1981 Seattle Seahawks Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 6-10
Finishing 5th in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Jack Patera (6-10)
Location: Seattle, Washington
1981 Seattle Seahawks RosterTeam Record: 6-10
Finishing 5th in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Jack Patera (6-10)
Location: Seattle, Washington
1981 Seattle Seahawks Results
The Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League ended the 1981 season with a record of 6 wins and 10 losses, finishing fifth in the NFL's West Division of the American Football Conference.
The Seahawks scored 322 points, but the leaky defense conceded 388. Jim Zorn threw for 2,788 yards. Steve Largent paced the receiving corps, snagging 75 passes for 1,224 yards.
Theotis Brown ran for a team-best 531 yards for Seattle.
The larcenous defense created 48 turnovers. John Harris picked off 10 errant tosses from the opposition.
Jack Patera coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Zorn | 397 | 236 | 59.4 | 2788 | 7.0 | 13 | 3.3 | 9 | 2.3 | 80 | 24 | 201 | 82.4 |
| Dave Krieg | 112 | 64 | 57.1 | 843 | 7.5 | 7 | 6.2 | 5 | 4.5 | 57 | 11 | 85 | 83.3 |
| Sam Adkins | 13 | 7 | 53.8 | 96 | 7.4 | 1 | 7.7 | 1 | 7.7 | 31 | 2 | 14 | 71.3 |
| Jeff West | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Steve Largent | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 524 | 307 | 58.6 | 3727 | 7.1 | 21 | 4.0 | 15 | 2.9 | 80 | 37 | 300 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theotis Brown | 141 | 531 | 3.8 | 43 | 6 |
| Sherman Smith | 83 | 253 | 3.0 | 21 | 3 |
| Dan Doornink | 65 | 194 | 3.0 | 11 | 1 |
| Jim Zorn | 30 | 140 | 4.7 | 20 | 1 |
| David Hughes | 47 | 135 | 2.9 | 15 | 0 |
| Jim Jodat | 31 | 106 | 3.4 | 15 | 1 |
| Dave Krieg | 11 | 56 | 5.1 | 29 | 1 |
| Steve Largent | 6 | 47 | 7.8 | 15 | 1 |
| Horace Ivory | 9 | 38 | 4.2 | 7 | 0 |
| Sam Adkins | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Jeff West | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 27 | 0 |
| Eric Lane | 8 | 22 | 2.8 | 5 | 0 |
| Jeff Moore | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Terry Miller | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 440 | 1594 | 3.6 | 43 | 14 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Largent | 75 | 1224 | 16.3 | 57 | 9 |
| Sam McCullum | 46 | 567 | 12.3 | 36 | 3 |
| Sherman Smith | 44 | 406 | 9.2 | 28 | 1 |
| David Hughes | 35 | 263 | 7.5 | 22 | 2 |
| Dan Doornink | 27 | 350 | 13.0 | 80 | 4 |
| Theotis Brown | 25 | 268 | 10.7 | 51 | 0 |
| John Sawyer | 21 | 272 | 13.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Paul Johns | 8 | 131 | 16.4 | 34 | 1 |
| Eric Lane | 7 | 58 | 8.3 | 22 | 0 |
| Mike Tice | 5 | 47 | 9.4 | 14 | 0 |
| Jim Jodat | 4 | 52 | 13.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Mark McGrath | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 16 | 0 |
| Jeff Moore | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Steve Raible | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Steve August | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Dennis Boyd | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 1 |
| Totals | 307 | 3727 | 12.1 | 80 | 21 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Efren Herrera | 25 | 23 | 92.0 | 17 | 12 | 70.6 | 59 |
| Wilson Alvarez | 15 | 14 | 93.3 | 7 | 3 | 42.9 | 23 |
| Totals | 40 | 37 | 92.5 | 24 | 15 | 62.5 | 82 |
Punting:
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Johns | 16 | 177 | 11.1 | 34 | 0 |
| Will Lewis | 15 | 100 | 6.7 | 23 | 0 |
| Gregg Johnson | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Totals | 32 | 293 | 9.2 | 34 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Will Lewis | 20 | 378 | 18.9 | 36 | 0 |
| Horace Ivory | 15 | 281 | 18.7 | 32 | 0 |
| Gregg Johnson | 13 | 235 | 18.1 | 25 | 0 |
| Eric Lane | 10 | 208 | 20.8 | 27 | 0 |
| Paul Johns | 5 | 81 | 16.2 | 20 | 0 |
| Don Dufek | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Pete Cronan | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| John Sawyer | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Totals | 69 | 1278 | 18.5 | 36 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Harris | 10 | 155 | 15.5 | 42 | 2 |
| Kenny Easley | 3 | 155 | 51.7 | 82 | 1 |
| Michael Jackson | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 33 | 0 |
| Keith Simpson | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Dave Brown | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Keith Butler | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 21 | 397 | 18.9 | 82 | 3 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenny Easley | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 0 | ||
| Gregg Johnson | 2 | 4 | 31 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Manu Tuiasosopo | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Harris | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sherman Smith | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Joe Norman | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rodell Thomas | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Michael Jackson | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Robert Hardy | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Theotis Brown | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Greg Gaines | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dan Doornink | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Doug Sutherland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jacob Green | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Brown | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Will Lewis | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Jodat | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Keith Simpson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Hughes | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Vic Minor | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eric Lane | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Yarno | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kerry Justin | 0 | 1 | 43 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike White | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pete Cronan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Johns | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jim Zorn | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dave Krieg | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jeff West | 1 | 0 | -13 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Keith Butler | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sam McCullum | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Steve Largent | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 40 | 41 | 102 | 2 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Steve Largent | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||||||||
| Efren Herrera | 12 | 23 | 0 | 59 | ||||||||||
| Theotis Brown | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
| Dan Doornink | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
| Sherman Smith | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| Wilson Alvarez | 3 | 14 | 0 | 23 | ||||||||||
| Sam McCullum | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| John Harris | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| David Hughes | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Kenny Easley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Paul Johns | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Gregg Johnson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Dave Krieg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Rodell Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Jim Jodat | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Jim Zorn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Dennis Boyd | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Totals | 14 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 322 |
