1981 Oakland Raiders Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 7-9
Finishing 4th in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Tom Flores (7-9)
Location: Oakland, California
1981 Oakland Raiders RosterTeam Record: 7-9
Finishing 4th in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Tom Flores (7-9)
Location: Oakland, California
1981 Oakland Raiders Results
The Oakland Raiders of the National Football League ended the 1981 season with a record of 7 wins and 9 losses, finishing fourth in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference.
The Raiders eked out just 273 points, and the defense surrendered 343. Marc Wilson tossed for 2,311 yards. Derrick Ramsey paced pass catchers, hauling in 52 passes for 674 yards, while Cliff Branch contributed to the receiving game, too.
Kenny King ran for a team-best 828 yards for Oakland.
Lester Hayes and Odis McKinney each picked off 3 errant tosses from the opposition.
Tom Flores coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marc Wilson | 366 | 173 | 47.3 | 2311 | 6.3 | 14 | 3.8 | 19 | 5.2 | 66 | 30 | 241 | 58.9 |
| Jim Plunkett | 179 | 94 | 52.5 | 1045 | 5.8 | 4 | 2.2 | 9 | 5.0 | 42 | 22 | 184 | 56.7 |
| Ray Guy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0.0 | ||||
| Totals | 545 | 267 | 49.0 | 3356 | 6.2 | 18 | 3.3 | 28 | 5.1 | 66 | 53 | 437 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenny King | 170 | 828 | 4.9 | 60 | 0 |
| Derrick Jensen | 117 | 456 | 3.9 | 33 | 4 |
| Arthur Whittington | 69 | 220 | 3.2 | 13 | 1 |
| Frank Hawkins | 40 | 165 | 4.1 | 19 | 0 |
| Mark van Eeghen | 39 | 150 | 3.8 | 11 | 2 |
| Marc Wilson | 30 | 147 | 4.9 | 18 | 2 |
| Chester Willis | 16 | 54 | 3.4 | 15 | 1 |
| Jim Plunkett | 12 | 38 | 3.2 | 13 | 1 |
| Totals | 493 | 2058 | 4.2 | 60 | 11 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derrick Ramsey | 52 | 674 | 13.0 | 66 | 4 |
| Cliff Branch | 41 | 635 | 15.5 | 53 | 1 |
| Derrick Jensen | 28 | 271 | 9.7 | 21 | 0 |
| Kenny King | 27 | 216 | 8.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Bob Chandler | 26 | 458 | 17.6 | 45 | 4 |
| Arthur Whittington | 23 | 213 | 9.3 | 22 | 2 |
| Morris Bradshaw | 22 | 298 | 13.5 | 29 | 3 |
| Raymond Chester | 13 | 93 | 7.2 | 15 | 1 |
| Frank Hawkins | 10 | 109 | 10.9 | 35 | 0 |
| Malcolm Barnwell | 9 | 190 | 21.1 | 61 | 1 |
| Todd Christensen | 8 | 115 | 14.4 | 30 | 2 |
| Mark van Eeghen | 7 | 60 | 8.6 | 13 | 0 |
| Chester Willis | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Totals | 267 | 3356 | 12.6 | 66 | 18 |
Kicking:
Punting:
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ted Watts | 35 | 284 | 8.1 | 52 | 1 |
| Ira Matthews | 15 | 92 | 6.1 | 26 | 0 |
| Arthur Whittington | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Totals | 52 | 380 | 7.3 | 52 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arthur Whittington | 25 | 563 | 22.5 | 47 | 0 |
| Chester Willis | 15 | 309 | 20.6 | 43 | 0 |
| Malcolm Barnwell | 15 | 265 | 17.7 | 26 | 0 |
| Ira Matthews | 7 | 144 | 20.6 | 39 | 0 |
| Todd Christensen | 4 | 54 | 13.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Cleo Montgomery | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Kenny Hill | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Frank Hawkins | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Totals | 71 | 1411 | 19.9 | 47 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Odis McKinney | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 34 | 0 |
| Lester Hayes | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Burgess Owens | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 30 | 1 |
| Ted Watts | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Dave Browning | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Rod Martin | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Dwayne O'Steen | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Mike Davis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 13 | 97 | 7.5 | 34 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dwayne O'Steen | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rod Martin | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Randy McClanahan | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ted Watts | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Marc Wilson | 8 | 2 | -3 | 0 | |||
| Burgess Owens | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Henry Lawrence | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kenny King | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ira Matthews | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Monte Jackson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Curt Marsh | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ted Hendricks | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Willie Jones | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bob Chandler | 2 | 1 | 22 | 0 | |||
| Jim Plunkett | 3 | 1 | -6 | 0 | |||
| Chester Willis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Frank Hawkins | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Todd Christensen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John Matuszak | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Odis McKinney | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Matt Millen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cedrick Hardman | 0 | 1 | 52 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Derrick Ramsey | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mickey Marvin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Robinson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Derrick Jensen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dave Browning | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Malcolm Barnwell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Arthur Whittington | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ray Guy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 42 | 39 | 97 | 2 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Chris Bahr | 14 | 27 | 0 | 69 | ||||||||||
| Derrick Ramsey | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
| Bob Chandler | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
| Derrick Jensen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| Arthur Whittington | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
| Morris Bradshaw | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| Marc Wilson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Todd Christensen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Mark van Eeghen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Chester Willis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Jim Plunkett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Burgess Owens | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Ted Watts | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Raymond Chester | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Willie Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Cliff Branch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Malcolm Barnwell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Cedrick Hardman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Johnny Robinson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Totals | 11 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 269 |
