1980 NFC Championship Game

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The 1980 NFC Championship Game was the National Football Conference title matchup in the 1980 NFL season, in which the Philadelphia Eagles defeated the Dallas Cowboys to advance to Super Bowl XV.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American football game
NFC Championship Game
announcer Pat Summerall
Tom Brookshier
attendance 70349
city Philadelphia
conference National Football Conference
country United States of America
surface form: United States
date January 11, 1981
finalScore 20–7
followedBy 1981 NFC Championship Game
headCoachOfLosingTeam Tom Landry
headCoachOfWinningTeam Dick Vermeil
homeTeam Philadelphia Eagles
homeTeamAbbreviation PHI
homeTeamConferenceSeed 1
homeTeamDivision NFC East
homeTeamFirstConferenceTitle true
homeTeamRegularSeasonRecord 12–4
isPostseasonGame true
league National Football League
loser Dallas Cowboys
loserEliminatedFrom 1980 NFL playoffs
losingScore 7
MVP Wilbert Montgomery
network CBS
notablePlay Wilbert Montgomery 42-yard touchdown run in first quarter
playoffRound Conference Championship
precededBy 1979 NFC Championship Game
referee Ben Dreith
rivalry Dallas Cowboys–Philadelphia Eagles rivalry
season 1980 NFL season
sport American football
stadium Veterans Stadium
state Pennsylvania
surface Artificial turf
temperatureFahrenheit 27
type playoff game
visitingTeam Dallas Cowboys
visitingTeamAbbreviation DAL
visitingTeamConferenceSeed 2
visitingTeamDivision NFC East
visitingTeamRegularSeasonRecord 12–4
winner Philadelphia Eagles
winnerAdvancedTo Super Bowl XV
winningScore 20

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Veterans Stadium hostedEvent 1980 NFC Championship Game
1981 NFC Championship Game precededBy 1980 NFC Championship Game
Wilbert Montgomery notableGame 1980 NFC Championship Game
this entity surface form: NFC Championship Game 1980 season vs. Dallas Cowboys