Joseph Robert Theismann
Position: QB
Height: 6-0 Weight: 192 lbs.
Throws: Right
Born: September 9, 1949 in New Brunswick, NJ
College: Notre Dame (school history)
Drafted by the Miami Dolphins in the 4th round (99th overall) of the 1971 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 87 (296th overall since 1950)
2-time Pro Bowler & 1-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)
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1981 Game Log: Regular Season · Playoffs
| Passing | Rushing | Scoring | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rk | G# | Date | Age | Tm | Opp | Result | GS | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | TD | Pts | ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 1981-09-06 | 31-362 | WAS | DAL | L 10-26 | * | 22 | 48 | 45.83% | 281 | 1 | 4 | 36.9 | 5.85 | 2.52 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | 2 | 1981-09-13 | 32-004 | WAS | NYG | L 7-17 | * | 27 | 48 | 56.25% | 318 | 1 | 1 | 74.8 | 6.63 | 6.10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 1981-09-20 | 32-011 | WAS | @ | STL | L 30-40 | * | 25 | 37 | 67.57% | 388 | 4 | 1 | 126.9 | 10.49 | 11.43 | 1 | 11 | 11.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 4 | 1981-09-27 | 32-018 | WAS | @ | PHI | L 13-36 | * | 22 | 32 | 68.75% | 265 | 0 | 1 | 80.9 | 8.28 | 6.88 | 1 | 4 | 4.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 5 | 1981-10-04 | 32-025 | WAS | SFO | L 17-30 | * | 10 | 24 | 41.67% | 123 | 0 | 2 | 23.4 | 5.13 | 1.38 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | 6 | 1981-10-11 | 32-032 | WAS | @ | CHI | W 24-7 | * | 12 | 25 | 48.00% | 83 | 0 | 1 | 39.2 | 3.32 | 1.52 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 7 | 1981-10-18 | 32-039 | WAS | @ | MIA | L 10-13 | * | 17 | 23 | 73.91% | 149 | 0 | 1 | 72.6 | 6.48 | 4.52 | 5 | 19 | 3.80 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 8 | 1981-10-25 | 32-046 | WAS | NWE | W 24-22 | * | 14 | 23 | 60.87% | 162 | 1 | 0 | 96.6 | 7.04 | 7.91 | 3 | -2 | -0.67 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| 9 | 9 | 1981-11-01 | 32-053 | WAS | STL | W 42-21 | * | 14 | 19 | 73.68% | 219 | 3 | 0 | 151.1 | 11.53 | 14.68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10 | 10 | 1981-11-08 | 32-060 | WAS | DET | W 33-31 | * | 19 | 31 | 61.29% | 287 | 1 | 2 | 75.6 | 9.26 | 7.00 | 2 | 21 | 10.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | 11 | 1981-11-15 | 32-067 | WAS | @ | NYG | W 30-27 | * | 25 | 38 | 65.79% | 242 | 2 | 1 | 90.0 | 6.37 | 6.24 | 5 | 49 | 9.80 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 12 | 1981-11-22 | 32-074 | WAS | @ | DAL | L 10-24 | * | 14 | 34 | 41.18% | 158 | 1 | 1 | 53.3 | 4.65 | 3.91 | 2 | 11 | 5.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 13 | 1981-11-29 | 32-081 | WAS | @ | BUF | L 14-21 | * | 22 | 34 | 64.71% | 220 | 1 | 1 | 80.5 | 6.47 | 5.74 | 4 | 16 | 4.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 14 | 1981-12-06 | 32-088 | WAS | PHI | W 15-13 | * | 13 | 22 | 59.09% | 87 | 0 | 2 | 29.9 | 3.95 | -0.14 | 4 | -7 | -1.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | 15 | 1981-12-13 | 32-095 | WAS | BAL | W 38-14 | * | 23 | 36 | 63.89% | 339 | 2 | 1 | 101.5 | 9.42 | 9.28 | 2 | 12 | 6.00 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| 16 | 16 | 1981-12-20 | 32-102 | WAS | @ | RAM | W 30-7 | * | 14 | 22 | 63.64% | 247 | 2 | 1 | 113.3 | 11.23 | 11.00 | 4 | 40 | 10.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 Games | 293 | 496 | 59.07% | 3568 | 19 | 20 | 77.3 | 7.19 | 6.15 | 36 | 177 | 4.92 | 2 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||