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1981 Awards Voting

1980 1982

NFL AP MVP Voting

NFL AP MVP Voting Table
						Games		Passing					Rushing			Receiving
Rk	Pos	Player	Tm	Votes	Share	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Att	Yds	TD	Rec	Yds	TD	Sk	Int
1	QB	Ken Anderson	Cincinnati Bengals	46.0	54.8%	16	16	300	479	3754	29	10	46	320	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
2	QB	Joe Montana	San Francisco 49ers	15.0	17.9%	16	16	311	488	3565	19	12	25	95	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
3	RB	Tony Dorsett	Dallas Cowboys	14.0	16.7%	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	342	1646	4	32	325	2	0.0	0
4	DE	Fred Dean	2TM	2.0	2.4%	14	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.0	0
5	QB	Craig Morton	Denver Broncos	2.0	2.4%	15	15	225	376	3195	21	14	8	18	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
6	QB	Dan Fouts	San Diego Chargers	1.0	1.2%	16	16	360	609	4802	33	17	22	56	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
7	LCB	Ronnie Lott	San Francisco 49ers	1.0	1.2%	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	7
8	RB	Chuck Muncie	San Diego Chargers	1.0	1.2%	15	14	1	1	3	1	0	251	1144	19	43	362	0	0.0	0
9	RB	George Rogers	New Orleans Saints	1.0	1.2%	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	378	1674	13	16	126	0	0.0	0
10	TE	Kellen Winslow	San Diego Chargers	1.0	1.2%	16	16	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	88	1075	10	0.0	0

NFL AP Offensive Player of the Year Voting

NFL AP Offensive Player of the Year Voting Table
						Games		Passing					Rushing			Receiving
Rk	Pos	Player	Tm	Votes	Share	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Att	Yds	TD	Rec	Yds	TD
1	QB	Ken Anderson	Cincinnati Bengals	40.0	47.6%	16	16	300	479	3754	29	10	46	320	1	0	0	0
2	RB	Tony Dorsett	Dallas Cowboys	21.0	25%	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	342	1646	4	32	325	2
3	QB	Joe Montana	San Francisco 49ers	8.0	9.5%	16	16	311	488	3565	19	12	25	95	2	0	0	0
4	RB	George Rogers	New Orleans Saints	4.0	4.8%	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	378	1674	13	16	126	0
5	QB	Dan Fouts	San Diego Chargers	3.0	3.6%	16	16	360	609	4802	33	17	22	56	0	0	0	0
6	RB	Chuck Muncie	San Diego Chargers	2.0	2.4%	15	14	1	1	3	1	0	251	1144	19	43	362	0
7	RB	Billy Sims	Detroit Lions	2.0	2.4%	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	296	1437	13	28	451	2
8	FB	William Andrews	Atlanta Falcons	1.0	1.2%	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	289	1301	10	81	735	2
9	RB	Joe Delaney	Kansas City Chiefs	1.0	1.2%	15	10	0	0	0	0	0	234	1121	3	22	246	0
10	LT	Anthony Munoz	Cincinnati Bengals	1.0	1.2%	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	TE	Kellen Winslow	San Diego Chargers	1.0	1.2%	16	16	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	88	1075	10

NFL AP Defensive Player of the Year Voting

NFL AP Defensive Player of the Year Voting Table
						Games			Def Interceptions
Rk	Pos	Player	Tm	Votes	Share	G	GS	Sk	Int	Yds	TD
1	ROLB	Lawrence Taylor	New York Giants	22.0	26.2%	16	16	9.5	1	1	0
2	RDE	Joe Klecko	New York Jets	20.0	23.8%	16	16	20.5	0	0	0
3	LDE	Mark Gastineau	New York Jets	10.0	11.9%	16	16	20.0	0	0	0
4	RDT	Randy White	Dallas Cowboys	10.0	11.9%	16	16	8.5	0	0	0
5	DE	Fred Dean	2TM	9.0	10.7%	14	4	13.0	0	0	0
6	LCB	Ronnie Lott	San Francisco 49ers	6.0	7.1%	16	16	0.0	7	117	3
7	MLB	Jack Lambert	Pittsburgh Steelers	4.0	4.8%	16	16	2.0	6	76	0
8	LDE	Too Tall Jones	Dallas Cowboys	3.0	3.6%	16	16	9.5	0	0	0

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NFL AP Offensive Rookie of the Year Voting

NFL AP Offensive Rookie of the Year Voting Table
						Games		Passing					Rushing			Receiving
Rk	Pos	Player	Tm	Votes	Share	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Att	Yds	TD	Rec	Yds	TD
1	RB	George Rogers	New Orleans Saints	65.0	77.4%	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	378	1674	13	16	126	0
2	WR	Cris Collinsworth	Cincinnati Bengals	12.0	14.3%	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	67	1009	8
3	RB	Joe Delaney	Kansas City Chiefs	7.0	8.3%	15	10	0	0	0	0	0	234	1121	3	22	246	0

NFL AP Defensive Rookie of the Year Voting

NFL AP Defensive Rookie of the Year Voting Table
						Games			Def Interceptions
Rk	Pos	Player	Tm	Votes	Share	G	GS	Sk	Int	Yds	TD
1	ROLB	Lawrence Taylor	New York Giants	51.5	61.3%	16	16	9.5	1	1	0
2	LCB	Ronnie Lott	San Francisco 49ers	23.0	27.4%	16	16	0.0	7	117	3
3	ROLB	Hugh Green	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	7.5	8.9%	16	16	3.0	2	56	0
4	SS	Kenny Easley	Seattle Seahawks	2.0	2.4%	14	14	0.0	3	155	1

NFL AP Coach of the Year Voting

NFL AP Coach of the Year Voting Table
									Playoffs
Rk	Coach	Tm	Votes	Share	G	W	L	T	G plyf	W plyf	L plyf	Playoff Result
1	Bill Walsh	San Francisco 49ers	61.5	73.2%	16	13	3	0	3	3	0	Won SB
2	Forrest Gregg	Cincinnati Bengals	15.5	18.5%	16	12	4	0	3	2	1	Lost SB
3	Don Shula	Miami Dolphins	3.0	3.6%	16	11	4	1	1	0	1	Lost Div
4	Tom Landry	Dallas Cowboys	2.0	2.4%	16	12	4	0	2	1	1	Lost Conf
5	Walt Michaels	New York Jets	1.0	1.2%	16	10	5	1	1	0	1	Lost WC
6	Dan Reeves	Denver Broncos	1.0	1.2%	16	10	6	0	0	0	0