1981 San Diego Chargers season
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1981 San Diego Chargers season
| 1981 San Diego Chargers season | |||||||
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| Head coach | Don Coryell | ||||||
| Home field | Jack Murphy Stadium | ||||||
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| Record | 10–6 | ||||||
| Division Place | 1st AFC West | ||||||
| Playoff finish | Won Divisional Playoffs (Dolphins) (41–38 OT) Lost Conference Playoffs (Bengals) (27–7) |
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The 1981 San Diego Chargers season began with the team trying to improve on their 11–5 record in 1980. In the playoffs they beat the Dolphins in a game known as the Epic in Miami and lost to the Bengals in a game known as the Freezer Bowl.
1981 was the second straight season in which the Chargers reached the AFC Championship Game,[1] as well as their second consecutive loss.
During this season, the Chargers lost two key players by way of trade. Before Week 3, wide receiver John Jefferson was dealt to the Green Bay Packers, while defensive end Fred Dean would be dealt to the eventual Super Bowl champion San Francisco 49ers by Week 5. The season was chronicled on September 18, 2008 for America's Game: The Missing Rings, as one of the five greatest NFL teams to never win the Super Bowl.
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Schedule
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Attendance |
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| 1 | September 7, 1981 | at Cleveland Browns | W 44–14 |
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| 2 | September 13, 1981 | Detroit Lions | W 28–23 |
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| 3 | September 20, 1981 | at Kansas City Chiefs | W 42–31 |
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| 4 | September 27, 1981 | at Denver Broncos | L 42–24 |
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| 5 | October 4, 1981 | Seattle Seahawks | W 24–10 |
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| 6 | October 11, 1981 | Minnesota Vikings | L 33–31 |
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| 7 | October 18, 1981 | at Baltimore Colts | W 43–14 |
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| 8 | October 25, 1981 | at Chicago Bears | L 20–17 |
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| 9 | November 1, 1981 | Kansas City Chiefs | W 22–20 |
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| 10 | November 8, 1981 | Cincinnati Bengals | L 40–17 |
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| 11 | November 16, 1981 | at Seattle Seahawks | L 44–23 |
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| 12 | November 22, 1981 | at Oakland Raiders | W 55–21 |
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| 13 | November 29, 1981 | Denver Broncos | W 34–17 |
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| 14 | December 6, 1981 | Buffalo Bills | L 28–27 |
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| 15 | December 13, 1981 | at Tampa Bay Buccaneers | W 24–23 |
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| 16 | December 21, 1981 | Oakland Raiders | W 23–10 |
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Playoffs
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Attendance | Nickname |
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| Divisional | January 2, 1982 | at Miami Dolphins | W 41–38 |
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"The Epic in Miami" |
| Conference Championship | January 10, 1982 | at Cincinnati Bengals | L 27–7 |
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"The Freezer Bowl" |
Standings
| AFC West | |||||||||
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| 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 | |||
References
- ^ The Chargers lost to the Raiders the season before
- ^ (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.
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