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1981 San Francisco 49ers: 13-3-0
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Home record: 7-1-0 (188 points scored, 107 allowed) Road record: 6-2-0 (169 points scored, 143 allowed) Head Coach: Bill Walsh

357 points scored (7th of 28 teams), 250 points allowed (2nd) 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:   328   517   3,543   ( 7)   6.49   20   13    560   1,941   (19)    3.5   17    5,484    (13)      25
Defense:   273   514   2,845   ( 3)   5.17   16   27    464   1,918   (12)    4.1   10    4,763    ( 2)      48

Team roster (starters in bold):
 #   Player              Pos   GP   Hgt   Wgt  Age  Exp   College
 3  Jim Miller           P     16   5'11  185   24    2   Mississippi
 7  Guy Benjamin         QB     4   6'4   210   26    4   Stanford
10  Matt Bahr            K      4   5'10  165   25    3   Penn State
14  Ray Wersching        K     12   5'11  222   31    9   California
16  Joe Montana          QB    16   6'2   200   25    3   Notre Dame
20  Amos Lawrence        RB    13   5'11  181   23    R   North Carolina
21  Eric Wright          DB    16   6'1   180   22    R   Missouri
22  Dwight Hicks         DB    16   6'1   189   25    3   Michigan
24  Rick Gervais         DB     8   5'11  190   21    R   Stanford
27  Carlton Williamson   DB    16   6'0   204   23    R   Pittsburgh
28  Lynn Thomas          DB    15   5'11  181   22    R   Pittsburgh
29  Saladin Martin       DB    15   6'0   180   25    2   San Diego State
30  Bill Ring            RB    12   5'10  215   24    1   Brigham Young
31  Walt Easley          RB    12   6'1   226   24    1   West Virginia
32  Ricky Patton         RB    16   5'11  192   27    4   Jackson State
33  Ricky Churchman      DB     3   6'1   193   23    2   Texas
35  Lenvil Elliott       RB     4   6'0   210   30    9   Northeast Missouri State
36  Paul Hofer           RB    12   6'0   195   29    6   Mississippi
38  Johnny Davis         RB    16   6'1   235   25    4   Alabama
40  Arrington Jones      RB     1   6'0   225   21    R   Winston-Salem State
42  Ronnie Lott          DB    16   6'0   199   22    R   Southern California
49  Earl Cooper          RB    16   6'2   226   24    2   Rice
50  Jim Looney           LB     1   6'0   225   24    1   Purdue
50  Terry Tautolo        LB     5   6'2   235   27    6   UCLA
51  Randy Cross          OG    16   6'3   255   27    6   UCLA
52  Bobby Leopold        LB    16   6'1   215   24    2   Notre Dame
53  Milt McColl          LB    16   6'6   220   22    R   Stanford
54  Craig Puki           LB    16   6'1   230   24    2   Tennessee
56  Fred Quillan         C     16   6'5   260   25    4   Oregon
57  Dan Bunz             LB    14   6'4   225   26    4   Long Beach State
58  Keena Turner         LB    16   6'2   220   23    2   Purdue
59  Willie Harper        LB    16   6'2   215   31    8   Nebraska
60  John Choma           OG    14   6'5   261   26    1   Virginia
61  Dan Audick           OT    16   6'3   253   26    5   Hawaii
62  Walt Downing         OG    16   6'3   254   25    4   Michigan
64  Jack Reynolds        LB    16   6'1   232   33   12   Tennessee
65  Lawrence Pillers     DE    14   6'3   260   28    6   Alcorn State
66  Allan Kennedy        OT     3   6'7   268   23    R   Washington State
68  John Ayers           OG    16   6'5   255   28    5   West Texas State
71  Keith Fahnhorst      OT    16   6'6   263   29    8   Minnesota
74  Fred Dean            DE    11   6'3   230   29    7   Louisiana Tech
75  John Harty           DT    14   6'4   253   22    R   Iowa
76  Dwaine Board         DE    16   6'5   245   24    3   North Carolina A&T
77  Pete Kugler          DT    13   6'4   255   22    R   Penn State
78  Archie Reese         DT    16   6'3   262   25    4   Clemson
79  Jim Stuckey          DE    15   6'4   250   23    2   Clemson
80  Eason Ramson         TE    11   6'2   235   25    4   Washington State
81  Matt Bouza           WR     1   6'2   205   23    1   California
82  Brian Peets          TE     5   6'4   225   25    3   Pacific
84  Mike Shumann         WR    13   6'0   175   26    4   Florida State
85  Mike Wilson          WR    16   6'3   210   22    R   Washington State
86  Charle Young         TE    16   6'4   235   30    9   Southern California
87  Dwight Clark         WR    16   6'3   205   24    3   Clemson
88  Freddie Solomon      WR    15   5'11  188   28    7   Tampa

                                               Per   Per
Passing              Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Sack  Loss  Rating
Joe Montana          488  311   63.7  3,565   7.31  11.5  19   3.9   12   2.5    26   193    88.4
Guy Benjamin          26   15   57.7    171   6.58  11.4   1   3.8    1   3.8     3    30    74.4
Freddie Solomon        1    1  100.0     25  25.00  25.0   0   0.0    0   0.0     0     0   118.8
Walt Easley            1    1  100.0      5   5.00   5.0   0   0.0    0   0.0     0     0    87.5
Dwight Clark           1    0    0.0      0   0.00   0.0   0   0.0    0   0.0     0     0    39.6
Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Dwight Clark           85  1,105   13.0    4
Freddie Solomon        59    969   16.4    8
Earl Cooper            51    477    9.4    0
Charle Young           37    400   10.8    5
Paul Hofer             27    244    9.0    0
Ricky Patton           27    195    7.2    1
Mike Wilson             9    125   13.9    1
Walt Easley             9     62    6.9    0
Lenvil Elliott          7     81   11.6    0
Eason Ramson            4     45   11.2    0
Bill Ring               3     28    9.3    1
Mike Shumann            3     21    7.0    0
Amos Lawrence           3     10    3.3    0
Johnny Davis            3     -1   -0.3    0
Brian Peets             1      5    5.0    0
Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Ricky Patton          152    543    3.6    4
Earl Cooper            98    330    3.4    1
Johnny Davis           94    297    3.2    7
Walt Easley            76    224    2.9    1
Paul Hofer             60    193    3.2    1
Bill Ring              22    106    4.8    0
Joe Montana            25     95    3.8    2
Amos Lawrence          13     48    3.7    1
Freddie Solomon         9     43    4.8    0
Dwight Clark            3     32   10.7    0
Lenvil Elliott          7     29    4.1    0
Guy Benjamin            1      1    1.0    0
Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Amos Lawrence          17    437   25.7    1
Bill Ring              10    217   21.7    0
Ronnie Lott             7    111   15.9    0
Mike Wilson             4     67   16.8    0
Arrington Jones         3     43   14.3    0
Dwight Hicks            1     22   22.0    0
Eason Ramson            1     12   12.0    0
Johnny Davis            1      0    0.0    0
Ricky Patton            1      0    0.0    0
Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Freddie Solomon        29    173    6.0    6    0
Dwight Hicks           19    171    9.0    4    0
Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Jim Miller 93 3,858 41.5 15 14 0 57 664 31.1 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Ray Wersching 2/2 7/7 4/7 4/7 0/0 17/23 30/30 81 Matt Bahr 0/0 0/2 0/1 2/3 0/0 2/ 6 12/12 18 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Dwaine Board 7.0 Fred Dean 12.0 Willie Harper 1.0 John Harty 0.5 Dwight Hicks 9 239 1 Pete Kugler 1.0 Bobby Leopold 0.5 Ronnie Lott 7 117 3 Saladin Martin 1 0 0 Milt McColl 1.0 1 22 0 Lawrence Pillers 7.0 Archie Reese 0.5 Jack Reynolds 1 0 0 Jim Stuckey 2.5 Keena Turner 3.0 1 0 0 Carlton Williamson 4 44 0 Eric Wright 3 26 0

1981 Draft:
NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 8 DB Ronnie Lott 192 USC 2 36 DT John Harty 42 Iowa [pick acquired from WAS] 2 40 DB Eric Wright 110 Missouri [pick acquired from CHI] 3 65 DB Carlton Williamson 88 Pittsburgh 5 121 DB Lynn Thomas 24 Pittsburgh 5 122 RB Arrington Jones 1 Winston-Salem [pick acquired from CHI] 6 147 DT Pete Kugler 81 Penn State 8 203 RB Garry White Minnesota 11 286 TE Ronnie DeBose UCLA 12 313 RB Major Ogilvie Alabama 12 322 QB Joe Adams Tennessee State [pick acquired from PIT]

Traded draft picks: #2 to CHI (Mike Singletary), #4 to DAL (Scott Pelluer), #7 to PHI (Alan Duncan), #9 to CIN (Samoa Samoa), #10 to BAL (Gregg Gerken)


Transactions:

04-28-1981traded San Francisco's #2 pick in the 1981 draft to Bears for Chicago's #2 and #5 picks in the 1981 draft
07-14-1981traded San Francisco's #6 pick in the 1982 draft to Saints for Guy Benjamin
08-03-1981traded James Owens to Buccaneers for Johnny Davis
08-17-1981Ray Rhodes retired
08-18-1981traded San Francisco's #3 pick in the 1982 draft to Chargers for Dan Audick
08-31-1981traded Steve DeBerg to Broncos for Denver's #4 pick in the 1983 draft
09-10-1981traded San Francisco's #4 pick in the 1984 draft to Chargers for Amos Lawrence
10-02-1981traded San Francisco's #2 pick and the option (which was exercised) to swap #1 picks in the 1983 draft to Chargers for Fred Dean
10-06-1981traded San Francisco's #9 pick in the 1983 draft to Browns for Matt Bahr


Playoff Results:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result
01/03/82    vs New York Giants         W 38-24
01/10/82    vs Dallas Cowboys          W 28-27
Super Bowl XVI
01/24/82    vs Cincinnati Bengals      W 26-21


1981 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record
09/06/81 at Detroit Lions L 17-24 0-1-0 09/13/81 vs Chicago Bears W 28-17 1-1-0 09/20/81 at Atlanta Falcons L 17-34 1-2-0 09/27/81 vs New Orleans Saints W 21-14 2-2-0 10/04/81 at Washington Redskins W 30-17 3-2-0 10/11/81 vs Dallas Cowboys W 45-14 4-2-0 10/18/81 at Green Bay Packers W 13-3 5-2-0 10/25/81 vs Los Angeles Rams W 20-17 6-2-0 11/01/81 at Pittsburgh Steelers W 17-14 7-2-0 11/08/81 vs Atlanta Falcons W 17-14 8-2-0 11/15/81 vs Cleveland Browns L 12-15 8-3-0 11/22/81 at Los Angeles Rams W 33-31 9-3-0 11/29/81 vs New York Giants W 17-10 10-3-0 12/06/81 at Cincinnati Bengals W 21-3 11-3-0 12/13/81 vs Houston Oilers W 28-6 12-3-0 12/20/81 at New Orleans Saints W 21-17 13-3-0

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