The 1981 Seattle Seahawks season was the team's sixth season with the

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(NFL). The Seahawks got off to a terrible start, losing six of their first seven games, on the way to a 6–10 season. Steve Largent would have a stellar season with 1,224 receiving yards. Jim Zorn was having a bounce back season, completing a career high 59% of his passes, 13 TDs 9 INT’s 6.2 yards per attempt before his injury against the Raiders at home. Seattle opened their season at

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, and held a 21–0 lead before the Bengals rallied for an improbable 27–21 win. This loss was a portent into the season. The Seahawks also blew a 24–3 3rd quarter lead at home to the Raiders before losing 32–31. Seven of their 10 losses were by two possessions or more. The Achilles heel for the team was the running game on offense and defense. On offense they ranked 27th in yards and 26th in yards per attempt. On defense the ranking was 27th in yards 28th in yards per attempt. Only once did the defense hold a team under 100 yards rushing which was against the Chargers in San Diego, losing 24–10. The disappointing season had some memorable highlights. At the time the biggest come behind victory, at home against the Steelers, down 21–3 winning 24–21. On Monday night, the team’s first victory over the San Diego Chargers, losing their first seven meetings, winning 44–23.

Offseason

Draft

Undrafted free agents

Personnel

Staff

Final roster

* Starters in bold. * (*) Denotes players that were selected for the

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Schedule

Preseason

:Source: Seahawks Media Guides

Regular season

:Bold indicates division opponents. :Source: 1981 NFL season results1981 NFL season results
NFL.com, accessed February 14, 2015.

Standings

Game summaries

Preseason

Week P1: vs. San Francisco 49ers

Week P2: vs. St. Louis Cardinals

Week P3: at San Francisco 49ers

Week P4: vs. Baltimore Colts

Regular season

Week 1: at Cincinnati Bengals

Week 2: vs. Denver Broncos

Week 3: at Oakland Raiders

Week 4: vs. Kansas City Chiefs

Week 5: at San Diego Chargers

Week 6: at Houston Oilers

Week 7: vs. New York Giants

Week 8: at New York Jets

Week 9: at Green Bay Packers

Week 10: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers

Week 11: vs. San Diego Chargers

Week 12: at Kansas City Chiefs

Week 13: vs. Oakland Raiders

Week 14: vs. New York Jets

Week 15: at Denver Broncos

Week 16: vs. Cleveland Browns

References

External links

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