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 |
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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