1981 Washington Redskins (NFL)

4th place National Football Conference Eastern Division 8-8-0 .500

Head Coach: Joe Gibbs

Don Breaux	Offensive Backs
Joe Bugel	Offensive Coordinator
Dan Henning	Assistant Head Coach
Larry Peccatiello	Linebackers
Richie Petitbon	Defensive Coordinator
Wayne Sevier	Special Teams
Warren Simmons	Tight Ends
LaVern Torgeson	Defensive Line

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score			Location	Venue	Attendance
Fri	8/7/1981	H	Kansas City Chiefs	16-10	W		Washington, DC	RFK Stadium	32488
Fri	8/14/1981	H	Minnesota Vikings	27-13	W		Washington, DC	RFK Stadium	44662
Sat	8/22/1981	A	Baltimore Colts	13-7	W		Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	44937
Sun	8/30/1981	A	New England Patriots	10-19	L		Foxborough, MA	Schaefer Stadium	44078
Sun	9/6/1981	H	Dallas Cowboys	10-26	L		Washington, DC	RFK Stadium	55045
Sun	9/13/1981	H	New York Giants	7-17	L		Washington, DC	RFK Stadium	53343
Sun	9/20/1981	A	St. Louis Cardinals	30-40	L		St. Louis, MO	Busch Memorial Stadium	47592
Sun	9/27/1981	A	Philadelphia Eagles	13-36	L		Philadelphia, PA	Veterans Stadium	70664
Sun	10/4/1981	H	San Francisco 49ers	17-30	L		Washington, DC	RFK Stadium	51843
Sun	10/11/1981	A	Chicago Bears	24-7	W		Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	57683
Sun	10/18/1981	A	Miami Dolphins	10-13	L		Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	47367
Sun	10/25/1981	H	New England Patriots	24-22	W		Washington, DC	RFK Stadium	50394
Sun	11/1/1981	H	St. Louis Cardinals	42-21	W		Washington, DC	RFK Stadium	55045
Sun	11/8/1981	H	Detroit Lions	33-31	W		Washington, DC	RFK Stadium	52096
Sun	11/15/1981	A	New York Giants	30-27	W	OT	East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	63133
Sun	11/22/1981	A	Dallas Cowboys	10-24	L		Irving, TX	Texas Stadium	64583
Sun	11/29/1981	A	Buffalo Bills	14-21	L		Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	59624
Sun	12/6/1981	H	Philadelphia Eagles	15-13	W		Washington, DC	RFK Stadium	52206
Sun	12/13/1981	H	Baltimore Colts	38-14	W		Washington, DC	RFK Stadium	46706
Sun	12/20/1981	A	Los Angeles Rams	30-7	W		Anaheim, CA	Anaheim Stadium	52224

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
79	Coy Bacon	RDE	6-4	269	38	Jackson State	3	3
53	Jeff Bostic	C	6-2	255	23	Clemson	16	16
69	Perry Brooks	RDT	6-3	260	27	Southern University	15	12
28	Trent Bryant	CB	5-9	180	22	Arkansas	4	0
65	Dave Butz	LDT	6-7	295	31	Purdue	16	16
82	Rich Caster	TE	6-5	228	33	Jackson State	3	1
35	Rickey Claitt	RB	5-10	206	24	Bethune-Cookman	13	0
75	Mike Clark	DE	6-4	249	22	Florida	5	0
51	Monte Coleman	LLB-RLB	6-3	230	24	Central Arkansas	12	11
10	Mike Connell	P	6-1	200	25	Cincinnati	16	0
28	Cris Crissy	CB	5-11	195	22	Princeton	1	0
54	Pete Cronan	LB	6-2	238	26	Boston College	10	2
59	Brad Dusek	RLB-LLB	6-2	217	31	Texas A&M	10	9
12	Tom Flick	QB	6-3	190	23	Washington	6	0
89	Alvin Garrett	WR	5-7	178	25	Angelo State	4	0
30	Nick Giaquinto	RB	5-11	207	26	Bridgeport; Connecticut	6	0
58	Dave Graf	LB	6-2	221	28	Penn State	6	0
77	Darryl Grant	OG-OT-DT	6-1	275	22	Rice	15	0
68	Russ Grimm	LOG	6-3	275	22	Pittsburgh	14	13
38	Clarence Harmon	RB	5-11	209	26	Holmes CC; Mississippi State	5	0
78	Dallas Hickman	DE	6-6	238	29	Reedley JC; California	10	0
40	Wilbur Jackson	FB	6-2	219	30	Alabama	5	2
66	Joe Jacoby	ROT-LOT-LOG	6-7	300	22	Louisville	14	13
61	Melvin Jones	ROG	6-2	260	27	Houston	11	10
22	Curtis Jordan	CB-S	6-2	205	27	Texas Tech	2	0
55	Mel Kaufman	RLB	6-2	218	23	Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo)	11	6
20	Joe Lavender	RCB	6-4	188	32	San Diego State	16	16
71	Karl Lorch	LDE	6-4	260	31	Arizona Western JC; Southern California	16	10
56	Quentin Lowry	LB	6-2	225	24	Youngstown State	9	0
72	Dexter Manley	RDE	6-3	257	23	Oklahoma State	16	9
73	Mark May	LOT	6-6	289	22	Pittsburgh	16	8
84	Gregg McCrary	TE	6-3	232	29	Clark Atlanta	5	0
46	LeCharls McDaniel	WR	5-9	169	23	Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo)	6	0
76	Mat Mendenhall	RDE-LDE	6-6	253	24	Brigham Young	14	11
26	Terry Metcalf	HB	5-10	185	30	Everett CC; Long Beach State	16	2
57	Rich Milot	RLB-LLB	6-4	237	24	Penn State	11	6
81	Art Monk	WR	6-3	209	24	Syracuse	16	16
3	Mark Moseley	K	6-0	200	33	Texas A&M; Stephen F. Austin State	16	0
29	Mark Murphy	FS	6-4	210	26	Colgate	16	16
21	Mike Nelms	S	6-1	185	26	Tarrant County JC; Sam Houston State; Baylor	16	0
79	Pat Ogrin	DT	6-5	265	23	Wyoming	5	0
52	Neal Olkewicz	MLB	6-0	231	24	Maryland	14	14
24	Lemar Parrish	LCB	5-11	181	34	Lincoln (Missouri)	12	8
23	Tony Peters	SS	6-1	185	28	Northeastern Oklahoma A&M JC; Oklahoma	16	16
86	Bob Raba	TE	6-1	225	26	Maryland	8	0
44	John Riggins	FB	6-2	230	32	Kansas	15	4
64	Ron Saul	LOG-ROG	6-2	254	33	Michigan State	10	7
67	Jerry Scanlan	OT	6-5	270	24	Hawaii	3	0
80	Virgil Seay	WR	5-7	170	23	East Mississippi CC; Troy	16	7
74	George Starke	ROT	6-5	250	33	Columbia	14	13
7	Joe Theismann	QB	6-0	195	32	Notre Dame	16	16
83	Ricky Thompson	WR	6-0	176	27	Baylor	16	5
54	Kevin Turner	LB	6-2	225	23	Pacific	4	0
88	Rick Walker	TE	6-4	235	26	Santa Ana JC; UCLA	16	14
85	Don Warren	TE	6-4	242	25	Mount San Antonio JC; San Diego State	16	16
25	Joe Washington	HB	5-10	182	28	Oklahoma	14	13
58	Charlie Weaver	LB	6-2	225	32	Arizona Western JC; Southern California	5	0
45	Jeris White	LCB	5-11	180	29	Hawaii	16	8
39	Otis Wonsley	RB	5-10	205	24	Alcorn State	15	0
99	Wilbur Young	RDT	6-6	285	32	William Penn	7	3

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	20	Mark May	T	Pittsburgh
3	69	Russ Grimm	C	Pittsburgh
4	90	Tom Flick	QB	Washington
5	119	Dexter Manley	DE	Oklahoma State
5	132	Gary Sayre	G	Cameron
6	148	Larry Kubin	LB	Penn State
8	201	Charlie Brown	WR	South Carolina State
9	231	Darryl Grant	G	Rice
10	257	Phil Kessel	QB	Northern Michigan
10	267	Allan Kennedy	T	Washington State
11	284	Jerry Hill	WR	North Alabama
12	314	Clint Didier	WR	Portland State

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	77	112	64	91	3
Opponents Totals	64	110	61	114	0

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals	31:23	334	136	173	25	97/224 43.3%	/ %	98	940
Opponents Totals	28:37	310	133	152	25	85/206 41.3%	/ %	108	921

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Mark Moseley	0	38	42	90.5	19	30	63.3	0	95
John Riggins	13	0	0		0	0		0	78
Joe Washington	7	0	0		0	0		0	42
Art Monk	6	0	0		0	0		0	36
Ricky Thompson	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Virgil Seay	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Mike Nelms	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Joe Theismann	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Monte Coleman	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Nick Giaquinto	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Neal Olkewicz	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Rick Walker	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Don Warren	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Team Totals	42	38	42	90.5	19	30	63.3	0	347
Opponents Totals	43	38	43	88.4	17	24	70.8	1	349

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Mark Moseley	19	30	63.3	1/1	7/8	6/8	5/12	0/1
Team Totals	19	30	63.3	1/1	7/8	6/8	5/12	0/1
Opponents Totals	17	24	70.8	1/1	9/10	2/5	4/5	1/3

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Joe Washington	210	916	4.4	32	4
John Riggins	195	714	3.7	24	13
Wilbur Jackson	46	183	4.0	14	0
Joe Theismann	36	177	4.9	24	2
Nick Giaquinto	17	73	4.3	13	0
Terry Metcalf	18	60	3.3	12	0
Rickey Claitt	3	19	6.3	11	0
Otis Wonsley	3	11	3.7	7	0
Rick Walker	1	5	5.0	5	0
Clarence Harmon	1	4	4.0	4	0
Mike Connell	1	0	0.0	0	0
Art Monk	1	-5	-5.0	-5	0
Team Totals	532	2157	4.1	32	19
Opponents Totals	532	2161	4.1	51	17

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Joe Theismann	496	293	59.1	183	3568	7.2	12.2	79t	19	3.8	20	4.0	28	259	3309	77.3
Tom Flick	27	13	48.1	12	143	5.3	11.0	33	0	0.0	2	7.4	2	18	125	33.4
Joe Washington	2	1	50.0	1	32	16.0	32.0	32	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	32	95.8
Team Totals	525	307	58.5	196	3743	7.1	12.2	79t	19	3.6	22	4.2	30	277	3466	75.1
Opponents Totals	452	214	47.3	214	3310	7.3	15.5	58t	21	4.6	24	5.3	32	265	3045	65.4

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Joe Washington	70	558	8.0	32	3
Art Monk	56	894	16.0	79t	6
Terry Metcalf	48	595	12.4	52	0
Don Warren	29	335	11.6	32	1
Ricky Thompson	28	423	15.1	57	4
Virgil Seay	26	472	18.2	50	3
Rick Walker	11	112	10.2	24	1
Clarence Harmon	11	98	8.9	23	0
Wilbur Jackson	7	51	7.3	16	0
John Riggins	6	59	9.8	22	0
Rich Caster	5	77	15.4	26	0
Nick Giaquinto	5	55	11.0	25	1
Gregg McCrary	3	13	4.3	12	0
Otis Wonsley	1	5	5.0	5	0
Jeff Bostic	1	-4	-4.0	-4	0
Team Totals	307	3743	12.2	79t	19
Opponents Totals	214	3310	15.5	58t	21

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Mark Murphy	7	68	9.7	29	0
Joe Lavender	4	52	13.0	30	0
Monte Coleman	3	52	17.3	52t	1
Tony Peters	3	0	0.0	0	0
Mel Kaufman	2	25	12.5	25	0
Neal Olkewicz	2	22	11.0	12	1
Dave Butz	1	26	26.0	26	0
Mike Nelms	1	3	3.0	3	0
Lemar Parrish	1	1	1.0	1	0
Team Totals	24	249	10.4	52t	2
Opponents Totals	22	391	17.8	96	1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Mike Connell	73	2923	40.0	57	5	13	388	2435	33.4
Team Totals	73	2923	40.0	57	5	13	388	2435	33.4
Opponents Totals	80	3338	41.7	62	10	18	507	2631	32.9

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Mike Nelms	45	1	492	10.9	75t	2
Terry Metcalf	4	0	15	3.8	13	0
Virgil Seay	0	3	0			0
Team Totals	49	4	507	10.3	75t	2
Opponents Totals	50	12	388	7.8	50t	1

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Mike Nelms	37	0	1099	29.7	84
Terry Metcalf	14	0	283	20.2	36
Otis Wonsley	6	0	124	20.7	27
Alvin Garrett	2	0	40	20.0	21
Virgil Seay	2	0	36	18.0	19
Wilbur Jackson	2	0	34	17.0	17
Darryl Grant	1	0	20	20.0	20
Pete Cronan	1	0	18	18.0	18
Rickey Claitt	1	0	14	14.0	14
Tony Peters	1	0	5	5.0	5
Team Totals	67	0	1673	25.0	84
Opponents Totals	69		1275	18.5	43

SACKS	NO	YDS
Dexter Manley	6.5
Perry Brooks	6.0
Dave Butz	5.0
Karl Lorch	4.0
Monte Coleman	3.0
Coy Bacon	3.0
Mat Mendenhall	1.0
Quentin Lowry	1.0
Jeris White	1.0
Mel Kaufman	0.5
Neal Olkewicz	0.5
Pete Cronan	0.5
Team Totals	32.0	265.0
Opponents Totals	30.0	277.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Jeff Bostic	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Perry Brooks	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Monte Coleman	0	0	0	1	1	2	0
Mike Connell	2		2	0	2	-8	0
Brad Dusek	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Tom Flick	2		1	0	1	0	0
Russ Grimm	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Wilbur Jackson	2		0	0	0	0	0
Joe Jacoby	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Melvin Jones	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Karl Lorch	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Mat Mendenhall	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Terry Metcalf	6		1	0	1	0	0
Rich Milot	1		0	1	1	18	0
Mark Murphy	0	0	0	3	3	0	0
Mike Nelms	2		0	0	0	0	0
Lemar Parrish	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Tony Peters	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
John Riggins	1		0	0	0	0	0
Joe Theismann	7		1	0	1	0	0
Rick Walker	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Joe Washington	8		0	0	0	0	0
Jeris White	0	0	0	2	2	3	0
Otis Wonsley	1		0	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	32	21	11	15	26	15	0
Opponents Totals	32	15	16	19	35		3