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1981 Cincinnati Bengals Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 12-4-0, 1st in AFC Central Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Forrest Gregg (12-4-0)

Points For: 421 (26.3/g) 3rd of 28

Points Against: 304 (19.0/g) 12th of 28

Expected W-L: 10.9-5.1

SRS: 5.51 (4th of 28), SOS: -1.81

Playoffs:
Won Divisional Round 28-21 vs. Buffalo Bills
Won Conference Championship 27-7 vs. San Diego Chargers
Lost Super Bowl 21-26 vs. San Francisco 49ers

Offensive Coordinator: Lindy Infante

Defensive Coordinator: Hank Bullough

Other Notable Asst.: Bruce Coslet (Wide Receivers), Dick LeBeau (Defensive Backs), Dick Modzelewski (Defensive Line) and George Sefcik (Quarterbacks/RB)

Stadium: Riverfront Stadium

Principal Owner/General Manager: Paul Brown

Defensive Alignment: 3-4

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +6000

Training Camp: Wilmington College (Wilmington, Ohio)

1981 AFC Champion

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	421	5968	1078	5.5	24	12	361	332	550	3995	30	12	6.8	210	493	1973	19	4.0	124	109	896	27
Opp. Stats	304	5289	1055	5.0	37	18	324	316	548	3408	24	19	5.8	167	465	1881	12	4.0	126	104	787	31
Lg Rank Offense	3	2			1	2	3		5	3	2	1	3		18	17	7	17
Lg Rank Defense	12	12			16	12	21		25	22	20	16	10		3	9	8	16

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 6	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0		Seattle Seahawks	27	21	24	375	165	210	4	17	290	230	60	4
2	Sun	September 13	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-0	@	New York Jets	31	30	22	310	233	77	1	19	388	224	164	1
3	Sun	September 20	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-1		Cleveland Browns	17	20	15	281	233	48		31	422	237	185
4	Sun	September 27	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W	OT	3-1		Buffalo Bills	27	24	30	429	316	113	2	25	389	287	102	1
5	Sun	October 4	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-2	@	Houston Oilers	10	17	20	357	282	75	1	11	187	-4	191	1
6	Sun	October 11	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-2	@	Baltimore Colts	41	19	24	378	257	121		22	350	294	56	4
7	Sun	October 18	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-2		Pittsburgh Steelers	34	7	25	494	330	164		10	205	140	65	1
8	Sun	October 25	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-3	@	New Orleans Saints	7	17	15	205	171	34	2	18	336	170	166	1
9	Sun	November 1	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-3		Houston Oilers	34	21	25	422	266	156	1	21	433	301	132	4
10	Sun	November 8	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-3	@	San Diego Chargers	40	17	29	461	337	124	2	25	447	311	136	5
11	Sun	November 15	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-3		Los Angeles Rams	24	10	17	233	87	146	1	21	296	189	107	4
12	Sun	November 22	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		9-3		Denver Broncos	38	21	25	571	387	184	1	17	337	269	68	4
13	Sun	November 29	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		10-3	@	Cleveland Browns	41	21	24	356	226	130		23	349	224	125	3
14	Sun	December 6	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		10-4		San Francisco 49ers	3	21	24	345	190	155	6	24	325	179	146	1
15	Sun	December 13	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		11-4	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	17	10	19	318	215	103	2	14	207	120	87	2
16	Sun	December 20	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		12-4	@	Atlanta Falcons	30	28	23	433	300	133	1	26	328	237	91	1
		Playoffs
Division	Sun	January 3	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		13-4		Buffalo Bills	28	21	22	305	169	136		21	336	202	134	2
Conf. Champ.	Sun	January 10	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		14-4		San Diego Chargers	27	7	19	318	175	143	1	18	301	173	128	4
SuperBowl	Sun	January 24	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		14-5	N	San Francisco 49ers	21	26	24	356	284	72	4	20	275	148	127	1

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Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Ken Anderson	32	QB	16	16	12-4-0	300	479	62.6	3754	29	6.1	10	2.1	74	7.8	8.11	12.5	234.6	98.4	25	140	4.96	7.17	7.43	2	2	PB,AP-1,AP MVP-1,AP OPoY-1
2	Jack Thompson	25	QB	8	0		21	49	42.9	267	1	2.0	2	4.1	21	5.4	4.02	12.7	33.4	50.3	7	61	12.50	3.68	2.43	0	0
3	Turk Schonert	24	QB	4	0		10	19	52.6	166	0	0.0	0	0.0	36	8.7	8.74	16.6	41.5	82.3	3	4	13.64	7.36	7.36	1	1
4	Steve Kreider	23	WR	16	1		1	3	33.3	13	0	0.0	0	0.0	13	4.3	4.33	13.0	0.8	47.9	0	0	0.00	4.33	4.33	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	12-4-0	332	550	60.4	3995	30	5.5	12	2.2	74	7.6	7.37	12.7	249.7	93.3	35	205	5.98	6.83	6.93	3	3

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD
1	Ken Anderson	32	QB	3	3	2-1-0	53	77	68.8	653	5	6.5	2	2.6	49	8.5	8.61	12.3	217.7	105.6	9	39	10.47	7.14	7.26	0	1
2	Jack Thompson	25	QB	1	0		1	1	100.0	14	0	0.0	0	0.0	14	14.0	14.00	14.0	14.0	118.7	0	0	0.00	14.00	14.00	0	0
	Team Totals			3	3	2-1-0	54	78	69.2	628	5	6.4	2	2.6	76	7.6	8.18	11.7	209.3	117.1	9	39	10.34	7.61	9.35