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 Roster
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:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Jeff West	66	2578	39.1	56
Frank Garcia	2	74	37.0	41
Totals	68	2652	39.0	56

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Paul Johns	16	177	11.1	34
Will Lewis	15	100	6.7	23
Gregg Johnson	1	16	16.0	16
Totals	32	293	9.2	34

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Will Lewis	20	378	18.9	36
Horace Ivory	15	281	18.7	32
Gregg Johnson	13	235	18.1	25
Eric Lane	10	208	20.8	27
Paul Johns	5	81	16.2	20
Don Dufek	3	45	15.0	17
Pete Cronan	2	42	21.0	21
John Sawyer	1	8	8.0	8
Totals	69	1278	18.5	36

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
Kenny Easley		0	0	4	25	0
Gregg Johnson			2	4	31	1
Manu Tuiasosopo			0	3	0	0
John Harris		0	1	3	0	0
Sherman Smith			3	2	0	0
Joe Norman			0	2	0	0
Rodell Thomas			0	2	5	1
Michael Jackson		0	0	2	0	0
Robert Hardy			0	2	3	0
Theotis Brown			6	2	0	0
Greg Gaines			0	1	0	0
Dan Doornink			3	1	0	0
Doug Sutherland			0	1	0	0
Jacob Green			0	1	0	0
Dave Brown		0	0	1	8	0
Will Lewis			5	1	0	0
Jim Jodat			4	1	0	0
Keith Simpson		0	0	1	0	0
David Hughes			4	1	0	0
Vic Minor			0	1	0	0
Eric Lane			0	1	0	0
John Yarno			0	1	0	0
Kerry Justin			0	1	43	0
Mike White			0	1	0	0
Pete Cronan			0	1	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
Keith Butler		0	1	0	0	0
Sam McCullum			1	0	0	0
Steve Largent			2	0	0	0
Totals	0	0	40	41	102	2

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	0	0	0	0	0	0			60
Efren Herrera	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	23	0			59
Theotis Brown	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			36
Dan Doornink	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			30
Sherman Smith	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			24
Wilson Alvarez	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	14	0			23
Sam McCullum	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			18
John Harris	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0			12
David Hughes	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
Kenny Easley	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0			6
Paul Johns	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Gregg Johnson	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0			6
Dave Krieg	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Rodell Thomas	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0			6
Jim Jodat	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Jim Zorn	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Dennis Boyd	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Totals	14	21	0	0	0	3	2	0	15	37	0	0	0	322