The 1980

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was the NFL's 30th annual

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which featured the outstanding performers from the 1979 season. The game was played on Sunday, January 27, 1980, at

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before 48,060 fans. The final score was NFC 37, AFC 27.

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of the

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lead the AFC team against an NFC team coached by

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head coach

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. The referee was

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. Chuck Muncie of the

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was named the game's

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. Players on the winning NFC team received $5,000 apiece while the AFC participants each took home $2,500. Starting in his seventh and final Pro Bowl, defensive end Jack Youngblood of the

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played in the game with a fractured left fibula, just as he had played during the NFC Divisional Playoff and in

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. 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.

References

External links

* Pro Bowl

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