1981 Green Bay Packers season

1981 Green Bay Packers season
Head coach	Bart Starr
Home field	Lambeau Field Milwaukee County Stadium
Results
Record	8–8
Division place	3rd Central
Playoff finish	did not qualify

The 1981 Green Bay Packers season was their 62nd season in the National Football League. The club posted an 8–8 record under coach Bart Starr, earning them a third-place finish in the NFC Central division.

Offseason

NFL Draft

Main article: 1981 NFL Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/Club Team
1	6	Rich Campbell	Quarterback	California
2	35	Gary Lewis	Tight End	Texas-Arlington
3	62	Ray Stachowicz	Punter	Michigan State
4	105	Richard Turner	Defensive tackle	Oklahoma
5	117	Byron Braggs	Defensive End	Alabama
7	172	Bill Whitaker	Defensive back	Missouri
8	200	Larry Werts	Linebacker	Jackson State
9	227	Tim Huffman	Guard	Notre Dame
10	255	Nickie Hall	Quarterback	Tulane
11	282	Forrest Valora	Linebacker	Oklahoma
12	311	Cliff Lewis	Linebacker	Southern Miss

Personnel

Roster

Green Bay Packers roster

Quarterbacks

12 Lynn Dickey
17 David Whitehurst

Running Backs

Wide Receivers

80 James Lofton
83 John Jefferson

Tight Ends

82 Paul Coffman

Offensive Linemen

74 Tim Huffman G
54 Larry McCarren C

Defensive Linemen

77 Mike Butler DE
90 Ezra Johnson DE

Linebackers

Defensive Backs

22 Mark Lee CB

Special Teams

16 Ray Stachowicz P
10 Jan Stenerud K

Rookies in italics

Staff

1981 Green Bay Packers staff

Front office

President – Dominic Olejniczak
Vice President – Robert J. Parins
Corporate Assistant to the President – Bob Harlan
Director of Player Personnel – Dick Corrick

Head coaches

Head Coach – Bart Starr

Offensive coaches

Quarterbacks/Offensive Backs – Zeke Bratkowski
Receivers – Lew Carpenter
Offensive Line – Ernie McMillan
Special Assistant – Pete Kettela

Defensive coaches

Defensive Coordinator – John Meyer
Defensive Line – Doc Urich
Linebackers – John Marshall
Defensive Backs – Ross Fichtner

Special teams coaches

Special Teams – Dick Rehbein

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Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Venue	Attendance
1	September 6, 1981	at Chicago Bears	W 16–9	Soldier Field	62,411
2	September 13, 1981	Atlanta Falcons	L 31–17	Lambeau Field	55,382
3	September 20, 1981	at Los Angeles Rams	L 35–23	Anaheim Stadium	61,286
4	September 27, 1981	Minnesota Vikings	L 30–13	Milwaukee County Stadium	55,012
5	October 4, 1981	at New York Giants	W 27–14	Giants Stadium	73,684
6	October 11, 1981	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	L 21–10	Lambeau Field	55,264
7	October 18, 1981	San Francisco 49ers	L 13–3	Milwaukee County Stadium	50,171
8	October 25, 1981	at Detroit Lions	L 31–27	Pontiac Silverdome	76,063
9	November 1, 1981	Seattle Seahawks	W 34–24	Lambeau Field	49,467
10	November 8, 1981	New York Giants	W 26–24	Milwaukee County Stadium	54,138
11	November 15, 1981	Chicago Bears	W 21–17	Lambeau Field	55,338
12	November 22, 1981	at Tampa Bay Buccaneers	L 37–3	Tampa Stadium	63,251
13	November 29, 1981	at Minnesota Vikings	W 35–23	Metropolitan Stadium	46,025
14	December 6, 1981	Detroit Lions	W 31–17	Lambeau Field	54,481
15	December 13, 1981	at New Orleans Saints	W 35–7	Louisiana Superdome	45,518
16	December 20, 1981	at New York Jets	L 28–3	Shea Stadium	56,340

Game summaries

Week 1

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Packers	7	6	0	3	16
Bears	0	0	6	3	9

Date: September 6
Location: Soldier Field, Chicago
Game start: 2:00 p.m.
Game weather: 63°F; wind 8

Scoring summary

Q1		GB	Ivery 2-yard run (Wingo pass from Stachowicz	GB 8–0

Q2		GB	Ellis 5-yard run (kick blocked)	GB 13–0

Q3		CHI	Payton 11-yard run (kick failed)	GB 13–6

Q4		GB	Stenerud 33-yard field goal	GB 16–6

Q4	3:57	CHI	Thomas 25-yard field goal	GB 16–9

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Week 11

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	10	0	0	7	17
• Packers	7	14	0	0	21

Date: November 15
Location: Lambeau Field, Green Bay, Wisconsin
Game start: 1:00 p.m.
Game weather: 44°F; wind 7

Scoring summary

Q1	CHI	Roveto 36-yard field goal	CHI 3–0

Q1	GB	Huckleby 1-yard pass from Whitehurst (Stenerud kick)	GB 7–3

Q1	CHI	Suhey 1-yard run (Roveto kick)	CHI 10–7

Q2	GB	Huckleby 39-yard pass from Whitehurst (Stenerud kick)	GB 14–10

Q2	GB	Middleton 2-yard pass from Whitehurst (Stenerud kick)	GB 21—10

Q4	CHI	Payton 2-yard run (Roveto kick)	GB 21–17

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Standings

NFC Central
	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Tampa Bay Buccaneers⁽³⁾	9	7	0	.563	6–2	9–3	315	268	W1
Detroit Lions	8	8	0	.500	4–4	6–6	397	322	L1
Green Bay Packers	8	8	0	.500	4–4	7–7	324	361	L1
Minnesota Vikings	7	9	0	.438	4–4	6–6	325	369	L5
Chicago Bears	6	10	0	.375	2–6	2–10	253	324	W3

References

↑ "All Time Coaches Database". Packers.com. Retrieved December 26, 2013.
↑ Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2014-Sep-14.
↑ Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2014-Sep-14.

Green Bay Packers

Founded in 1919 Based and headquartered in Green Bay, Wisconsin

Franchise	Franchise Team history Green Bay Packers, Inc. Board of Directors

Records	Seasons Coaches Players A–D E–K L–R S–Z Starting quarterbacks Pro Football Hall of Famers Retired numbers First-round draft picks Records Pro Bowlers Stadiums

Stadiums	Hagemeister Park Bellevue Park City Stadium Borchert Field Wisconsin State Fair Park Marquette Stadium Milwaukee County Stadium Lambeau Field

Training Facilities	Don Hutson Center Clarke Hinkle Field Ray Nitschke Field St. Norbert College (training camp) Rockwood Lodge (former)

Culture	Cheesehead Lambeau Leap Hall of Fame Packers Fan Hall of Fame "Bang the Drum All Day" Cheerleaders Fight song Lumberjack Band Pigskin Champions Vernon Biever Hungry Five George Whitney Calhoun The Dope Sheet Curly Lambeau Vince Lombardi Ron Wolf Lombardi Pitch Perfect 2 Packers Heritage Trail Packers Pro Shop

Lore	Dolly Gray impostor The Ice Bowl The Snow Bowl Instant Replay Game 4th and 26 Fail Mary Miracle in Motown

Division championships (22)	1936 1938 1939 1944 1960 1961 1962 1965 1966 1967 1972 1995 1996 1997 2002 2003 2004 2007 2011 2012 2013 2014

Conference championships (9)	1960 1961 1962 1965 1966 1967 1996 1997 2010

League championships (13^†)	1929 1930 1931 1936 1939 1944 1961 1962 1965 1966 (I) 1967 (II) 1996 (XXXI) 2010 (XLV) ^† does not include 1966 or 1967 NFL championships

Retired numbers	3 4 14 15 66 92

Rivalries	Chicago Bears Detroit Lions Minnesota Vikings

Broadcasters	Radio: Packers Radio Network WTMJ WKTI-HD2 WIXX WTAQ Television (pre-season & official in-season team programming): WGBA-TV WTMJ-TV Personnel: Wayne Larrivee (play-by-play) Larry McCarren (color/analysis)

Current league affiliations	League: National Football League (1921–present) Conference: National Football Conference Division: North Division

Seasons (97)	1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 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 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Championship seasons in bold

Green Bay Packers seasons

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Bold indicates NFL Championship or Super Bowl victory Italics indicates NFL Championship or Super Bowl appearance

1981 NFL season

East	Central	West	East	Central	West
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

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