1981 Seattle Seahawks

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Record: 6-10-0, Finished 5th in AFC West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 322 points (20.1/g), 15th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 388 points (24.2/g), 25th.
Differential of -66 points (-4.1/g), 21st.
Expected W-L: 6.3-9.7.

Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +10 (0.6/g), 6th.

Simple Rating System: Total -3.3, Offense: -0.1, Defense: -3.2, SoS: 0.8, versus averages of 0.0.

Coached by Jack Patera

Training Camp: Eastern Washington University (Cheney, Washington)

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Team Stats and Rankings

			Tot Yds & TO			Passing							Rushing
	Pts	Yds	Ply	Y/P	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	TO	FL	1stPy
Team Offense	322	5021	1001	5.0	295	307	524	3427	21	15	6.1	166	440	1594	14	3.6	103	38	23	26
Team Defense	388	5940	1126	5.3	371	294	502	3134	25	21	5.8	173	588	2806	20	4.8	175	48	27	23
Lg Rank Offense	15	20			22		8	12	12	5	14		27	27	16	24		9	26
Lg Rank Defense	25	26			27		12	11	22	13	11		26	27	23	28		3	1

Team Games & Schedule

									Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date			OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 6	boxscore	L		0-1	@	Cincinnati Bengals	21	27	17	290	230	60	4	24	375	165	210	4
2	Sun	September 13	boxscore	W		1-1		Denver Broncos	13	10	18	267	156	111	2	16	252	142	110	2
3	Sun	September 20	boxscore	L		1-2	@	Oakland Raiders	10	20	18	390	308	82	2	26	432	242	190	3
4	Sun	September 27	boxscore	L		1-3		Kansas City Chiefs	14	20	23	359	277	82	1	26	381	227	154	2
5	Sun	October 4	boxscore	L		1-4	@	San Diego Chargers	10	24	15	292	200	92	1	25	371	272	99	2
6	Sun	October 11	boxscore	L		1-5	@	Houston Oilers	17	35	19	289	214	75	3	21	372	156	216	1
7	Sun	October 18	boxscore	L		1-6		New York Giants	0	32	10	127	98	29	4	20	301	88	213	1
8	Sun	October 25	boxscore	W		2-6	@	New York Jets	19	3	26	380	163	217	1	15	219	101	118	4
9	Sun	November 1	boxscore	L		2-7	@	Green Bay Packers	24	34	15	221	102	119	3	25	377	195	182	3
10	Sun	November 8	boxscore	W		3-7		Pittsburgh Steelers	24	21	19	356	260	96	1	17	367	205	162	2
11	Mon	November 16	boxscore	W		4-7		San Diego Chargers	44	23	24	368	212	156		26	486	291	195	4
12	Sun	November 22	boxscore	L		4-8	@	Kansas City Chiefs	13	40	21	339	256	83	2	29	450	181	269
13	Sun	November 29	boxscore	L		4-9		Oakland Raiders	31	32	18	383	314	69	1	28	337	156	181	4
14	Sun	December 6	boxscore	W		5-9		New York Jets	27	23	18	383	256	127	4	23	395	276	119	3
15	Sun	December 13	boxscore	L		5-10	@	Denver Broncos	13	23	18	285	199	86	5	23	373	136	237	3
16	Sun	December 20	boxscore	W		6-10		Cleveland Browns	42	21	16	292	182	110	4	27	452	301	151	10

Passing

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),

No.		Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	NY/A	ANY/A	Sk%	4QC	GWD
10	Jim Zorn	28	QB	13	13	4-9-0	236	397	59.4	2788	13	3.3	9	2.3	80	7.0	6.7	11.8	214.5	82.4	24	201	6.14	5.80	5.7	1	1
17	Dave Krieg	23	qb	7	3	2-1-0	64	112	57.1	843	7	6.3	5	4.5	57	7.5	6.8	13.2	120.4	83.3	11	85	6.16	5.47	8.9	1	1
12	Sam Adkins	26		3	0		7	13	53.8	96	1	7.7	1	7.7	31	7.4	5.5	13.7	32.0	71.3	2	14	5.47	3.80	13.3
80	Steve Largent*	27	WR	16	16		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.0
8	Jeff West	28	P	15	0		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.0
	Team Total	25.3		16		6-10-0	307	524	58.6	3727	21	4.0	15	2.9	80	7.1	6.6	12.1	232.9	82.0	37	300	6.11	5.65	6.6	2	2
	Opp Total			16			294	502	58.6	3394	25	5.0	21	4.2		6.8	5.87	11.5	212.1	78.2	36	260	5.8	5.0	6.7

Rushing & Receiving

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),

						Rushing							Receiving
No.		Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
30	Theotis Brown	24	rb	10	6	141	531	6	43	3.8	53.1	14.1	25	268	10.7	0	51	2.5	26.8	799	6	6
47	Sherman Smith	27	RB	16	8	83	253	3	21	3.0	15.8	5.2	44	406	9.2	1	28	2.8	25.4	659	4	3
33	Dan Doornink	25	FB	15	8	65	194	1	11	3.0	12.9	4.3	27	350	13.0	4	80	1.8	23.3	544	5	3
46	David Hughes	22	rb	16	2	47	135	0	15	2.9	8.4	2.9	35	263	7.5	2	22	2.2	16.4	398	2	4
43	Jim Jodat	27	fb	12	6	31	106	1	15	3.4	8.8	2.6	4	52	13.0	0	26	0.3	4.3	158	1	4
10	Jim Zorn	28	QB	13	13	30	140	1	20	4.7	10.8	2.3								140	1	2
17	Dave Krieg	23	qb	7	3	11	56	1	29	5.1	8.0	1.6								56	1	4
32	Horace Ivory	27		6	0	9	38	0	7	4.2	6.3	1.5								38	0	0
37	Eric Lane	22		14	0	8	22	0	5	2.8	1.6	0.6	7	58	8.3	0	22	0.5	4.1	80	0	0
80	Steve Largent*	27	WR	16	16	6	47	1	15	7.8	2.9	0.4	75	1224	16.3	9	57	4.7	76.5	1271	10	2
12	Sam Adkins	26		3	0	3	28	0	13	9.3	9.3	1.0								28	0	0
8	Jeff West	28	P	15	0	3	25	0	27	8.3	1.7	0.2								25	0	1
34	Terry Miller	25		1	0	2	4	0	2	2.0	4.0	2.0								4	0	0
32	Jeff Moore	25		2	0	1	15	0	15	15.0	7.5	0.5	3	18	6.0	0	10	1.5	9.0	33	0	0
84	Sam McCullum	29	WR	16	14	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	46	567	12.3	3	36	2.9	35.4	567	3	1
81	John Sawyer	28	TE	16	16	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	21	272	13.0	0	30	1.3	17.0	272	0	0
85	Paul Johns	23	PR	16	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	8	131	16.4	1	34	0.5	8.2	131	1	1
86	Mike Tice	22	te	16	3	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	5	47	9.4	0	14	0.3	2.9	47	0	0
89	Mark McGrath	24		6	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	4	47	11.8	0	16	0.7	7.8	47	0	0
76	Steve August	27	RT	16	16	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	1	9	9.0	0	9	0.1	0.6	9	0	0
68	Dennis Boyd	26		16	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	1	3	3.0	1	3	0.1	0.2	3	1	0
83	Steve Raible	27		9	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	1	12	12.0	0	12	0.1	1.3	12	0	0
	Team Total	25.3		16		440	1594	14	43	3.6	99.6	27.5	307	3727	12.1	21	80	19.2	232.9	5321	35	40
	Opp Total			16		588	2806	20		4.8	175.4	36.8	294	3134	10.7	25		18.4	195.9	5940	45	43

Kick & Punt Returns

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),

						Punt Returns					Kick Returns
No.		Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
41	Will Lewis	23	KR	10	0	15	100	0	23	6.7	20	378	0	36	18.9	478
85	Paul Johns	23	PR	16	0	16	177	0	34	11.1	5	81	0	20	16.2	389
32	Horace Ivory	27		6	0						15	281	0	32	18.7	319
27	Gregg Johnson	23	db	16	3	1	16	0	16	16.0	13	235	0	25	18.1	251
37	Eric Lane	22		14	0						10	208	0	27	20.8	288
25	Don Dufek	27		15	0						3	45	0	17	15.0	45
57	Pete Cronan	26		5	0						2	42	0	21	21.0	42
81	John Sawyer	28	TE	16	16						1	8	0	8	8.0	280
	Team Total	25.3		16		32	293	0	34	9.2	69	1278	0	36	18.5	6892
	Opp Total			16		33		0			67	1177	0		17.6

Kicking & Punting

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),

						0-19		20-29		30-39		40-49		50+		Tot			PAT			Punting
No.		Age	Pos	G	GS	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FG%	XPA	XPM	XP%	Pnt	Yds	Lng	Blck	Y/P
8	Jeff West	28	P	15	0																	66	2578	56	0	39.1
1	Efren Herrera	30	K	12	0			7	6	3	3	5	2	2	1	17	12	70.6%	25	23	92.0%
2	Wilson Alvarez	24	k	4	0			3	3			4				7	3	42.9%	15	14	93.3%
6	Frank Garcia	24	p	1	0																	2	74	41	0	37.0
	Team Total	25.3		16				10	9	3	3	9	2	2	1	24	15	62.5%	40	37	92.5%	68	2652	56	0	39.0
	Opp Total			16												29	23	79.3%	46	41	89.1%	55	2338			42.5

Defense & Fumbles

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),

							Def Interceptions					Fumbles					Tackles
No.		Age	Pos	G	GS	Sk	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Tkl	Ast	Sfty
44	John Harris	25	FS	16	16		10	155	2	42	0	0	1	3	0	0
30	Theotis Brown	24	rb	10	6							0	6	2	0	0
45	Kenny Easley	22	SS	14	14		3	155	1	82	0	0	0	4	25	0
27	Gregg Johnson	23	db	16	3							0	2	4	31	1
41	Will Lewis	23	KR	10	0							0	5	1	0	0
46	David Hughes	22	rb	16	2							0	4	1	0	0
43	Jim Jodat	27	fb	12	6							0	4	1	0	0
47	Sherman Smith	27	RB	16	8							0	3	2	0	0
33	Dan Doornink	25	FB	15	8							0	3	1	0	0
55	Michael Jackson	24	LLB	16	16		2	51	0	33	0	0	0	2	0	0
17	Dave Krieg	23	qb	7	3							0	4	0	0	0
22	Dave Brown	28	RCB	10	10		2	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	8	0
53	Keith Butler	25	RLB	16	16		2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
42	Keith Simpson	25	LCB	12	12		2	34	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	0
74	Manu Tuiasosopo	24	RDE/rdt	16	16							0	0	3	0	0
75	Robert Hardy	25	LDT	14	13							0	0	2	3	0
80	Steve Largent*	27	WR	16	16							0	2	0	0	0
52	Joe Norman	25	MLB	8	7							0	0	2	0	0
59	Rodell Thomas	23	lb	11	1							0	0	2	5	1
10	Jim Zorn	28	QB	13	13							0	2	0	0	0
57	Pete Cronan	26		5	0							0	0	1	0	0
56	Greg Gaines	23	lb	8	1							0	0	1	0	0
79	Jacob Green	24	LDE	16	16							0	0	1	0	0
85	Paul Johns	23	PR	16	0							0	1	0	0	0
26	Kerry Justin	26	rcb	15	9							0	0	1	43	0
37	Eric Lane	22		14	0							0	0	1	0	0
84	Sam McCullum	29	WR	16	14							0	1	0	0	0
21	Vic Minor	23		4	0							0	0	1	0	0
69	Doug Sutherland	33	rdt	16	6							0	0	1	0	0
8	Jeff West	28	P	15	0							0	1	0	-13	0
70	Mike White	24	RDT	15	7							0	0	1	0	0
51	John Yarno	27	C	11	9							0	0	1	0	0
	Team Total	25.3		16			21	397	3	82	0	0	40	41	102	2
	Opp Total			16		37							43	16					1

Scoring Summary

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),

No.		Age	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	FblTD	IntTD	AllTD	XPM	FGM	Sfty	Pts
80	Steve Largent*	27	WR	16	16	1	9			10				60
1	Efren Herrera	30	K	12	0						23	12		59
30	Theotis Brown	24	rb	10	6	6				6				36
33	Dan Doornink	25	FB	15	8	1	4			5				30
47	Sherman Smith	27	RB	16	8	3	1			4				24
2	Wilson Alvarez	24	k	4	0						14	3		23
84	Sam McCullum	29	WR	16	14		3			3				18
44	John Harris	25	FS	16	16				2	2				12
46	David Hughes	22	rb	16	2		2			2				12
68	Dennis Boyd	26		16	0		1			1				6
45	Kenny Easley	22	SS	14	14				1	1				6
43	Jim Jodat	27	fb	12	6	1				1				6
85	Paul Johns	23	PR	16	0		1			1				6
27	Gregg Johnson	23	db	16	3			1		1				6
17	Dave Krieg	23	qb	7	3	1				1				6
59	Rodell Thomas	23	lb	11	1			1		1				6
10	Jim Zorn	28	QB	13	13	1				1				6
	Team Total	25.3		16		14	21	2	3	40	37	15		322
	Opp Total			16		20	25				41	23	1	388

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