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1981 San Francisco 49ers

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Record: 13-3-0, Finished 1st in NFC West Division
NFL Season Summary

1981 Super Bowl Champions

Scored 357 points (22.3/g), 7th of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 250 points (15.6/g), 2nd.
 Differential of 107 points (6.7/g), 3rd.
 Expected W-L: 11.2-4.8.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +23 (1.4/g), 1st.

Coached by Bill Walsh (13-3-0)

1981 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Day Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 6 box L 0-1 @ Detroit Lions 17 24 19 297 176 121 3 21 295 168 127 2
2 Sun September 13 box W 1-1 Chicago Bears 28 17 20 412 287 125 2 18 339 216 123 3
3 Sun September 20 box L 1-2 @ Atlanta Falcons 17 34 23 386 273 113 3 18 363 200 163
4 Sun September 27 box W 2-2 New Orleans Saints 21 14 15 314 168 146 2 18 413 250 163 4
5 Sun October 4 box W 3-2 @ Washington Redskins 30 17 16 296 168 128 2 19 304 221 83 6
6 Sun October 11 box W 4-2 Dallas Cowboys 45 14 23 440 290 150 1 10 192 109 83 4
7 Sun October 18 box W 5-2 @ Green Bay Packers 13 3 21 337 211 126 1 13 241 163 78 1
8 Sun October 25 box W 6-2 Los Angeles Rams 20 17 14 325 265 60 25 401 256 145 1
9 Sun November 1 box W 7-2 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 17 14 25 330 200 130 2 16 269 125 144 6
10 Sun November 8 box W 8-2 Atlanta Falcons 17 14 17 287 205 82 1 19 292 216 76 3
11 Sun November 15 box L 8-3 Cleveland Browns 12 15 21 305 187 118 2 14 267 161 106 2
12 Sun November 22 box W 9-3 @ Los Angeles Rams 33 31 19 330 259 71 2 27 411 208 203 2
13 Sun November 29 box W 10-3 New York Giants 17 10 19 337 214 123 12 223 143 80 5
14 Sun December 6 box W 11-3 @ Cincinnati Bengals 21 3 24 325 179 146 1 24 345 190 155 6
15 Sun December 13 box W 12-3 Houston Oilers 28 6 22 414 266 148 11 186 130 56 2
16 Sun December 20 box W 13-3 @ New Orleans Saints 21 17 19 349 195 154 3 15 222 89 133 1
Playoffs
Division Sun January 3 box W 14-3 New York Giants 38 24 24 423 288 135 1 13 346 281 65 4
ConfChamp Sun January 10 box W 15-3 Dallas Cowboys 28 27 26 393 266 127 6 16 250 135 115 3
SuperBowl Sun January 24 box W 16-3 N Cincinnati Bengals 26 21 20 275 148 127 1 24 356 284 72 4