1981 Cincinnati Bengals Game Log

Record: 12-4-0, 1st in AFC Central Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Forrest Gregg (12-4-0)

Points For: 421 (26.3/g) 3rd of 28

Points Against: 304 (19.0/g) 12th of 28

SRS: 5.51 (4th of 28), SOS: -1.81

Playoffs:
Won Divisional Round 28-21 vs. Buffalo Bills
Won Conference Championship 27-7 vs. San Diego Chargers
Lost Super Bowl 21-26 vs. San Francisco 49ers

Offensive Coordinator: Lindy Infante

Defensive Coordinator: Hank Bullough

Other Notable Asst.: Bruce Coslet (Wide Receivers), Dick LeBeau (Defensive Backs), Dick Modzelewski (Defensive Line) and George Sefcik (Quarterbacks/RB)

Stadium: Riverfront Stadium

Principal Owner/General Manager: Paul Brown

Defensive Alignment: 3-4

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +6000

Training Camp: Wilmington College (Wilmington, Ohio)

1981 AFC Champion

Game Logs

Game Logs Table
								Score		Passing											Rushing				Scoring				Punting
Week	Day	Date			OT		Opp	Tm	Opp	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Sk	Yds	Y/A	NY/A	Cmp%	Rate	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	FGM	FGA	XPM	XPA	Pnt	Yds	ToP
1	Sun	September 6	boxscore	W			Seattle Seahawks	27	21	14	33	165	0	2	3	4	5.1	4.6	42.4	33.0	45	210	4.7	3	2	3	3	3	4	184
2	Sun	September 13	boxscore	W		@	New York Jets	31	30	22	34	233	2	1	4	19	7.4	6.1	64.7	91.9	29	77	2.7	1	1	2	4	4	5	224
3	Sun	September 20	boxscore	L			Cleveland Browns	17	20	16	25	233	1	0	1	5	9.5	9.0	64.0	107.6	14	48	3.4	1	1	3	2	2	4	209
4	Sun	September 27	boxscore	W	OT		Buffalo Bills	27	24	28	40	316	3	0	3	12	8.2	7.3	70.0	118.3	31	113	3.6	0	2	2	3	3	3	167
5	Sun	October 4	boxscore	L		@	Houston Oilers	10	17	30	52	282	1	1	1	8	5.6	5.3	57.7	71.2	23	75	3.3	0	1	3	1	1	6	315
6	Sun	October 11	boxscore	W		@	Baltimore Colts	41	19	21	28	257	3	0	0	0	9.2	9.2	75.0	138.5	35	121	3.5	2	2	2	5	5	4	118
7	Sun	October 18	boxscore	W			Pittsburgh Steelers	34	7	16	28	330	2	0	3	16	12.4	10.6	57.1	122.6	43	164	3.8	2	2	2	4	4	4	183
8	Sun	October 25	boxscore	L		@	New Orleans Saints	7	17	19	41	171	1	1	3	27	4.8	3.9	46.3	56.0	19	34	1.8	0	0	0	1	1	6	306
9	Sun	November 1	boxscore	W			Houston Oilers	34	21	21	30	266	3	0	2	15	9.4	8.3	70.0	130.7	36	156	4.3	1	2	2	4	4	5	229
10	Sun	November 8	boxscore	W		@	San Diego Chargers	40	17	21	33	337	2	1	3	19	10.8	9.4	63.6	105.2	40	124	3.1	2	2	2	4	5	4	171
11	Sun	November 15	boxscore	W			Los Angeles Rams	24	10	11	26	87	1	1	2	10	3.7	3.1	42.3	48.1	36	146	4.1	2	1	1	3	3	9	404
12	Sun	November 22	boxscore	W			Denver Broncos	38	21	25	38	387	3	0	2	9	10.4	9.7	65.8	125.7	33	184	5.6	2	1	3	5	5	2	64
13	Sun	November 29	boxscore	W		@	Cleveland Browns	41	21	27	34	226	4	0	3	28	7.5	6.1	79.4	133.6	29	130	4.5	2	0	0	5	6	6	238
14	Sun	December 6	boxscore	L			San Francisco 49ers	3	21	21	38	190	0	3	3	21	5.6	4.6	55.3	36.1	20	155	7.8	0	1	1	0	0	3	137
15	Sun	December 13	boxscore	W		@	Pittsburgh Steelers	17	10	21	35	215	2	1	0	0	6.1	6.1	60.0	84.8	33	103	3.1	0	1	2	2	2	4	169
16	Sun	December 20	boxscore	W		@	Atlanta Falcons	30	28	19	35	300	2	1	2	12	8.9	8.1	54.3	90.2	27	133	4.9	1	3	4	3	3	4	154

Playoffs Game Logs

Playoffs Game Logs Table
								Score		Passing											Rushing				Scoring				Punting
Week	Day	Date			OT		Opp	Tm	Opp	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Sk	Yds	Y/A	NY/A	Cmp%	Rate	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	FGM	FGA	XPM	XPA	Pnt	Yds	ToP
18	Sun	January 3	boxscore	W			Buffalo Bills	28	21	14	21	169	1	0	4	23	9.1	6.8	66.7	107.0	33	136	4.1	3	0	1	4	4	4	71
18	Sun	January 10	boxscore	W			San Diego Chargers	27	7	15	23	175	2	0	0	0	7.6	7.6	65.2	117.1	36	143	4.0	1	2	2	3	3	3	276
19	Sun	January 24	boxscore	L		N	San Francisco 49ers	21	26	25	34	284	2	2	5	16	8.8	7.3	73.5	93.3	24	72	3.0	1	0	0	3	3	3	39	29:26

Opponent Game Logs

Opponent Game Logs Table
								Score		Passing											Rushing				Scoring				Punting
Week	Day	Date			OT		Opp	Tm	Opp	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Sk	Yds	Y/A	NY/A	Cmp%	Rate	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	FGM	FGA	XPM	XPA	Pnt	Yds	ToP
1	Sun	September 6	boxscore	W			Seattle Seahawks	27	21	21	41	230	1	1	1	0	5.6	5.5	51.2	66.1	23	60	2.6	1	0	1	3	3	6	143
2	Sun	September 13	boxscore	W		@	New York Jets	31	30	18	29	224	3	0	4	27	8.7	6.8	62.1	120.5	30	164	5.5	0	3	3	3	3	6	140
3	Sun	September 20	boxscore	L			Cleveland Browns	17	20	24	35	237	1	0	2	22	7.4	6.4	68.6	97.0	45	185	4.1	1	2	3	2	2	3	39
4	Sun	September 27	boxscore	W	OT		Buffalo Bills	27	24	25	46	287	3	0	0	0	6.2	6.2	54.3	95.1	30	102	3.4	0	1	1	3	3	4	70
5	Sun	October 4	boxscore	L		@	Houston Oilers	10	17	1	6	-4	0	0	1	7	.5	-0.6	16.7	39.6	44	191	4.3	1	1	2	2	2	6	134
6	Sun	October 11	boxscore	W		@	Baltimore Colts	41	19	25	33	294	1	2	4	42	10.2	7.9	75.8	87.2	26	56	2.2	1	1	2	2	2	2	172
7	Sun	October 18	boxscore	W			Pittsburgh Steelers	34	7	14	27	140	1	0	1	5	5.4	5.0	51.9	79.2	19	65	3.4	0	0	0	1	1	9	376
8	Sun	October 25	boxscore	L		@	New Orleans Saints	7	17	16	25	170	1	1	2	20	7.6	6.3	64.0	80.4	37	166	4.5	1	1	2	2	2	4	67
9	Sun	November 1	boxscore	W			Houston Oilers	34	21	25	37	301	2	3	0	0	8.1	8.1	67.6	76.5	26	132	5.1	1	0	1	3	3	3	36
10	Sun	November 8	boxscore	W		@	San Diego Chargers	40	17	20	41	311	2	2	6	41	8.6	6.6	48.8	70.3	22	136	6.2	0	1	2	2	2	5	98
11	Sun	November 15	boxscore	W			Los Angeles Rams	24	10	21	47	189	1	4	6	56	5.2	3.6	44.7	27.7	27	107	4.0	0	1	1	1	1	7	203
12	Sun	November 22	boxscore	W			Denver Broncos	38	21	21	34	269	2	2	4	36	9.0	7.1	61.8	81.6	19	68	3.6	1	0	0	3	3	5	97
13	Sun	November 29	boxscore	W		@	Cleveland Browns	41	21	22	34	224	2	0	5	53	8.1	5.7	64.7	103.1	29	125	4.3	1	0	0	3	3	5	94
14	Sun	December 6	boxscore	L			San Francisco 49ers	3	21	23	36	179	2	1	1	8	5.2	4.8	63.9	83.0	35	146	4.2	1	0	0	3	3	6	133
15	Sun	December 13	boxscore	W		@	Pittsburgh Steelers	17	10	15	30	120	1	2	3	17	4.6	3.6	50.0	43.8	25	87	3.5	0	1	1	1	1	5	96
16	Sun	December 20	boxscore	W		@	Atlanta Falcons	30	28	25	47	237	1	1	2	15	5.4	4.8	53.2	65.6	28	91	3.3	3	0	2	4	4	5	98

Opponent Playoffs Game Logs

Opponent Playoffs Game Logs Table
								Score		Passing											Rushing				Scoring				Punting
Week	Day	Date			OT		Opp	Tm	Opp	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Sk	Yds	Y/A	NY/A	Cmp%	Rate	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	FGM	FGA	XPM	XPA	Pnt	Yds	ToP
18	Sun	January 3	boxscore	W			Buffalo Bills	28	21	15	31	202	1	2	0	0	6.5	6.5	48.4	53.4	28	134	4.8	2	0	0	3	3	3	38
18	Sun	January 10	boxscore	W			San Diego Chargers	27	7	15	28	173	1	2	2	12	6.6	5.8	53.6	54.6	31	128	4.1	0	0	2	1	1	2	118
19	Sun	January 24	boxscore	L		N	San Francisco 49ers	21	26	14	22	148	1	0	1	9	7.1	6.4	63.6	98.3	40	127	3.2	1	4	4	2	2	4	74	30:34

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