80 Rams

[@mreppen1]

This is awesome, thanks! My Rams are back home.

[@wilhelmbeaston8003]

I hope the rest of LA will feel the same someday.

[@RedElephantStampede]

Jewerl Thomas, I remember that performance against Dallas.

[@d72jjpilc]

5:43 to 8:05 - 'World Beater' by Andy Clark, one of my favorite instrumentals, also on the 'Super Bowl XV' and 'NFL's Greatest Teams (Steelers)' videos.

[@CCTH2221-lp2zj]

Awesome stuff I remember the “Ground Chuck” years. Although effective it always seemed to lead to blowouts when it mattered most. This reminds me of what the Rams are under McVay. Exciting and dangerous! Fits LA perfectly

[@tchase68]

Ferragamo always threw a nice spiral, pretty deep ball.

[@Bulshitero]

The Mad Bomber!

[@lukeenno6172]

The LA Rams had a nice season once again. The surprising Falcons stole away with what could have been an 8th straight division title.

[@Jiltedin2007]

+Luke Enno But in the end, it was the Cowboys and Eagles battling for a trip to the Super Bowl. When 1980 was A Philadelphia Year for All Sports, you should know who won.

[@spinner9057]

+Jiltedin2007 That's true, the Eagles made it to the Super Bowl, the Phillies won the World Series, the Sixers went to the NBA Finals and the Flyers went to the Stanley Cup Finals.

[@misterpibb42]

+Luke Enno Bounced back nicely from an unexpected 0-2 start. They had the Falcons in third-and-38 before it slipped away at Fulton County Stadium (I cringe at that thought). On the whole, however, an enjoyable season.

[@chrisuncleahmad789]

+Luke Enno When they gave up a 3rd and 38 in October, that moment was the unofficial end of their NFC West reign of terror.

[@conni70]

@@Jiltedin2007 yeah, it was the Eagles very first trip to the NFC title game, and it was the first NFC title game in 7 years that didn't feature either the Los Angeles Rams or Minnesota Vikings..

[@col4lfe137]

RAMS 4 LIFE..............thnx!!

[@SingleTax]

After Vince Ferragamo's post-season performance the previous year, how on earth did Pat Haden win back his starting job in the first place?

[@spinner9057]

+SingleTax Ray Malavasi had a policy that no starting quarterback should lose his job due to injury, I just looked it up.

[@PerpetualArt]

@@spinner9057 + Pat Haden sucked for the most part. Too small, and not a scrambler.

[@russellclark4270]

What a thing to say, that you were happy when Haden got hurt. Pat Haden had a 35 - 19 -1 record as a starter with the Rams. He didn't win the big one but he got the Rams into the playoffs 3 of his 4 seasons as a starter not counting 79 and 80 when he missed most of those games due to injuries. Haden didn't have the natural gifts Vince was born with but he was a smart, scrappy, gutsy and tough player. at 5' 11" -180 he took hits from D-lineman (especially Fred Dean who as a Charger and Niner, seemed to have Pat's number) that make you shudder. He got right back up every single time. He was a winner everywhere he played from High School on. Check out USC's 75 Rose Bowl win over Ohio State where he had a game winning clutch performance and led USC to 2 national championships. I think Vince had flashes of greatness but he never played in a Pro Bowl as Haden did after the 76 season voted in by players in the league.

[@pp3k3jamail]

Russell Clark Pat Haden was trash dude

[@raptardriver1185]

Haden was an average QB who performed above & beyond his capabilities. Vince had great potential but he was very inconsistent.

[@mf7482]

Wasn't Pat Haden a Rhodes Scholar?

[@conni70]

haden was doug flutie before doug flutie

[@homoerectus2990]

Haden had a rag arm.

[@juliansmith9503]

if the Falcons didn't beat San Francisco or Philadelphia this game now would be flexible into the Sunday night season finale on NBC at 8:30pm in 1980

[@hellokintu]

the music was incredible

[@russellseilhamer4552]

The Rams had 56 sacks in 1980, still a really good pass rush and could force turnovers. But there hadn't been a team since before George Allen got to the Rams(pre-1966) that was so dreadful vs the run. They weren't a great running team either, it would be an RB by committee situation until they drafted Dickerson in 1983. So it was obvious they needed to open things up, Ferragamo had 30 td passes that season. Dallas exposed the weaknesses in the WC round that year

[@howardcosell2022]

Elvis Peacock was supposed to be the main RB but injuries ended his career. First round pick Johnnie Johnson was way out of position starting at SS. He was more of a CB/FS trying to replace linebacker-like Dave Elmendorf and Fred Dryer continued to slim down a la Alan Page to play a 16 game schedule

[@joejackson9546]

Biggest mistake was moving to Anaheim.

[@Solitude47152]

Carol Rosenbloom had no choice. All his proposed upgrades for the Coliseum where rejected. People bitterly complained about how old the Coliseum was.

[@coreylevine8095]

@@Solitude47152 That why the Rams built and own their own stadium

[@michaelleroy9281]

​@coreylevine8095 It took 40 years for their own stadium after 1980 to open , with a 21 season stop in another city

[@randomhuman19]

I recall being very happy that the Rams were finally going to have a passing game and was going to be the start of a run of titles after years of being only a run team with strong D and not being able to compete with Dal/Minn because of poor QB play. Sadly, Georgia wouldn't pay Ferragamo who left for the CFL. Huge mistake. Yes, Vince came back, but it wasn't the same.This 1980 team only had one weakness. The run D at times was poor and the team would yield very high runs-per-carry for the other teams. I think LA could have taken Philly in the NFC title game, but never made it as they lost to Dal as usual. A healthy Tyler for the entire season may have made the Rams unbeatable. Also recall being excited about Elvis Peacock. Not only one of the great names of all-time, but he came out of the 70s Oklahoma running back machine and was set to be in the class of Simms, Kenny King and Pruitt.

[@pp3k3jamail]

randomhuman19 what do mean losing to Dallas as usual the rams beat the cowboys in the playoffs in 1976,1979,1983,1985

[@spinner9057]

79 stands out the most because that was the year the Rams made it to the Super Bowl.

[@ShogunX11]

spinner90 also Roger Staubach's last game

[@russellebnet6715]

The move to St. Louis . won a Super Bowl. . Moved back to LA not to long ago. Lost to the Patriots.Hopefully there new stadium they play in this coming 2020 season. Brings in revenue to keep the team in LA . The Rams and Chargers have the nicest Stadium in the NFL. Brand new . Should be the number 1 and 2 biggest market teams to shop for good players to win Super Bowls. Good thing that Stadium got built. Will make money for the Rams and Chargers.

[@patrickfallon6976]

I remember being happy when Haden got hurt I didn't no why he was in there anyway Feragamo was our guy

[@MGAF688]

Somebody in LA had a hard-on for USC players. Haden was an unproven midget QB.

[@dallasbrunson3677]

Thank You!

[@ssweeps]

She had her husband killed to inherit the team.

[@jefferyrobertson7520]

1980 for Los Angeles Rams moved from Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum to the most beautiful Anaheim Stadium in Anaheim California thanks to owner Carroll and Georgia Rosenbloom identity city of Angels

[@wilhelmbeaston8003]

I hope LA will learn to love the Rams again.

[@dickjohn2673]

Nope your ex wife shows up after 22 yes and smiles go chargers

[@wilhelmbeaston8003]

@@dickjohn2673 Eew. Absolutely not. 🖕🏻

[@Solitude47152]

This was a very talented team.

[@Jiltedin2007]

From 0-2, they made the Playoffs. But they lost the Division to Atlanta.

[@kareemmoreland9119]

Remember the Atlanta game at Atlanta the Rams lost on a bomb the Falcons threw for a touchdown on 4th and long.

[@chadwickwhite6107]

Well the 1980 Rams were NOT good enough to be in the Super Bowl.

[@ciesaro]

#80 Billy Vaseline Hands Waddy

[@BigMikeD10001]

wow

[@johnharman9560]

I'm assuming this was made after Vince Ferragamo signed with Montreal because they don't mention him by name all. Pat Haden was awful had they kept Ron Jaworski they easily would have won a couple super bowls

[@MGAF688]

The Rams were not the best judge of QB talent. They would stockpile QBs and then make odd decisions like starting Namath for several games. Going with Haden over Jaws was a mistake. Ferragamo came and went and then came back. In between, there was the badly damaged Bert Jones. Kemp and Dieter then each got a chance during Dickerson's prime. Had the Rams actually had some meaningful QB plan that worked, they might have found Super Bowl success. Everett was the first step to having consistent QB play and he was a steady performer for several seasons. I loved those Rams but a lot of elite talent (Ellard, Slater, Hill, Dickerson, Saul, Youngblood, Dryer, etc.) was wasted on inconsistent and ever-changing QB play.

[@howardcosell2022]

@@MGAF688 Along with Bert Jones, the Rams also employed Dan Pastorini, Steve Bartkowski, and any other flavor of the month they can get their hands on. Unfortunately, they could only get Everett and Dickerson on the field together for only a short time

[@ciesaro]

@@MGAF688 you are forgetting about Dan Pastorini who was supposed to make Rams forget about Ferragamo. At least in Georgia Frontiere's mind

[@davidroberts7282]

If a QB of Everett's caliber had been drafted maybe 1-2 years before he was, and perhaps Rams FO and ownership werent so cheap under Georgia Frontierre during the 1980's not meeting and poor-mouthing on Eric Dickerson's contract demands, Eric mightve never left southern California. Former Rams GM said on Dickerson's Football Life episode that eventually Dickerson got his huge contract but went and played for the wrong team in a much smaller market (Indy). 1980 always strikes me as sort of the last gasp of an aging, older bunch of players in L.A. who had been great and achieved so much during the 1970's that it was their last hurrah, before major changes happened in every aspect of the organization and I'm not even a Rams fan (Saints fan, in fact).

[@LindaMerchant-bq2hp]

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