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Record: 9-7-0, Finished 1st in NFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 315 points (19.7/g), 18th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 268 points (16.8/g), 4th.
Differential of 47 points (2.9/g), 12th.
Expected W-L: 9.5-6.5.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +18 (1.1/g), 2nd.
Coached by John McKay (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 | Sat | September 5 | box | W | 1-0 | Minnesota Vikings | 21 | 13 | 10 | 219 | 108 | 111 | 27 | 443 | 343 | 100 | 4 | ||
| 2 | Sun | September 13 | box | L | 1-1 | @ | Kansas City Chiefs | 10 | 19 | 17 | 298 | 286 | 12 | 13 | 256 | 99 | 157 | ||
| 3 | Sun | September 20 | box | L | 1-2 | @ | Chicago Bears | 17 | 28 | 22 | 450 | 309 | 141 | 3 | 15 | 247 | 126 | 121 | 1 |
| 4 | Sun | September 27 | box | W | 2-2 | St. Louis Cardinals | 20 | 10 | 18 | 321 | 154 | 167 | 1 | 18 | 255 | 79 | 176 | 2 | |
| 5 | Sun | October 4 | box | W | 3-2 | Detroit Lions | 28 | 10 | 14 | 211 | 162 | 49 | 1 | 18 | 332 | 239 | 93 | 6 | |
| 6 | Sun | October 11 | box | W | 4-2 | @ | Green Bay Packers | 21 | 10 | 22 | 371 | 199 | 172 | 2 | 19 | 298 | 203 | 95 | 4 |
| 7 | Sun | October 18 | box | L | 4-3 | @ | Oakland Raiders | 16 | 18 | 11 | 356 | 327 | 29 | 3 | 22 | 370 | 176 | 194 | 3 |
| 8 | Sun | October 25 | box | L | 4-4 | @ | Philadelphia Eagles | 10 | 20 | 24 | 347 | 238 | 109 | 4 | 17 | 298 | 109 | 189 | 3 |
| 9 | Sun | November 1 | box | W | 5-4 | Chicago Bears | 20 | 10 | 15 | 392 | 183 | 209 | 1 | 18 | 325 | 233 | 92 | 3 | |
| 10 | Sun | November 8 | box | L | 5-5 | @ | Minnesota Vikings | 10 | 25 | 10 | 193 | 150 | 43 | 2 | 26 | 426 | 221 | 205 | 4 |
| 11 | Sun | November 15 | box | L | 5-6 | Denver Broncos | 7 | 24 | 10 | 209 | 168 | 41 | 2 | 22 | 281 | 128 | 153 | 1 | |
| 12 | Sun | November 22 | box | W | 6-6 | Green Bay Packers | 37 | 3 | 23 | 348 | 138 | 210 | 3 | 14 | 282 | 212 | 70 | 4 | |
| 13 | Sun | November 29 | box | W | 7-6 | @ | New Orleans Saints | 31 | 14 | 22 | 345 | 218 | 127 | 2 | 20 | 341 | 204 | 137 | 3 |
| 14 | Sun | December 6 | box | W | 8-6 | Atlanta Falcons | 24 | 23 | 22 | 420 | 327 | 93 | 1 | 23 | 373 | 236 | 137 | 1 | |
| 15 | Sun | December 13 | box | L | 8-7 | San Diego Chargers | 23 | 24 | 18 | 404 | 290 | 114 | 3 | 27 | 445 | 351 | 94 | 4 | |
| 16 | Sun | December 20 | box | W | 9-7 | @ | Detroit Lions | 20 | 17 | 11 | 276 | 172 | 104 | 21 | 340 | 181 | 159 | 3 | |
| Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||||
| Division | Sat | January 2 | box | L | 9-8 | @ | Dallas Cowboys | 0 | 38 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | TO | FL | 1stPy | |||
| Team Offense | 315 | 5160 | 950 | 5.4 | 269 | 239 | 473 | 3429 | 20 | 14 | 7.0 | 159 | 458 | 1731 | 13 | 3.8 | 95 | 28 | 14 | 15 |
| Team Defense | 268 | 5312 | 1115 | 4.8 | 517 | 317 | 541 | 3140 | 10 | 32 | 5.6 | 174 | 551 | 2172 | 16 | 3.9 | 320 | 46 | 14 | 23 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 18 | 18 | 26 | 22 | 11 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 24 | 17 | 21 | 3 | 4 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 4 | 13 | 20 | 22 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 23 | 22 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 26 | ||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doug Williams | 26 | QB | 16 | 16 | 238 | 471 | 50.5 | 3563 | 19 | 4.0 | 14 | 3.0 | 84 | 7.6 | 6.6 | 15.0 | 222.7 | 76.8 | 18 | 135 | 7.0 | 6.1 | 3.7 |
| Chuck Fusina | 24 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 2 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 12.0 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 118.7 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 12.0 | 0.0 | |
| Kevin House | 24 | 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 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| Team Total | 26.0 | 16 | 239 | 473 | 50.5 | 3565 | 20 | 4.2 | 14 | 3.0 | 84 | 7.5 | 6.6 | 14.9 | 222.8 | 77.4 | 19 | 136 | 7.0 | 6.1 | 3.9 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 317 | 541 | 58.6 | 3140 | 10 | 1.8 | 32 | 5.9 | 5.8 | 3.3 | 9.9 | 196.3 | 56.6 | 23 | 157 | 5.6 | 2.9 |
| Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| Jerry Eckwood | 27 | RB | 16 | 12 | 172 | 651 | 2 | 59 | 3.8 | 40.7 | 10.8 | 24 | 213 | 8.9 | 0 | 33 | 1.5 | 13.3 | 864 | 2 | 3 |
| James Wilder | 23 | FB | 16 | 16 | 107 | 370 | 4 | 23 | 3.5 | 23.1 | 6.7 | 48 | 507 | 10.6 | 1 | 38 | 3.0 | 31.7 | 877 | 5 | 3 |
| James Owens | 26 | RET | 16 | 1 | 91 | 406 | 3 | 35 | 4.5 | 25.4 | 5.7 | 12 | 145 | 12.1 | 0 | 35 | 0.8 | 9.1 | 551 | 3 | 1 |
| Doug Williams | 26 | QB | 16 | 16 | 48 | 209 | 4 | 29 | 4.4 | 13.1 | 3.0 | 209 | 4 | 9 | |||||||
| Ricky Bell | 26 | 7 | 3 | 30 | 80 | 0 | 8 | 2.7 | 11.4 | 4.3 | 8 | 92 | 11.5 | 0 | 22 | 1.1 | 13.1 | 172 | 0 | 1 | |
| Chuck Fusina | 24 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Kevin House | 24 | WR | 16 | 16 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 4.5 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 56 | 1176 | 21.0 | 9 | 84 | 3.5 | 73.5 | 1185 | 9 | 2 |
| Tony Davis | 28 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2.5 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Theo Bell | 28 | WR | 16 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 21 | 318 | 15.1 | 2 | 58 | 1.3 | 19.9 | 325 | 2 | 1 |
| Tom Blanchard | 33 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| Larry Swider | 26 | P | 13 | 0 | 1 | -9 | 0 | -9 | -9.0 | -0.7 | 0.1 | -9 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Jimmie Giles* | 27 | TE | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 45 | 786 | 17.5 | 6 | 81 | 2.8 | 49.1 | 786 | 6 | 0 | |
| Gordon Jones | 24 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 20 | 276 | 13.8 | 1 | 44 | 1.5 | 21.2 | 276 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jim Obradovich | 28 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 1 | 16 | 0.3 | 2.6 | 42 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Gerald Carter | 24 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 10 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Total | 26.0 | 16 | 458 | 1731 | 13 | 59 | 3.8 | 108.2 | 28.6 | 239 | 3565 | 14.9 | 20 | 84 | 14.9 | 222.8 | 5296 | 33 | 27 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 551 | 2172 | 16 | 3.9 | 135.8 | 34.4 | 317 | 3140 | 9.9 | 10 | 19.8 | 196.3 | 5312 | 26 | 32 | |||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| Theo Bell | 28 | WR | 16 | 9 | 27 | 132 | 0 | 13 | 4.9 | 457 | |||||
| James Owens | 26 | RET | 16 | 1 | 24 | 473 | 0 | 34 | 19.7 | 1024 | |||||
| John Holt | 22 | rcb | 16 | 6 | 9 | 100 | 0 | 56 | 11.1 | 11 | 274 | 0 | 40 | 24.9 | 374 |
| Gary Davis | 27 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 81 | 0 | 21 | 16.2 | 81 | ||||||
| Tony Davis | 28 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 51 | 0 | 21 | 17.0 | 56 | ||||||
| Neal Colzie | 27 | SS | 16 | 16 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 6.0 | 12 | |||||
| Scot Brantley | 23 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||
| Jim Obradovich | 28 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 | 56 | ||||||
| James Wilder | 23 | FB | 16 | 16 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 | 896 | |||||
| Team Total | 26.0 | 16 | 38 | 244 | 0 | 56 | 6.4 | 46 | 912 | 0 | 40 | 19.8 | 6452 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 52 | 1 | 64 | 1332 | 0 | 20.8 | ||||||||
| 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 | ||||
| Larry Swider | 26 | P | 13 | 0 | 58 | 2476 | 62 | 2 | 42.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Bill Capece | 22 | K | 13 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 15 | 62.5% | 32 | 30 | 93.8% | |||||||
| Tom Blanchard | 33 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 899 | 58 | 0 | 40.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Garo Yepremian | 37 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 50.0% | 6 | 6 | 100.0% | ||||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.0 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 17 | 60.7% | 38 | 36 | 94.7% | 80 | 3375 | 62 | 2 | 42.2 | ||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 33 | 25 | 75.8% | 27 | 27 | 100.0% | 73 | 3008 | 41.2 | |||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| Ricky Bell | 26 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Theo Bell | 28 | WR | 16 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Tom Blanchard | 33 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Scot Brantley | 23 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Cedric Brown | 27 | FS | 16 | 15 | 9 | 215 | 2 | 81 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Neal Colzie | 27 | SS | 16 | 16 | 6 | 110 | 1 | 82 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Gary Davis | 27 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Jerry Eckwood | 27 | RB | 16 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Hugh Green | 22 | ROLB | 16 | 16 | 2 | 56 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Andy Hawkins | 23 | LOLB | 16 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||||
| John Holt | 22 | rcb | 16 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Kevin House | 24 | WR | 16 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Cecil Johnson | 26 | LILB | 16 | 16 | 5 | 84 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Bill Kollar | 29 | LDE | 12 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jim Leonard | 24 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | -6 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Dave R. Lewis | 27 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| David Logan | 25 | NT | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Dana Nafziger | 28 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| James Owens | 26 | RET | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dave Stalls | 26 | lde | 16 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Norris Thomas | 27 | LCB | 16 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mike Washington | 28 | RCB | 14 | 12 | 6 | 156 | 1 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| James Wilder | 23 | FB | 16 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Doug Williams | 26 | QB | 16 | 16 | 9 | 3 | -31 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.0 | 16 | 32 | 648 | 4 | 82 | 27 | 24 | -8 | 1 | ||||||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 19 | 32 | 18 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Capece | 22 | K | 13 | 0 | 30 | 15 | 75 | |||||||||
| Kevin House | 24 | WR | 16 | 16 | 9 | 54 | ||||||||||
| Jimmie Giles* | 27 | TE | 16 | 16 | 6 | 36 | ||||||||||
| James Wilder | 23 | FB | 16 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 30 | |||||||||
| Doug Williams | 26 | QB | 16 | 16 | 4 | 24 | ||||||||||
| James Owens | 26 | RET | 16 | 1 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Theo Bell | 28 | WR | 16 | 9 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Cedric Brown | 27 | FS | 16 | 15 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Jerry Eckwood | 27 | RB | 16 | 12 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Garo Yepremian | 37 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Neal Colzie | 27 | SS | 16 | 16 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Gordon Jones | 24 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| David Logan | 25 | NT | 16 | 16 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Jim Obradovich | 28 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Mike Washington | 28 | RCB | 14 | 12 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.0 | 16 | 13 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 36 | 17 | 315 | |||||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 27 | 25 | 2 | 268 |