1981 Atlanta Falcons

The 1981 Atlanta Falcons season was the Falcons 16th season.

Offseason[]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School
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Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	September 6, 1981	New Orleans Saints	W 27-0	57,406
2	September 13, 1981	at Green Bay Packers	W 31-17	55,382
3	September 20, 1981	San Francisco 49ers	W 34-17	56,653
4	September 27, 1981	at Cleveland Browns	L 28-17	78,283
5	October 5, 1981	at Philadelphia Eagles	L 16-13	71,488
6	October 11, 1981	Los Angeles Rams	L 37-35	57,841
7	October 18, 1981	St. Louis Cardinals	W 41-20	51,428
8	October 25, 1981	New York Giants	L 27-24	48,410
9	November 1, 1981	at New Orleans Saints	W 41-10	63,637
10	November 8, 1981	at San Francisco 49ers	L 17-14	59,127
11	November 15, 1981	Pittsburgh Steelers	L 34-20	57,485
12	November 23, 1981	Minnesota Vikings	W 31-30	54,086
13	November 29, 1981	at Houston Oilers	W 31-27	40,201
14	December 6, 1981	at Tampa Bay Buccaneers	L 24-23	69,221
15	December 14, 1981	at Los Angeles Rams	L 21-16	57,054
16	December 20, 1981	Cincinnati Bengals	L 30-28	35,972

Template:1981 NFC West standings

Steve Bartkowski, Falcons Game Record, Most Passing Yards in One Game, 416 yards (on November 15, 1981) ^[1]
William Andrews, Falcons Game Record, Most Receiving Yards in One Game, 198 yards (on November 15, 1981). Which was later broken by Roddy White when he got 210 yards against the 49ers in the 2009 season. ^[1]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 98