1981 Oakland Raiders season

1981 Oakland Raiders season
Head coach Tom Flores
General manager Al Davis
Owner Al Davis
Home field Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum
Results
Record 7–9
Division place 4th AFC West
Playoff finish did not qualify

The 1981 Oakland Raiders season began with the team trying to improve on their 11–5 record from 1980. The Raiders went 7–9 and became the fourth team in NFL history to enter a season as the defending Super Bowl champions and miss the playoffs. The 1981 Raiders set an NFL record by being shut out three consecutive times. The passing game fell off badly being 26th and throwing 28 interceptions. After the defense led the NFL in interceptions and takeaways in 1980, they were dead last in 1981 and were – 16 in turnover differential. It was also their last season in Oakland until 1995 and their losing record snapped a streak of 16 consecutive winning seasons.

Offseason

NFL Draft

1981 Raiders Draft Selections[1]
RoundOverallPlayerPositionCollege
121Ted WattsCBTexas Tech
123Curt MarshOTWashington
248Howie LongDEVillanova
4111Johnny RobinsonDTLouisiana Tech
5118James DavisCBSouthern
9248Curt MohlOTUCLA
10276Frank HawkinsHBNevada
11304Chester WillisHBAuburn
12332Phil NelsonTEDelaware

Roster

1981 Oakland Raiders roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

 Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

 Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

 Reserve lists

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Rookies in italics

Regular season

Schedule

WeekOpponentResultGame siteAttendance
1at Denver BroncosL 7–9Mile High Stadium
74,796
2at Minnesota VikingsW 36–10Metropolitan Stadium
47,186
3Seattle SeahawksW 20–10Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum
45,725
4at Detroit LionsL 0–16Pontiac Silverdome
77,819
5Denver BroncosL 0–17Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum
51,035
6at Kansas City ChiefsL 0–27Arrowhead Stadium
76,543
7Tampa Bay BuccaneersW 18–16Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum
42,288
8Kansas City ChiefsL 17–28Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum
42,914
9New England PatriotsW 27–17Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum
44,246
10at Houston OilersL 16–17Houston Astrodome
45,519
11at Miami DolphinsW 33–17Miami Orange Bowl
61,777
12San Diego ChargersL 21–55Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum
50,199
13at Seattle SeahawksW 32–31The Kingdome
57,147
14Pittsburgh SteelersW 30–27Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum
51,769
15Chicago BearsL 6–23Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum
40,384
16at San Diego ChargersL 10–23San Diego Stadium
52,279

Game summaries

Week 1

1 234Total
Raiders 7 000 7
• Broncos 6 300 9

[2]

Week 2

1 234Total
• Raiders 3 13713 36
Vikings 0 730 10

[3]

Week 3

1 234Total
Seahawks 0 370 10
• Raiders 7 607 20

[4]

Standings

AFC West
W L T PCT DIV CONF PF PA STK
San Diego Chargers(3) 10 6 0 .625 6–2 8–4 478 390 W2
Denver Broncos 10 6 0 .625 5–3 7–5 321 289 L1
Kansas City Chiefs 9 7 0 .563 5–3 7–5 343 290 W1
Oakland Raiders 7 9 0 .438 2–6 5–7 273 343 L2
Seattle Seahawks 6 10 0 .375 2–6 6–8 322 388 W1

References

  1. ↑ "1981 NFL Draft at databaseFootball.com". Archived from the original on October 15, 2007.
  2. ↑ Pro-Football-Reference.com
  3. ↑ Pro-Football-Reference.com
  4. ↑ Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2014-Feb-10.
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