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1981 Oakland Raiders season
1981 Oakland Raiders season
Owner	Al Davis
General manager	Al Davis
Head coach	Tom Flores
Home field	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum
Results
Record	7–9
Division place	4th AFC West
Playoff finish	did not qualify
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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 Watts	CB	Texas Tech
1	23	Curt Marsh	OT	Washington
2	48	Howie Long	DE	Villanova
4	111	Johnny Robinson	DT	Louisiana Tech
5	118	James Davis	CB	Southern
9	248	Curt Mohl	OT	UCLA
10	276	Frank Hawkins	HB	Nevada
11	304	Chester Willis	HB	Auburn
12	332	Phil Nelson	TE	Delaware

Roster

**1981 Oakland Raiders roster**
Quarterbacks (QB) 16 Jim Plunkett 6 Marc Wilson Running backs (RB) 33 Kenny King 31 Derrick Jensen 43 Ira Matthews 30 Mark van Eeghen FB 22 Arthur Whittington Wide receivers (WR) 81 Morris Bradshaw 21 Cliff Branch 85 Bob Chandler Tight ends (TE) 88 Raymond Chester 46 Todd Christensen 84 Derrick Ramsey		Offensive linemen (OL) 50 Dave Dalby C 79 Bruce Davis T 70 Henry Lawrence T 60 Curt Marsh G 65 Mickey Marvin G 71 Lindsey Mason T 78 Art Shell T 66 Steve Sylvester G 63 Gene Upshaw G Defensive linemen (DL) 73 Dave Browning DE 77 Joe Campbell DE 86 Cedrick Hardman DE 62 Reggie Kinlaw DT 75 Howie Long DE 72 John Matuszak DE 68 Johnny Robinson DT		Linebackers (LB) 83 Ted Hendricks 58 Monte Johnson 53 Rod Martin 57 Randy McClanahan 55 Matt Millen Defensive backs (DB) {{{defensive_back}}} Special teams 10 Chris Bahr K 8 Ray Guy P		Rookies in italics

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	2	3	4	Total
Raiders	7	0	0	0	7
• Broncos	6	3	0	0	9

Date: September 6
Location: Mile High Stadium, Denver, Colorado
Game start: 2:00 p.m.
Game attendance: 74,796
Game weather: 67°F; wind 9

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Week 2

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Raiders	3	13	7	13	36
Vikings	0	7	3	0	10

Date: September 14
Location: Metropolitan Stadium, Bloomington, Minnesota
Game start: 8:00 p.m.
Game attendance: 47,186
Game weather: 66°F; wind 13
Television network: ABC

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Week 3

	1	2	3	4	Total
Seahawks	0	3	7	0	10
• Raiders	7	6	0	7	20

Date: September 20
Location: Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland, California
Game start: 1:00 p.m.
Game attendance: 45,725
Game weather: 64°F; wind 10

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Standings

AFC West
view talk edit	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

^ "1981 NFL Draft at databaseFootball.com". Archived from the original on October 15, 2007. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ Pro-Football-Reference.com
^ Pro-Football-Reference.com
^ Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2014-Feb-10.

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[2] Pro-Football-Reference.com

[3] Pro-Football-Reference.com

[4] Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2014-Feb-10.

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