1981 NFL Opposition & Defensive Statistics

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Super Bowl Champion: San Francisco 49ers

AP MVP: Ken Anderson

AP Offensive Rookie of the Year: George Rogers

AP Defensive Rookie of the Year: Lawrence Taylor

AP Offensive Player of the Year: Ken Anderson

AP Defensive Player of the Year: Lawrence Taylor

Passing Leader: Dan Fouts, 4802 Yds

Rushing Leader: George Rogers, 1674 Yds

Receiving Leader: Alfred Jenkins, 1358 Yds

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Team Defense

Team Defense Table
					Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Rk	Tm	G	PA	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy	Sc%	TO%
1	Philadelphia Eagles	16	221	4447	1023	4.3	47	21	266	248	507	2696	12	26	4.9	137	476	1751	11	3.7	102	91	813	27
2	San Francisco 49ers	16	250	4763	1014	4.7	48	21	280	273	514	2845	16	27	5.2	144	464	1918	10	4.1	113	108	866	23
3	New York Giants	16	257	4825	1141	4.2	34	17	291	294	544	2934	14	17	5.0	156	553	1891	10	3.4	106	111	876	29
4	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	16	268	5312	1115	4.8	46	14	320	317	541	3140	10	32	5.6	174	551	2172	16	3.9	123	79	650	23
5	Miami Dolphins	16	275	5363	1039	5.2	33	15	296	297	509	3331	23	18	6.1	160	492	2032	10	4.1	124	104	886	12
6	Buffalo Bills	16	276	4945	1037	4.8	36	17	298	267	474	2870	21	19	5.5	154	516	2075	7	4.0	113	93	690	31
7	Dallas Cowboys	16	277	5419	1021	5.3	53	16	286	236	511	3370	17	37	6.1	162	468	2049	16	4.4	106	104	837	18
8	New York Jets	16	287	4871	1036	4.7	36	15	291	275	505	3004	15	21	5.3	155	465	1867	19	4.0	112	106	935	24
9	Denver Broncos	16	289	4878	1000	4.9	46	23	268	267	497	2873	13	23	5.4	142	467	2005	17	4.3	103	104	949	23
10	Kansas City Chiefs	16	290	5373	1101	4.9	47	21	316	291	567	3626	16	26	6.1	177	507	1747	17	3.4	112	89	740	27
11	Pittsburgh Steelers	16	297	5652	1084	5.2	46	16	323	302	544	3783	22	30	6.5	181	500	1869	10	3.7	114	112	960	28
12	Cincinnati Bengals	16	304	5289	1055	5.0	37	18	324	316	548	3408	24	19	5.8	167	465	1881	12	4.0	126	104	787	31
13	Detroit Lions	16	322	4846	991	4.9	39	15	279	261	475	3223	22	24	6.2	158	469	1623	14	3.5	93	95	872	28
14	Chicago Bears	16	324	5394	1077	5.0	40	22	290	233	525	3248	23	18	5.8	144	521	2146	13	4.1	120	119	961	26
15	Oakland Raiders	16	343	5473	1113	4.9	32	19	316	289	537	3641	24	13	6.2	178	524	1832	15	3.5	104	102	826	34
16	Washington Redskins	16	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
17	Los Angeles Rams	16	351	5124	1067	4.8	33	16	285	204	439	2727	17	17	5.7	128	585	2397	19	4.1	125	118	1018	32
18	Houston Oilers	16	355	5726	1084	5.3	31	13	325	295	502	3315	22	18	6.2	162	549	2411	16	4.4	138	102	838	25
19	Atlanta Falcons	16	355	5354	1053	5.1	46	21	303	322	565	3688	30	25	6.2	172	459	1666	10	3.6	94	97	804	37
20	Green Bay Packers	16	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
21	Minnesota Vikings	16	369	5373	1054	5.1	35	19	299	265	481	3328	26	16	6.5	163	540	2045	15	3.8	117	115	991	19
22	New England Patriots	16	370	5827	1103	5.3	33	17	328	243	439	2877	18	16	6.3	148	644	2950	20	4.6	160	83	763	20
23	Cleveland Browns	16	375	5367	1014	5.3	35	20	299	275	469	3289	28	15	6.6	157	516	2078	14	4.0	119	100	870	23
24	New Orleans Saints	16	378	5253	1002	5.2	34	17	303	287	471	3337	26	17	6.7	161	504	1916	17	3.8	127	118	1089	15
25	Seattle Seahawks	16	388	5940	1126	5.3	48	27	371	294	502	3134	25	21	5.8	173	588	2806	20	4.8	175	104	944	23
26	San Diego Chargers	16	390	6136	1109	5.5	41	18	365	313	571	4311	22	23	7.0	216	491	1825	25	3.7	114	108	877	35
27	St. Louis Cardinals	16	408	5723	1036	5.5	38	17	328	282	495	3295	29	21	6.3	171	509	2428	20	4.8	134	98	845	23
28	Baltimore Colts	16	533	6793	1111	6.1	30	14	406	301	491	4128	37	16	8.2	214	607	2665	30	4.4	162	101	776	30
	Avg Team		330.8	5352.0	1061.0	5.0	39.9	18.1	310.4	276.6	506.4	3269.8	21.1	21.8	6.0	163.4	518.1	2082.3	15.8	4.0	121.8	102.9	867.5	25.3
	League Total		9262	149857	29709	5.0	1117	508	8692	7745	14180	91553	591	609	6.0	4574	14508	58304	441	4.0	3409	2881	24291	709
	Avg Tm/G		20.7	334.5	66.3	5.0	2.5	1.1	19.4	17.3	31.7	204.4	1.3	1.4	6.0	10.2	32.4	130.1	1.0	4.0	7.6	6.4	54.2	1.6

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