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Record: 7-9-0, Finished 5th in NFC East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 315 points (19.7/g), 18th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 408 points (25.5/g), 27th.
Differential of -93 points (-5.8/g), 25th.
Expected W-L: 5.6-10.4.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -6 (-0.4/g), 20th.
Coached by Jim Hanifan (7-9-0)
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1981 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
| Score | Offense | Defense | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Date | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | ||||
| 1 | Sun | September 6 | box | L | 0-1 | Miami Dolphins | 7 | 20 | 14 | 203 | 142 | 61 | 2 | 14 | 292 | 141 | 151 | 3 | |
| 2 | Sun | September 13 | box | L | 0-2 | @ | Dallas Cowboys | 17 | 30 | 18 | 404 | 262 | 142 | 2 | 24 | 391 | 210 | 181 | 2 |
| 3 | Sun | September 20 | box | W | 1-2 | Washington Redskins | 40 | 30 | 18 | 315 | 208 | 107 | 24 | 521 | 388 | 133 | 2 | ||
| 4 | Sun | September 27 | box | L | 1-3 | @ | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 10 | 20 | 18 | 255 | 79 | 176 | 2 | 18 | 321 | 154 | 167 | 1 |
| 5 | Sun | October 4 | box | W | 2-3 | Dallas Cowboys | 20 | 17 | 18 | 299 | 184 | 115 | 3 | 17 | 306 | 166 | 140 | 2 | |
| 6 | Sun | October 11 | box | L | 2-4 | @ | New York Giants | 14 | 34 | 19 | 285 | 184 | 101 | 4 | 27 | 377 | 179 | 198 | 1 |
| 7 | Sun | October 18 | box | L | 2-5 | @ | Atlanta Falcons | 20 | 41 | 22 | 383 | 263 | 120 | 4 | 17 | 394 | 280 | 114 | 2 |
| 8 | Sun | October 25 | box | W | 3-5 | Minnesota Vikings | 30 | 17 | 18 | 320 | 182 | 138 | 2 | 22 | 387 | 318 | 69 | 3 | |
| 9 | Sun | November 1 | box | L | 3-6 | @ | Washington Redskins | 21 | 42 | 29 | 449 | 319 | 130 | 4 | 25 | 361 | 201 | 160 | 1 |
| 10 | Sun | November 8 | box | L | 3-7 | Philadelphia Eagles | 10 | 52 | 13 | 239 | 158 | 81 | 5 | 30 | 452 | 255 | 197 | 1 | |
| 11 | Sun | November 15 | box | W | 4-7 | Buffalo Bills | 24 | 0 | 22 | 338 | 80 | 258 | 1 | 17 | 311 | 226 | 85 | 6 | |
| 12 | Sun | November 22 | box | W | 5-7 | @ | Baltimore Colts | 35 | 24 | 24 | 452 | 211 | 241 | 3 | 22 | 385 | 230 | 155 | 2 |
| 13 | Sun | November 29 | box | W | 6-7 | @ | New England Patriots | 27 | 20 | 25 | 412 | 255 | 157 | 2 | 19 | 353 | 226 | 127 | 2 |
| 14 | Sun | December 6 | box | W | 7-7 | New Orleans Saints | 30 | 3 | 19 | 290 | 135 | 155 | 1 | 11 | 176 | 59 | 117 | 3 | |
| 15 | Sun | December 13 | box | L | 7-8 | New York Giants | 10 | 20 | 12 | 222 | 130 | 92 | 3 | 16 | 252 | 77 | 175 | 2 | |
| 16 | Sun | December 20 | box | L | 7-9 | @ | Philadelphia Eagles | 0 | 38 | 11 | 211 | 72 | 139 | 6 | 25 | 444 | 185 | 259 | 5 |
| Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | TO | FL | 1stPy | |||
| Team Offense | 315 | 5077 | 1044 | 4.9 | 300 | 253 | 477 | 2864 | 15 | 24 | 5.5 | 141 | 519 | 2213 | 20 | 4.3 | 135 | 44 | 20 | 24 |
| Team Defense | 408 | 5723 | 1036 | 5.5 | 522 | 282 | 495 | 3295 | 29 | 21 | 6.3 | 171 | 509 | 2428 | 20 | 4.8 | 328 | 38 | 17 | 23 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 18 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 22 | 24 | 20 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 17 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 27 | 23 | 22 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 13 | 19 | 14 | 25 | 23 | 27 | 15 | 14 | ||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Hart | 37 | QB | 10 | 9 | 134 | 241 | 55.6 | 1694 | 11 | 4.6 | 14 | 5.8 | 58 | 7.0 | 4.9 | 12.6 | 169.4 | 68.7 | 16 | 119 | 6.1 | 4.1 | 6.2 |
| Neil Lomax | 22 | qb | 14 | 7 | 119 | 236 | 50.4 | 1575 | 4 | 1.7 | 10 | 4.2 | 75 | 6.7 | 4.9 | 13.2 | 112.5 | 59.9 | 32 | 286 | 4.8 | 3.3 | 11.9 |
| Team Total | 25.6 | 16 | 253 | 477 | 53.0 | 3269 | 15 | 3.1 | 24 | 5.0 | 75 | 6.9 | 4.9 | 12.9 | 204.3 | 64.4 | 48 | 405 | 5.5 | 3.7 | 9.1 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 282 | 495 | 57.0 | 3295 | 29 | 5.9 | 21 | 4.2 | 6.7 | 5.3 | 11.7 | 205.9 | 79.1 | 32 | 252 | 6.3 | 4.5 |
| Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| Ottis Anderson | 24 | RB | 16 | 16 | 328 | 1376 | 9 | 28 | 4.2 | 86.0 | 20.5 | 51 | 387 | 7.6 | 0 | 27 | 3.2 | 24.2 | 1763 | 9 | 13 |
| Wayne Morris | 27 | FB | 16 | 13 | 109 | 417 | 5 | 14 | 3.8 | 26.1 | 6.8 | 19 | 165 | 8.7 | 0 | 21 | 1.2 | 10.3 | 582 | 5 | 0 |
| Stump Mitchell | 22 | RET | 16 | 0 | 31 | 175 | 0 | 43 | 5.6 | 10.9 | 1.9 | 6 | 35 | 5.8 | 1 | 16 | 0.4 | 2.2 | 210 | 1 | 3 |
| Neil Lomax | 22 | qb | 14 | 7 | 19 | 104 | 2 | 22 | 5.5 | 7.4 | 1.4 | 104 | 2 | 6 | |||||||
| Theotis Brown | 24 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 52 | 2 | 11 | 3.5 | 13.0 | 3.8 | 4 | 60 | 15.0 | 0 | 28 | 1.0 | 15.0 | 112 | 2 | 2 | |
| Willard Harrell | 29 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 14 | 131 | 9.4 | 1 | 62 | 0.9 | 8.2 | 137 | 2 | 0 | |
| Roy Green | 24 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 60 | 1 | 44 | 20.0 | 3.8 | 0.2 | 33 | 708 | 21.5 | 4 | 60 | 2.1 | 44.3 | 768 | 5 | 2 | |
| Jim Hart | 37 | QB | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |||||||
| Randy Love | 25 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 3.7 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Mel Gray | 33 | WR | 12 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 27 | 310 | 11.5 | 2 | 41 | 2.3 | 25.8 | 314 | 2 | 0 |
| Dave Stief | 25 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 5 | 77 | 15.4 | 1 | 29 | 0.4 | 6.4 | 85 | 1 | 0 | |
| Carl Birdsong | 22 | P | 16 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 | -2 | -2.0 | -0.1 | 0.1 | -2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Pat Tilley | 28 | WR | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 66 | 1040 | 15.8 | 3 | 75 | 4.1 | 65.0 | 1040 | 3 | 1 | |
| Greg LaFleur | 23 | TE | 16 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 14 | 190 | 13.6 | 2 | 27 | 0.9 | 11.9 | 190 | 2 | 0 | |
| Doug Marsh | 23 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6 | 80 | 13.3 | 1 | 20 | 1.5 | 20.0 | 80 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Chris Combs | 23 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5 | 54 | 10.8 | 0 | 13 | 0.3 | 3.4 | 54 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Floyd | 25 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 0 | 16 | 0.8 | 8.0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Total | 25.6 | 16 | 519 | 2213 | 20 | 44 | 4.3 | 138.3 | 32.4 | 253 | 3269 | 12.9 | 15 | 75 | 15.8 | 204.3 | 5482 | 35 | 33 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 509 | 2428 | 20 | 4.8 | 151.8 | 31.8 | 282 | 3295 | 11.7 | 29 | 17.6 | 205.9 | 5723 | 49 | 35 | |||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| Stump Mitchell | 22 | RET | 16 | 0 | 42 | 445 | 1 | 50 | 10.6 | 55 | 1292 | 0 | 67 | 23.5 | 1947 |
| Roy Green | 24 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 135 | 0 | 28 | 16.9 | 903 | ||||||
| Willard Harrell | 29 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 7 | 118 | 0 | 29 | 16.9 | 263 | |
| Randy Love | 25 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 46 | 0 | 25 | 15.3 | 57 | ||||||
| Jeff Griffin | 23 | LCB | 16 | 9 | 2 | 34 | 0 | 26 | 17.0 | 34 | |||||
| Team Total | 25.6 | 16 | 43 | 453 | 1 | 50 | 10.5 | 75 | 1625 | 0 | 67 | 21.7 | 7560 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 37 | 0 | 55 | 1163 | 0 | 21.1 | ||||||||
| 0--19 | 20--29 | 30--39 | 40--49 | 50+ | Tot | PAT | Punting | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | XPA | XPM | Pnt | Yds | Lng | Blck | ||||
| Carl Birdsong | 22 | P | 16 | 0 | 69 | 2883 | 75 | 0 | 41.8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Neil O'Donoghue | 28 | K | 16 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 32 | 19 | 59.4% | 37 | 36 | 97.3% | ||||||
| Team Total | 25.6 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 32 | 19 | 59.4% | 37 | 36 | 97.3% | 69 | 2883 | 75 | 0 | 41.8 | |||
| Opp Total | 16 | 26 | 20 | 76.9% | 50 | 48 | 96.0% | 69 | 2850 | 41.3 | |||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| Dave Ahrens | 23 | MLB | 16 | 10 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Ottis Anderson | 24 | RB | 16 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Charles Baker | 24 | rolb | 14 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Tom Brahaney | 30 | C | 16 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Theotis Brown | 24 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Tim Collier | 27 | rcb | 14 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| George Collins | 26 | LT | 16 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mike Dawson | 28 | LDT/nt | 16 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dan Dierdorf | 32 | RT | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Calvin Favron | 24 | lolb | 14 | 7 | 1 | 42 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||||||
| Roy Green | 24 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 44 | 0 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Ken Greene | 25 | FS | 15 | 15 | 7 | 111 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Curtis Greer | 24 | RDE | 16 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jeff Griffin | 23 | LCB | 16 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Willard Harrell | 29 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Jim Hart | 37 | QB | 10 | 9 | 4 | 0 | -9 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Charles Johnson | 25 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| E.J. Junior | 22 | RLB | 16 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Neil Lomax | 22 | qb | 14 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Randy Love | 25 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Doug Marsh | 23 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Stafford Mays | 23 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Stump Mitchell | 22 | RET | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Lee Nelson | 27 | SS | 15 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Neil O'Donoghue | 28 | K | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bob Pollard | 33 | LDE | 15 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bruce Radford | 26 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Pat Tilley | 28 | WR | 16 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Roger Wehrli | 34 | RCB | 16 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Eric D. Williams | 26 | LLB/lilb | 15 | 11 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Team Total | 25.6 | 16 | 21 | 281 | 1 | 47 | 33 | 27 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 48 | 35 | 18 | ||||||||||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neil O'Donoghue | 28 | K | 16 | 0 | 36 | 19 | 93 | |||||||||
| Ottis Anderson | 24 | RB | 16 | 16 | 9 | 54 | ||||||||||
| Roy Green | 24 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Wayne Morris | 27 | FB | 16 | 13 | 5 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Pat Tilley | 28 | WR | 16 | 16 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Theotis Brown | 24 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Mel Gray | 33 | WR | 12 | 12 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Willard Harrell | 29 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Greg LaFleur | 23 | TE | 16 | 11 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Neil Lomax | 22 | qb | 14 | 7 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Stump Mitchell | 22 | RET | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | |||||||||
| Dave Ahrens | 23 | MLB | 16 | 10 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Doug Marsh | 23 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Dave Stief | 25 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Team Total | 25.6 | 16 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 19 | 315 | |||||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 20 | 29 | 48 | 20 | 408 |