1981 NFL season

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The 1981 NFL season was the National Football League campaign that culminated in the San Francisco 49ers’ first championship, highlighted by Joe Montana’s rise and the iconic NFC Championship “The Catch.”

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Predicate Object
instanceOf NFL season
sports season
AFCChampion Cincinnati Bengals
AFCChampionshipGame 1981 AFC Championship Game
champion San Francisco 49ers
championshipGame Super Bowl XVI
CoachOfTheYear Bill Walsh
DefensivePlayerOfTheYear Lawrence Taylor
DefensiveRookieOfTheYear Lawrence Taylor
finalGameCity Pontiac, Michigan
finalGameDate 1982-01-24
finalGameScore San Francisco 49ers 26–21 Cincinnati Bengals
finalGameVenue Pontiac Silverdome
linked to: Silverdome
introducedRuleChange revised pass interference enforcement (context of early 1980s rules)
league National Football League
MostValuablePlayer Ken Anderson
MVPOfFinalGame Joe Montana
nextSeason 1982 NFL season
NFCChampion San Francisco 49ers
NFCChampionshipGame 1981 NFC Championship Game
notablePlay The Catch
notableTeamImprovement San Francisco 49ers worst-to-first turnaround
numberOfRegularSeasonGamesPerTeam 16
numberOfTeams 28
OffensivePlayerOfTheYear Ken Anderson
OffensiveRookieOfTheYear George Rogers
playoffsEndDate 1982-01-24
playoffsStartDate 1982-01-03
previousSeason 1980 NFL season
ProBowlCity Honolulu, Hawaii
ProBowlDate 1982-02-07
ProBowlSite Aloha Stadium
regularSeasonEndDate 1981-12-21
regularSeasonStartDate 1981-09-06
runnerUp Cincinnati Bengals
seasonNumber 62
sport American football
SuperBowlAnnouncersUS John Madden
Pat Summerall
SuperBowlHalftimeShow Up with People
linked to: Up With People
SuperBowlHostTeam Detroit Lions
SuperBowlNetworkUS CBS
SuperBowlNumber XVI
TheCatchDate 1982-01-10
TheCatchGameType NFC Championship Game
linked to: NFC Championship
TheCatchQuarterback Joe Montana
TheCatchReceiver Dwight Clark
TheCatchTeams San Francisco 49ers vs. Dallas Cowboys
TheCatchVenue Candlestick Park

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Super Bowl XVI seasonOfLeague 1981 NFL season
Joe Delaney seasonPlayed 1981 NFL season