1981 Oakland Raiders season

1981 Oakland Raiders season

Head coach	Tom Flores
Home field	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

Results
Record	7–9
Division Place	4th AFC West
Playoff finish	did not qualify
Timeline

Previous season	Next season
1980	1982

The 1981 Oakland Raiders season began with the team trying to improve on their 11–5 record from 1980. The Raiders were the defending Super Bowl champions, but did not qualify in the playoffs in the 1981 season. It was also their last season in Oakland until 1995.

1 Offseason
- 1.1 NFL Draft
2 Regular season
- 2.1 Schedule
- 2.2 Standings
3 References
4 See also

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

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

Standings

AFC West
	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
San Diego Chargers	10	6	0	.625	478	390
Denver Broncos	10	6	0	.625	321	289
Kansas City Chiefs	9	7	0	.563	343	290
Oakland Raiders	7	9	0	.438	273	343
Seattle Seahawks	6	10	0	.375	322	388

^[2]

References

^ 1981 NFL Draft "at databaseFootball.com". http://databasefootball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?yr=1981&lg=nfl 1981 NFL Draft.
^ (PDF) 2010 NFL Record and Fact Book. National Football League. p. 385. http://www.nfl.info/download/2010%20NFL%20Record%20and%20Fact%20Book.pdf. Retrieved March 7, 2011.

Oakland Raiders

Formerly the Los Angeles Raiders from 1982 until 1994 • Founded in 1960 • Based in Oakland, California

The Franchise	Franchise • History • Seasons • Players • Head Coaches

Stadiums	Kezar Stadium • Candlestick Park • Frank Youell Field • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • O.co Coliseum

Culture	Chiefs rivalry • Al Davis • History of the National Football League in Los Angeles • Bill King • Mount Davis • Oakland Raiderettes • Raider Nation • "The Autumn Wind"

Lore	Heidi Game • Immaculate Reception • Sea of Hands • Ghost to the Post • Holy Roller • Red Right 88 • Tuck Rule Game

Head Coaches	Erdelatz • Feldman • Conkright • Davis • Rauch • Madden • Flores • Shanahan • Shell • White • Bugel • Gruden • Callahan • Turner • Shell • Kiffin • Cable • Jackson

Playoff Appearances (21)	1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1990, 1991, 1993, 2000, 2001, 2002

Division Championships (15)	1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1983, 1985, 1990, 2000, 2001, 2002

Wild Cards (5)	1977, 1980, 1984, 1991, 1993

Conference Championships (4)	1976, 1980, 1983, 2002

Super Bowl Appearances (5)	II • XI • XV • XVIII • XXXVII

League Championships (4)	AFL Championship, 1976, 1980, 1983

Seasons (52)	1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969 • 1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 • 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 • 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 • 2011

Current League Affiliations	League: National Football League • Conference: American Football Conference • Division: West Division

Oakland / Los Angeles Raiders seasons

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AFC	East	Central	West	East	Central	West	NFC
	Baltimore	Cincinnati	Denver	Dallas	Chicago	Atlanta
	Buffalo	Cleveland	Kansas City	NY Giants	Detroit	Los Angeles
	Miami	Houston	Oakland	Philadelphia	Green Bay	New Orleans
	New England	Pittsburgh	San Diego	St. Louis	Minnesota	San Francisco
	NY Jets		Seattle	Washington	Tampa Bay
1981 NFL Draft • NFL Playoffs • Pro Bowl • Super Bowl XVI