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1981 Washington Redskins Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 8-8-0, 4th in NFC East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Joe Gibbs (8-8-0)

Points For: 347 (21.7/g) 10th of 28

Points Against: 349 (21.8/g) 16th of 28

Expected W-L: 7.9-8.1

SRS: .99 (16th of 28), SOS: 1.11

Offensive Coordinator: Joe Bugel

Defensive Coordinator: Richie Petitbon

Other Notable Asst.: Don Breaux (Running Backs), Dan Henning (Offensive Assistant), Larry Peccatiello (Linebackers) and LaVern Torgeson (Defensive Line)

Stadium: Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium

Majority Owner: Jack Kent Cooke

General Manager: Bobby Beathard

Offensive Scheme: Air Coryell

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +3000

Training Camp: Dickinson College (Carlisle, Pennsylvania)

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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	347	5623	1087	5.2	41	19	334	307	525	3466	19	22	6.2	173	532	2157	19	4.1	136	98	940	25
Opp. Stats	349	5206	1016	5.1	39	15	310	214	452	3045	21	24	6.3	152	532	2161	17	4.1	133	108	921	25
Lg Rank Offense	10	9			15	16	6		7	10	18	13	11		12	12	7	16
Lg Rank Defense	16	10			13	22	16		3	9	12	9	22		19	21	17	17

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	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-1		Dallas Cowboys	10	26	20	324	280	44	6	20	346	140	206	1
2	Sun	September 13	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-2		New York Giants	7	17	19	349	284	65	4	10	157	86	71	2
3	Sun	September 20	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-3	@	St. Louis Cardinals	30	40	24	521	388	133	2	18	315	208	107
4	Sun	September 27	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-4	@	Philadelphia Eagles	13	36	23	337	228	109	3	15	221	151	70	1
5	Sun	October 4	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-5		San Francisco 49ers	17	30	19	304	221	83	6	16	296	168	128	2
6	Sun	October 11	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-5	@	Chicago Bears	24	7	16	301	74	227	1	13	204	153	51	4
7	Sun	October 18	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-6	@	Miami Dolphins	10	13	20	301	139	162	2	20	445	296	149	2
8	Sun	October 25	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-6		New England Patriots	24	22	15	230	145	85	2	23	409	283	126	3
9	Sun	November 1	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-6		St. Louis Cardinals	42	21	25	361	201	160	1	29	449	319	130	4
10	Sun	November 8	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-6		Detroit Lions	33	31	25	464	271	193	3	24	499	277	222	6
11	Sun	November 15	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W	OT	5-6	@	New York Giants	30	27	29	418	234	184	1	17	248	152	96	2
12	Sun	November 22	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-7	@	Dallas Cowboys	10	24	17	256	131	125	1	27	470	212	258	2
13	Sun	November 29	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-8	@	Buffalo Bills	14	21	19	293	202	91	5	18	229	41	188	2
14	Sun	December 6	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-8		Philadelphia Eagles	15	13	11	176	68	108	2	25	416	255	161	4
15	Sun	December 13	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-8		Baltimore Colts	38	14	27	486	339	147	1	21	337	217	120	2
16	Sun	December 20	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-8	@	Los Angeles Rams	30	7	25	502	261	241	1	14	165	87	78	2

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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	Joe Theismann	32	QB	16	16	8-8-0	293	496	59.1	3568	19	3.8	20	4.0	79	7.2	6.15	12.2	223.0	77.3	28	259	5.34	6.31	5.32	2	2
2	Tom Flick	23	QB	6	0		13	27	48.1	143	0	0.0	2	7.4	33	5.3	1.96	11.0	23.8	33.4	2	18	6.90	4.31	1.21	0	0
3	Joe Washington	28	RB	14	13		1	2	50.0	32	0	0.0	0	0.0	32	16.0	16.00	32.0	2.3	95.8	0	0	0.00	16.00	16.00	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	8-8-0	307	525	58.5	3466	19	3.6	22	4.2	79	7.1	5.44	12.2	216.6	75.1	30	277	5.41	6.25	5.15	2	2

Rushing & Receiving

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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	Joe Washington	28	RB	14	13	210	916	4	32	4.4	65.4	15.0	70	558	8.0	3	32	5.0	39.9	280	5.3	1474	7	8
2	Art Monk	24	WR	16	16	1	-5	0	-5	-5.0	-0.3	0.1	56	894	16.0	6	79	3.5	55.9	57	15.6	889	6	0
3	John Riggins	32	RB	15	4	195	714	13	24	3.7	47.6	13.0	6	59	9.8	0	22	0.4	3.9	201	3.8	773	13	1
4	Terry Metcalf	30	RB	16	2	18	60	0	12	3.3	3.8	1.1	48	595	12.4	0	52	3.0	37.2	66	9.9	655	0	6
5	Virgil Seay	23	WR	16	7	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	26	472	18.2	3	60	1.6	29.5	26	18.2	472	3	0
6	Ricky Thompson	27	WR	16	5	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	28	423	15.1	4	57	1.8	26.4	28	15.1	423	4	0
7	Don Warren	25	TE	16	16	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	29	335	11.6	1	32	1.8	20.9	29	11.6	335	1	0
8	Wilbur Jackson	30	RB	5	2	46	183	0	14	4.0	36.6	9.2	7	51	7.3	0	16	1.4	10.2	53	4.4	234	0	2
9	Joe Theismann	32	QB	16	16	36	177	2	24	4.9	11.1	2.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	36	4.9	177	2	7
10	Nick Giaquinto	26	RB	6	0	17	73	0	13	4.3	12.2	2.8	5	55	11.0	1	25	0.8	9.2	22	5.8	128	1	0
11	Rick Walker	26	TE	16	14	1	5	0	5	5.0	0.3	0.1	11	112	10.2	1	24	0.7	7.0	12	9.8	117	1	0
12	Clarence Harmon	26	RB	5	0	1	4	0	4	4.0	0.8	0.2	11	98	8.9	0	23	2.2	19.6	12	8.5	102	0	0
13	Rich Caster	33	TE	3	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	5	77	15.4	0	26	1.7	25.7	5	15.4	77	0	0
14	Rickey Claitt	24	RB	13	0	3	19	0	11	6.3	1.5	0.2	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	3	6.3	19	0	0
15	Otis Wonsley	24	RB	15	0	3	11	0	7	3.7	0.7	0.2	1	5	5.0	0	5	0.1	0.3	4	4.0	16	0	1
16	Greg McCrary	29	TE	5	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	3	13	4.3	0	12	0.6	2.6	3	4.3	13	0	0
17	Mike Connell	25	P	16	0	1	0	0		0.0	0.0	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	0.0	0	0	2
18	Jeff Bostic	23	C	16	16	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	-4	-4.0	0	-4	0.1	-0.3	1	-4.0	-4	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	532	2157	19	32	4.1	134.8	33.3	307	3743	12.2	19	79	19.2	233.9	839	7.0	5900	38	32

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Defense & Fumbles

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Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Sfty	Awards
1	Jeff Bostic	23	C	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0		0
2	Dave Butz	31	LDT	16	16	1	26	0	26	0	0	0	0	5.0		0
3	Joe Lavender	32	RCB	16	16	4	52	0	30	0	0	0	0	0.0		0
4	Mark Murphy	26	FS	16	16	7	68	0	29	0	3	0	0	0.0		0
5	Tony Peters	28	SS	16	16	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0		0
6	Joe Theismann	32	QB	16	16	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0.0		0
7	Neal Olkewicz	24	MLB	14	14	2	22	1	12	0	0	0	0	0.5		0
8	Rick Walker	26	TE	16	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0		0
9	Russ Grimm	22	LG	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0		0
10	Joe Jacoby	22	LT	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0		0
11	Joe Washington	28	RB	14	13	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0.0		0
12	Perry Brooks	27	RDT	15	12	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	6.5		0
13	Monte Coleman	24	RLB/LLB	12	11	3	52	1	52	0	1	2	0	3.5	114	0
14	Mat Mendenhall	24	LDE/RDE	14	11	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.0		0
15	Melvin Jones	27	RG	11	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0		0
16	Karl Lorch	31	LDE	16	10	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.0		0
17	Brad Dusek	31	LLB	10	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0		0
18	Dexter Manley	22	RDE	16	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.0		0
19	Lemar Parrish	34	LCB	12	8	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0.0		0
20	Jeris White	29	LCB	16	8	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	1.0		0
21	Mel Kaufman	23	RLB	11	6	2	25	0	25	0	0	0	0	0.5		0
22	Rich Milot	24	RLB	11	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	18	0	0.0		0
23	John Riggins	32	RB	15	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0		0
24	Coy Bacon	39	DE	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.0		0
25	Wilbur Jackson	30	RB	5	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0		0
26	Terry Metcalf	30	RB	16	2	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0.0		0
27	Mike Connell	25	P	16	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	-8	0	0.0		0
28	Tom Flick	23	QB	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0		0
29	Quentin Lowry	24	LB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0		0
30	Mike Nelms	26	DB	16	0	1	3	0	3	2	0	0	0	0.0		0	PB,AP-2
31	Otis Wonsley	24	RB	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0		0
	Team Totals			16	16	24	0	2		32	13	15	0	32		0

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