Saturday 19 September 1981 at Roker Park (Att 20,061)

Sunderland 0: Siddall, Hinnigan, Munro, Buckley, Clarke, Hindmarch, Elliott, McCoist, Ritchie, Powell, Pickering; Sub Dunn.
Wolves 0: Bradshaw, Humphrey, Parkin, Daniel, Gallagher, Berry, Hibbitt, Clarke, Bell, Matthews (Richards 84), Birch.

Referee: Mr D Allison (Lancaster).
Booked: Matthews 70.
Position: 22nd.