| Seattle Seahawks at Houston Oilers Game Statistics |
| Date: October 11, 1981 Location: Houston, TX |
| Venue: Astrodome Attendance: 42671 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle SeahawksSEA | 10 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| Houston OilersHOU | 7 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 35 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SEA | HOU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seattle SeahawksSEA | Efren Herrera 41 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Seattle SeahawksSEA | David Hughes 17 pass from Jim Zorn (Efren Herrera kick) | 10 | 0 |
| 1 | Houston OilersHOU | Ken Burrough 31 pass from Ken Stabler (Toni Fritsch kick) | 10 | 7 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Earl Campbell 1 run (Toni Fritsch kick) | 10 | 14 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | Dave Casper 32 pass from Ken Stabler (Toni Fritsch kick) | 10 | 21 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | Ken Burrough 24 pass from Ken Stabler (Toni Fritsch kick) | 10 | 28 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | Earl Campbell 4 run (Toni Fritsch kick) | 10 | 35 |
| 4 | Seattle SeahawksSEA | Steve Largent 31 pass from Sam Adkins (Efren Herrera kick) | 17 | 35 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Seattle Seahawks | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Steve Largent |
| 84 | WR | Sam McCullum |
| 64 | LOT | Ron Essink |
| 65 | LOG | Edwin Bailey |
| 54 | C | Art Kuehn |
| 67 | ROG | Bob Newton |
| 76 | ROT | Steve August |
| 81 | TE | John Sawyer |
| 10 | QB | Jim Zorn |
| 47 | RB | Sherman Smith |
| 46 | FB | David Hughes |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Jacob Green |
| 75 | LDT | Robert Hardy |
| 70 | RDT | Mike White |
| 74 | RDE | Manu Tuiasosopo |
| 55 | LLB | Michael Jackson |
| 52 | MLB | Joe Norman |
| 53 | RLB | Keith Butler |
| 42 | LCB | Keith Simpson |
| 27 | LS | Gregg Johnson |
| 44 | RS | John Harris |
| 26 | RCB | Kerry Justin |
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 00 | WR | Ken Burrough |
| 82 | WR | Mike Renfro |
| 74 | LOT | Leon Gray |
| 62 | LOG | John Schuhmacher |
| 58 | C | David Carter |
| 60 | ROG | Ed Fisher |
| 76 | ROT | Morris Towns |
| 87 | TE | Dave Casper |
| 12 | QB | Ken Stabler |
| 45 | HB | Tim Wilson |
| 34 | FB | Earl Campbell |
| Defense | ||
| 69 | LDE | Andy Dorris |
| 71 | MG | Ken Kennard |
| 65 | RDE | Elvin Bethea |
| 59 | LOLB | Ted Washington |
| 50 | LILB | Daryl Hunt |
| 54 | RILB | Gregg Bingham |
| 52 | ROLB | Robert Brazile |
| 33 | LCB | J.C. Wilson |
| 32 | SS | Vernon Perry |
| 37 | FS | Mike Reinfeldt |
| 27 | RCB | Greg Stemrick |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle Seahawks | |||||
| Sam Adkins | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Sherman Smith | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 12 | 0 |
| David Hughes | 6 | 15 | 2.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Jim Jodat | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Jim Zorn | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Eric Lane | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Earl Campbell | 39 | 186 | 4.8 | 27 | 2 |
| Ronnie Coleman | 5 | 30 | 6.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Adger Armstrong | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tim Wilson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Reaves | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | -1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle Seahawks | |||||||||||
| Jim Zorn | 30 | 19 | 63.3 | 2 | 145 | 4.8 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 58.3 |
| Sam Adkins | 10 | 6 | 60.0 | 0 | 87 | 8.7 | 31t | 1 | 1 | 6 | 121.7 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Ken Stabler | 18 | 12 | 66.7 | 0 | 156 | 8.7 | 32t | 3 | 0 | 0 | 133.3 |
| John Reaves | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle Seahawks | |||||
| David Hughes | 7 | 44 | 6.3 | 17t | 1 |
| Steve Largent | 4 | 65 | 16.3 | 31t | 1 |
| Sherman Smith | 4 | 55 | 13.8 | 28 | 0 |
| Sam McCullum | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Mark McGrath | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Eric Lane | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Mike Tice | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| John Sawyer | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Ken Burrough | 4 | 74 | 18.5 | 31t | 2 |
| Earl Campbell | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Ronnie Coleman | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Mike Renfro | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Dave Casper | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle Seahawks | |||||
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Carter Hartwig | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 36 | 0 |
| Gregg Bingham | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle Seahawks | |||||
| Jeff West | 3 | 86 | 28.7 | 43 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Cliff Parsley | 4 | 141 | 35.3 | 47 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle Seahawks | ||||||
| Paul Johns | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 8 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Carl Roaches | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle Seahawks | ||||||
| Gregg Johnson | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 24 | 0 | |
| Will Lewis | 2 | 55 | 27.5 | 32 | 0 | |
| Don Dufek | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Carl Roaches | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 25 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Seattle Seahawks | |
| Houston Oilers | |
| Andy Dorris | 1.0 |
| Jesse Baker | 1.0 |
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