1981 San Francisco 49ers: 13-3-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome 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 |
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:
| 04-28-1981 | traded San Francisco's #2 pick in the 1981 draft to Bears for Chicago's #2 and #5 picks in the 1981 draft |
| 07-14-1981 | traded San Francisco's #6 pick in the 1982 draft to Saints for Guy Benjamin |
| 08-03-1981 | traded James Owens to Buccaneers for Johnny Davis |
| 08-17-1981 | Ray Rhodes retired |
| 08-18-1981 | traded San Francisco's #3 pick in the 1982 draft to Chargers for Dan Audick |
| 08-31-1981 | traded Steve DeBerg to Broncos for Denver's #4 pick in the 1983 draft |
| 09-10-1981 | traded San Francisco's #4 pick in the 1984 draft to Chargers for Amos Lawrence |
| 10-02-1981 | traded San Francisco's #2 pick and the option (which was exercised) to swap #1 picks in the 1983 draft to Chargers for Fred Dean |
| 10-06-1981 | traded 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