1980 Pro Bowl

{{Short description|National Football League all-star game}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox Pro Bowl

|type=pb

|name=1980

|image=

|image_size=200

|visitor=NFC

|home=AFC

|visitor_qtr1=3

|home_qtr1=3

|visitor_qtr2=20

|home_qtr2=7

|visitor_qtr3=7

|home_qtr3=10

|visitor_qtr4=7

|home_qtr4=7

|date=January 27, 1980

|stadium=Aloha Stadium

|city=Honolulu, Hawaii

|visitor_coach=Tom Landry

|visitor_coach_team=Dallas Cowboys

|home_coach=Don Coryell

|home_coach_team=San Diego Chargers

|MVP=Chuck Muncie

|MVPteam=New Orleans Saints

|anthem=

|coin_toss=

|referee=Dick Jorgensen

|attendance=48,060

|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.{{cite web|title=1980 Pro Bowl game book |url=http://www.nflgsis.com/1979/Post/05/55142/Gamebook.pdf |work=NFL Game Statistics & Information |publisher=National Football League |access-date=January 30, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150202235452/http://www.nflgsis.com/1979/Post/05/55142/Gamebook.pdf |archive-date=February 2, 2015 |url-status=live }} The final score was NFC 37, AFC 27.{{cite news|title=Bradshaw fizzles while NFC sizzles|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=WZ5RAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rG0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=3437%2C3707763|access-date=January 17, 2012|newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|date=January 28, 1980|agency=AP|page=15}}

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

Chuck Muncie of the New Orleans Saints was named the game's Most Valuable Player. Players on the winning NFC team received $5,000 apiece while the AFC participants each took home $2,500.{{cite web|title=NFL Pro Bowl history |url=http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/story/10540742 |publisher=CBSSports.com |access-date=January 30, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810235233/http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/story/10540742 |archive-date=August 10, 2011 |url-status=live }}

Starting in his seventh and final Pro Bowl, defensive end Jack Youngblood of the Los Angeles Rams played in the game with a fractured left fibula, just as he had played during the NFC Divisional Playoff and in Super Bowl XIV.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nfl.com/news/pro-bowl-flashback-friday-jack-youngblood-s-broken-leg-0ap2000000285834|title=Pro Bowl Flashback Friday: Jack Youngblood's broken leg|website=NFL.com }}

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.