1981 Oakland Raiders roster and stats

1981 Oakland Raiders: 7-9-0
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Home record: 4-4-0 (139 points scored, 193 allowed) Road record: 3-5-0 (134 points scored, 150 allowed) Head Coach: Tom Flores 273 points scored (25th of 28 teams), 343 points allowed (15th) 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: 267 545 2,919 (21) 4.88 18 28 493 2,058 (14) 4.2 11 4,977 (21) 48 Defense: 289 537 3,641 (24) 6.18 24 13 524 1,832 ( 6) 3.5 15 5,473 (21) 32

Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 6 Marc Wilson QB 13 6'6 210 24 2 Brigham Young 8 Ray Guy P 16 6'3 200 31 9 Southern Mississippi 10 Chris Bahr K 16 5'9 175 28 6 Penn State 16 Jim Plunkett QB 9 6'3 210 33 10 Stanford 21 Cliff Branch WR 16 5'11 170 33 10 Colorado 22 Art Whittington RB 16 5'11 180 26 4 Southern Methodist 23 Odis McKinney DB 16 6'2 185 24 4 Colorado 27 Frank Hawkins RB 13 5'9 210 22 R Nevada-Reno 28 Cleo Montgomery WR 1 5'8 183 26 2 Abilene Christian 30 Mark van Eeghen RB 8 6'2 225 29 8 Colgate 31 Derrick Jensen RB 16 6'1 225 25 3 Texas-Arlington 33 Kenny King RB 14 5'11 205 24 3 Oklahoma 35 Dwayne O'Steen DB 16 6'1 195 26 4 San Jose State 36 Mike Davis DB 7 6'2 200 25 4 Colorado 37 Lester Hayes DB 16 6'0 200 26 5 Texas A&M 38 Chester Willis RB 15 5'11 195 23 R Auburn 41 Ted Watts DB 16 6'0 190 29 R Texas Tech 42 Monte Jackson DB 16 5'11 200 28 7 San Diego State 43 Ira Matthews WR 5 5'8 175 24 3 Wisconsin 44 Burgess Owens DB 16 6'2 200 30 9 Miami 46 Todd Christensen TE 16 6'3 230 25 3 Brigham Young 48 Kenny Hill DB 9 6'0 185 23 1 Yale 50 Dave Dalby C 16 6'2 250 31 10 UCLA 52 Mario Celotto LB 7 6'3 225 25 3 Southern California 52 Greg Westbrooks LB 4 6'3 220 28 7 Colorado 53 Rod Martin LB 16 6'2 215 27 5 Southern California 54 Greg Bracelin LB 15 6'1 218 24 2 California 55 Matt Millen LB 16 6'2 255 23 2 Penn State 56 Jeff Barnes LB 15 6'2 220 26 5 California 57 Randy McClanahan LB 16 6'5 225 26 4 Southwestern Louisiana 60 Curt Marsh OG 11 6'5 275 22 R Washington 62 Reggie Kinlaw DT 1 6'2 240 24 3 Oklahoma 63 Gene Upshaw OG 15 6'5 255 36 15 Texas A&I 65 Mickey Marvin OG 16 6'4 275 26 5 Tennessee 66 Steve Sylvester C 15 6'4 260 28 7 Notre Dame 68 Johnny Robinson DT 16 6'2 260 22 R Louisiana Tech 70 Henry Lawrence OT 16 6'4 270 30 8 Florida A&M 71 Lindsey Mason OT 11 6'5 270 26 3 Kansas 72 John Matuszak DE 16 6'8 285 31 9 Tampa 73 Dave Browning DE 16 6'5 245 25 4 Washington 75 Howie Long DE 16 6'5 265 21 R Villanova 77 Joe Campbell DE 3 6'6 250 26 5 Maryland 78 Art Shell OT 16 6'5 285 34 14 Maryland Eastern Shore 79 Bruce Davis OT 16 6'6 280 25 3 UCLA 80 Malcolm Barnwell WR 16 5'11 180 23 1 Virginia Union 81 Morris Bradshaw WR 15 6'0 195 29 8 Ohio State 83 Ted Hendricks LB 16 6'7 225 33 13 Miami 84 Derrick Ramsey TE 16 6'5 230 24 4 Kentucky 85 Bob Chandler WR 11 6'0 180 32 11 Southern California 86 Cedrick Hardman DE 16 6'3 245 33 12 North Texas State 88 Raymond Chester TE 16 6'3 235 33 12 Morgan State 90 Willie Jones DE 8 6'4 245 23 3 Florida State

Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Marc Wilson 366 173 47.3 2,311 6.31 13.4 14 3.8 19 5.2 30 241 58.9 Jim Plunkett 179 94 52.5 1,045 5.84 11.1 4 2.2 9 5.0 22 184 58.7 Ray Guy 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 12 0.0

Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Derrick Ramsey         52    674   13.0    4
Cliff Branch           41    635   15.5    1
Derrick Jensen         28    271    9.7    0
Kenny King             27    216    8.0    0
Bob Chandler           26    458   17.6    4
Art Whittington        23    213    9.3    2
Morris Bradshaw        22    298   13.5    3
Raymond Chester        13     93    7.2    1
Frank Hawkins          10    109   10.9    0
Malcolm Barnwell        9    190   21.1    1
Todd Christensen        8    115   14.4    2
Mark van Eeghen         7     60    8.6    0
Chester Willis          1     24   24.0    0

Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Kenny King            170    828    4.9    0
Derrick Jensen        117    456    3.9    4
Art Whittington        69    220    3.2    1
Frank Hawkins          40    165    4.1    0
Mark van Eeghen        39    150    3.8    2
Marc Wilson            30    147    4.9    2
Chester Willis         16     54    3.4    1
Jim Plunkett           12     38    3.2    1

Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Art Whittington        25    563   22.5    0
Chester Willis         15    309   20.6    0
Malcolm Barnwell       15    265   17.7    0
Ira Matthews            7    144   20.6    0
Todd Christensen        4     54   13.5    0
Cleo Montgomery         3     48   16.0    0
Kenny Hill              1     21   21.0    0
Frank Hawkins           1      7    7.0    0

Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Ted Watts              35    284    8.1   13    1
Ira Matthews           15     92    6.1    2    0
Art Whittington         2      4    2.0    1    0

Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Ray Guy 96 4,195 43.7 15 23 0 45 514 35.2 Chris Bahr 2 43 21.5 1 0 0 0 0 11.5 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Chris Bahr 0/0 6/8 2/4 3/7 3/5 14/24 27/33 69 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Jeff Barnes 1.0 Dave Browning 7.0 1 8 0 Mike Davis 1 0 0 Cedrick Hardman 5.0 Lester Hayes 2.5 3 0 0 Willie Jones 1.0 Howie Long 7.5 Rod Martin 10.0 1 7 0 John Matuszak 2.0 Randy McClanahan 3.0 Odis McKinney 5.0 3 38 0 Matt Millen 4.0 Dwayne O'Steen 1 2 0 Burgess Owens 2 30 1 Johnny Robinson 4.0 Ted Watts 1 12 0

1981 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 21 DB Ted Watts 74 Texas Tech [pick acquired from HOU] 1 23 OT Curt Marsh 45 Washington [pick acquired from BUF] 2 48 DT Howie Long 179 Villanova [pick acquired from HOU] 4 111 DT Johnny Robinson 27 Louisiana Tech 5 118 DB James Davis 83 Southern [pick acquired from TB] 9 248 OT Curt Mohl UCLA 10 276 RB Frank Hawkins 88 Nevada 11 304 RB Chester Willis 52 Auburn 12 332 TE Phil Nelson Delaware

Traded draft picks: #1 to BUF (Booker Moore), #2 to MIA via LA (Andra Franklin), #3 to BUF (Robert Geathers), #6 to NO (Glen Redd), #7 to HOU (Don Washington), #8 to NYG (Billy Ard)

Transactions:

01-1981	traded Oakland's #8 pick in the 1981 draft to Giants for Odis McKinney
04-28-1981	traded Oakland's #1 pick in the 1981 draft and #3 pick in the 1982 draft to Bills for Buffalo's #1 pick in the 1981 draft
05-1981	Jets claimed Kyle Grossart on waivers

1981 Regular Season Game Log:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result        Record
09/06/81    at Denver Broncos          L 7-9         0-1-0
09/14/81    at Minnesota Vikings       W 36-10       1-1-0
09/20/81    vs Seattle Seahawks        W 20-10       2-1-0
09/27/81    at Detroit Lions           L 0-16        2-2-0
10/04/81    vs Denver Broncos          L 0-17        2-3-0
10/11/81    at Kansas City Chiefs      L 0-27        2-4-0
10/18/81    vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers    W 18-16       3-4-0
10/25/81    vs Kansas City Chiefs      L 17-28       3-5-0
11/01/81    vs New England Patriots    W 27-17       4-5-0
11/08/81    at Houston Oilers          L 16-17       4-6-0
11/15/81    at Miami Dolphins          W 33-17       5-6-0
11/22/81    vs San Diego Chargers      L 21-55       5-7-0
11/29/81    at Seattle Seahawks        W 32-31       6-7-0
12/07/81    vs Pittsburgh Steelers     W 30-27       7-7-0
12/13/81    vs Chicago Bears           L 6-23        7-8-0
12/21/81    at San Diego Chargers      L 10-23       7-9-0

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