1981 Washington Redskins Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 8-8
Finishing 4th in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Joe Gibbs (8-8)
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
1981 Washington Redskins RosterTeam Record: 8-8
Finishing 4th in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Joe Gibbs (8-8)
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
1981 Washington Redskins Results
The Washington Redskins of the National Football League ended the 1981 season with a record of 8 wins and 8 losses, finishing fourth in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference.
The Redskins racked up 347 points, but the defensive squad gave up 349. Joe Theismann directed the offense, slinging for 3,568 yards. Joe Washington grabbed 70 passes, while Art Monk accumulated 894 receiving yards.
Joe Washington carried the ball for a team-best 916 yards for Washington, and John Riggins also contributed to the rushing attack.
Mark Murphy picked off 7 opponent throws.
Joe Gibbs coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating | Joe Theismann | 496 | 293 | 59.1 | 3568 | 7.2 | 19 | 3.8 | 20 | 4.0 | 79 | 28 | 259 | 77.3 | Tom Flick | 27 | 13 | 48.1 | 143 | 5.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 7.4 | 33 | 2 | 18 | 33.4 | Joe Washington | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 32 | 16.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 95.8 |
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| Totals | 525 | 307 | 58.5 | 3743 | 7.1 | 19 | 3.6 | 22 | 4.2 | 79 | 30 | 277 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | 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 | 5 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 532 | 2157 | 4.1 | 32 | 19 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Joe Washington | 70 | 558 | 8.0 | 32 | 3 | Art Monk | 56 | 894 | 16.0 | 79 | 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 | 60 | 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 | Greg McCrary | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 12 | 0 | Otis Wonsley | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | Jeff Bostic | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 307 | 3743 | 12.2 | 79 | 19 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Mike Connell | 73 | 2923 | 40.0 | 57 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 73 | 2923 | 40.0 | 57 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Mike Nelms | 45 | 492 | 10.9 | 75 | 2 | Terry Metcalf | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 13 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 49 | 507 | 10.3 | 75 | 2 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Mike Nelms | 37 | 1099 | 29.7 | 84 | 0 | Terry Metcalf | 14 | 283 | 20.2 | 36 | 0 | Otis Wonsley | 6 | 124 | 20.7 | 27 | 0 | Alvin Garrett | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 21 | 0 | Virgil Seay | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 19 | 0 | Wilbur Jackson | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | Darryl Grant | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | Pete Cronan | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | Rickey Claitt | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | Tony Peters | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 67 | 1673 | 25.0 | 84 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Mark Murphy | 7 | 68 | 9.7 | 29 | 0 | Joe Lavender | 4 | 52 | 13.0 | 30 | 0 | Monte Coleman | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 52 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 24 | 249 | 10.4 | 52 | 2 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Monte Coleman | 114 | 114 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Mark Murphy | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mike Connell | 2 | 2 | -8 | 0 | 0 | Mat Mendenhall | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Perry Brooks | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Karl Lorch | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jeris White | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Brad Dusek | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Rick Walker | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Lemar Parrish | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Joe Theismann | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tony Peters | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Joe Jacoby | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jeff Bostic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Terry Metcalf | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Russ Grimm | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Melvin Jones | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Rich Milot | 1 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | Tom Flick | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mike Nelms | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Wilbur Jackson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Joe Washington | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Otis Wonsley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John Riggins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 114 | 114 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 26 | 15 | 0 | 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 | Mark Moseley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 38 | 0 | 95 | John Riggins | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | Joe Washington | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | Art Monk | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | Ricky Thompson | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Virgil Seay | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Mike Nelms | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Joe Theismann | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Monte Coleman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Neal Olkewicz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Don Warren | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Nick Giaquinto | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Rick Walker | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | 19 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 347 |
