1981 Seattle Seahawks roster and stats

1981 Seattle Seahawks: 6-10-0
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Home record: 5-3-0 (195 points scored, 182 allowed) Road record: 1-7-0 (127 points scored, 206 allowed) Head Coach: Jack Patera 322 points scored (15th of 28 teams), 388 points allowed (25th) 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: 307 524 3,427 (12) 6.11 21 15 440 1,594 (27) 3.6 14 5,021 (20) 38 Defense: 294 502 3,134 (11) 5.83 25 21 588 2,806 (27) 4.8 20 5,940 (26) 48

Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 1 Efren Herrera K 12 5'9 190 30 7 UCLA 2 Wilson Alvarez K 4 6'0 165 24 R Southeastern Louisiana 6 Frank Garcia P 1 6'0 190 24 1 Arizona 8 Jeff West P 15 6'3 210 28 6 Cincinnati 10 Jim Zorn QB 13 6'2 200 28 6 Cal Poly-Pomona 12 Sam Adkins QB 3 6'2 214 26 4 Wichita State 17 Dave Krieg QB 7 6'1 185 23 2 Milton 21 Vic Minor DB 4 6'0 198 22 2 Northeast Louisiana 22 Dave Brown DB 10 6'1 190 28 7 Michigan 25 Don Dufek DB 15 6'0 195 27 5 Michigan 26 Kerry Justin DB 15 5'11 175 26 4 Oregon State 27 Gregg Johnson DB 16 6'1 188 23 R Oklahoma State 30 Theotis Brown RB 10 6'2 225 24 3 UCLA 32 Horace Ivory RB 6 6'0 198 27 5 Oklahoma 32 Jeff Moore RB 2 6'0 195 25 3 Jackson State 33 Dan Doornink RB 15 6'3 210 25 4 Washington State 34 Terry Miller RB 1 5'10 196 25 4 Oklahoma State 37 Eric Lane RB 14 6'0 195 22 R Brigham Young 41 Will Lewis DB 10 5'9 185 23 2 Millersville 43 Jim Jodat RB 12 5'11 213 27 5 Carthage 44 John Harris DB 16 6'2 200 25 4 Arizona State 45 Kenny Easley DB 14 6'3 206 22 R UCLA 46 David Hughes RB 16 6'0 220 22 R Boise State 47 Sherman Smith RB 16 6'4 225 26 6 Miami (Ohio) 48 Keith Simpson DB 12 6'1 195 25 4 Memphis 50 Brian Flones LB 4 6'1 228 22 R Washington State 51 John Yarno C 11 6'5 251 26 5 Idaho 52 Joe Norman LB 8 6'1 220 25 3 Indiana 53 Keith Butler LB 16 6'4 225 25 4 Memphis 54 Art Kuehn C 16 6'3 255 28 6 UCLA 55 Michael Jackson LB 16 6'1 220 24 3 Washington 56 Greg Gaines LB 8 6'3 202 23 R Tennessee 57 Pete Cronan LB 5 6'2 238 26 4 Boston College 58 Terry Beeson LB 15 6'3 240 26 5 Kansas 59 Rodell Thomas LB 11 6'2 227 23 R Alabama State 60 Kevin Turner LB 8 6'2 225 23 2 Pacific 63 Fred Anderson DE 14 6'4 235 27 3 Prairie View A&M 64 Ron Essink OT 16 6'6 246 23 2 Grand Valley State 65 Edwin Bailey OG 16 6'4 265 22 R South Carolina State 66 Bill Dugan OG 16 6'4 271 22 R Penn State 68 Dennis Boyd OT 16 6'6 255 25 4 Oregon State 69 Doug Sutherland DT 16 6'3 250 33 12 Wisconsin-Superior 70 Mike White DT 15 6'5 266 24 3 Albany State 74 Manu Tuiasosopo DE 16 6'3 252 24 3 UCLA 75 Robert Hardy DT 14 6'2 250 25 3 Jackson State 76 Steve August OT 16 6'5 254 27 5 Tulsa 78 Bob Newton OG 15 6'4 260 32 11 Nebraska 79 Jacob Green DE 16 6'3 247 24 2 Texas A&M 80 Steve Largent WR 16 5'11 184 27 6 Tulsa 81 John Sawyer TE 16 6'2 230 28 6 Southern Mississippi 83 Steve Raible WR 9 6'2 195 27 6 Georgia Tech 84 Sam McCullum WR 16 6'2 190 28 8 Montana State 85 Paul Johns WR 16 5'11 170 22 R Tulsa 86 Mike Tice TE 16 6'7 235 22 R Maryland 89 Mark McGrath WR 6 5'11 175 23 1 Montana State

Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Jim Zorn 397 236 59.4 2,788 7.02 11.8 13 3.3 9 2.3 24 201 82.4 Dave Krieg 112 64 57.1 843 7.53 13.2 7 6.2 5 4.5 11 85 83.3 Sam Adkins 13 7 53.8 96 7.38 13.7 1 7.7 1 7.7 2 14 71.3 Steve Largent 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6 Jeff West 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6

Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Steve Largent          75  1,224   16.3    9
Sam McCullum           46    567   12.3    3
Sherman Smith          44    406    9.2    1
David Hughes           35    263    7.5    2
Dan Doornink           27    350   13.0    4
Theotis Brown          25    268   10.7    0
John Sawyer            21    272   13.0    0
Paul Johns              8    131   16.4    1
Eric Lane               7     58    8.3    0
Mike Tice               5     47    9.4    0
Jim Jodat               4     52   13.0    0
Mark McGrath            4     47   11.8    0
Jeff Moore              3     18    6.0    0
Steve Raible            1     12   12.0    0
Steve August            1      9    9.0    0
Dennis Boyd             1      3    3.0    1

Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Theotis Brown         141    531    3.8    6
Sherman Smith          83    253    3.0    3
Dan Doornink           65    194    3.0    1
Jim Zorn               30    140    4.7    1
David Hughes           47    135    2.9    0
Jim Jodat              31    106    3.4    1
Dave Krieg             11     56    5.1    1
Steve Largent           6     47    7.8    1
Horace Ivory            9     38    4.2    0
Sam Adkins              3     28    9.3    0
Jeff West               3     25    8.3    0
Eric Lane               8     22    2.8    0
Jeff Moore              1     15   15.0    0
Terry Miller            2      4    2.0    0

Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Will Lewis             20    378   18.9    0
Horace Ivory           15    281   18.7    0
Gregg Johnson          13    235   18.1    0
Eric Lane              10    208   20.8    0
Paul Johns              5     81   16.2    0
Don Dufek               3     45   15.0    0
Pete Cronan             2     42   21.0    0
John Sawyer             1      8    8.0    0

Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Paul Johns             16    177   11.1    4    0
Will Lewis             15    100    6.7    2    0
Gregg Johnson           1     16   16.0    0    0

Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Jeff West 66 2,578 39.1 2 16 0 32 153 36.1 Frank Garcia 2 74 37.0 0 0 0 1 0 37.0 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Efren Herrera 0/0 6/7 3/3 2/5 1/2 12/17 23/25 59 Wilson Alvarez 0/0 3/3 0/0 0/4 0/0 3/ 7 14/15 23 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Dave Brown 2 2 0 Keith Butler 1.5 2 0 0 Kenny Easley 3 155 1 Jacob Green 12.0 Robert Hardy 8.5 John Harris 10 155 2 Michael Jackson 1.0 2 51 0 Keith Simpson 2 34 0 Doug Sutherland 1.5 Manu Tuiasosopo 6.0 Mike White 5.5

1981 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 4 DB Kenny Easley 89 UCLA 2 31 RB David Hughes 74 Boise State 3 58 OG Bill Dugan 44 Penn State 4 87 WR Scott Phillips Brigham Young 5 114 OG Edwin Bailey 139 South Carolina State 6 140 DE Steve Durham 8 Clemson 7 170 WR Ron Johnson 47 Long Beach State 7 186 TE Brad Scovill Penn State [pick acquired from HOU] 8 196 RB Eric Lane 97 Brigham Young 9 223 RB Jim Stone Notre Dame 9 236 WR Jim Whatley Washington State [pick acquired from MIN] 10 252 RB Ken Dawson Savannah State 11 279 RB Lance Olander Colorado 12 306 DT Jeff Bednarek Pacific

Traded draft picks: none

Transactions:

09-01-1981	claimed Doug Sutherland on waivers from Vikings
09-25-1981	traded Seattle's #3 pick in the 1982 draft to Patriots for Horace Ivory
10-13-1981	traded Tom Lynch to Bills for Buffalo's #3 pick in the 1982 draft
10-13-1981	traded Seattle's #4 pick in the 1982 draft and #4 pick in the 1983 draft to Cardinals for Theotis Brown

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

Date        Opponent                   Result        Record
09/06/81    at Cincinnati Bengals      L 21-27       0-1-0
09/13/81    vs Denver Broncos          W 13-10       1-1-0
09/20/81    at Oakland Raiders         L 10-20       1-2-0
09/27/81    vs Kansas City Chiefs      L 14-20       1-3-0
10/04/81    at San Diego Chargers      L 10-24       1-4-0
10/11/81    at Houston Oilers          L 17-35       1-5-0
10/18/81    vs New York Giants         L 0-32        1-6-0
10/25/81    at New York Jets           W 19-3        2-6-0
11/01/81    at Green Bay Packers       L 24-34       2-7-0
11/08/81    vs Pittsburgh Steelers     W 24-21       3-7-0
11/16/81    vs San Diego Chargers      W 44-23       4-7-0
11/22/81    at Kansas City Chiefs      L 13-40       4-8-0
11/29/81    vs Oakland Raiders         L 31-32       4-9-0
12/06/81    vs New York Jets           W 27-23       5-9-0
12/13/81    at Denver Broncos          L 13-23       5-10-0
12/20/81    vs Cleveland Browns        W 42-21       6-10-0

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