1981 Washington Redskins: 8-8-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 5-3-0 (186 points scored, 174 allowed) Road record: 3-5-0 (161 points scored, 175 allowed) Head Coach: Joe Gibbs 347 points scored (10th of 28 teams), 349 points allowed (16th) 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: 307 525 3,466 (10) 6.25 19 22 532 2,157 (12) 4.1 19 5,623 ( 9) 41 Defense: 214 452 3,045 ( 9) 6.29 21 24 532 2,161 (21) 4.1 17 5,206 (10) 39
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 3 Mark Moseley K 16 5'11 205 33 11 Stephen F. Austin 7 Joe Theismann QB 16 6'0 195 32 8 Notre Dame 10 Mike Connell P 16 6'1 200 25 3 Cincinnati 12 Tom Flick QB 6 6'3 190 23 R Washington 20 Joe Lavender DB 16 6'4 190 32 9 San Diego State 21 Mike Nelms DB 16 6'1 185 26 2 Baylor 22 Curtis Jordan DB 2 6'2 205 27 6 Texas Tech 23 Tony Peters DB 16 6'1 177 28 7 Oklahoma 24 Lemar Parrish DB 12 5'11 170 33 12 Lincoln (Mo.) 25 Joe Washington RB 14 5'10 179 28 5 Oklahoma 26 Terry Metcalf RB 16 5'10 183 30 6 Long Beach State 28 Cris Crissy DB 1 5'11 195 22 R Princeton 28 Trent Bryant DB 4 5'9 180 22 R Arkansas 29 Mark Murphy DB 16 6'4 210 26 5 Colgate 30 Nick Giaquinto RB 6 5'11 204 26 2 Connecticut 35 Rickey Claitt RB 13 5'10 206 24 2 Bethune-Cookman 38 Clarence Harmon RB 5 5'11 210 25 5 Mississippi State 39 Otis Wonsley RB 15 5'10 205 24 1 Alcorn State 40 Wilbur Jackson RB 5 6'1 219 29 7 Alabama 44 John Riggins RB 15 6'2 230 32 10 Kansas 45 Jeris White DB 16 5'11 188 29 8 Hawaii 51 Monte Coleman LB 12 6'2 230 23 3 Central Arkansas 52 Neal Olkewicz LB 14 6'0 227 24 3 Maryland 53 Jeff Bostic C 16 6'2 246 23 2 Clemson 54 Kevin Turner LB 4 6'2 225 23 2 Pacific 54 Pete Cronan LB 10 6'2 238 26 4 Boston College 55 Mel Kaufman LB 11 6'2 227 23 R Cal Poly-S.L.O. 56 Quentin Lowry LB 9 6'3 235 23 1 Youngstown State 57 Rich Milot LB 11 6'4 230 24 3 Penn State 58 Charlie Weaver LB 5 6'2 225 32 11 Southern California 58 Dave Graf LB 6 6'2 220 28 6 Penn State 59 Brad Dusek LB 10 6'2 223 30 8 Texas A&M 61 Melvin Jones OG 11 6'2 260 27 1 Houston 64 Ron Saul OG 10 6'2 254 33 12 Michigan State 65 Dave Butz DT 16 6'7 285 31 9 Purdue 66 Joe Jacoby OT 14 6'7 282 22 R Louisville 68 Russ Grimm OG 14 6'3 250 22 R Pittsburgh 69 Perry Brooks DT 15 6'3 260 26 4 Southern 71 Karl Lorch DE 16 6'3 258 31 6 Southern California 72 Dexter Manley DE 16 6'3 240 22 R Oklahoma State 73 Mark May OT 16 6'6 270 21 R Pittsburgh 74 George Starke OT 14 6'5 250 33 9 Columbia 75 Mike Clark DE 5 6'4 240 22 R Florida 76 Jerry Scanlan OT 3 6'5 270 24 2 Hawaii 76 Mat Mendenhall DE 14 6'6 253 24 1 Brigham Young 77 Darryl Grant OG 15 6'1 230 21 R Rice 79 Coy Bacon DE 3 6'4 265 39 14 Jackson State 79 Pat Ogrin DT 5 6'5 265 23 R Wyoming 80 Virgil Seay WR 16 5'8 170 23 1 Troy State 80 LeCharls McDaniel DB 6 5'9 183 23 R Cal Poly-S.L.O. 81 Art Monk WR 16 6'3 210 23 2 Syracuse 82 Dallas Hickman DE 10 6'6 245 29 6 California 82 Rich Caster TE 3 6'5 230 33 12 Jackson State 83 Ricky Thompson WR 16 6'0 177 27 6 Baylor 84 Greg McCrary TE 5 6'3 235 29 6 Clark Atlanta 85 Don Warren TE 16 6'4 236 25 3 San Diego State 88 Rick Walker TE 16 6'3 235 26 5 UCLA 89 Alvin Garrett WR 9 5'7 178 25 2 Angelo State 91 Bob Raba TE 8 6'1 225 26 5 Maryland 99 Wilbur Young DE 7 6'6 290 32 11 William Penn
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Joe Theismann 496 293 59.1 3,568 7.19 12.2 19 3.8 20 4.0 28 259 77.3 Tom Flick 27 13 48.1 143 5.30 11.0 0 0.0 2 7.4 2 18 33.4 Joe Washington 2 1 50.0 32 16.00 32.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 95.8
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Joe Washington 70 558 8.0 3 Art Monk 56 894 16.0 6 Terry Metcalf 48 595 12.4 0 Don Warren 29 335 11.6 1 Ricky Thompson 28 423 15.1 4 Virgil Seay 26 472 18.2 3 Rick Walker 11 112 10.2 1 Clarence Harmon 11 98 8.9 0 Wilbur Jackson 7 51 7.3 0 John Riggins 6 59 9.8 0 Rich Caster 5 77 15.4 0 Nick Giaquinto 5 55 11.0 1 Greg McCrary 3 13 4.3 0 Otis Wonsley 1 5 5.0 0 Jeff Bostic 1 -4 -4.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Joe Washington 210 916 4.4 4 John Riggins 195 714 3.7 13 Wilbur Jackson 46 183 4.0 0 Joe Theismann 36 177 4.9 2 Nick Giaquinto 17 73 4.3 0 Terry Metcalf 18 60 3.3 0 Rickey Claitt 3 19 6.3 0 Otis Wonsley 3 11 3.7 0 Rick Walker 1 5 5.0 0 Clarence Harmon 1 4 4.0 0 Mike Connell 1 0 0.0 0 Art Monk 1 -5 -5.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Mike Nelms 37 1,099 29.7 0 Terry Metcalf 14 283 20.2 0 Otis Wonsley 6 124 20.7 0 Alvin Garrett 2 40 20.0 0 Virgil Seay 2 36 18.0 0 Wilbur Jackson 2 34 17.0 0 Darryl Grant 1 20 20.0 0 Pete Cronan 1 18 18.0 0 Rickey Claitt 1 14 14.0 0 Tony Peters 1 5 5.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Mike Nelms 45 492 10.9 1 2 Terry Metcalf 4 15 3.8 0 0 Virgil Seay 0 0 ? 3 0 |
1981 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 20 OT Mark May 159 Pittsburgh [pick acquired from LA] 3 69 C Russ Grimm 140 Pittsburgh [pick acquired from MIA via LA] 4 90 QB Tom Flick 21 Washington [pick acquired from GB] 5 119 DE Dexter Manley 143 Oklahoma State 5 132 OG Gary Sayre Cameron (Ok.) [pick acquired from LA] 6 148 LB Larry Kubin 43 Penn State 8 201 WR Charlie Brown 68 South Carolina State 9 231 OG Darryl Grant 141 Rice 10 257 QB Phil Kessel Northern Michigan 10 267 OT Allan Kennedy 34 Washington State [pick acquired from NE via CLE] 11 284 WR Jerry Hill North Alabama 12 314 TE Clint Didier 105 Portland State
Traded draft picks: #1 to LA (Mel Owens), #2 to SF (John Harty), #3 to LA (Robert Cobb), #4 to CLE (Mike Robinson), #7 to LA (Ron Battle)
Transactions:
| 01-1981 | traded Washington's #8 pick in the 1982 draft to Browns for Washington's #10 pick and New England's #10 pick in the 1982 draft |
| 02-1981 | Ken Houston retired |
| 04-28-1981 | traded Washington's #1 pick in the 1981 draft to Rams for Los Angeles' #1, #2 and #4 picks in the 1981 draft |
| 04-28-1981 | traded Los Angeles' #2 pick in the 1981 draft to Colts for Joe Washington |
| 04-28-1981 | traded Washington's #1 pick in the 1982 draft to Rams for Miami's #3 pick, Green Bay's #5 pick and Los Angeles' #5 pick in the 1981 draft and San Diego's #2 pick in the 1982 draft |
| 04-28-1981 | traded Los Angeles' #4 pick and Green Bay's #5 pick in the 1981 draft to Packers for Green Bay's #4 pick in the 1981 draft |
| 04-30-1981 | traded Washington's #3 pick in the 1982 draft to Saints for Henry Childs |
| 05-01-1981 | traded Washington's #5 pick in the 1982 draft to Cardinals for the rights to Terry Metcalf |
| 05-05-1981 | traded Henry Childs to Rams for Los Angeles' #3 and #7 picks in the 1982 draft |
| 05-15-1981 | traded Jeff Williams to Chargers for Wilbur Young |
| 07-18-1981 | traded a #9 pick in the 1982 draft and a conditional #6 pick in the 1983 draft to Colts for Fred Cook |
| 08-17-1981 | traded a conditional #12 pick in the 1982 draft to Lions for Lee Spivey |
| 08-25-1981 | traded Washington's #11 pick in the 1983 draft and an undisclosed draft pick to Chargers for Gregg McCrary and John Floyd |
| 08-31-1981 | traded Washington's #12 pick in the 1983 draft to Giants for Kevin Turner |
| 09-01-1981 | Cardinals claimed John Floyd on waivers |
| 12-15-1981 | claimed Curtis Jordan on waivers from Buccaneers |
1981 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/06/81 vs Dallas Cowboys L 10-26 0-1-0 09/13/81 vs New York Giants L 7-17 0-2-0 09/20/81 at St. Louis Cardinals L 30-40 0-3-0 09/27/81 at Philadelphia Eagles L 13-36 0-4-0 10/04/81 vs San Francisco 49ers L 17-30 0-5-0 10/11/81 at Chicago Bears W 24-7 1-5-0 10/18/81 at Miami Dolphins L 10-13 1-6-0 10/25/81 vs New England Patriots W 24-22 2-6-0 11/01/81 vs St. Louis Cardinals W 42-21 3-6-0 11/08/81 vs Detroit Lions W 33-31 4-6-0 11/15/81 at New York Giants W 30-27 (OT) 5-6-0 11/22/81 at Dallas Cowboys L 10-24 5-7-0 11/29/81 at Buffalo Bills L 14-21 5-8-0 12/06/81 vs Philadelphia Eagles W 15-13 6-8-0 12/13/81 vs Baltimore Colts W 38-14 7-8-0 12/20/81 at Los Angeles Rams W 30-7 8-8-0