1981 Oakland Raiders season

1981 Oakland Raiders season
Head coach Tom Flores
General manager Al Davis
Owner Al Davis
Home field Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Results
Record 7–9
Division place 4th AFC West
Playoff finish did not qualify

The 1981 Oakland Raiders season began with the team trying to improve on their 11–5 record from 1980. The Raiders went 7–9 and became the fourth team in NFL history to enter a season as the defending Super Bowl champions and miss the playoffs. The 1981 Raiders set an NFL record by being shut out three consecutive times. The passing game fell off badly being 26th and throwing 28 interceptions. After the defense led the NFL in interceptions and takeaways in 1980, they were dead last in 1981 and were - 16 in turnover differential. It was also their last season in Oakland until 1995 and their losing record snapped a streak of 16 consecutive winning seasons.

Offseason

NFL Draft

1981 Raiders Draft Selections[1]
Round Overall Player Position College
1 21 Ted WattsCBTexas Tech
1 23 Curt MarshOTWashington
2 48 Howie LongDEVillanova
4 111 Johnny RobinsonDTLouisiana Tech
5 118 James DavisCBSouthern
9 248 Curt MohlOTUCLA
10 276 Frank HawkinsHBNevada
11 304 Chester WillisHBAuburn
12 332 Phil NelsonTEDelaware

Regular season

Schedule

Week Opponent Result Game site Attendance
1 at Denver Broncos L 7–9 Mile High Stadium
74,796
2 at Minnesota Vikings W 36–10 Metropolitan Stadium
47,186
3 Seattle Seahawks W 20–10 Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
45,725
4 at Detroit Lions L 0–16 Pontiac Silverdome
77,819
5 Denver Broncos L 0–17 Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
51,035
6 at Kansas City Chiefs L 0–27 Arrowhead Stadium
76,543
7 Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 18–16 Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
42,288
8 Kansas City Chiefs L 17–28 Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
42,914
9 New England Patriots W 27–17 Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
44,246
10 at Houston Oilers L 16–17 Houston Astrodome
45,519
11 at Miami Dolphins W 33–17 Miami Orange Bowl
61,777
12 San Diego Chargers L 21–55 Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
50,199
13 at Seattle Seahawks W 32–31 The Kingdome
57,147
14 Pittsburgh Steelers W 30–27 Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
51,769
15 Chicago Bears L 6–23 Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
40,384
16 at San Diego Chargers L 10–23 San Diego Stadium
52,279

Game summaries

Week 1

1 234Total
Raiders 7 000 7
Broncos 6 300 9

[2]

Week 2

1 234Total
Raiders 3 13713 36
Vikings 0 730 10

[3]

Week 3

1 234Total
Seahawks 0 370 10
Raiders 7 607 20

[4]

Standings

AFC West
W L T PCT DIV CONF PF PA STK
San Diego Chargers(3) 10 6 0 .625 6–2 8–4 478 390 W2
Denver Broncos 10 6 0 .625 5–3 7–5 321 289 L1
Kansas City Chiefs 9 7 0 .563 5–3 7–5 343 290 W1
Oakland Raiders 7 9 0 .438 2–6 5–7 273 343 L2
Seattle Seahawks 6 10 0 .375 2–6 6–8 322 388 W1

References

See also

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