eagles season The 1980 Philadelphia Eagles season resulted in an appearance in the Super Bowl . Offseason . After going 11 – 5 in the 1979 season and making the playoffs again as a wildcard team , the Eagles found themselves looking to improve through the NFL Draft again . 1980 NFL Draft . The 1980 NFL Draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players . It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting . The draft was held April 29 – 30 , 1979 . As was started with the 1977 NFL Draft , this would be 12 rounds . ESPN would cover all 12 rounds live for the first time . This would be over 2 days . The Philadelphia Eagles would get the 23rd to the 25th pick in the 12 rounds . The Eagles would draft 10 players in the this year ' s draft . The draft began with first overall pick of 1978 Heisman Trophy winner , as a Jr . in college , Billy Sims , Running Back from University of Oklahoma , by the Detroit Lions . Player Selections . The table shows the Eagles selections and what picks they had that were traded away and the team that ended up with that pick . It is possible the Eagles ' pick ended up with this team via another trade the Eagles made . Not shown are acquired picks that the Eagles traded away . Pre - Season . The Eagle would hold training camp at West Chester University in West Chester , Pennsylvania Regular season . The 1980 season schedule was set by how the Eagles finished in 1979 , 2nd in NFC East . The way it was laid out , 4 of the 5 teams in the same division could end up having 10 to 14 common opponents during the 1980 season . Also , when the last regular season game is over you know who you play the next year . Game Recaps . A recap of the scoring plays and the game scores by quarters during the year . The record after the team ' s name reflects this games outcome also . Week 1 . Sunday , September 7 , 1980 Kickoff 4 : 00 PM Eastern Played at Veterans Stadium grass in 76F degrees with a 11 MPH wind Week 2 . Sunday , September 14 , 1980 Kickoff 12 : 00 PM Central Played at Metropolitan Stadium on Grass playing surface in 57F degrees with a 12 MPH wind Week 3 . Monday , September 22 , 1980 Kickoff 9 : 00 PM Eastern Played at Veterans Stadium on AstroTurf playing surface in 79F degrees with a 8 MPH wind Week 4 . Sunday , September 28 , 1980 Kickoff 1 : 00 PM Eastern Played at Busch Memorial Stadium on an AstroTurf playing surface in 63F degrees with a 7 MPH wind Week 5 . Sunday , October 5 , 1980 Kickoff 1 : 00 PM Eastern Played at Veterans Stadium on an AstroTurf playing surface in 54F degrees with a 6 MPH wind Week 6 . Sunday , October 12 , 1980 Kickoff 1 : 00 PM Eastern Played at Giants Stadium on an AstroTurf playing surface in 57F degrees with a 16 MPH wind Week 7 . Sunday , October 19 , 1980 Kickoff 1 : 00 PM Eastern Played at Veterans Stadium on an AstroTurf playing surface in 61F degrees with a 9 MPH wind Week 8 . Sunday , October 26 , 1980 Kickoff 4 : 00 PM Eastern Played at Veterans Stadium on an AstroTurf playing surface in 45F degrees with a 21 MPH wind Week 9 . Sunday , October 26 , 1980 Kickoff 1 : 00 PM Pacific Played at the Kingdome on an AstroTurf playing surface in 72F degrees indoors Week 10 . Sunday , October 26 , 1980 Kickoff 3 : 00 PM Central Played at the Louisiana Superdome on an AstroTurf playing surface in 72F degrees indoors . Week 11 . Sunday , November 16 , 1980 Kickoff 1 : 00 PM Eastern Played at Robert F . Kennedy Memorial Stadium on grass in 45F degrees with a 16 MPH wind Week 12 . Sunday , November 23 , 1980 Kickoff 1 : 00 PM Eastern Played at Veterans Stadium on an AstroTurf playing surface in 37F degrees with a 5 MPH wind Week 13 . Sunday , November 30 , 1980 Kickoff 1 : 00 PM Pacific Played at Jack Murphy Stadium on grass playing surface in 61F degrees with a 6 MPH wind Week 14 . Sunday , December 7 , 1980 Kickoff 1 : 00 PM Eastern Played at Veterans Stadium on AstroTurf playing surface in 46F degrees with a 7 MPH wind Week 15 . Sunday , December 14 , 1980 Kickoff 1 : 00 PM Eastern Played at Veterans Stadium on an AstroTurf playing surface in 34F degrees with a 15 MPH wind and a wind chill of 24 Week 16 . Sunday , December 21 , 1980 Kickoff 3 : 00 PM Central Played at Texas Stadium on AstroTurf playing surface in 28F degrees with wind at 9 MPH , and a wind chill of 19F Playoffs . Playoff Games Recap . NFC Division Playoff . Sunday , November 23 , 1980 Kickoff 1 : 00 PM Eastern Played at Veterans Stadium on an AstroTurf playing surface in 24F degrees with a 10 MPH wind with a wind chill of 14F NFC Championship . Sunday , January 11 , 1981 Kickoff 12 : 30 PM Eastern Played at Veterans Stadium on an AstroTurf playing surface in 11F degrees with a 12 MPH wind with a wind chill of −3 . " Record above is regular season record . " Super Bowl XV . Sunday , January 25 , 1981 Kickoff 5 : 00 PM Central Played at the Louisiana Superdome on an AstroTurf playing surface in 72F degrees indoors 1980 Roster . " ( All time List of Philadelphia Eagles players in franchise history ) "