Today we have the 1981 Green Bay Packers Yearbook as our focus, which has a photo of Gerry Ellis and Eddie Lee Ivery on the cover celebrating a 25-13 victory over the Minnesota Vikings in Bloomington, MN on November 23, 1980. In the 1980 season, the Packers finished with a 8-8-0 record, good enough for third place in the NFC Central Division.
Quarterback Lynn Dickey was the starter for all but three games that year, with David Whitehurst starting the others. Dickey passed for 2,593 yards, 17 TD’s, and 15 INT’s. In the rushing department, Gerry Ellis was the leader, with 860 yards on 196 carries and 4 TD’s. James Lofton led the team in receptions, with 71 for 1,294 yards and 8 TD’s.
Some of the stories featured in the 1981 Yearbook were: “Packers Seek Consistency”... “Money and the Packers”... “You Have to Get Better Every Year — Gerry Ellis”... “No Kicking Surprises — Please!”... “Davis, Ringo Enter Canton”... “Lynn Dickey Stuck on Football”... “Campbell a Pure Passer”... “Bart Starr’s 25 Years in Green Bay”... “The Packers Won It All in Green Bay Twenty Years Ago”... “Dickey Breaks Seven Records”... “Mike Douglass: When I Get a Check, My Mom Gets a Check”... “The 1980 Season in Statistics”... “Lofton Silences Critics”... “Your 1981 Packers”... “Packer Schedule Difficult, Challenging”...
