1981 Green Bay Packers: 8-8-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 4-4-0 (155 points scored, 177 allowed) Road record: 4-4-0 (169 points scored, 184 allowed) Head Coach: Bart Starr 324 points scored (14th of 28 teams), 361 points allowed (20th) NFL Averages: 20.7 points/game (330.8 points/team) Team stats and rankings: ---------------- PASSING ---------------- ----------- RUSHING ---------- --- TOTAL --- Cmp Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Int Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Yards (Rank) Turnovers Offense: 286 514 3,189 (14) 5.63 24 24 478 1,670 (26) 3.5 11 4,859 (23) 41 Defense: 284 505 3,087 (10) 5.71 18 30 546 2,098 (19) 3.8 21 5,185 ( 9) 54
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 10 Jan Stenerud K 16 6'2 190 38 15 Montana State 12 Lynn Dickey QB 13 6'4 220 32 9 Kansas State 16 Ray Stachowicz P 16 5'11 185 22 R Michigan State 17 David Whitehurst QB 9 6'2 204 26 5 Furman 19 Rich Campbell QB 2 6'4 224 22 R California 20 Delvin Williams RB 1 6'0 200 30 8 Kansas 22 Mark Lee DB 16 5'11 186 23 2 Washington 23 Maurice Harvey DB 16 5'10 190 25 3 Ball State 24 Johnnie Gray DB 9 5'11 185 27 7 Cal State-Fullerton 25 Harlan Huckleby RB 16 6'1 200 23 2 Michigan 26 Eric Torkelson RB 9 6'2 210 29 7 Connecticut 29 Mike McCoy DB 16 5'11 183 28 6 Colorado 30 Bill Whitaker DB 16 6'0 182 21 R Missouri 31 Gerry Ellis RB 16 5'11 215 23 2 Missouri 32 Steve Atkins RB 3 6'0 216 25 3 Maryland 33 Jim Jensen RB 15 6'3 230 27 5 Iowa 34 Terdell Middleton RB 14 6'0 195 26 5 Memphis 37 Mark Murphy DB 16 6'2 199 23 2 West Liberty State 38 Estus Hood DB 16 5'11 180 25 4 Illinois State 40 Eddie Lee Ivery RB 1 6'1 210 24 3 Georgia Tech 47 David Petway DB 6 6'1 207 26 1 Northern Illinois 50 Rich Wingo LB 16 6'1 230 25 2 Alabama 51 Guy Prather LB 16 6'2 230 23 R Grambling 52 George Cumby LB 16 6'0 215 25 2 Oklahoma 53 Mike Douglass LB 16 6'0 224 26 4 San Diego State 54 Larry McCarren C 16 6'3 238 29 9 Illinois 55 Randy Scott LB 16 6'1 220 22 R Alabama 56 Cliff Lewis LB 16 6'1 226 21 R Southern Mississippi 57 Derrel Gofourth OG 15 6'3 260 26 5 Oklahoma State 59 John Anderson LB 16 6'3 221 25 4 Michigan 60 Kurt Allerman LB 16 6'3 222 26 5 Penn State 61 Charlie Ane C 15 6'1 237 29 7 Michigan State 63 Terry Jones DT 16 6'2 259 24 4 Alabama 64 Syd Kitson OG 11 6'4 252 23 2 Wake Forest 67 Karl Swanke OT 4 6'6 250 23 2 Boston College 68 Greg Koch OT 16 6'4 265 26 5 Arkansas 69 Leotis Harris OG 16 6'1 267 26 4 Arkansas 71 Arland Thompson OG 9 6'3 265 24 2 Baylor 72 Brad Oates OT 1 6'6 275 28 6 Brigham Young 73 Byron Braggs DE 16 6'4 290 22 R Alabama 74 Tim Huffman OG 5 6'5 277 22 R Notre Dame 75 Richard Turner DT 15 6'2 260 22 R Oklahoma 76 Tim Stokes OT 8 6'5 252 31 8 Oregon 77 Mike Butler DE 16 6'5 265 27 5 Kansas 78 Casey Merrill DE 16 6'4 255 24 3 California-Davis 79 Mark Koncar OT 13 6'5 268 28 5 Colorado 80 James Lofton WR 16 6'3 187 25 4 Stanford 81 Gary Lewis TE 16 6'5 234 22 R Texas-Arlington 82 Paul Coffman TE 16 6'3 218 25 4 Kansas State 83 John Jefferson WR 13 6'1 198 25 4 Arizona State 84 Fred Nixon WR 8 5'11 190 23 2 Oklahoma 87 John Thompson TE 2 6'3 228 24 3 Utah State 88 Ron Cassidy WR 10 6'0 185 24 3 Utah State 89 Aundra Thompson WR 3 6'0 186 28 5 East Texas State 90 Ezra Johnson DE 16 6'4 240 26 5 Morris Brown
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Lynn Dickey 354 204 57.6 2,593 7.32 12.7 17 4.8 15 4.2 40 298 79.0 David Whitehurst 128 66 51.6 792 6.19 12.0 7 5.5 5 3.9 10 78 72.8 Rich Campbell 30 15 50.0 168 5.60 11.2 0 0.0 4 13.3 2 11 27.5 Gerry Ellis 2 1 50.0 23 11.50 23.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 91.7
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD James Lofton 71 1,294 18.2 8 Gerry Ellis 65 499 7.7 3 Paul Coffman 55 687 12.5 4 John Jefferson 39 632 16.2 4 Harlan Huckleby 27 221 8.2 3 Terdell Middleton 12 86 7.2 1 Jim Jensen 5 49 9.8 0 Gary Lewis 3 31 10.3 0 Aundra Thompson 2 30 15.0 0 Fred Nixon 2 27 13.5 0 Eddie Lee Ivery 2 10 5.0 0 Ron Cassidy 1 6 6.0 0 Karl Swanke 1 2 2.0 1 Steve Atkins 1 2 2.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Gerry Ellis 196 860 4.4 4 Harlan Huckleby 139 381 2.7 5 Terdell Middleton 53 181 3.4 0 Jim Jensen 27 79 2.9 0 Eddie Lee Ivery 14 72 5.1 1 David Whitehurst 15 51 3.4 1 John Jefferson 2 22 11.0 0 Steve Atkins 11 12 1.1 0 Lynn Dickey 19 6 0.3 0 Eric Torkelson 1 4 4.0 0 Aundra Thompson 1 2 2.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Mark Lee 14 270 19.3 0 Fred Nixon 12 222 18.5 0 Mike McCoy 11 221 20.1 0 Harlan Huckleby 7 134 19.1 0 Terdell Middleton 6 100 16.7 0 Paul Coffman 3 77 25.7 0 Johnnie Gray 2 24 12.0 0 Jim Jensen 1 15 15.0 0 John Jefferson 1 3 3.0 0 Byron Braggs 1 0 0.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Mark Lee 20 187 9.3 1 1 Fred Nixon 15 118 7.9 4 0 Bill Whitaker 2 1 0.5 0 0 Ron Cassidy 2 0 0.0 4 0 Johnnie Gray 1 0 0.0 1 0 |
1981 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 6 QB Rich Campbell 7 California 2 35 TE Gary Lewis 44 Texas-Arlington 3 62 P Ray Stachowicz 27 Michigan State 4 105 DT Richard Turner 30 Oklahoma [pick acquired from LA via WAS] 5 117 DT Byron Braggs 55 Alabama 7 172 DB Bill Whitaker 39 Missouri 8 200 LB Larry Werts Jackson State 9 227 OT Tim Huffman 47 Notre Dame 10 255 QB Nickie Hall Tulane 11 282 LB Forrest Valora Oklahoma 12 311 LB Cliff Lewis 57 Southern Mississippi
Traded draft picks: #4 to WAS (Tom Flick), #6 to NYG (Mel Hoover)
Transactions:
| 04-28-1981 | traded Green Bay's #4 pick in the 1981 draft to Redskins for Los Angeles' #4 pick and Green Bay's #5 pick in the 1981 draft |
| 05-19-1981 | Mike Hunt retired |
| 07-22-1981 | traded Steve Luke and an undisclosed draft pick to Falcons for Frank Reed and Dewey McClain |
| 08-12-1981 | claimed Eugene Byrd on waivers from Colts |
| 08-29-1981 | claimed Charlie Ane on waivers from Chiefs |
| 09-17-1981 | traded Aundra Thompson, Green Bay's #2 pick in the 1982 draft, #1 pick in the 1983 draft, #2 pick in the 1984 draft and the option (which was exercised) to swap #1 picks in the 1982 draft to Chargers for John Jefferson |
| 12-17-1981 | claimed Brad Oates on waivers from Bengals |
1981 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/06/81 at Chicago Bears W 16-9 1-0-0 09/13/81 vs Atlanta Falcons L 17-31 1-1-0 09/20/81 at Los Angeles Rams L 23-35 1-2-0 09/27/81 vs Minnesota Vikings L 13-30 1-3-0 10/04/81 at New York Giants W 27-14 2-3-0 10/11/81 vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers L 10-21 2-4-0 10/18/81 vs San Francisco 49ers L 3-13 2-5-0 10/25/81 at Detroit Lions L 27-31 2-6-0 11/01/81 vs Seattle Seahawks W 34-24 3-6-0 11/08/81 vs New York Giants W 26-24 4-6-0 11/15/81 vs Chicago Bears W 21-17 5-6-0 11/22/81 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers L 3-37 5-7-0 11/29/81 at Minnesota Vikings W 35-23 6-7-0 12/06/81 vs Detroit Lions W 31-17 7-7-0 12/13/81 at New Orleans Saints W 35-7 8-7-0 12/20/81 at New York Jets L 3-28 8-8-0