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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:

01-1981traded Oakland's #8 pick in the 1981 draft to Giants for Odis McKinney
04-28-1981traded 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
05-1981Jets 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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