Calgary Stampeders 1981 Season on CFLdb Statistics

Season Summary

Finished 5th in the Western Conference

Calgary Stampeders 1981 Season Resources 1981 CGY Team Roster 1981 CGY Attendance

Pre-season
Regular Season


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
A	Fri Jun 5 9:00 PM	EDM 12 @ CGY 11	L	29,292
B	Sat Jun 13 11:00 PM	CGY 4 @ BC 8	L	18,354
C	Sun Jun 21 3:30 PM	CGY 20 @ SSK 33	L	18,599
D	Fri Jun 26 9:00 PM	WPG 16 @ CGY 14	L	28,579


Week	Date/Time (EDT )	Result		Attendance	TV
1	Bye
2	Sat Jul 11 9:30 PM	CGY 10 @ EDM 30	L	43,346	CBCW
3	Fri Jul 17 9:00 PM	HAM 6 @ CGY 26	W	30,812	CTV
4	Fri Jul 24 9:00 PM	CGY 25 @ SSK 16	W	26,992	CTV
5	Fri Jul 31 9:00 PM	BC 52 @ CGY 29	L	32,135	CTV
6	Sat Aug 8 7:00 PM	CGY 16 @ HAM 28	L	20,270	CBCE
7	Fri Aug 14 9:00 PM	WPG 17 @ CGY 18	W	32,349	CTV
8	Fri Aug 21 9:00 PM	OTT 18 @ CGY 30	W	30,276	CTV
9	Sat Aug 29 11:00 PM	CGY 21 @ BC 31	L	28,932	CBCW
10	Mon Sep 7 4:00 PM	TOR 5 @ CGY 23	W	30,381	CBC
11	Bye
12	Sat Sep 19 9:00 PM	EDM 21 @ CGY 10	L	34,657	CBC
13	Sun Sep 27 1:30 PM	CGY 26 @ TOR 29	L	28,664	CBCE, R/C
14	Sun Oct 4 1:30 PM	CGY 16 @ MTL 22	L	15,523	CTV
15	Sat Oct 10 9:00 PM	MTL 3 @ CGY 29	W	29,986	CTV
16	Sun Oct 18 1:30 PM	CGY 10 @ OTT 21	L	15,002	CBCE
17	Sun Oct 25 4:00 PM	SSK 24 @ CGY 11	L	33,279	CBC
18	Sun Nov 1 4:00 PM	CGY 6 @ WPG 44	L	27,489	CBCW

	GP	W	L	T	PTS	PF	PA	Streak	L6
Pre-season	4	0	4	0	0	49	69	L4	0-4-0
Regular Season	16	6	10	0	12	306	367	L3	1-5-0
Home	8	5	3	0	10	176	146	L1	4-2-0
Visitor	8	1	7	0	2	130	221	L6	0-6-0
Divisional opponent	8	2	6	0	4	130	235	L4	1-5-0
Non-divisional opponent	8	4	4	0	8	176	132	L1	3-3-0

Full 1981 League Standings

	Home			Visitor			Total
Quarter	Lead (Record)	Tied (Record)	Trailed (Record)	Lead (Record)	Tied (Record)	Trailed (Record)	Lead (Record)	Tied (Record)	Trailed (Record)
After 1st	5 (4-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (1-2-0)	5 (1-4-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (0-3-0)	10 (5-5-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (1-5-0)
After 2nd	5 (4-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (1-2-0)	2 (1-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (0-6-0)	7 (5-2-0)	0 (0-0-0)	9 (1-8-0)
After 3rd	5 (4-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (1-2-0)	2 (1-1-0)	0 (0-0-0)	6 (0-6-0)	7 (5-2-0)	0 (0-0-0)	9 (1-8-0)
After 4th	5 (5-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	3 (0-3-0)	1 (1-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	7 (0-7-0)	6 (6-0-0)	0 (0-0-0)	10 (0-10-0)

Opponent	Opp. Win %	@ CGY	CGY @
Divisional	0.695	1-3-0 (4)	1-3-0 (4)
Non-Divisional	0.336	4-0-0 (4)	0-4-0 (4)
BC Lions (2)	0.625	0-1-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Edmonton Elks (2)	0.906	0-1-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Saskatchewan Roughriders (2)	0.563	0-1-0 (1)	1-0-0 (1)
Winnipeg Blue Bombers (2)	0.688	1-0-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats (2)	0.719	1-0-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Montreal Alouettes (2)	0.188	1-0-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Ottawa RedBlacks (2)	0.313	1-0-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)
Toronto Argonauts (2)	0.125	1-0-0 (1)	0-1-0 (1)

Summary
By Quarter

	1981	1980 +/-
Average Combined Score	42.06	-5.56
Average Winning Score	25.17	-2.83
Average Losing Score	15.50	-6.64
Average Home Score	22.00	-6.12
Average Visitor Score	16.25	-6.50
Average Margin of Victory	14.33	+2.67
Average Margin of Loss	14.70	+7.13

Quarter	Team	Home (PPG)	Visitor (PPG)	Total (PPG)
Total	Calgary	176 (22.0)	130 (16.3)	306 (19.1)
Total	Opponent	221 (27.6)	146 (18.3)	367 (22.9)
1st	Calgary	44 (5.5)	33 (4.1)	77 (4.8)
1st	Opponent	43 (5.4)	37 (4.6)	80 (5.0)
2nd	Calgary	61 (7.6)	41 (5.1)	102 (6.4)
2nd	Opponent	98 (12.3)	33 (4.1)	131 (8.2)
3rd	Calgary	34 (4.3)	19 (2.4)	53 (3.3)
3rd	Opponent	36 (4.5)	19 (2.4)	55 (3.4)
4th	Calgary	37 (4.6)	37 (4.6)	74 (4.6)
4th	Opponent	44 (5.5)	57 (7.1)	101 (6.3)

Head Coaches

Jack “Jocko” Gotta (Dec. 9, 1981 – Nov. 15, 1983)
Jerry Williams* (Oct. 6, 1981 – Nov. 4, 1981)
Ardell Wiegandt (Dec. 14, 1979 – Oct. 5, 1981)

Assistant Coach

Jerry Williams – Offensive Coordinator

Calgary Stampeders 1981 Stars of the Week

Offensive Star

None

Defensive Star

1 – Doug Battershill

Lineman Star

1 – Ed McAleney
1 – Reggie Lewis

1981 Player Awards and Nominations

1981 Most Outstanding

Player — James Sykes (Team Nominee)
Defensive Player — Ed McAleney (Team Nominee)
Offensive Lineman — Lloyd Fairbanks (Team Nominee)
Canadian Player — J.T. Hay (Team Nominee)
Rookie — Norm Hopely (Team Nominee)

Calgary Stampeders 1981 All-Star Selections

1 All-Canadian Selections

CB	Ray Odums

2 All-Division Selections

DHB	Merv Walker
CB	Ray Odums

^* – indicates unanimous selection

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1981 Calgary Stampeders Canadian Amateur Draft Picks

Round–Pick (Overall)	[Via]	Player (Position)	College/Program
1–1 (1)	[SSK]	Frank Kosec (LB)	Waterloo
1–6 (6)		Mike Wolfram (TE)	Alberta
3–6 (24)		Karl Suutari (LB)	Wisconsin
4–6 (33)		Ted Kozic (DE)	Saint Mary's
5–6 (42)		Dan Pavlicik (TE)	Concordia
6–6 (51)		Jay Troiano (DB)	Simon Fraser
7–6 (60)		Wayne Harris, Jr. (LB)	Calgary