1981 New York Jets Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 10-5-1
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Wild Card
Coach: Walt Michaels (10-5-1)
Location: New York, New York
1981 New York Jets RosterTeam Record: 10-5-1
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Wild Card
Coach: Walt Michaels (10-5-1)
Location: New York, New York
1981 New York Jets Results
The New York Jets of the National Football League ended the 1981 season with a record of 10 wins and 5 losses and 1 ties, finishing second in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-1.
The Jets chalked up 355 points, and the defense conceded 287. Freeman McNeil rushed for a team-leading 623 yards for New York.
Richard Todd directed the offense, throwing for 3,231 yards. Bruce Harper hauled in 52 balls, while Wesley Walker added 770 receiving yards. Jerome Barkum contributed to the receiving game, too.
Darrol Ray picked off 7 opponent throws.
Walt Michaels coached the team. The 1981 New York Jets lost in the Wild Card.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating | Richard Todd | 497 | 279 | 56.1 | 3231 | 6.5 | 25 | 5.0 | 13 | 2.6 | 49 | 30 | 224 | 81.8 | Pat Ryan | 10 | 4 | 40.0 | 48 | 4.8 | 1 | 10.0 | 1 | 10.0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 49.2 |
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| Totals | 507 | 283 | 55.8 | 3279 | 6.5 | 26 | 5.1 | 14 | 2.8 | 49 | 30 | 224 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Freeman McNeil | 137 | 623 | 4.5 | 43 | 2 | Bruce Harper | 81 | 393 | 4.9 | 29 | 4 | Mike Augustyniak | 85 | 339 | 4.0 | 12 | 1 | Scott Dierking | 74 | 328 | 4.4 | 15 | 1 | Kevin Long | 73 | 269 | 3.7 | 19 | 2 | Tom Newton | 73 | 244 | 3.3 | 13 | 1 | Richard Todd | 32 | 131 | 4.1 | 19 | 0 | Kenny Lewis | 6 | 18 | 3.0 | 7 | 0 | Billy Taylor | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 2 | 0 | Lam Jones | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0 | Chuck Ramsey | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Pat Ryan | 3 | -5 | -1.7 | -1 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 571 | 2341 | 4.1 | 43 | 11 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Bruce Harper | 52 | 459 | 8.8 | 24 | 1 | Wesley Walker | 47 | 770 | 16.4 | 49 | 9 | Jerome Barkum | 39 | 495 | 12.7 | 40 | 7 | Scott Dierking | 26 | 228 | 8.8 | 23 | 1 | Lam Jones | 20 | 342 | 17.1 | 47 | 3 | Freeman McNeil | 18 | 171 | 9.5 | 18 | 1 | Mike Augustyniak | 18 | 144 | 8.0 | 15 | 0 | Tom Newton | 17 | 104 | 6.1 | 13 | 0 | Bobby Jones | 16 | 239 | 14.9 | 36 | 1 | Derrick Gaffney | 14 | 246 | 17.6 | 39 | 0 | Kevin Long | 13 | 66 | 5.1 | 18 | 3 | Kenny Lewis | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 8 | 0 | Richard Todd | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 283 | 3279 | 11.6 | 49 | 26 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Chuck Ramsey | 81 | 3290 | 40.6 | 65 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 81 | 3290 | 40.6 | 65 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Bruce Harper | 35 | 265 | 7.6 | 46 | 0 | Kurt Sohn | 13 | 66 | 5.1 | 14 | 0 | Ken Schroy | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | Bobby Jones | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 50 | 337 | 6.7 | 46 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Kurt Sohn | 26 | 528 | 20.3 | 31 | 0 | Bruce Harper | 23 | 480 | 20.9 | 42 | 0 | Kenny Lewis | 5 | 108 | 21.6 | 30 | 0 | Steve Stephens | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 14 | 0 | Ben Rudolph | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | Lam Jones | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 58 | 1151 | 19.8 | 42 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Darrol Ray | 7 | 227 | 32.4 | 64 | 2 | Johnny Lynn | 3 | 76 | 25.3 | 67 | 0 | Lance Mehl | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 10 | 0 | Ken Schroy | 2 | 58 | 29.0 | 39 | 0 | Greg Buttle | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 22 | 0 | Kirk Springs | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 | Stan Blinka | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | Jerry Holmes | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 21 | 432 | 20.6 | 67 | 2 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Jerome Barkum | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John Woodring | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Kurt Sohn | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Joe Klecko | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Richard Todd | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mark Gastineau | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Greg Buttle | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bruce Harper | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Lam Jones | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Kirk Springs | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Darrol Ray | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Jesse Johnson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jerry Holmes | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Chuck Ramsey | 2 | 1 | -39 | 0 | 0 | Marty Lyons | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Donald Dykes | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Lance Mehl | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Kevin Long | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Abdul Salaam | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Kenny Neil | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bobby Jones | 0 | 1 | 61 | 1 | 0 | Scott Dierking | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tom Newton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mike Augustyniak | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Freeman McNeil | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Joe Fields | 1 | 0 | -15 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 0 | 0 | 38 | 34 | 11 | 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 | Pat Leahy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 38 | 0 | 113 | Wesley Walker | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | Jerome Barkum | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | Bruce Harper | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Kevin Long | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Freeman McNeil | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Lam Jones | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Scott Dierking | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Darrol Ray | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Bobby Jones | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Tom Newton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Mike Augustyniak | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Greg Buttle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals | 11 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 355 |
