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Record: 9-7-0, Finished 3rd in NFC East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 295 points (18.4/g), 22nd of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 257 points (16.1/g), 3rd.
Differential of 38 points (2.4/g), 13th.
Expected W-L: 9.3-6.7.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -2 (-0.1/g), 16th.
Coached by Ray Perkins (9-7-0)
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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 | Philadelphia Eagles | 10 | 24 | 14 | 230 | 175 | 55 | 1 | 21 | 325 | 147 | 178 | 2 | |
| 2 | Sun | September 13 | box | W | 1-1 | @ | Washington Redskins | 17 | 7 | 10 | 157 | 86 | 71 | 2 | 19 | 349 | 284 | 65 | 4 |
| 3 | Sun | September 20 | box | W | 2-1 | New Orleans Saints | 20 | 7 | 26 | 421 | 315 | 106 | 2 | 18 | 299 | 190 | 109 | 3 | |
| 4 | Sun | September 27 | box | L | 2-2 | @ | Dallas Cowboys | 10 | 18 | 16 | 343 | 258 | 85 | 3 | 16 | 317 | 193 | 124 | |
| 5 | Sun | October 4 | box | L | 2-3 | Green Bay Packers | 14 | 27 | 17 | 262 | 221 | 41 | 2 | 27 | 363 | 215 | 148 | 1 | |
| 6 | Sun | October 11 | box | W | 3-3 | St. Louis Cardinals | 34 | 14 | 27 | 377 | 179 | 198 | 1 | 19 | 285 | 184 | 101 | 4 | |
| 7 | Sun | October 18 | box | W | 4-3 | @ | Seattle Seahawks | 32 | 0 | 20 | 301 | 88 | 213 | 1 | 10 | 127 | 98 | 29 | 4 |
| 8 | Sun | October 25 | box | W | 5-3 | @ | Atlanta Falcons | 27 | 24 | 12 | 289 | 213 | 76 | 23 | 430 | 289 | 141 | 2 | |
| 9 | Sun | November 1 | box | L | 5-4 | New York Jets | 7 | 26 | 10 | 166 | 111 | 55 | 3 | 13 | 299 | 185 | 114 | 1 | |
| 10 | Sun | November 8 | box | L | 5-5 | @ | Green Bay Packers | 24 | 26 | 17 | 321 | 233 | 88 | 7 | 13 | 267 | 185 | 82 | 2 |
| 11 | Sun | November 15 | box | L | 5-6 | Washington Redskins | 27 | 30 | 17 | 248 | 152 | 96 | 2 | 29 | 418 | 234 | 184 | 1 | |
| 12 | Sun | November 22 | box | W | 6-6 | @ | Philadelphia Eagles | 20 | 10 | 14 | 292 | 172 | 120 | 3 | 20 | 293 | 154 | 139 | 1 |
| 13 | Sun | November 29 | box | L | 6-7 | @ | San Francisco 49ers | 10 | 17 | 12 | 223 | 143 | 80 | 5 | 19 | 337 | 214 | 123 | |
| 14 | Sun | December 6 | box | W | 7-7 | Los Angeles Rams | 10 | 7 | 10 | 147 | 60 | 87 | 16 | 240 | 68 | 172 | 3 | ||
| 15 | Sun | December 13 | box | W | 8-7 | @ | St. Louis Cardinals | 20 | 10 | 16 | 252 | 77 | 175 | 2 | 12 | 222 | 130 | 92 | 3 |
| 16 | Sat | December 19 | box | W | 9-7 | Dallas Cowboys | 13 | 10 | 15 | 297 | 158 | 139 | 2 | 16 | 254 | 164 | 90 | 3 | |
| Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||||
| WildCard | Sun | December 27 | box | W | 10-7 | @ | Philadelphia Eagles | 27 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Division | Sun | January 3 | box | L | 10-8 | @ | San Francisco 49ers | 24 | 38 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | TO | FL | 1stPy | |||
| Team Offense | 295 | 4326 | 1034 | 4.2 | 253 | 251 | 506 | 2641 | 16 | 20 | 4.8 | 140 | 481 | 1685 | 11 | 3.5 | 92 | 36 | 16 | 21 |
| Team Defense | 257 | 4825 | 1141 | 4.2 | 476 | 294 | 544 | 2934 | 14 | 17 | 5.0 | 156 | 553 | 1891 | 10 | 3.4 | 291 | 34 | 17 | 29 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 22 | 28 | 27 | 12 | 24 | 23 | 9 | 27 | 20 | 25 | 21 | 26 | 7 | 7 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 3 | 3 | 10 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 2 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 14 | ||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phil Simms | 27 | QB | 10 | 10 | 5-5-0 | 172 | 316 | 54.4 | 2031 | 11 | 3.5 | 9 | 2.8 | 80 | 6.4 | 5.5 | 11.8 | 203.1 | 74.0 | 38 | 301 | 4.9 | 4.1 | 10.7 |
| Scott Brunner | 24 | qb | 16 | 6 | 4-2-0 | 79 | 190 | 41.6 | 978 | 5 | 2.6 | 11 | 5.8 | 43 | 5.1 | 2.8 | 12.4 | 61.1 | 42.8 | 9 | 67 | 4.6 | 2.3 | 4.5 |
| Team Total | 25.8 | 16 | 9-7-0 | 251 | 506 | 49.6 | 3009 | 16 | 3.2 | 20 | 4.0 | 80 | 5.9 | 4.5 | 12.0 | 188.1 | 62.3 | 47 | 368 | 4.8 | 3.4 | 8.5 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 294 | 544 | 54.0 | 2934 | 14 | 2.6 | 17 | 3.1 | 5.4 | 4.2 | 10.0 | 183.4 | 65.2 | 44 | 384 | 5.0 | 3.3 |
| Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| Rob Carpenter | 26 | FB | 10 | 8 | 190 | 748 | 5 | 35 | 3.9 | 74.8 | 19.0 | 24 | 201 | 8.4 | 0 | 37 | 2.4 | 20.1 | 949 | 5 | 2 |
| Leon Perry | 24 | RB | 16 | 8 | 72 | 257 | 0 | 23 | 3.6 | 16.1 | 4.5 | 13 | 140 | 10.8 | 1 | 24 | 0.8 | 8.8 | 397 | 1 | 4 |
| Leon Bright | 26 | RET | 15 | 1 | 51 | 197 | 2 | 25 | 3.9 | 13.1 | 3.4 | 28 | 291 | 10.4 | 0 | 36 | 1.9 | 19.4 | 488 | 2 | 3 |
| Doug Kotar | 30 | 7 | 4 | 46 | 154 | 1 | 18 | 3.3 | 22.0 | 6.6 | 9 | 32 | 3.6 | 0 | 11 | 1.3 | 4.6 | 186 | 1 | 0 | |
| Billy Taylor | 25 | 5 | 3 | 36 | 110 | 2 | 14 | 3.1 | 22.0 | 7.2 | 8 | 71 | 8.9 | 0 | 39 | 1.6 | 14.2 | 181 | 2 | 2 | |
| Louis Jackson | 23 | 11 | 3 | 27 | 68 | 1 | 9 | 2.5 | 6.2 | 2.5 | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 0 | 19 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 93 | 1 | 1 | |
| Ike Forte | 27 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 74 | 0 | 15 | 3.9 | 14.8 | 3.8 | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 0 | 6 | 0.6 | 2.2 | 85 | 0 | 1 | |
| Phil Simms | 27 | QB | 10 | 10 | 19 | 42 | 0 | 24 | 2.2 | 4.2 | 1.9 | 42 | 0 | 7 | |||||||
| Scott Brunner | 24 | qb | 16 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 0 | 23 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 20 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Bo Matthews | 30 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 3.5 | 2.8 | 0.8 | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 11 | 0.4 | 2.6 | 27 | 0 | 0 | |
| Johnny Perkins | 28 | WR | 16 | 14 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 10 | -0.5 | -0.1 | 0.1 | 51 | 858 | 16.8 | 6 | 80 | 3.2 | 53.6 | 857 | 6 | 2 |
| Alvin Garrett | 25 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| Gary Shirk | 31 | TE | 16 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 42 | 445 | 10.6 | 3 | 46 | 2.6 | 27.8 | 445 | 3 | 1 | |
| Earnest Gray | 24 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 22 | 360 | 16.4 | 2 | 45 | 1.4 | 22.5 | 360 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Mike Friede | 24 | WR | 16 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 18 | 250 | 13.9 | 1 | 43 | 1.1 | 15.6 | 250 | 1 | 0 | |
| Tom Mullady | 24 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 14 | 136 | 9.7 | 1 | 21 | 0.9 | 8.5 | 136 | 1 | 1 | ||
| John Mistler | 23 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8 | 119 | 14.9 | 1 | 31 | 0.5 | 7.4 | 119 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Dave Young | 22 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5 | 49 | 9.8 | 1 | 15 | 0.5 | 4.5 | 49 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Danny Pittman | 23 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Team Total | 25.8 | 16 | 481 | 1685 | 11 | 35 | 3.5 | 105.3 | 30.1 | 251 | 3009 | 12.0 | 16 | 80 | 15.7 | 188.1 | 4694 | 27 | 38 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 553 | 1891 | 10 | 3.4 | 118.2 | 34.6 | 294 | 2934 | 10.0 | 14 | 18.4 | 183.4 | 4825 | 24 | 38 | |||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| Leon Bright | 26 | RET | 15 | 1 | 52 | 410 | 0 | 55 | 7.9 | 25 | 481 | 0 | 41 | 19.2 | 1379 |
| Alvin Garrett | 25 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 57 | 0 | 18 | 7.1 | 16 | 361 | 0 | 35 | 22.6 | 420 | |
| Danny Pittman | 23 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 | 10 | 194 | 0 | 34 | 19.4 | 215 | |
| Mike Dennis | 23 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 51 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 | 51 | ||||||
| Terry Jackson | 26 | RCB | 16 | 16 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 21 | 11.0 | 22 | |||||
| Joe McLaughlin | 24 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4.5 | 9 | ||||||
| Beasley Reece | 27 | FS | 16 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 |
| Team Total | 25.8 | 16 | 64 | 502 | 0 | 55 | 7.8 | 57 | 1120 | 0 | 41 | 19.6 | 6316 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 61 | 1 | 50 | 959 | 0 | 19.2 | ||||||||
| 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 | ||||
| Dave Jennings | 29 | P | 16 | 0 | 97 | 4198 | 62 | 0 | 43.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Joe Danelo | 28 | K | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 38 | 24 | 63.2% | 31 | 31 | 100.0% | |||||
| Team Total | 25.8 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 38 | 24 | 63.2% | 31 | 31 | 100.0% | 97 | 4198 | 62 | 0 | 43.3 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 33 | 22 | 66.7% | 27 | 27 | 100.0% | 105 | 4158 | 39.6 | |||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| Billy Ard | 22 | lg | 13 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Leon Bright | 26 | RET | 15 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Scott Brunner | 24 | qb | 16 | 6 | 6 | 2 | -3 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Rob Carpenter | 26 | FB | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Harry Carson* | 28 | RILB | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bill Currier | 26 | SS | 16 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Larry Flowers | 23 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Ike Forte | 27 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Alvin Garrett | 25 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Earnest Gray | 24 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Mark Haynes | 23 | LCB | 16 | 16 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Ernie Hughes | 26 | C | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Byron Hunt | 23 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Louis Jackson | 23 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Terry Jackson | 26 | RCB | 16 | 16 | 3 | 57 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Brian Kelley | 30 | LILB | 16 | 16 | 2 | 43 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Gordon King | 25 | RT | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Frank Marion | 30 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||
| George Martin | 28 | lde | 16 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Tom Mullady | 24 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Bill Neill | 22 | NT | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Johnny Perkins | 28 | WR | 16 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Leon Perry | 24 | RB | 16 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Danny Pittman | 23 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Beasley Reece | 27 | FS | 16 | 16 | 4 | 84 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | ||||||
| Gary Shirk | 31 | TE | 16 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Roy Simmons | 25 | LG | 16 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Phil Simms | 27 | QB | 10 | 10 | 7 | 2 | -15 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Tim Stokes | 31 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Billy Taylor | 25 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Lawrence Taylor*+ | 22 | ROLB | 16 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||||||
| Brad Van Pelt | 30 | LOLB | 14 | 13 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Team Total | 25.8 | 16 | 17 | 222 | 1 | 32 | 38 | 38 | 28 | 3 | ||||||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 47 | 38 | 21 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Danelo | 28 | K | 16 | 0 | 31 | 24 | 103 | |||||||||
| Johnny Perkins | 28 | WR | 16 | 14 | 6 | 36 | ||||||||||
| Rob Carpenter | 26 | FB | 10 | 8 | 5 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Gary Shirk | 31 | TE | 16 | 14 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Leon Bright | 26 | RET | 15 | 1 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Earnest Gray | 24 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||||
| George Martin | 28 | lde | 16 | 6 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Billy Taylor | 25 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Mike Dennis | 23 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Mike Friede | 24 | WR | 16 | 15 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Louis Jackson | 23 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Terry Jackson | 26 | RCB | 16 | 16 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Doug Kotar | 30 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| John Mistler | 23 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Tom Mullady | 24 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Leon Perry | 24 | RB | 16 | 8 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Beasley Reece | 27 | FS | 16 | 16 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Dave Young | 22 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Team Total | 25.8 | 16 | 11 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 24 | 295 | ||||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 27 | 22 | 1 | 257 |