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Originally Posted by fgoodwin
Trivia: The Cowboys and Eagles finished the 1980 season with identical 12-4 records and split the season series -- what was the tie-breaker that gave the Eagles the Eastern Division title?
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This one was too intriguing not to look up:
"Philadelphia finished ahead of Dallas in the NFC East based on better net points in division games (plus 84 net points to Cowboys' plus 50)."