1980 NFL NFC Central standings

Name: 1980 NFL NFC Central standings
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The Minnesota Vikings and Detroit Lions finished tied atop the 1980 NFL NFC Central division race, both at 9-7. The Minnesota Vikings won the division on an NFL tiebreaker these standings do not carry.

The 1980 playoffs, game by game

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NFC Central standings, 1980

Team	W	L	T	Pct	GB	L10	Streak
Minnesota Vikings (MIN) b	9	7	0	.563	-	6-4	L1
Detroit Lions (DET)	9	7	0	.563	-	4-6	W2
Chicago Bears (CHI)	7	9	0	.438	2	5-5	W1
Green Bay Packers (GB)	5	10	1	.344	3.5	3-7	L4
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (TB)	5	10	1	.344	3.5	3-7	L3

Final standings.

Clinch key

b: clinched a first-round bye

Turning points

The lead changed hands twice.
The Minnesota Vikings trailed by as many as 2 games in Week 4.
The Detroit Lions won 4 games in a row from Week 1 to Week 4, the longest run of the race.
The Detroit Lions led by 2 games as late as Week 7.
The Minnesota Vikings went 5-3 from Week 6 to Week 14, turning a deficit of 2 games into a lead of 1 game.
Four teams held first place.
The Minnesota Vikings spent 6 of the season's 16 charted weeks in first place.