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1981 Green Bay Packers Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 8-8-0, 3rd in NFC Central Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Bart Starr (8-8-0)

Points For: 324 (20.3/g) 14th of 28

Points Against: 361 (22.6/g) 20th of 28

Expected W-L: 7.0-9.0

SRS: -1.67 (17th of 28), SOS: .64

Defensive Coordinator: John Meyer

Other Notable Asst.: Zeke Bratkowski (Offensive Backs), Lew Carpenter (Receivers), John Marshall (Linebackers) and Richard Urich (Defensive Line)

Stadium: Lambeau Field

Director of Player Personnel: Dick Corrick

Corporate General Manager: Bob Harlan

Business General Manager: Tom Miller

President: Dominic Olejniczak (GNB is operated by Packers Board of Directors; Olejniczak was president of its Executive Committee)

Defensive Alignment: 3-4

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +25000

Training Camp: St. Norbert College (De Pere, Wisconsin)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	324	4859	1044	4.7	41	17	308	286	514	3189	24	24	5.6	174	478	1670	11	3.5	104	84	687	30
Opp. Stats	361	5185	1087	4.8	54	24	326	284	505	3087	18	30	5.7	168	546	2098	21	3.8	140	108	907	18
Lg Rank Offense	14	23			15	9	15		10	14	10	20	22		22	26	21	27
Lg Rank Defense	20	9			1	2	23		14	10	10	3	9		21	19	26	11

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 6	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0	@	Chicago Bears	16	9	20	346	153	193	3	20	306	161	145	4
2	Sun	September 13	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-1		Atlanta Falcons	17	31	22	396	300	96	5	19	335	219	116	4
3	Sun	September 20	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-2	@	Los Angeles Rams	23	35	19	200	78	122	4	19	203	26	177	3
4	Sun	September 27	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-3		Minnesota Vikings	13	30	22	316	245	71	2	28	410	253	157	3
5	Sun	October 4	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-3	@	New York Giants	27	14	27	363	215	148	1	17	262	221	41	2
6	Sun	October 11	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-4		Tampa Bay Buccaneers	10	21	19	298	203	95	4	22	371	199	172	2
7	Sun	October 18	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-5		San Francisco 49ers	3	13	13	241	163	78	1	21	337	211	126	1
8	Sun	October 25	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-6	@	Detroit Lions	27	31	23	382	307	75	3	24	409	238	171	2
9	Sun	November 1	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-6		Seattle Seahawks	34	24	25	377	195	182	3	15	221	102	119	3
10	Sun	November 8	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-6		New York Giants	26	24	13	267	185	82	2	17	321	233	88	7
11	Sun	November 15	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-6		Chicago Bears	21	17	18	247	133	114	2	20	253	88	165	3
12	Sun	November 22	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-7	@	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	3	37	14	282	212	70	4	23	348	138	210	3
13	Sun	November 29	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-7	@	Minnesota Vikings	35	23	24	409	294	115	4	23	404	376	28	5
14	Sun	December 6	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-7		Detroit Lions	31	17	24	333	265	68		20	360	217	143	2
15	Sun	December 13	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-7	@	New Orleans Saints	35	7	17	318	202	116		16	252	165	87	6
16	Sun	December 20	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		8-8	@	New York Jets	3	28	8	84	39	45	3	22	393	240	153	4

Passing

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Lynn Dickey	32	QB	13	13	6-7-0	204	354	57.6	2593	17	4.8	15	4.2	75	7.3	6.38	12.7	199.5	79.0	40	298	10.15	5.82	4.97	0	0
2	David Whitehurst	26	QB	9	3	2-1-0	66	128	51.6	792	7	5.5	5	3.9	46	6.2	5.52	12.0	88.0	72.8	10	78	7.25	5.17	4.56	1	1
3	Rich Campbell	23	QB	2	0		15	30	50.0	168	0	0.0	4	13.3	27	5.6	-0.40	11.2	84.0	27.5	2	11	6.25	4.91	-0.72	0	0
4	Gerry Ellis	24	FB	16	16		1	2	50.0	23	0	0.0	0	0.0	23	11.5	11.50	23.0	1.4	91.7	0	0	0.00	11.50	11.50	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	8-8-0	286	514	55.6	3189	24	4.7	24	4.7	75	7.0	5.79	12.5	199.3	73.5	52	387	9.19	5.63	4.57	1	1

Rushing & Receiving

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Gerry Ellis	24	FB	16	16	196	860	4	29	4.4	53.8	12.3	65	499	7.7	3	46	4.1	31.2	261	5.2	1359	7	5
2	James Lofton	25	WR	16	16	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	71	1294	18.2	8	75	4.4	80.9	71	18.2	1294	8	0	PB,AP-1
3	Paul Coffman	25	TE	16	16	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	55	687	12.5	4	29	3.4	42.9	55	12.5	687	4	1
4	John Jefferson	25	WR	13	13	2	22	0	15	11.0	1.7	0.2	39	632	16.2	4	41	3.0	48.6	41	16.0	654	4	0
5	Harlan Huckleby	24	RB	16	12	139	381	5	22	2.7	23.8	8.7	27	221	8.2	3	39	1.7	13.8	166	3.6	602	8	3
6	Terdell Middleton	26	RB	14	3	53	181	0	34	3.4	12.9	3.8	12	86	7.2	1	27	0.9	6.1	65	4.1	267	1	2
7	Jim Jensen	28	FB	15	0	27	79	0	15	2.9	5.3	1.8	5	49	9.8	0	16	0.3	3.3	32	4.0	128	0	1
8	Eddie Lee Ivery	24	RB	1	1	14	72	1	28	5.1	72.0	14.0	2	10	5.0	0	8	2.0	10.0	16	5.1	82	1	0
9	David Whitehurst	26	QB	9	3	15	51	1	15	3.4	5.7	1.7	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	15	3.4	51	1	4
10	Aundra Thompson	28	WR	3	2	1	2	0	2	2.0	0.7	0.3	2	30	15.0	0	25	0.7	10.0	3	10.7	32	0	0
11	Gary Lewis	23	TE	16	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	3	31	10.3	0	15	0.2	1.9	3	10.3	31	0	0
12	Fred Nixon	23	WR	8	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	27	13.5	0	19	0.3	3.4	2	13.5	27	0	2
13	Steve Atkins	25	RB	3	0	11	12	0	15	1.1	4.0	3.7	1	2	2.0	0	2	0.3	0.7	12	1.2	14	0	1
14	Ron Cassidy	24	WR	10	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	6	6.0	0	6	0.1	0.6	1	6.0	6	0	1
15	Lynn Dickey	32	QB	13	13	19	6	0	13	0.3	0.5	1.5	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	19	0.3	6	0	8
16	Eric Torkelson	29	RB	9	0	1	4	0	4	4.0	0.4	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	4.0	4	0	0
17	Karl Swanke	24	T	4	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	2	2.0	1	2	0.3	0.5	1	2.0	2	1	0
	Team Totals			16	16	478	1670	11	34	3.5	104.4	29.9	286	3576	12.5	24	75	17.9	223.5	764	6.9	5246	35	28

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Defense & Fumbles

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	John Anderson	25	LOLB	16	16	3	12	0	8	0	4	22	0	1.0	0
2	Mike Butler	27	LDE	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.5	0
3	Paul Coffman	25	TE	16	16	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
4	George Cumby	25	RILB	16	16	3	22	0	17	0	2	70	0	0.0	0
5	Mike Douglass	26	ROLB	16	16	3	20	0	13	0	3	0	0	9.5	0
6	Gerry Ellis	24	FB	16	16	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0.0	0
7	Leotis Harris	26	RG	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
8	Maurice Harvey	25	FS	16	16	6	217	0	53	1	3	0	0	0.0	0
9	Terry Jones	25	NT	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
10	Mark Lee	23	LCB	16	16	6	50	0	25	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
11	James Lofton	25	WR	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
12	Larry McCarren	30	C	16	16	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
13	Mike McCoy	28	RCB	16	16	2	20	0	16	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
14	Rich Wingo	25	LILB	16	16	1	38	0	38	0	0	0	0	2.0	0
15	Derrel Gofourth	26	LG	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
16	Lynn Dickey	32	QB	13	13	0	0	0	0	8	3	-26	0	0.0	0
17	Casey Merrill	24	RDE	16	13	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	7.0	0
18	Harlan Huckleby	24	RB	16	12	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
19	Mark Koncar	28	LT	13	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
20	Johnnie Gray	28	SS	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	0
21	Mark Murphy	23	SS	16	7	3	57	0	50	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
22	Ezra Johnson	26	DE	16	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.5	0
23	Terdell Middleton	26	RB	14	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
24	David Whitehurst	26	QB	9	3	0	0	0	0	4	1	-2	0	0.0	0
25	Fred Nixon	23	WR	8	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
26	Arland Thompson	24	G	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
27	Kurt Allerman	26	LB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
28	Charlie Ane	29	LS	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
29	Steve Atkins	25	RB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
30	Ron Cassidy	24	WR	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
31	Estus Hood	26	DB	16	0	3	59	1	41	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
32	Jim Jensen	28	FB	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
33	Richard Turner	22	NT	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.5	0
34	Bill Whitaker	22	DB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	30	495	1	53	31	38	64	0	38.0	0

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