
1981 San Francisco 49ers Statistics
Team Record: 13-3
Finishing 1st in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference
Postseason: 3-0 Won Super Bowl
Coach: Bill Walsh (13-3)
Location: San Francisco, California
1981 San Francisco 49ers Results
The San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League ended the 1981 season with a record of 13 wins and 3 losses, finishing first in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 3-0.
The 49ers racked up 357 points, and the rigid defensive squad allowed 250. Joe Montana led the charge, slinging for 3,565 yards. Dwight Clark grabbed 85 passes for 1,105 yards. Freddie Solomon provided receiving help also.
Ricky Patton carried the ball for a team-leading 543 yards for San Francisco.
The larcenous defense pounced on 48 turnovers. Dwight Hicks picked off 9 opponent throws.
Bill Walsh coached the team. The 1981 San Francisco 49ers won the Super Bowl.
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Passing:
Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Joe Montana | 488 | 311 | 63.7 | 3565 | 7.3 | 19 | 3.9 | 12 | 2.5 | 78 | 26 | 193 | 88.4 |
Guy Benjamin | 26 | 15 | 57.7 | 171 | 6.6 | 1 | 3.8 | 1 | 3.8 | 27 | 3 | 30 | 74.4 |
Freddie Solomon | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 25 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
Walt Easley | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 87.5 |
Dwight Clark | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
Totals | 517 | 328 | 63.4 | 3766 | 7.3 | 20 | 3.9 | 13 | 2.5 | 78 | 29 | 223 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ricky Patton | 152 | 543 | 3.6 | 28 | 4 |
Earl Cooper | 98 | 330 | 3.4 | 23 | 1 |
Johnny Davis | 94 | 297 | 3.2 | 14 | 7 |
Walt Easley | 76 | 224 | 2.9 | 9 | 1 |
Paul Hofer | 60 | 193 | 3.2 | 12 | 1 |
Bill Ring | 22 | 106 | 4.8 | 16 | 0 |
Joe Montana | 25 | 95 | 3.8 | 20 | 2 |
Amos Lawrence | 13 | 48 | 3.7 | 14 | 1 |
Freddie Solomon | 9 | 43 | 4.8 | 16 | 0 |
Dwight Clark | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 18 | 0 |
Lenvil Elliott | 7 | 29 | 4.1 | 9 | 0 |
Guy Benjamin | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
Totals | 560 | 1941 | 3.5 | 28 | 17 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dwight Clark | 85 | 1105 | 13.0 | 78 | 4 |
Freddie Solomon | 59 | 969 | 16.4 | 60 | 8 |
Earl Cooper | 51 | 477 | 9.4 | 50 | 0 |
Charle Young | 37 | 400 | 10.8 | 29 | 5 |
Paul Hofer | 27 | 244 | 9.0 | 22 | 0 |
Ricky Patton | 27 | 195 | 7.2 | 31 | 1 |
Mike Wilson | 9 | 125 | 13.9 | 27 | 1 |
Walt Easley | 9 | 62 | 6.9 | 21 | 0 |
Lenvil Elliott | 7 | 81 | 11.6 | 19 | 0 |
Eason Ramson | 4 | 45 | 11.2 | 16 | 0 |
Bill Ring | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 21 | 1 |
Mike Shumann | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 8 | 0 |
Amos Lawrence | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 5 | 0 |
Johnny Davis | 3 | -1 | -0.3 | 3 | 0 |
Brian Peets | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
Totals | 328 | 3766 | 11.5 | 78 | 20 |
Kicking:
Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ray Wersching | 30 | 30 | 100.0 | 23 | 17 | 73.9 | 81 |
Matt Bahr | 12 | 12 | 100.0 | 6 | 2 | 33.3 | 18 |
Totals | 42 | 42 | 100.0 | 29 | 19 | 65.5 | 99 |
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
---|---|---|---|---|
Jim Miller | 93 | 3858 | 41.5 | 65 |
Totals | 93 | 3858 | 41.5 | 65 |
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Freddie Solomon | 29 | 173 | 6.0 | 19 | 0 |
Dwight Hicks | 19 | 171 | 9.0 | 39 | 0 |
Totals | 48 | 344 | 7.2 | 39 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Amos Lawrence | 17 | 437 | 25.7 | 92 | 1 |
Bill Ring | 10 | 217 | 21.7 | 29 | 0 |
Ronnie Lott | 7 | 111 | 15.9 | 20 | 0 |
Mike Wilson | 4 | 67 | 16.8 | 22 | 0 |
Arrington Jones | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 22 | 0 |
Dwight Hicks | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
Eason Ramson | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
Ricky Patton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Johnny Davis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 45 | 909 | 20.2 | 92 | 1 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dwight Hicks | 9 | 239 | 26.6 | 72 | 1 |
Ronnie Lott | 7 | 117 | 16.7 | 41 | 3 |
Carlton Williamson | 4 | 44 | 11.0 | 28 | 0 |
Eric Wright | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 26 | 0 |
Milt McColl | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
Saladin Martin | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Keena Turner | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Jack Reynolds | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 27 | 448 | 16.6 | 72 | 4 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ronnie Lott | 89 | 89 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Dwight Hicks | 0 | 1 | 4 | 80 | 1 | 0 | |||
Keena Turner | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Carlton Williamson | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
Dan Audick | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Eric Wright | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Walt Easley | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Keith Fahnhorst | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Dan Bunz | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Freddie Solomon | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Craig Puki | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Bobby Leopold | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Earl Cooper | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Jim Stuckey | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Willie Harper | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Mike Wilson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Bill Ring | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Mike Shumann | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Ricky Patton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Lenvil Elliott | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Joe Montana | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Arrington Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Fred Quillan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Amos Lawrence | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Paul Hofer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Johnny Davis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Totals | 89 | 89 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 32 | 83 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
Ray Wersching | 17 | 30 | 0 | 81 | ||||||||||
Freddie Solomon | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |||||||
Johnny Davis | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |||||||
Charle Young | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||||
Ricky Patton | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||
Dwight Clark | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
Matt Bahr | 2 | 12 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||||
Ronnie Lott | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
Dwight Hicks | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
Amos Lawrence | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
Joe Montana | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
Walt Easley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Bill Ring | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
Paul Hofer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Earl Cooper | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Mike Wilson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Totals | 17 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 357 |