1981 Northern Illinois Huskies football team

Romania and France

1981 Pope John Paul II assassination attempt

Florida St

Phil Carter

The 1981 Prague Skate was held in November 1981. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.

yes

J-F Caujolle

The 1981 Northern Ireland Classic was a one-off invitational snooker tournament, held from 3 to 7 November 1981 at the Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland. Jimmy White defeated Steve Davis by elevenframes to nine (11–9) in the final. Dennis Taylor made the highest break with 112.Five of the top eight players in the rankings participated: Cliff Thorburn (1), Steve Davis (2), Terry Griffiths (3), Dennis Taylor (5) and Doug Mountjoy (6).

Renault

Did not enter

1981 Paris-Roubaix

Rick Danmeier 37 yard field goal

Philadelphia Phillies

Liberty Bowl • Memphis, TN

United States

T Tulasne

#12 Nebraska

FAP-205, the aircraft involved in the crash

Crispa leads series, 2–1

Virginia Cavaliers

New York

The 1981 Panamanian Air Force Twin Otter crash occurred on July 31, 1981, when a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter of the Panamanian Air Force, with identity code FAP-205, crashed at Marta Hill, in the community of Coclesito, in adverse weather conditions while on its final approach to the airport.

The 1980 (season) Peach Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game between the Virginia Tech Hokies and the Hurricanes from the University of Miami at Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia on January 2, 1981. The game was the final contest of the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season for both teams, and ended in a 20-10 victory for Miami.

P Bertolucci

game-score-width

(Atlanta AC)

M Vines

Ali Haji-Sheikh 26-yard field goal

Disputed

Pittsburgh, PA

All: 10,834

none

The 1981 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame in the 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team played its home games at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, Indiana. Gerry Faust was the new Notre Dame head coach. The offense scored 232 points, while the defense allowed 160 points. It was Notre Dame's first losing season in 18 years.

#15 Nebraska

New York Yankees

P Portes

Location in Georgia

C Freyss

Broncos

Kansas at #12 Nebraska [box score]

The 1981 Overseas Final was the inaugural running of the Overseas Final as part of the qualification for the 1981 Speedway World Championship Final to be held at the Wembley Stadium in London, England. The 1981 Final was run on 12 July at the White City Stadium in London, and was the second last qualifying round for Commonwealth and American riders.The Top 10 riders qualified for the Intercontinental Final to be held at the Speedway Center in Vojens, Denmark. England's Dave Jessup won the first ever Overseas Final.

The 1981 Open Championship was the 110th Open Championship held from 16–19 July at Royal St George's Golf Club in Sandwich, England. Bill Rogers won his only major championship, four strokes ahead of runner-up Bernhard Langer. The Open returned to Royal St. George's for the first time since 1949, making it a new venue for all; no former champions finished in the top ten.

Canberra City

'''Y Noah

National Soccer League

B Gottfried

*Paul Uram
*Physician, M.D. – Dr. David S. Huber
*Physician, M.D. – Dr. Anthony P. Yates
*Physician, Orthopedic – Dr. Paul Steele
*Neurological Surgery Consultant – Dr. Joseph C. Maroon
*Dentist – Dr. George P. Boucek
*Ophthalmologist – Dr. Phillip Buzzelli
*Trainer – Ralph Berlin
*Assistant Trainer – Gary Stragar
*Equipment Manager – Anthony Parisi
*Field Manager – Rodgers Freyvogel
*Film Director – Bob McCartney
*Photographers – Harry Homa, Bill Amatucci

'''M Vines

Keith MacRae

The 1981 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University in the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) during the 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their second season under head coach Joe Avezzano, the Beavers compiled a 1–10 record (0–7 against Pac-10 opponents), finished in last place in the Pac-10, and were outscored by their opponents, 469 to 145. The team played its home games at Parker Stadium in Corvallis, Oregon.

Stanford Stadium • Palo Alto, CA

Steelers
Seahawks

B Fritz
'''P Portes

Ottawa Rough Riders

WPac

Dolphins

The Philadelphia Phillies' 1981 season was a season in American baseball.

Saints

C Zipf

Stanford

#7 Nebraska

H Solomon

Marcus Marek

After enduring an injury plagued 9-7 season the previous year, and missing the playoffs for the first time since 1971, the Steelers had hoped that the 1980 season was just a small hiatus from contending for championships. However, while the Steelers had flashes of their former glory years after starting the season with 2 unimpressive losses, the 1981 season would end in a 8-8 record and eventually prove to be the beginning of the end of the Steelers great dynasty of the 1970s.

Oakland Raiders

OSU 24-19

C Mike Webster

Lost Grey Cup

Defensive end

Mark Eberts

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A Jarrett

'''R Lewis

Sat. Oct. 24

Rhode Island Rams
Hokies

Vaughn Broadnax
ABC

Nebraska

Frank Glieber, Johnny Morris, and Dick Stockton

W 31–28 vs. Navy

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Quarterfinals

MICH 9-7

(Sandwich)

ROV

Oklahoma

The 1981 North Indian Ocean cyclone season was part of the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation. The season has no official bounds but cyclones tend to form between April and December. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northern Indian Ocean. There are two main seas in the North Indian Ocean—the Bay of Bengal to the east of the Indian subcontinent and the Arabian Sea to the west of India.

'''P Bertolucci
C Mayotte

Garcia Lane

Notre Dame Stadium

Virginia Tech Hokies

'''I Năstase

Ilie Năstase

ENG

Miramar Rangers

#5 Nebraska at Oklahoma [box score]

1981 O-Pee-Chee (Baseball)

* Head Coach – Bum Phillips

football

The Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature winners in the year 1981 (rank/prize, title of winning entry, name of author).

The 1981 New York Jets season was the 22nd season for the team and the 12th in the National Football League. It began with the team trying to improve upon its 4–12 record from 1980 under head coach Walt Michaels. The Jets sputtered early, starting 0–3 and (combined with the previous season's 4–12 finish) fueling a quarterback controversy and altercation between quarterback Richard Todd and sports writer Steve Serby and speculation about Michaels' job.

Al Michaels

The New York Yankees' 1981 season was the 79th season for the Yankees. In the ALCS, the Yankees swept the Oakland Athletics for their only pennant of the 1980s. However, they lost in the World Series in 6 games to the Los Angeles Dodgers. New York was managed by Gene Michael and Bob Lemon. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium.

OSU 7-6

Burgess Owens 30 yard interception return

1981 Pacific typhoon season

1981 New England Patriots season

Joe Smith

The 1981 Portland Timbers season was the seventh season for the Portland Timbers in the now-defunct North American Soccer League.

Ali Haji-Sheikh 19-yard field goal

Steve Davis

'''B Gottfried

Oilers

T Mayotte

Cedrick Hardman 52 yard fumble return

1981 Pakistan International Airlines Boeing 720 hijacking

Elsie

ROK

Marconi Fairfield

Al Davis

1981 National Soccer League

The 1981 Pacific typhoon season was a slightly above average season that produced 29 tropical storms, 13 typhoons and two intense typhoons. The season ran throughout 1981, though most tropical cyclones typically develop between May and October. The season's first named storm, Freda, developed on March 12 while the final storm, Lee, dissipated on December 29. Tropical cyclones only accounted for 12 percent of the rainfall in Hong Kong this season, the lowest percentage for the protectorate since 1972.The scope of this article is limited to the Pacific Ocean to the north of the equator between 100°E and 180th meridian. Within the northwestern Pacific Ocean, there are two separate agencies that assign names to tropical cyclones which can often result in a cyclone having two names. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) will name a tropical cyclone should it be judged to have 1-minute sustained wind speeds of at least 65 km/h (40 mph) anywhere in the basin, whilst the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) assigns names to tropical cyclones which move into or form as a tropical depression in their area of responsibility located between 135°E and 115°E and between 5°N–25°N regardless of whether or not a tropical cyclone has already been given a name by the JTWC. The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) also monitors the whole basin and uses the 10-minute sustained wind scale. Moreover, the JTWC also assigns a number with a "W" suffix when a system has strengthened into a tropical depression.

The 1981 PBA season was the seventh season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

CAN

Pac-10

H Leconte
J Smith

The 1981 Preakness Stakes was the 106th running of the $275,000 Grade 1 Preakness Stakes thoroughbred horse race. The race took place on May 16, 1981, and was televised in the United States on the ABC television network. Pleasant Colony, who was jockeyed by Jorge Velasquez, won the race by one length over runner-up Bold Ego. Approximate post time was 5:41 p.m. Eastern Time. The race was run on a fast track in a final time of 1:54-3/5. The Maryland Jockey Club reported total attendance of 84,133, this is recorded as second highest on the list of American thoroughbred racing top attended events for North America in 1981.

1981 Peach Bowl (disambiguation)

1981 Pakistan Census

Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI

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Rowland Tatum
Gary Alders

Autzen Stadium

T-4th AFC East

Ohio State Buckeyes

Jonathan Smith

1981 Oakland Raiders season

I Nastase

'''S Smith

1981 PGA Championship

Relegated to the 1982 NSW State League

L Courteau

1981 Open Championship

black

Chris Bahr 21 yard field goal

Joe Lukens

J-L Haillet

Big Ten

The 1981 Pepsi Grand Slam was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Boca Raton, Florida, USA The event was part of the 1981 Volvo Grand Prix circuit. It was the sixth edition of the tournament and was held from February 14 through February 15, 1981. Four–time winner and defending champion Björn Borg withdrew a day before the tournament began after coming down with the flu. He was replaced by Vitas Gerulaitis. John McEnroe won the singles title and $150,000 first prize money.

L 28–31 vs. Ohio State

The 1981 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Tom Osborne and played their home games in Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska.

1981 Navy Midshipmen football team

Brad Dwelle 5-yard pass from Art Schlichter

CBS

Manurewa

'''Mark Vines

USA

West Virginia

Nebraska Cornhuskers logo.svg

1981 Oregon State Beavers football team

Linebacker

Playoffs: First round
Chicago Sting

OSU 24-6

Clay / Outdoor

E Fromm

The 1981 PBA Reinforced Filipino Conference Finals was the best-of-5 basketball championship series of the 1981 PBA Reinforced Filipino Conference, and the conclusion of the conference's playoffs.The Crispa Redmanizers captured their 9th PBA title with a 3–1 series win against the U/Tex Wranglers.

1981 New York Jets season

SCO

OAK 16–7

Jim DeLeone

Northwestern Wildcats

Browns

1981 Pacific Tigers football team

Mountaineers

Pacific-10 Conference

Houston Cougars

Mid-American Conference

W 24–20 vs. Georgia

1981 Oscars

Lost Wild Card Playoffs 27–21

The 1981 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy (USNA) during the 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season. Navy competed as an independent with no conference affiliation. The team was led by ninth-year head coach George Welsh.

First Round

J Feaver

QB J. C. Watts Oklahoma
Don Criqui and John Brodie

'''Crispa Redmanizers

Doug Hill

Offense: QB Jim Kelly

J Potier

OAK 7–0

1981 Northwestern Wildcats football team

1981 PBA Open Conference Finals
Toyota wins series, 3-2

1981 PPG Indy Car World Series

National League

1981 Ontario election

vs. VAN

Big Ten Conference

and Frank Glieber

white

Dakar Rally

Andrew Jarrett

Defense: DT Jim Burt

1981 Paris Open – Singles

New York City

Vic Crowe

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Big Eight champion

1981 President’s Cup

MAC

S Smith

Crispa wins series, 3–1

en route

Crispa Redmanizers

Takapuna City

OAK 16–0

1981 Országos Bajnokság I (men's water polo)

Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium

1981 Peach Bowl (December)

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1981 Paris–Roubaix

Y Noah

1981 PTS

#17 Nebraska

Karl Edwards

Norman, Oklahoma

Chiefs

Rangers

Eugene, OR

'''E Deblicker

South Melbourne

Rams

New Orleans Saints

Coclesito Airport

The Oakland Athletics' 1981 season saw the A's finish with an overall record of 64 wins and 45 losses. They finished the season with the best record in the American League (and second best in all of baseball). Due to the infamous 1981 players strike, the league resorted to a split-season format; this new format saw the winners of both halves of the season playing in the first divisional playoff in MLB history. The A's qualified by posting the AL West's best record in the first half of the season. While they swept the Kansas City Royals in the AL West playoff, they were themselves swept by the New York Yankees in the 1981 American League Championship Series.The Athletics' 1981 season ranks among the organization's most interesting. The A's, only two years removed from a disastrous 54-108 finish, won their first AL West crown since 1975 under second-year manager Billy Martin. The "Billyball" A's began the season with a then-AL record 11 consecutive wins (this record was later broken by the 1987 Milwaukee Brewers, who raced out to a 13-0 start). The squad followed its first loss of the season, a tough 3-2 loss to the Seattle Mariners, with six more victories. Their 17-1 start (through 18 games) remains unmatched. The A's starting rotation (consisting of Rick Langford, Matt Keough, Steve McCatty, Mike Norris, and Brian Kingman) received national attention during the torrid start; the unit was collectively featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated's April 27, 1981, edition. The periodic heroics of Tony Armas and Rickey Henderson also drew notice.The Athletics, however, slumped badly following the 17-1 start. While they regained some of their swagger during the season's second half, they ultimately played .500 baseball for the rest of the season. Even still, the A's won the AL West's first half with a 37-23 mark; they also led the division in total wins despite losing the second half to the Royals. The A's swept these 50-53 Royals in the ALDS. The A's themselves were humbled in the ALCS, as the Yankees outscored Oakland 20-4 in a humiliating three-game rout. The 1981 ALCS is perhaps best remembered as the purported birthplace of "the wave"; while the phenomenon's origin is disputed, it is most commonly attributed to Krazy George Henderson, who introduced it to the Athletics' crowd during the series' final game.Despite high expectations, the A's collapsed in 1982. A rash of injuries, among other factors, saw the team plummet to an abysmal 68-94 record. The firing of Billy Martin at seasons' end brought a swift and unceremonious end to the "Billyball" era. All told, the A's would have to wait until 1988 for their next postseason appearance. Only one member of the 1981 team (Rich Bordi) also played on the 1988 team.

OAK 7–3

The 1981 Player's International Canadian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. The men's tournament was held at the Jarry Park Stadium in Montreal in Canada and was part of the 1981 Volvo Grand Prix while the women's tournament was held at the National Tennis Centre in Toronto in Canada and was part of the 1981 WTA Tour. The men's tournament was held from August 10 through August 16, 1981, while the women's tournament was held from August 17 through August 23, 1981.

The 1981 New Zealand rugby union tour of Romania and France was a series of ten matches played by the New Zealand national rugby union team (the All Blacks) in Romania and France in October and November 1981. The All Blacks won eight of the ten games, including the international match against Romania and both internationals against France. The only team to defeat the All Blacks was a French regional selection, and the All Blacks were also held to a draw by another regional team.

The 1981 Ottawa Rough Riders finished the season in 2nd place in the East Division with a 5–11–0 record. They appeared in the Grey Cup game, in what would be their last Grey Cup appearance in franchise history, and the last for any Ottawa-based CFL team for 34 years.

'''Toyota Super Diesels

The '1981 National Panasonic Series' was an Australian motor racing contest for Formula Pacific and Australian Formula 2 racing cars. The series, which was sponsored by National Panasonic, was won by Bruce Allison, driving a Ralt RT4.

Northern Illinois Huskies

Brisbane Lions

Jack Lambert

Dale Mitchell

C Roger-Vasselin

The 1981 North Indian Ocean cyclone season was part of the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation. The season has no official bounds but cyclones tend to form between April and December. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northern Indian Ocean. There are two main seas in the North Indian Ocean—the Bay of Bengal to the east of the Indian subcontinent and the Arabian Sea to the west of India. The official Regional Specialized Meteorological Centre in this basin is the India Meteorological Department (IMD), while the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) releases unofficial advisories. An average of five tropical cyclones form in the North Indian Ocean every season with peaks in May and November. Cyclones occurring between the meridians 45°E and 100°E are included in the season by the IMD.

Ohio Stadium
Glen Cobb

American League Champions

Florida State

1981 Paris Open

agg-score-width

1981 Peach Bowl

Semifinals

Lester Mickens

Miami

The 1981 Ohio Bobcats football team was an American football team that represented Ohio University in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their third season under head coach Brian Burke, the Bobcats compiled a 5–6 record (5–4 against MAC opponents), finished in a tie for fifth place in the MAC, and were outscored by all opponents by a combined total of 257 to 228.

1981 National League season

Larry Nelson

Jets

Peach Bowl

vs. SJE

Mark Harmon 39-yard field goal)
Kelvin Bell

Brisbane City

Pittsburgh Steelers

D Siegler

#7 Nebraska at Iowa [box score]

1981 PHS

M Ostoja

Sat. Oct. 10

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1981 New York Mets season

#4 Nebraska vs #1 Clemson [box score]

PCAA

typhoon

1981 PPG Indy Car World Series season

Toyota Super Diesels

#19 Nebraska

1981 Paris-Dakar Rally

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The 1981 New Orleans Saints season was the Saints' 15th season. Hoping past success would bring a bright future to New Orleans the Saints hired Bum Phillips to be their new head coach. With the first pick overall the Saints draft Heisman Trophy winner George Rogers out of South Carolina. Rogers won the Offensive Rookie of the Year, as he rushed all-time rookie record of 1,674 yards. However the Saints would continue to struggle finishing with a 4-12 record. Despite the team finishing with a bad record, they did have one special moment of the season when they upset the Cincinnati Bengals, who would go to the Super Bowl during the season.

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Reinforced Filipino Conference

1981 President's Cup (Maldives)

Hurricanes

Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH

Eddie Payton 99 yard kickoff return

New England Patriots

Seminoles

The National Soccer League 1981 season was the fifth season of the National Soccer League in Australia. The champions were Sydney City SC, winning their third title.

Marta Hill, Coclesito, near Coclé Province, Panama

SEA

Final

Heidelberg United

Pacific Memorial Stadium

Accident

ROLB

did not qualify

Pascal Portes

Dennis Taylor

Saints seasons

Wollongong City

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#19 Missouri

P Proisy

* Defensive Coordinator – Marion Campbell
* Defensive Line – Chuck Clausen
* Linebackers – George Hill
* Defensive Backs – Fred Bruney

Bengals

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Owner

Stockton, CA

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OAK 10–0

Jimmy Gayle

Mount Wellington

1981 Paris Open – Doubles

The 1981 Pacific typhoon season was a slightly above average season that produced 29 tropical storms, 13 typhoons and two intense typhoons. The season ran throughout 1981, though most tropical cyclones typically develop between May and October. The season's first named storm, Freda, developed on March 12 while the final storm, Lee, dissipated on December 29.

Big Ten co-champion

NSL season

The 1981 Northern Ireland Classic was a one-off invitational snooker tournament, held from 3 to 7 November 1981 at the Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland. Jimmy White defeated Steve Davis by elevenframes to nine (11–9) in the final. Dennis Taylor made the highest break with 112.Five of the top eight players in the rankings participated: Cliff Thorburn (1), Steve Davis (2), Terry Griffiths (3), Dennis Taylor (5) and Doug Mountjoy (6). Also participating were Kirk Stevens (10), Alex Higgins (11), and Jimmy White (21).

Second half: 6th

Wide receiver

A Panatta

BEL

North Shore United

Defensive back

The 1981 New England Patriots season was the team's 22nd, and 12th in the National Football League. The Patriots finished the season with a record of two wins and fourteen losses, and finished tied for last in the AFC East Division.The team lost their first four games, and then ten of their last eleven, including the last nine games of the season. The Patriots were defeated in both the first and last games of the season by the Baltimore Colts; the Patriots' bookend losses proved to be Baltimore's only two wins of the 1981 season. It was known that the loser of that last game would have the first pick in the 1982 NFL Draft, and the game was nicknamed "The Stupor Bowl." With the Patriot loss, the team had the first pick, choosing University of Texas defensive end Kenneth Sims, an eventual draft "bust" as first overall pick in the NFL draft.

* Running Backs – John Becker
* Receivers – Dick Coury
* Tight Ends – Lynn Stiles
* Offensive Line – Ken Iman
* Offensive Line – Jerry Wampfler

Series tied, 1–1

William Parkinson

The 1981 Paris Open was a men's Grand Prix tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was the 13th edition of the Paris Open (later known as the Paris Masters). It took place at the Palais omnisports de Paris-Bercy in Paris, France from 26 October through 1 November 1981.

* Special Teams – Lynn Stiles

The 1981 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1981 Big Ten Conference football season. In their first year under head coach Dennis Green, the Wildcats compiled a 0–11 record (0–9 against Big Ten Conference opponents) and finished in last place in the Big Ten Conference. The team played its home games at Dyche Stadium in Evanston, Illinois.Northwestern finished the season in the midst of a 34-game losing streak, the longest in NCAA Division I-A history. The streak began on September 22, 1979, and ended on September 25, 1982.The team's offensive leaders were quarterback Mike Kerrigan with 1,317 passing yards, Jim Browne with 162 rushing yards, and Chris Hinton with 265 receiving yards. Ricky Edwards led the Big Ten with 30 kickoff returns and 611 kickoff return yards.

'''J Feaver

Open Conference

Tom Osborne

Sat. Oct. 3

#3 Penn State

Independent

Defense: Don Stemple

Mike D’Andrea
Navy

John McEnroe

Second half: 21–33

Pitt Stadium

Peach Bowl logo

Statistics of Norwegian First Division in season 1981.

P Torre

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'''D Siegler

1981 Norwegian First Division

Second Round

The 1981 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma during the 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season. They played their home games at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium and competed as members of the Big Eight Conference. They were coached by head coach Barry Switzer. The Sooners defeated the Houston Cougars 40–14 to win the 1981 Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas.

Running back

The 1981 Philadelphia Eagles season resulted in an appearance in the postseason for the fourth straight season (first time in franchise history the Eagles had made the postseason four straight times). The team was coming off a Super Bowl loss to the Oakland Raiders the previous season. Because they made the Super Bowl in 1980, they were picked by many to not only reach the Super Bowl, but to win it as well.

G John Hannah

Dirt

NIR

AP Poll released prior to game
Memorial Stadium

Morris Bradshaw 12 yard pass from Jim Plunkett

Cedric Anderson

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Sat. Nov. 28
The 1981 Pittsburgh Panthers football team represented the University of Pittsburgh in the 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season. Despite having one loss, the Panthers were selected as national champions by the National Championship Foundation and Montgomery Full Season Championship, although a national championship is not claimed by the school for this year nor are they popularly recognized that season's national champions.

NIO

Blacktown City

Woolston WMC

Overseas Final

Virginia Tech

1981 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1981 Pakistan International Airlines hijacking

Ben Lee

'''J Kriek

Jets seasons

The 1981 Oakland Raiders season began with the team trying to improve on their 11–5 record from 1980. The Raiders went 7–9 and became the fourth team in NFL history to enter a season as the defending Super Bowl champions and miss the playoffs. The 1981 Raiders set an NFL record by being shut out three consecutive times. The passing game fell off badly being 26th and throwing 28 interceptions. After the defense led the NFL in interceptions and takeaways in 1980, they were dead last in 1981 and were – 16 in turnover differential. It was also their last season in Oakland until 1995 and their losing record snapped a streak of 16 consecutive winning seasons.

New York Jets

Sydney Olympic

A Anastopaulo

Falcons

ITA

PK-326

Oakland Athletics

1981 New Zealand rugby union tour of Romania and France

Sat. Oct. 31

S Donnie Shell

1981 Portland Timbers season

Virginia

1981 New Orleans Saints season

First half: 25–23

J Kriek

The 1980 (season) Peach Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game between the Virginia Tech Hokies and the Hurricanes from the University of Miami at Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia on January 2, 1981. The game was the final contest of the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season for both teams, and ended in a 20-10 victory for Miami. Another game by the same name followed the 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season and was played in December, 1981.Virginia Tech was awarded a bid to the Peach Bowl as a reward for finishing 8–3 during the regular season, a record that included wins over nationally ranked teams such as the Clemson Tigers and the Virginia Cavaliers. Facing Virginia Tech was a familiar post-season opponent—Miami—whom the Hokies had played in the 1966 Liberty Bowl, Tech's last bowl appearance prior to the Peach Bowl. Miami finished the regular season with an 8–3 record, including wins over Florida State and Florida.The game kicked off at 3:00 p.m. EST under sunny skies and in temperatures of 46 °F (8 °C). Unlike the 1966 Liberty Bowl, in which Virginia Tech scored first, it was Miami who dominated the game's early going. The Hurricanes scored a touchdown on the first drive of the game and tacked on another touchdown early in the second quarter. Tech was held scoreless in the early going, thanks to two Miami interceptions at the goal line as Virginia Tech was threatening to score. Late in the second quarter, Tech was finally able to get on the scoreboard with a field goal, but at halftime, the Miami Hurricanes led 14–3. After halftime, the Hokies threatened Miami for the first time all game. Virginia Tech mounted an 80-yard drive that resulted in a touchdown, cutting Miami's lead to 14–10. But the Hurricanes' defense clamped down on any further offensive attempts by Virginia Tech and denied the Hokies more points. Miami added two field goals: one in the third quarter and one in the fourth quarter that finally put the game out of reach for Virginia Tech. Miami's win was its first bowl victory since the 1966 Liberty Bowl, which also featured a Hurricane victory over Virginia Tech.

Location in the United States

#4 Nebraska
Colorado at Nebraska [box score]

1981 National Scout Jamboree

#5 Nebraska

Lillestrøm won the Norwegian Cup after beating Moss 3-1 on 25 October. The goal scorers for Lillestrøm were André Krogsæter in the 16th minute, Tom Lund in the 32nd minute (penalty), and Gunnar Lønstad in the 49th minute. For Moss, Stein Kollshaugen scored in the 89th minute. This was the third time Lillestrøm won a Norwegian Cup. 22 895 spectators attended the game at Ullevål Stadion. The referee was Jan Erik Olsen.Lillestrøm's winning team: Arne Amundsen, Erik Solér, Frank Grønlund, Tore Kordahl, Tor Inge Smedås, Bård Bjerkeland, Ole Dyrstad, Tom Lund, Gunnar Lønstad, André Krogsæter and Roger Sjåstad, (Subs: Jon Erik Andersen, Thor Helge Bergan, Stein Eilertsen and Arne Dokken.)

Footscray JUST

In 1981, Al-Zulfiqar led by Murtaza Bhutto hijacked a Pakistan International Airlines flight en route to Peshawar from Karachi, and diverted it to Kabul in March 1981. The hijacking went on for thirteen days, during which Major Tariq Rahim was shot to death; the hijackers mistakenly believed Rahim to be the son of General Rahimuddin Khan.Tariq Rahim has been ADC with Mr. Bhutto and has been transferred to Foreign Service on the reference of Mr. Bhutto. He was very well known to the Bhutto Family but Murtaza felt he had deceived his father. Rahim was executed following Murtaza Bhutto's conferring with KHAD chief Mohammad Najibullah. The execution forced the Zia-ul-Haq regime to accept the demands of the hijackers, releasing dozens of Pakistan Peoples Party and other leftist political prisoners languishing in Pakistani jails.Major Tariq Rahim's Body was thrown from the Plane on the tarmac where he bled to death.Al-Zulfiqar and PSF activist Salamullah Tipu along with three other PSF militants hijacked the plane. The plane was first forced to land at Kabul airport, and was then flown to Damascus. Though undertaken to ‘avenge Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto’s hanging by Zia’, the hijacking was at once condemned by the young co-chairperson of the PPP, Benazir Bhutto, who was languishing in a Karachi jail.The hijackers demanded that 55 political prisoners be released. These included PPP, PSF, NSF and some Marxist Jiyala activists. Zia-ul-Haq hesitated and Tipu shot dead Captain Tariq Rahim, whom he mistakenly believed to be the son of then-martial law administrator General Rahimuddin Khan on the plane accusing him of being a part of Zia’s coup against Bhutto. He wasn’t.Around 50 prisoners were eventually released by the Zia-ul-Haq regime. Tipu was thrown in a Kabul prison and eventually executed in 1984 for murdering an Afghan national. His body was never returned, and he is said to have been buried somewhere near Kabul.The successful hijacking not only saw many of the released men join AZO, but the organisation also welcomed a whole new batch of recruits who travelled across Pakistan’s tribal areas and entered AfghanistanAZO described itself as a socialist guerrilla outfit, but its main purpose was avenging Bhutto’s death. The organisation was mostly made up of young PSF militants, and members of small left-wing groups such as the Communist Mazdoor Kissan Party.

1981 O-Pee-Chee

G Nunez

'''U-Tex Wranglers

Art Schlichter 1-yard run

CB Mel Blount

San Diego Sockers

The 1981 Philadelphia Eagles season resulted in an appearance in the postseason for the fourth straight season (first time in franchise history the Eagles had made the postseason four straight times). The team was coming off a Super Bowl loss to the Oakland Raiders the previous season. Because they made the Super Bowl in 1980, they were picked by many to not only reach the Super Bowl, but to win it as well. The Eagles began the 1981 season with 6 straight wins, their best ever start to a season at the time. The Eagles would win then 3 of their next 5 games to sit at 9-2. They would then lose their next 4 games to slip to 9-6 and were in danger of missing out on the playoffs. The next week, they hammered the Cardinals 38-0 to clinch a playoff berth for the fourth straight season. In the playoffs, they met their arch rivals the Giants. It was New York's first playoff appearance in 18 years. In the game, the Giants would stun the eagles 27-21, ending the Eagles seasons as well as hopes for a second straight Super Bowl appearance. The Eagles would not make the playoffs again until 1988. They also wouldn't reach the Super Bowl again until 2004.

YUG

PAGASA

APIA Leichhardt Tigers

Sun Bowl champion

1981 Philadelphia Phillies season

OSU 14-9

Iowa

The 1981 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 100th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; their 95th in the National League. The Pirates finished fourth in the National League East in the first half of the season with a record of 25–23 and sixth in the second half with a record of 21–33.

In 1981, Al-Zulfiqar led by Murtaza Bhutto hijacked a Pakistan International Airlines flight en route to Peshawar from Karachi, and diverted it to Kabul in March 1981. The hijacking went on for thirteen days, during which Major Tariq Rahim was shot to death; the hijackers mistakenly believed Rahim to be the son of General Rahimuddin Khan.Tariq Rahim has been ADC with Mr. Bhutto and has been transferred to Foreign Service on the reference of Mr. Bhutto.

1981 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

DAF Trucks

J van Langendonck

Guillermo Vilas

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ESPN

Sat. Sep. 5

FRA

The 1981 PGA Championship was the 63rd PGA Championship, held August 6–9 at Atlanta Athletic Club in Duluth, Georgia, a suburb northeast of Atlanta. Larry Nelson won the first of his three major titles, four strokes ahead of runner-up Fuzzy Zoeller.Lee Trevino, 1974 champion, did not sign his scorecard after an opening round 74 and was disqualified after turning himself in.

Hamilton

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1981 Preakness Stakes

NBC

R Lewis

Sydney City

USC

Oklahoma Sooners

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1981 Oklahoma Sooners football team

The 1981 Orange Bowl was a postseason college football bowl game between the Oklahoma Sooners and the Florida State Seminoles.

Jim Plunkett 13 yard run

Vitas Gerulaitis

Scott Zalenski

BER

C Leeds

Pittsburgh Pirates

A Boeing 720 similar to the hijacked aircraft

February 14 – December 29

LOLB

'''L Courteau

The 1981 PBA Open Conference Finals was the best-of-5 basketball championship series of the 1981 PBA Open Conference, and the conclusion of the conference's playoffs.The Toyota Super Diesels defeated Crispa Redmanizers in a five-game series to win their seventh PBA title and finally ended frustrations of last season's three runner-up finishes. New Toyota head coach Edgardo Ocampo won his first title with his new team and second championship in his PBA coaching career. Toyota and Crispa played for the 10th and last time in a finals series.

Adelaide City

The 1981 Panamanian Air Force Twin Otter crash occurred on July 31, 1981, when a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter of the Panamanian Air Force, with identity code FAP-205, crashed at Marta Hill, in the community of Coclesito, in adverse weather conditions while on its final approach to the airport. All seven people on board, including General Omar Torrijos Herrera, who led the country's military dictatorship between 1968 and 1981, were killed.The investigation into the crash was surrounded by controversy and speculation about the circumstances of how the aircraft crashed. The crash occurred shortly after Ronald Reagan assumed office as President of the United States and three months after Ecuadorian president Jaime Roldós Aguilera died in similar circumstances.The cause of the crash remains disputed.

* Defensive Coordinator – Wade Phillips
* Defensive Line – Willie Zapalac
* Linebackers – John Paul Young
* Defensive Backfield – Lance Van Zandt

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Raiders seasons

The 1981 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1981 Big Ten Conference football season. In their first year under head coach Dennis Green, the Wildcats compiled a 0–11 record (0–9 against Big Ten Conference opponents) and finished in last place in the Big Ten Conference. The team played its home games at Dyche Stadium in Evanston, Illinois.Northwestern finished the season in the midst of a 34-game losing streak, the longest in NCAA Division I-A history.

Jimmy White

The 1981 Peach Bowl was a post-season college football bowl game between the West Virginia Mountaineers and the Florida Gators. The game took place on December 31, 1981, resulting in a West Virginia win over Florida 26-6. The offensive MVP was Mickey Walczack of West Virginia and the defensive MVP was West Virginia's Don Stemple.Florida coach Charlie Pell was so disappointed by his team's performance that he burned the game film and buried it in the Gators' practice field.

Gisborne City

Brad Dwelle

'''J Potier

Sam McCullum 36 yard pass from Jim Zorn

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M Cox

#19 Florida State

Todd Christensen 21 yard pass from Jim Plunkett

The New York Mets' 1981 season was the 20th regular season for the Mets. They went 41–62 and finished in fifth place in the National League East. They were managed by Joe Torre. They played home games at Shea Stadium. The season is remembered for a summer strike that cut the season in half.

John Frank

Gators

1981 Prague Skate

Jim Carson

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1981 Paris Open - Singles

Boca Raton, Florida, USA

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MIN
OAK 3–0

*Offensive Line – Rollie Dotsch
*Offensive Backfield – Dick Hoak
*Receivers – Tom Moore

Ali Haji-Sheikh 24-yard field goal

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Liberty Bowl champion

Gene Gladys

Other seasons

Thad Jemison

1981 Pepsi Grand Slam

Efren Herrera 26 yard field goal

Rhode Island

Highlands Course

New Zealand

Nat Hudson

Big Eight Conference

The 1981 Oakland Raiders season began with the team trying to improve on their 11–5 record from 1980. The Raiders went 7–9 and became the fourth team in NFL history to enter a season as the defending Super Bowl champions and miss the playoffs. The 1981 Raiders set an NFL record by being shut out three consecutive times. The passing game fell off badly being 26th and throwing 28 interceptions.

1981 North Indian Ocean cyclone season

Sat. Sep. 19

Richmond Spiders

AL East Champions

Iowa State at #7 Nebraska [box score]
Lincoln, Nebraska

Famcucine

Oregon State Beavers

Multiple pro-style

Huskie Stadium

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* Owner – Leonard Tose
* General Manager – Jim Murray
* Director of Player Personnel – Carl Peterson

Michael Tolliver 23-yard pass from John Elway

Sat. Oct. 17

Philadelphia Eagles

'''C Zipf

#11 Nebraska

OSU 24-12

1981 Panamanian Air ForceTwin Otter crash

Location in England

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1981 Orange Bowl

1981 Palanca Awards

Big 8

Kevin Evans

Sooners

'''C Leeds

*Head Coach – Chuck Noll
*Assistant Head Coach – George Perles

OSU 7-3

* Special Teams – Harold Richardson

Oklahoma Memorial Stadium

Sat. Nov. 7

#15 Nebraska at #19 Missouri [box score]

I-Formation

Guard

Patriots

H Ismail

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1981 Peach Bowl (January)

The 1981 New Zealand rugby league season was the 74th season of rugby league that had been played in New Zealand.

OSU 10-6

1981 Orszagos Bajnoksag I (men's water polo)

Mark Harmon 25-yard field goal

Offense: Mickey Walczack

* Offensive Coordinator – King Hill
* Offensive Backfield – John Levra
* Receivers – Lamar McHan
* Offensive Line – Joe Spencer

CST
Auburn at Nebraska [box score]

Fri. Jan. 1

Vikings

The 1981 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University in the 1981 Big Ten Conference football season. The Buckeyes compiled a 9–3 record, including the 1981 Liberty Bowl in Memphis, Tennessee, where they won, 31–28, against the Navy Midshipmen.Several Ohio State players ranked among the Big Ten leaders, including the following:Placekicker Bob Atha led the conference with 88 points scored and 44 extra points made and ranked second with 13 field goals made and a 68.4% field goal percentage.Garcia Lane led the conference with 205 punt return yards and ranked second with an average of 8.9 yards per punt return.Running back Tim Spencer led the conference with 12 rushing touchdowns and ranked second with 1,217 rushing yards and 1,427 yards from scrimmage.Quarterback Art Schlichter ranked third in the conference with 2,551 passing yards and 2,509 total yards and fifth with a 52.3 pass completion percentage.Gary Williams ranked third in the conference with 50 receptions and fourth with 941 receiving yards.

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J van Nostrand

Orange Bowl

NSL 1981

1981 Paris–Dakar Rally

L 15–22 vs. Clemson

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The 1981 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University in the 1981 Big Ten Conference football season.
Gary Williams

Paris–Dakar Rally

S Meister

LB Jack Lambert

Charlie McBride

Annapolis, MD

"The Second Jewel of the Triple Crown"

MICH

The 1981 PGA Championship was the 63rd PGA Championship, held August 6–9 at Atlanta Athletic Club in Duluth, Georgia, a suburb northeast of Atlanta. Larry Nelson won the first of his three major titles, four strokes ahead of runner-up Fuzzy Zoeller.Lee Trevino, 1974 champion, did not sign his scorecard after an opening round 74 and was disqualified after turning himself in. Bob Murphy led after each of the first two rounds, but was 8-over on the weekend and finished ten strokes back in 18th place. After a second consecutive 66 on Saturday, Nelson held the 54-hole lead, four strokes ahead of ZoellerTom Watson was the PGA Tour money list leader in August 1981, but missed the cut by a stroke.It was the second major held at the Highlands Course, which hosted the U.S. Open in 1976. The PGA Championship returned in 2001 and 2011.

Incident

Northern Ireland

Bill Rogers

John Bain
Division: 3rd

Raiders

1981 Panamanian Air Force Twin Otter crash

1981 Oakland Athletics season

1981 New Zealand rugby league season

Champions

Morris Bradshaw 29 yard pass from Jim Plunkett

OSU
1981 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

Nebraska Cornhuskers

Patriots seasons

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

1981 PBA season

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The 1981 Pacific Tigers football team represented the University of the Pacific (UOP) in the 1981 NCAA Division I college football season as a member of the Pacific Coast Athletic Association.The team was led by head coach Bob Toledo, in his third year, and played their home games at Pacific Memorial Stadium in Stockton, California. They finished the season with a record of five wins and six losses (5–6, 2–3 PCAA). The Tigers were outscored by their opponents 170–253 over the season.

Notre Dame, IN

W 40–14 vs.

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Fred Wilpon and Nelson Doubleday, Jr.

Mike Webster

"The Run for the Black-Eyed Susans"

First half: 4th

1981 Pittsburgh Panthers football team

1981 Oregon Ducks football team

Donald Lonslinger 4-yard pass from John Elway

DeKalb, IL

The 1981 New York Jets season was the 22nd season for the team and the 12th in the National Football League. It began with the team trying to improve upon its 4–12 record from 1980 under head coach Walt Michaels. The Jets sputtered early, starting 0–3 and (combined with the previous season's 4–12 finish) fueling a quarterback controversy and altercation between quarterback Richard Todd and sports writer Steve Serby and speculation about Michaels' job. After the 0-3 start, however, the Jets would catch fire, and go on a 10-2-1 run, and would ultimately finish the season with a record of 10–5–1 and qualify for the playoffs for the first time since 1969, breaking a 12-year drought. In the playoffs, however, they fell to their division rivals, the Buffalo Bills, 31–27.

Non-ranking event

Lillestrøm won the Norwegian Cup after beating Moss 3-1 on 25 October. The goal scorers for Lillestrøm were André Krogsæter in the 16th minute, Tom Lund in the 32nd minute (penalty), and Gunnar Lønstad in the 49th minute. For Moss, Stein Kollshaugen scored in the 89th minute. This was the third time Lillestrøm won a Norwegian Cup. 22 895 spectators attended the game at Ullevål Stadion.

Sat. Nov. 21

Penonomé Airport

Mel Blount

American League

Oregon Ducks

Christchurch United

Pacific Coast Athletic Association

SportsChannel NY

1981 Pakistani Census

1981 Player's Canadian Open - Men's Singles

The 1981 New England Patriots season was the team's 22nd, and 12th in the National Football League. The Patriots finished the season with a record of two wins and fourteen losses, and finished tied for last in the AFC East Division.The team lost their first four games, and then ten of their last eleven, including the last nine games of the season.

Montreal Manic

OAK 23–10

Dunedin City

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The Oakland Athletics' 1981 season saw the A's finish with an overall record of 64 wins and 45 losses. They finished the season with the best record in the American League (and second best in all of baseball). Due to the infamous 1981 players strike, the league resorted to a split-season format; this new format saw the winners of both halves of the season playing in the first divisional playoff in MLB history.

Michigan

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Brian Teacher

Orlando Lowry

*Chairman of the Board – Arthur J. Rooney
*President – Daniel M. Rooney
*Vice President – John R. McGinley
*Vice President – Arthur J. Rooney, Jr.
*Controller – Dennis P. Thimons
*Traveling Secretary – James A. Boston
*Public Relations Director – Ed Kiely
*Publicity Director – Joe Gordon
*Assistant Publicity Director – John Evenson
*Director of Ticket Sales – Geraldine Glenn
*Director of Player Personnel – Dick Haley
*Assistant Director of Player Personnel – William Nunn, Jr.
*Talent Scout – West Coast – Bob Schmitz
*Pro Talent Scout – Tom Modrak
*College Talent Scout – Joe Krupa

MICH 3-0

Donnie Shell

Columbus, OH

OAK 13–3

The 1981 Oregon Ducks football team represented the University of Oregon in the 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season. Playing as a member of the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10), the team was led by head coach Rich Brooks, in his fifth year, and played their home games at Autzen Stadium in Eugene, Oregon. They finished the season with a record of two wins and nine losses (2–9 overall, 1–6 in the Pac-10).

OSU 17-6

The 1981 PBA Open Conference Finals was the best-of-5 basketball championship series of the 1981 PBA Open Conference, and the conclusion of the conference's playoffs.The Toyota Super Diesels defeated Crispa Redmanizers in a five-game series to win their seventh PBA title and finally ended frustrations of last season's three runner-up finishes. New Toyota head coach Edgardo Ocampo won his first title with his new team and second championship in his PBA coaching career.

E Deblicker

The 1981 Overseas Final was the inaugural running of the Overseas Final as part of the qualification for the 1981 Speedway World Championship Final to be held at the Wembley Stadium in London, England. The 1981 Final was run on 12 July at the White City Stadium in London, and was the second last qualifying round for Commonwealth and American riders.The Top 10 riders qualified for the Intercontinental Final to be held at the Speedway Center in Vojens, Denmark.

The 1981 Preakness Stakes was the 106th running of the $275,000 Grade 1 Preakness Stakes thoroughbred horse race. The race took place on May 16, 1981, and was televised in the United States on the ABC television network. Pleasant Colony, who was jockeyed by Jorge Velasquez, won the race by one length over runner-up Bold Ego. Approximate post time was 5:41 p.m. Eastern Time. The race was run on a fast track in a final time of 1:54-3/5.

The 1981 New Zealand National Soccer League was the 12th season of a nationwide round-robin club competition in New Zealand football. Wellington Diamond United won the league for a second time, having previously been champions in 1976. The league was the closest until this point, with only four points separating the top five teams.

OAK 20–10

Wellington Diamond United

Pittsburgh Panthers

#19 Florida State at #17 Nebraska [box score]

*Defensive Coordinator – Woody Widenhofer
*Defensive Assistant – Tony Dungy
*Defensive Backfield – Dick Walker

New York Mets

League: 10,516

Spencer Nelms

Yannick Noah

1981 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

The 1981 Northern Illinois Huskies football team represented Northern Illinois University in the 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Huskies competed in the highest division of football at the time, Division I-A. The Huskies played under the Mid-American Conference banner during this season. They were led by head coach Bill Mallory, and they played their home games at Huskie Stadium.

OAK 36–10

#3 Penn State at #15 Nebraska [box score]

* Strength and Conditioning – Russell Paternostro

Ohio Bobcats

FAP-205

Mike Farebrother

OAK 30–10

1981 PBA Reinforced Filipino Conference Finals

1981 Philadelphia Eagles season

1981 New York Yankees season

1981 Northern Ireland Classic

1981 Overseas Final

Yes

1981 Norwegian Football Cup

I Năstase

Brad Dwelle 7-yard pass from Art Schlicther
Jerome Foster
Robert Atha 45-yard field goal

West Adelaide

'''S Meister

#19 Nebraska at Kansas State [box score]

DE Jarvis Coursey

Newcastle KB United

1981 National Panasonic Series

North Indian Ocean

May 2012

Art Schlichter 6-yard run

1981 Ottawa Rough Riders season

#1 Clemson

Stanford 3-0

* Head Coach – Dick Vermeil

1981 New Zealand National Soccer League

Fast

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* Owner – John Mecom, Jr.
* Director of Football Operations – Harry Hulmes
* Director of Player Personnel – Pat Peppler

1981 Paris Open - Doubles

1981 Ohio Bobcats football team

List of NSL seasons

Navy Midshipmen

OAK 13–10

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Jacksonville Tea Men

Malcolm Barnwell 61 yard pass from Marc Wilson

Lost Wildcard

Preston Makedonia

Richmond

Pacific Tigers

1981 Pittsburgh Steelers season

Multiple front

Pacific

John W. Galbreath ; Thomas Johnson

Jeff Cisco
Art Schlichter

Crispa leads series, 1–0

Steelers seasons

John Mecom, Jr.

Coaches Poll released prior to game

Derrick Jensen 1 yard run

Chris Riehm

Florida

1981 President's Cup

Sat. Nov. 14

The 1981 New Orleans Saints season was the Saints' 15th season. Hoping past success would bring a bright future to New Orleans the Saints hired Bum Phillips to be their new head coach. With the first pick overall the Saints draft Heisman Trophy winner George Rogers out of South Carolina. Rogers won the Offensive Rookie of the Year, as he rushed all-time rookie record of 1,674 yards. However the Saints would continue to struggle finishing with a 4-12 record.

cyclone

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Ohio State

Gene Calhoun

Eagles seasons

OAK
OAK 16–10

Shaun Gayle 1-yard run

HKO

Kevin Williams

Action-TV

Sugar Bowl champion

Nick Miller

The Preakness Stakes

1981 Player's Canadian Open

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#11 Nebraska at Oklahoma State [box score]