most sacked qb in 1981

Craig Morton got sacked the most by a quarterback in 1981, with 54 sacks.

Interpreted as:
most passing sacked qb in 1981
NAMESCKSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GTDINTRTGTD%INT%SCKY
1Craig Morton
C. Morton
54
1981
15
225
376
59.8
3,195
8.5
213.0
21
14
90.5
5.6
3.7
394
2Lynn Dickey
L. Dickey
40
1981
13
204
354
57.6
2,593
7.3
199.5
17
15
79.0
4.8
4.2
298
3Phil Simms
P. Simms
38
1981
10
172
316
54.4
2,031
6.4
203.1
11
9
74.0
3.5
2.8
301
4Steve Bartkowski
S. Bartkowski
37
1981
16
297
533
55.7
3,829
7.2
239.3
30
23
79.2
5.6
4.3
287
5Brian Sipe
B. Sipe
34
1981
16
313
567
55.2
3,876
6.8
242.3
17
25
68.2
3.0
4.4
310
6Neil Lomax
N. Lomax
32
1981
14
119
236
50.4
1,575
6.7
112.5
4
10
59.9
1.7
4.2
286
7Bert Jones
B. Jones
31
1981
15
244
426
57.3
3,094
7.3
206.3
21
20
76.9
4.9
4.7
263
8Richard Todd
R. Todd
30
1981
16
279
497
56.1
3,231
6.5
201.9
25
13
81.8
5.0
2.6
224
9Danny White
D. White
30
1981
16
223
391
57.0
3,098
7.9
193.6
22
13
87.5
5.6
3.3
234
10Marc Wilson
M. Wilson
30
1981
13
173
366
47.3
2,311
6.3
177.8
14
19
58.9
3.8
5.2
241
11Ken Stabler
K. Stabler
29
1981
13
165
285
57.9
1,988
7.0
152.9
14
18
69.5
4.9
6.3
254
12Pat Haden
P. Haden
28
1981
13
138
267
51.7
1,815
6.8
139.6
9
13
64.4
3.4
4.9
227
13Joe Theismann
J. Theismann
28
1981
16
293
496
59.1
3,568
7.2
223.0
19
20
77.3
3.8
4.0
259
14Eric Hipple
E. Hipple
27
1981
16
140
279
50.2
2,358
8.5
147.4
14
15
73.4
5.0
5.4
208
15Joe Montana
J. Montana
26
1981
16
311
488
63.7
3,565
7.3
222.8
19
12
88.4
3.9
2.5
193
16Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
25
1981
16
300
479
62.6
3,754
7.8
234.6
29
10
98.4
6.1
2.1
140
17Matt Cavanaugh
M. Cavanaugh
24
1981
16
115
219
52.5
1,633
7.5
102.1
5
13
59.8
2.3
5.9
165
18David Woodley
D. Woodley
24
1981
15
191
366
52.2
2,470
6.7
164.7
12
13
69.8
3.3
3.6
191
19Jim Zorn
J. Zorn
24
1981
13
236
397
59.4
2,788
7.0
214.5
13
9
82.4
3.3
2.3
201
20Vince Evans
V. Evans
23
1981
16
195
436
44.7
2,354
5.4
147.1
11
20
51.1
2.5
4.6
173
21Jim Plunkett
J. Plunkett
22
1981
9
94
179
52.5
1,045
5.8
116.1
4
9
56.7
2.2
5.0
184
22Ron Jaworski
R. Jaworski
21
1981
16
250
461
54.2
3,095
6.7
193.4
23
20
73.8
5.0
4.3
197
23Archie Manning
A. Manning
21
1981
12
134
232
57.8
1,447
6.2
120.6
5
11
63.6
2.2
4.7
164
24Bill Kenney
B. Kenney
20
1981
13
147
274
53.6
1,983
7.2
152.5
9
16
63.6
3.3
5.8
160
25Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
19
1981
16
360
609
59.1
4,802
7.9
300.1
33
17
90.6
5.4
2.8
134
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