1981 Weber State Wildcats football team

The 1981 Weber State Wildcats football team represented Weber State College—now known as Weber State University—as a member of the Big Sky Conference during the 1981 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by first-year head coach Mike Price, the Wildcats compiled an overall record of 7–4 with a mark of 4–3 in conference play, tying for fourth place in the Big Sky. Weber State played home games at Wildcat Stadium in Ogden, Utah.

1981 Weber State Wildcats football
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Record	7–4 (4–3 Big Sky)
Head coach	Mike Price (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Dave Campo (1st season)
Home stadium	Wildcat Stadium

1981 Big Sky Conference football standings

	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 2 Idaho State $^	6	–	1	–	0			12	–	1	–	0
No. 5 Boise State ^	6	–	1	–	0			10	–	3	–	0
Montana	5	–	2	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Nevada	4	–	3	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Weber State	4	–	3	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Northern Arizona	2	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Montana State	1	–	6	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Idaho	0	–	7	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Committee poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 12	7:30 p.m.	Idaho	Wildcat Stadium Ogden, UT	W 42–21	15,900
September 19		at Utah State*	Romney Stadium Logan, UT	L 18–31	17,132
September 26		Portland State	Wildcat Stadium Ogden, UT	W 31–16	16,841
October 3		at No. 7 Montana State	Reno H. Sales Stadium Bozeman, MT	W 28–20
October 10		Puget Sound*	Wildcat Stadium Ogden, UT	W 31–10	7,841
October 17		at Nevada	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV	L 14–28	10,254
October 24	1:30 p.m.	No. 4 Boise State	Wildcat Stadium Ogden, UT	L 19–33	12,306
October 31		Northern Arizona	Wildcat Stadium Ogden, UT	W 24–23 OT
November 7		Augustana (SD)*	Wildcat Stadium Ogden, UT	W 27–7
November 14		at No. 9 Montana	Dornblaser Field Missoula, MT	W 7–6	9,000
November 21		at No. 2 Idaho State	ASISU Minidome Pocatello, ID	L 30–33 3OT	13,444
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time

Roster

1981 Weber State Wildcats football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class RB 2 Mark Caskey Jr WR 4 Todd Boyer Fr QB 6 Rob Hause Fr QB 7 Milt Myers So QB 8 Tim Bernal So QB 9 Emanuel Crockett Fr WR 10 Gerald Bradley Jr RB 11 Scott Roth Jr WR 13 Steve Baggs So QB 16 Richard McKee Sr QB 17 Jeff Roeszler Jr RB 23 Kevin Matthews Jr RB 26 Rodney Brewer Jr RB 27 Freddie Cook Fr WR 28 Chris Kelly Jr RB 31 Dale Anderson Fr RB 34 Phil Swan So RB 35 Phil Varsek Fr WR 41 Eric Allen Sr WR 44 Terry Magee Jr WR 47 Ray McNeil So C 51 Greg Baptist Fr C 52 Greg Weigel Jr C 54 Bret Frodsham Jr C 59 Tom Brothers Jr C 60 Mike Stephens So G 61 Mark Masters Jr G 65 Lawrence Livingston Jr G 66 Dave Dansie Sr G 67 Jim Bobinsky So G 70 Mike Montgomery Jr OT 74 Greg Bolinger So OT 75 Sam Slater So G 76 Franklin John Fr OT 78 Bret Smith Sr OT 79 John Mitchell Jr TE 81 Steve Baty So WR, P 82 Curt Miller Sr TE 86 Scott Zellmer Jr TE 87 Phil Principe So TE 89 Norm Haney Fr	Defense Pos. # Name Class CB 1 John Fitzgerald Fr CB 3 Sammi Reeves Jr FS 5 Victor Fletcher Jr LB 12 Greg Davis Sr FS 14 Tim Hill Sr CB 15 Steve Alford Fr SS 24 Kris Jugler Jr CB 25 Darryl Harris So LB 33 Joe Jeppson Fr LB 36 Danny Rich Sr LB 37 Ray Williams Jr LB 38 Jeff Moore Sr LB 39 John Geyerman Fr LB 40 Baron Harrell Jr SS 42 Jim Arslanian Jr CB 43 Brian Schaffer So CB 45 Elbert Gray Sr LB 46 Kevin Kaczmarzewski So LB 48 Garth Fjellstrom Fr CB 49 Alfred Stone Fr DT 50 Curtis McGhan Sr LB 53 Kevin Flye Jr NG 55 John Kavanaugh Jr LB 56 Bob Casper Jr LB 57 Mike Nichter Jr LB 58 John Fullington Sr DT 62 Terrence Phillips Jr NG 63 Manase Tuatagaloa Jr LB 68 Shawn Moore Fr NG 69 Tim Cox Fr NG 71 Mike Morley Sr DT 77 Danny Stuber Sr DT 80 Bret Rahn Jr DT 88 Dave Goff So	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 19 Roger Ruzek Jr K 29 Bill Cullen Fr K 40 Dave Griffin Fr	Head coach Mike Price Coordinators/assistant coaches Mike Zimmer Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt