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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.
Coached by Jack Patera (6-10-0)
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1981 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Non-primary Starters| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| QB | Jim Zorn | 28 | 5 | 13 | 236 for 397, 2,788 yards, 13 td, 9 int, & 30 rushes for 140 yards and 1 td | |
| RB | Sherman Smith | 27 | 5 | 8 | 83 rushes for 253 yards, 3 td, & 44 catches for 406 yards and 1 td | Seattle Seahawks / 2nd / 58th pick / 1976 |
| RB | Theotis Brown | 24 | 2 | 6 | 141 rushes for 531 yards, 6 td, & 25 catches for 268 yards and 0 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 35th pick / 1979 |
| FB | Dan Doornink | 25 | 3 | 8 | 65 rushes for 194 yards, 1 td, & 27 catches for 350 yards and 4 td | New York Giants / 7th / 174th pick / 1978 |
| FB | Jim Jodat | 27 | 4 | 6 | 31 rushes for 106 yards, 1 td, & 4 catches for 52 yards and 0 td | Los Angeles Rams / 12th / 344th pick / 1976 |
| WR | Steve Largent* | 27 | 5 | 16 | 75 catches for 1,224 yards, 9 td, & 6 rushes for 47 yards and 1 td | Houston Oilers / 4th / 117th pick / 1976 |
| WR | Sam McCullum | 29 | 7 | 14 | 46 catches for 567 yards, 3 td | Minnesota Vikings / 9th / 232nd pick / 1974 |
| TE | John Sawyer | 28 | 6 | 16 | 21 catches for 272 yards, 0 td | Houston Oilers / 11th / 271st pick / 1975 |
| LT | Ron Essink | 23 | 1 | 16 | Seattle Seahawks / 10th / 265th pick / 1980 |
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| LG | Edwin Bailey | 22 | Rook | 16 | Seattle Seahawks / 5th / 114th pick / 1981 |
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| C | John Yarno | 27 | 4 | 9 | 1 fumble recovered | Seattle Seahawks / 4th / 87th pick / 1977 |
| C | Art Kuehn | 28 | 5 | 7 | Washington Redskins / 15th / 384th pick / 1975 |
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| RG | Bob Newton | 32 | 10 | 15 | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 71st pick / 1971 |
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| RT | Steve August | 27 | 4 | 16 | Seattle Seahawks / 1st / 14th pick / 1977 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Jacob Green | 24 | 1 | 16 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Seattle Seahawks / 1st / 10th pick / 1980 |
| LDT | Robert Hardy | 25 | 2 | 13 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Seattle Seahawks / 10th / 267th pick / 1979 |
| RDT | Mike White | 24 | 2 | 7 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Cincinnati Bengals / 4th / 84th pick / 1979 |
| RDT | Doug Sutherland | 33 | 11 | 6 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New Orleans Saints / 14th / 348th pick / 1970 |
| RDT | Manu Tuiasosopo | 24 | 2 | 16 | 0 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Seattle Seahawks / 1st / 18th pick / 1979 |
| RDE | Manu Tuiasosopo | 24 | 2 | 16 | 0 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Seattle Seahawks / 1st / 18th pick / 1979 |
| RDE | Fred Anderson | 27 | 3 | 6 | ||
| LLB | Michael Jackson | 24 | 2 | 16 | 2 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Seattle Seahawks / 3rd / 57th pick / 1979 |
| MLB | Joe Norman | 25 | 2 | 7 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Seattle Seahawks / 2nd / 45th pick / 1979 |
| MLB | Terry Beeson | 26 | 4 | 7 | Seattle Seahawks / 2nd / 41st pick / 1977 |
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| RLB | Keith Butler | 25 | 3 | 16 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Seattle Seahawks / 2nd / 36th pick / 1978 |
| LCB | Keith Simpson | 25 | 3 | 12 | 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Seattle Seahawks / 1st / 9th pick / 1978 |
| RCB | Dave Brown | 28 | 6 | 10 | 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Pittsburgh Steelers / 1st / 26th pick / 1975 |
| RCB | Kerry Justin | 26 | 3 | 9 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
| SS | Kenny Easley | 22 | Rook | 14 | 3 interceptions, 4 fumbles recovered | Seattle Seahawks / 1st / 4th pick / 1981 |
| FS | John Harris | 25 | 3 | 16 | 10 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Seattle Seahawks / 7th / 173rd pick / 1978 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Efren Herrera | 30 | 7 | 0 | 12 of 17 field goals & 23 of 25 extra points | Detroit Lions / 7th / 169th pick / 1974 |
| P | Jeff West | 28 | 6 | 0 | 66 punts for a 39.1 average, 0 blocked | Cincinnati Bengals / 5th / 122nd pick / 1975 |
| PR | Paul Johns | 23 | Rook | 0 | 16 punt returns for a 11.1 average and 0 td | |
| KR | Will Lewis | 23 | 1 | 0 | 20 kick returns for a 18.9 average and 0 td |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Sam Adkins | 26 | QB | 3 | 0 | 214 | 6-2 | Wichita State | 5/21/1955 | 4 | Seattle Seahawks / 10th / 254th pick / 1977 |
| Wilson Alvarez | 24 | K | 4 | 0 | 165 | 6-0 | College of the Sequoias,New Mexico Military Inst.,Southeastern Louisiana | 3/22/1957 | Rook | |
| Fred Anderson | 27 | DE-DT | 14 | 6 | 238 | 6-4 | Oregon State,Prairie View | 10/30/1954 | 3 | |
| Steve August | 27 | T | 16 | 16 | 255 | 6-4 | Tulsa | 9/4/1954 | 4 | Seattle Seahawks / 1st / 14th pick / 1977 |
| Edwin Bailey | 22 | G | 16 | 16 | 271 | 6-4 | South Carolina State | 5/15/1959 | Rook | Seattle Seahawks / 5th / 114th pick / 1981 |
| Terry Beeson | 26 | LB | 15 | 7 | 240 | 6-3 | Kansas | 9/19/1955 | 4 | Seattle Seahawks / 2nd / 41st pick / 1977 |
| Dennis Boyd | 26 | DT-DE-T-C | 16 | 0 | 255 | 6-6 | Oregon State | 11/5/1955 | 4 | Seattle Seahawks / 3rd / 58th pick / 1977 |
| Dave Brown | 28 | DB | 10 | 10 | 190 | 6-1 | Michigan | 1/16/1953 | 6 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 1st / 26th pick / 1975 |
| Theotis Brown | 24 | RB | 10 | 6 | 225 | 6-2 | UCLA | 4/20/1957 | 2 | St. Louis Cardinals / 2nd / 35th pick / 1979 |
| Keith Butler | 25 | LB | 16 | 16 | 230 | 6-4 | Memphis | 5/16/1956 | 3 | Seattle Seahawks / 2nd / 36th pick / 1978 |
| Pete Cronan | 26 | LB | 5 | 0 | 238 | 6-2 | Boston College | 1/13/1955 | 4 | Seattle Seahawks / 2nd / 51st pick / 1977 |
| Dan Doornink | 25 | RB | 15 | 8 | 210 | 6-3 | Washington State | 2/1/1956 | 3 | New York Giants / 7th / 174th pick / 1978 |
| Don Dufek | 27 | DB | 15 | 0 | 195 | 6-0 | Michigan | 4/28/1954 | 5 | Seattle Seahawks / 5th / 126th pick / 1976 |
| Bill Dugan | 22 | G-T | 16 | 2 | 275 | 6-4 | Penn State | 6/5/1959 | Rook | Seattle Seahawks / 3rd / 58th pick / 1981 |
| Kenny Easley | 22 | DB | 14 | 14 | 206 | 6-3 | UCLA | 1/15/1959 | Rook | Seattle Seahawks / 1st / 4th pick / 1981 |
| Ron Essink | 23 | T-TE | 16 | 16 | 260 | 6-6 | Grand Valley State | 7/30/1958 | 1 | Seattle Seahawks / 10th / 265th pick / 1980 |
| Brian Flones | 22 | LB | 4 | 0 | 228 | 6-1 | Washington State | 9/1/1959 | Rook | |
| Greg Gaines | 23 | LB | 8 | 1 | 220 | 6-3 | Tennessee | 10/16/1958 | Rook | |
| Frank Garcia | 24 | P | 1 | 0 | 205 | 6-0 | Arizona,Arizona State,UNLV | 6/5/1957 | Rook | |
| Jacob Green | 24 | DE | 16 | 16 | 255 | 6-3 | Texas A&M | 1/21/1957 | 1 | Seattle Seahawks / 1st / 10th pick / 1980 |
| Robert Hardy | 25 | DT | 14 | 13 | 250 | 6-2 | Jackson State | 7/3/1956 | 2 | Seattle Seahawks / 10th / 267th pick / 1979 |
| John Harris | 25 | DB | 16 | 16 | 200 | 6-2 | Arizona State | 6/13/1956 | 3 | Seattle Seahawks / 7th / 173rd pick / 1978 |
| Efren Herrera | 30 | K | 12 | 0 | 185 | 5-9 | UCLA | 7/30/1951 | 7 | Detroit Lions / 7th / 169th pick / 1974 |
| David Hughes | 22 | RB-FB | 16 | 2 | 220 | 6-0 | Boise State | 6/1/1959 | Rook | Seattle Seahawks / 2nd / 31st pick / 1981 |
| Horace Ivory | 27 | RB | 6 | 0 | 197 | 6-0 | Oklahoma | 8/8/1954 | 4 | New England Patriots / 2nd / 44th pick / 1977 |
| Michael Jackson | 24 | LB | 16 | 16 | 220 | 6-1 | Washington | 7/15/1957 | 2 | Seattle Seahawks / 3rd / 57th pick / 1979 |
| Jim Jodat | 27 | RB | 12 | 6 | 210 | 5-11 | Carthage | 3/3/1954 | 4 | Los Angeles Rams / 12th / 344th pick / 1976 |
| Paul Johns | 23 | WR | 16 | 0 | 173 | 5-11 | Tulsa | 11/14/1958 | Rook | |
| Gregg Johnson | 23 | DB | 16 | 3 | 191 | 6-1 | Oklahoma State | 10/20/1958 | Rook | |
| Kerry Justin | 26 | DB | 15 | 9 | 175 | 5-11 | Oregon State | 5/3/1955 | 3 | |
| Dave Krieg | 23 | QB | 7 | 3 | 193 | 6-1 | Milton | 10/20/1958 | 1 | |
| Art Kuehn | 28 | C | 16 | 7 | 257 | 6-3 | San Jose State,UCLA | 2/12/1953 | 5 | Washington Redskins / 15th / 384th pick / 1975 |
| Eric Lane | 22 | RB | 14 | 0 | 195 | 6-0 | BYU | 1/6/1959 | Rook | Seattle Seahawks / 8th / 196th pick / 1981 |
| Steve Largent* | 27 | WR | 16 | 16 | 187 | 5-11 | Tulsa | 9/28/1954 | 5 | Houston Oilers / 4th / 117th pick / 1976 |
| Will Lewis | 23 | DB | 10 | 0 | 185 | 5-9 | Millersville | 1/16/1958 | 1 | |
| Sam McCullum | 29 | WR | 16 | 14 | 203 | 6-2 | Montana State | 11/30/1952 | 7 | Minnesota Vikings / 9th / 232nd pick / 1974 |
| Mark McGrath | 24 | WR | 6 | 0 | 175 | 5-11 | Montana State | 12/17/1957 | Rook | |
| Terry Miller | 25 | RB | 1 | 0 | 196 | 5-10 | Oklahoma State | 1/7/1956 | 3 | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 5th pick / 1978 |
| Vic Minor | 23 | DB | 4 | 0 | 198 | 6-0 | La-Monroe | 11/28/1958 | 1 | Seattle Seahawks / 8th / 204th pick / 1980 |
| Jeff Moore | 25 | RB | 2 | 0 | 195 | 6-0 | Jackson State | 8/20/1956 | 2 | Seattle Seahawks / 12th / 319th pick / 1979 |
| Bob Newton | 32 | G-T | 15 | 15 | 257 | 6-4 | Nebraska | 8/16/1949 | 10 | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 71st pick / 1971 |
| Joe Norman | 25 | LB | 8 | 7 | 220 | 6-1 | Indiana | 10/15/1956 | 2 | Seattle Seahawks / 2nd / 45th pick / 1979 |
| Steve Raible | 27 | WR | 9 | 0 | 195 | 6-2 | Georgia Tech | 6/2/1954 | 5 | Seattle Seahawks / 2nd / 59th pick / 1976 |
| John Sawyer | 28 | TE | 16 | 16 | 230 | 6-2 | Southern Miss | 7/26/1953 | 6 | Houston Oilers / 11th / 271st pick / 1975 |
| Keith Simpson | 25 | DB | 12 | 12 | 195 | 6-1 | Memphis | 3/9/1956 | 3 | Seattle Seahawks / 1st / 9th pick / 1978 |
| Sherman Smith | 27 | RB | 16 | 8 | 225 | 6-4 | Miami (OH) | 11/1/1954 | 5 | Seattle Seahawks / 2nd / 58th pick / 1976 |
| Doug Sutherland | 33 | DT-G-DE | 16 | 6 | 250 | 6-3 | Wisconsin-Superior | 8/1/1948 | 11 | New Orleans Saints / 14th / 348th pick / 1970 |
| Rodell Thomas | 23 | LB | 11 | 1 | 225 | 6-2 | Alabama State | 8/2/1958 | Rook | |
| Mike Tice | 22 | TE | 16 | 3 | 253 | 6-7 | Maryland | 2/2/1959 | Rook | |
| Manu Tuiasosopo | 24 | DT-NT-DE | 16 | 16 | 255 | 6-3 | UCLA | 8/30/1957 | 2 | Seattle Seahawks / 1st / 18th pick / 1979 |
| Kevin Turner | 23 | LB | 8 | 0 | 223 | 6-2 | Pacific | 2/5/1958 | 1 | |
| Jeff West | 28 | P-TE | 15 | 0 | 212 | 6-3 | Cincinnati | 4/6/1953 | 6 | Cincinnati Bengals / 5th / 122nd pick / 1975 |
| Mike White | 24 | DT-DE-NT | 15 | 7 | 266 | 6-5 | Albany State (GA) | 8/11/1957 | 2 | Cincinnati Bengals / 4th / 84th pick / 1979 |
| John Yarno | 27 | C | 11 | 9 | 251 | 6-5 | Idaho | 12/17/1954 | 4 | Seattle Seahawks / 4th / 87th pick / 1977 |
| Jim Zorn | 28 | QB | 13 | 13 | 200 | 6-2 | Cal Poly-Pomona | 5/10/1953 | 5 | |
| Team Total | 25.3 | 16 | 218.9 | 6-1.8 | 2.8 |