1981 Dallas Cowboys roster and stats

1981 Dallas Cowboys: 12-4-0
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Home record: 8-0-0 (187 points scored, 114 allowed) Road record: 4-4-0 (180 points scored, 163 allowed) Head Coach: Tom Landry 367 points scored (6th of 28 teams), 277 points allowed (7th) NFL Averages: 20.7 points/game (330.8 points/team) Team stats and rankings: ---------------- PASSING ---------------- ----------- RUSHING ---------- --- TOTAL --- Cmp Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Int Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Yards (Rank) Turnovers Offense: 241 439 3,169 (15) 6.74 24 15 630 2,711 ( 2) 4.3 15 5,880 ( 5) 35 Defense: 236 511 3,370 (21) 6.09 17 37 468 2,049 (16) 4.4 16 5,419 (20) 53

Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 1 Rafael Septien K 16 5'9 171 27 5 Southwestern Louisiana 11 Danny White QB 16 6'2 192 29 6 Arizona State 14 Gary Hogeboom QB 1 6'4 200 23 2 Central Michigan 18 Glenn Carano QB 5 6'3 202 25 4 Nevada-Las Vegas 20 Ron Springs RB 16 6'1 210 24 3 Ohio State 23 James Jones RB 16 5'10 200 22 2 Mississippi State 24 Everson Walls DB 16 6'1 195 21 R Grambling 26 Michael Downs DB 15 6'3 195 22 R Rice 27 Ron Fellows DB 16 6'0 173 22 R Missouri 30 Timmy Newsome RB 15 6'1 227 23 2 Winston-Salem State 31 Benny Barnes DB 16 6'1 195 30 10 Stanford 32 Dennis Thurman DB 16 5'11 170 25 4 Southern California 33 Tony Dorsett RB 16 5'11 190 27 5 Pittsburgh 41 Charlie Waters DB 16 6'1 200 33 11 Clemson 44 Robert Newhouse RB 16 5'10 215 31 10 Houston 45 Steve Wilson DB 16 5'10 192 24 3 Howard 50 D.D. Lewis LB 16 6'2 215 36 13 Mississippi State 51 Anthony Dickerson LB 16 6'2 215 24 2 Southern Methodist 52 Robert Shaw C 3 6'4 245 25 3 Tennessee 53 Bob Breunig LB 16 6'2 225 28 7 Arizona State 54 Randy White DT 16 6'4 250 28 7 Maryland 55 Danny Spradlin LB 16 6'1 228 22 R Tennessee 57 Angelo King LB 15 6'1 220 23 R South Carolina State 58 Mike Hegman LB 11 6'1 225 28 6 Tennessee State 59 Guy Brown LB 16 6'4 228 26 5 Houston 60 Don Smerek DE 2 6'7 248 23 R Nevada-Reno 61 Jim Cooper OT 16 6'5 260 26 5 Temple 63 Glen Titensor OG 16 6'4 256 23 R Brigham Young 64 Tom Rafferty C 16 6'3 250 27 6 Penn State 65 Kurt Petersen OG 16 6'4 250 24 2 Missouri 67 Pat Donovan OT 16 6'4 250 28 7 Stanford 68 Herbert Scott OG 16 6'2 252 28 7 Virginia Union 70 Howard Richards OT 16 6'6 262 22 R Missouri 71 Andy Frederick OT 16 6'6 255 27 5 New Mexico 72 Too Tall Jones DE 16 6'9 270 30 7 Tennessee State 73 Steve Wright OT 16 6'5 245 22 R Northern Iowa 76 Larry Bethea DT 16 6'5 254 25 4 Michigan State 77 Bruce Thornton DE 12 6'5 265 23 3 Illinois 78 John Dutton DT 16 6'7 265 30 8 Nebraska 79 Harvey Martin DE 16 6'5 250 30 9 East Texas State 80 Tony Hill WR 16 6'2 198 25 5 Stanford 83 Doug Donley WR 11 6'0 174 22 R Ohio State 84 Doug Cosbie TE 16 6'6 230 25 3 Santa Clara 86 Butch Johnson WR 16 6'1 192 27 6 California-Riverside 87 Jay Saldi TE 15 6'3 227 27 6 South Carolina 88 Drew Pearson WR 16 6'0 183 30 9 Tulsa 89 Billy Joe DuPree TE 16 6'4 229 31 9 Michigan State

Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Danny White 391 223 57.0 3,098 7.92 13.9 22 5.6 13 3.3 30 234 87.5 Glenn Carano 45 16 35.6 235 5.22 14.7 1 2.2 1 2.2 1 11 51.6 Drew Pearson 2 2 100.0 81 40.50 40.5 1 50.0 0 0.0 0 0 158.3 Ron Springs 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0 0.0

Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Tony Hill              46    953   20.7    4
Ron Springs            46    359    7.8    2
Drew Pearson           38    614   16.2    3
Tony Dorsett           32    325   10.2    2
Butch Johnson          25    552   22.1    5
Billy Joe DuPree       19    214   11.3    2
Doug Cosbie            17    225   13.2    5
Jay Saldi               8     82   10.2    1
James Jones             6     37    6.2    0
Doug Donley             3     32   10.7    0
Robert Newhouse         1     21   21.0    0

Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Tony Dorsett          342  1,646    4.8    4
Ron Springs           172    625    3.6   10
James Jones            34    183    5.4    1
Danny White            38    104    2.7    0
Timmy Newsome          13     38    2.9    0
Doug Cosbie             4     33    8.2    0
Robert Newhouse        14     33    2.4    0
Drew Pearson            3     31   10.3    0
Billy Joe DuPree        1     12   12.0    0
Glenn Carano            8      9    1.1    0
Tony Hill               1     -3   -3.0    0

Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
James Jones            27    517   19.1    0
Timmy Newsome          12    228   19.0    0
Ron Fellows             8    170   21.2    0
Robert Newhouse         3     34   11.3    0
Steve Wilson            2     32   16.0    0
Doug Cosbie             1      0    0.0    0

Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
James Jones            33    188    5.7    2    0
Ron Fellows            11     44    4.0    1    0
Doug Donley             1      3    3.0    0    0
Dennis Thurman          0      0      ?    1    0
Steve Wilson            0      0      ?    1    0

Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Danny White 79 3,222 40.8 7 19 0 38 231 36.1 Rafael Septien 2 62 31.0 0 0 0 0 0 31.0 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Rafael Septien 1/1 11/11 8/9 7/12 0/2 27/35 40/40 121 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Benny Barnes 1.0 1 24 0 Larry Bethea 2.0 Bob Breunig 2 8 0 Guy Brown 1 28 0 Anthony Dickerson 4.0 Michael Downs 7 81 0 John Dutton 4.5 Too Tall Jones 9.5 D.D. Lewis 1.0 1 0 0 Harvey Martin 8.5 Dennis Thurman 9 187 0 Everson Walls 11 133 0 Charlie Waters 3.0 3 21 0 Randy White 8.5 Steve Wilson 2 0 0

1981 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 26 OT Howard Richards 69 Missouri 2 53 WR Doug Donley 43 Ohio State 3 81 DE Glen Titensor 92 Brigham Young 4 91 LB Scott Pelluer 65 Washington State [pick acquired from SF] 4 108 LB Derrie Nelson 48 Nebraska 5 137 LB Danny Spradlin 63 Tennessee 6 163 DB Vince Skillings Ohio State 7 173 DB Ron Fellows 112 Missouri [pick acquired from TB] 7 191 DB Ken Miller Eastern Michigan 8 218 LB Paul Piurowski Florida State 9 246 WR Mike Wilson 136 Washington State 10 273 DT Pat Graham California 11 302 OG Tim Morrison Georgia 12 329 WR Nate Lundy Indiana

Traded draft picks: none

Transactions:

08-18-1981	traded Wade Manning to Bills for Denver's #8 pick in the 1982 draft
08-25-1981	traded Bruce Huther to Browns for Cleveland's #6 pick in the 1982 draft
08-31-1981	traded Aaron Mitchell to Buccaneers for Tampa's #11 pick in the 1982 draft
09-01-1981	Saints claimed Scott Pelluer on waivers

Playoff Results:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result
01/02/82    vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers    W 38-0
01/10/82    at San Francisco 49ers     L 27-28

1981 Regular Season Game Log:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result        Record
09/06/81    at Washington Redskins     W 26-10       1-0-0
09/13/81    vs St. Louis Cardinals     W 30-17       2-0-0
09/21/81    at New England Patriots    W 35-21       3-0-0
09/27/81    vs New York Giants         W 18-10       4-0-0
10/04/81    at St. Louis Cardinals     L 17-20       4-1-0
10/11/81    at San Francisco 49ers     L 14-45       4-2-0
10/18/81    vs Los Angeles Rams        W 29-17       5-2-0
10/25/81    vs Miami Dolphins          W 28-27       6-2-0
11/01/81    at Philadelphia Eagles     W 17-14       7-2-0
11/09/81    vs Buffalo Bills           W 27-14       8-2-0
11/15/81    at Detroit Lions           L 24-27       8-3-0
11/22/81    vs Washington Redskins     W 24-10       9-3-0
11/26/81    vs Chicago Bears           W 10-9        10-3-0
12/06/81    at Baltimore Colts         W 37-13       11-3-0
12/13/81    vs Philadelphia Eagles     W 21-10       12-3-0
12/19/81    at New York Giants         L 10-13 (OT)  12-4-0

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