The team posted a 5–10–1 record under coach Bart Starr, earning them a fifth-place finish in the NFC Central division.
Before the 1980 season even began, first-round draft pick Bruce Clark bolted directly for the Canadian Football League, never playing a down for the Packers.
Green Bay regrouped and started strong by outlasting the Chicago Bears in an overtime thriller in the season opener.
Exactly three months after the opener at Lambeau Field, The Packers would rematch with the Bears.
In 1980 Packer great Herb Adderley was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame