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Record: 12-4-0, Finished 1st in AFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary
1981 AFC Champions
Scored 421 points (26.3/g), 3rd of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 304 points (19.0/g), 12th.
Differential of 117 points (7.3/g), 2nd.
Expected W-L: 10.9-5.1.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +13 (0.8/g), 4th.
Simple Rating System: Total 5.5, Offense: 4.5, Defense: 1.0, SoS: -1.8, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by Forrest Gregg(12-4-0)
Defensive Coordinator: Hank Bullough
Other Notable Asst.: Dick LeBeau (Defensive Backs)
Training Camp: Wilmington College (Wilmington, Ohio)
RB · #40 · LSU
QB · #14 · Augustana (IL)
wr · #84 · Houston
K · #10 · California
LCB · #34 · Richmond CC (NC); North Carolina Central
ss · #47 · Morehead State
RDE · #79 · Notre Dame
lg · #74 · Texas A&M
lde · #67 · Wharton J.C.; Pittsburgh
C · #58 · Washington
RILB · #50 · Florida
db · #24 · Eastern Michigan
WR · #80 · Florida
WR · #85 · California; San Diego St.
rcb · #21 · Tennessee St.
lb · #52 · Kansas
LDE · #73 · Miami (FL)
lolb · #49 · Wyoming
PR/ss · #42 · Auburn
rb · #45 · Ohio State
db · #44 · Ohio State
rb · #36 · Wake Forest
LOLB · #53 · LSU
te · #83 · Tampa; Kansas State
FS · #27 · McNeese State
nt · #71 · Nebraska
FB · #46 · Ohio State
SS · #26 · Taft J.C.; Cal State-Fullerton
wr · #86 · Lehigh
LG · #62 · Syracuse
LILB · #55 · North Dakota
P · #87 · Harvard
RG · #65 · Mount San Jacinto J.C.; UCLA
c · #60 · Wooster
LT · #78 · USC
t · #76 · Duke; Brigham Young
t · #68 · Bowling Green State
rb · #20 · Oklahoma
lb · #51 · Virginia Tech
RCB · #13 · Florida A&M
TE · #89 · Northeastern
qb · #15 · Stanford
lb · #59 · North Hennepin CC; Minnesota
db · #25 · SMU
de · #72 · Central (IA); Grambling State
qb · #12 · Washington State
KR · #81 · Kansas
NT · #75 · Houston
g · #70 · Kansas
ROLB · #57 · Dartmouth
RT · #77 · Georgia