THE COWBOYS GALLERY
PICTURES, BIOS AND STATS OF OUR FAVORITE COWBOY HEROS		 THE HISTORY ARCHIVES
 ANNUAL ROSTERS, STATS, SCHEDULES, SCORES AND DRAFTS
THE  LEGENDS THE  ALL-PROS THE  COWBOYS 1960's 1970's 1980's 1990's 2000's
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

Head Coach : Tom Landry 1981 Home : Texas Stadium, Irving, TX.

1981 Team Roster
31 Benny Barnes DB
76 Larry Bethea DE
53 Bob Breunig LB
59 Guy Brown LB
18 Glenn Carano QB
61 Jim Cooper T
84 Doug Cosbie TE
51 Anthony Dickerson LB
83 Doug Donley WR
67 Pat Donovan AP PB T
33 Tony Dorsett AP PB RB
26 Michael Downs DB
89 Billy Joe DuPree TE
78 John Dutton DE
27 Ron Fellows DB
71 Andy Frederick DT
56 Mike Hegman LB
80 Tony Hill WR
14 Gary Hogeboom QB
86 Butch Johnson WR
72 Ed 'Too Tall' Jones AP PB DE
23 James Jones RB
57 Angelo King LB
50 D.D. Lewis LB
79 Harvey Martin DE
44 Robert Newhouse HB
30 Timmy Newsome HB
88 Drew Pearson WR
65 Kurt Peterson DE
64 Tom Rafferty C
70 Howard Richards T
87 Jay Saldi TE
68 Herbert Scott AP PB G
1 Rafael Septien AP PB K
52 Robert Shaw C
60 Don Smerek DT
55 Danny Spradlin LB
20 Ron Springs FB
77 Bruce Thornton DT
32 Dennis Thurman AP DB
63 Glen Titensor DE
24 Everson Walls  PB DB
41 Charlie Waters DB
54 Randy White AP PB DT
11 Danny White AP QB/P
45 Steve Wilson DB
73 Steve Wright T
*starters - all pro - probowl

1981 Draft

1 Howard Richards T Missouri
2 Doug Donley WR Ohio State
3 Glen Titensor DE BYU
4 Scott Pelluer LB Washington State
4 Derrie Nelson LB Nebraska
5 Danny Spradlin LB Tennessee
6 Vince Skillings DB Ohio State
7 Ron Fellows DB Missouri
7 Ken Miller DB Eastern Michigan
8 Paul Plurowski LB Florida State
9 Mike Wilson WR Washington State
10 Pat Graham DT California
11 Tim Morrison G Georgia
12 Nate Lundy WR Indiana












1981 Schedule
Sept. 6 at Washington 26-10
Sept. 13 ST. LOUIS 30-17
Sept. 21 at New England 35-21
Sept. 27 NY GIANTS 18-10
Oct. 4 at St. Louis 20-17
Oct. 11 at San Francisco 45-14
Oct. 18 LA RAMS 29-17
Oct. 25 MIAMI 28-27
Nov. 1 at Philadelphia 17-14
Nov. 9 BUFFALO 27-14
Nov. 15 at Detroit 27-24
Nov. 22 WASHINGTON 24-10
Nov. 26 CHICAGO 10-9
Dec. 6 at Baltimore 37-13
Dec. 13 PHILADELPHIA 21-10
Dec. 19 at NY Giants 13-10ot
Jan. 2  NFC  Div. Playoff Game  TAMPA BAY 38-0
Jan. 10 NFC Championship Game at San Francisco 28-27

1981 NFC East Standings
DAL 12 4 0 .750
*PHI 10 6 0 .625
*NYG 9 7 0 .563
WAS 8 8 0 .500
StL 7 9 0 .438
*Wild Card

1981 Team Stats
Passing
Att Com % Yds Avg TD Int
DAL 439 241 54.9 3414 6.7 24 15
OPP 511 236 46.2 3717 6.1 17 37
Rushing Scoring
Att Yds Avg TD Pts PPG
DAL 630 2711 4.3 15 367 22.9
OPP 468 2049 4.4 16 277 17.3
[ LEAGUE LEADER ]

Kicking
  FG PAT Pts

Septien

 27/35 40/40 121
OPP 14/29 31/34 73

Kickoff Returns
  Att Yds Avg Lg TDs
J.Jones 27 517 19.1 33 0
Newsome 12 228 19.0 27 0
Fellows 8 170 21.3 31 0
Newhouse 3 34 10.4 12 0
Wilson 2 32 16.0 17 0
Cosbie 1 0 0.0 0 0
DAL 54 981 18.2 33 0
OPP 71 1508 21.2 65 0

Punting
  Att Yds Avg TB in20 Lg Bl Net
D.White 81 3284 40.8 7 19 60 0 36.0
Septien 2 62 31.0 0 0 33 0 31.0
DAL 83 3346 40.3 7 19 60 0 35.8
OPP 80 3289 41.1 7 17 57 0 36.4

Punt Returns
  Att FC Yds Avg Lg TDs
J.Jones 33 2 188 5.7 17 0
Fellows 11 1 44 4.4 10 0
Donley 1 0 3 3.0 3 0
Thurman 0 1 0 0.0 0 0
Wilson 0 1 0 0.0 0 0
DAL 45 5 235 5.2 17 0
OPP 38 8 231 6.1 21 0
Passing
  Att Comp % Yds Avg TD Int Rtg
D.White 391 223 57.0 3098 7.92 22 13 87.5
Carano 45 16 35.5 235 5.22 1 1 51.6
Pearson 2 2 100.0 81 40.5 1 0 121.0
Springs 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 1 0.0
DAL 439 241 54.9 3414 7.78 24 15 84.4
OPP 511 236 46.2 3717 7.27 17 37 51.9

Rushing
  Att Yds Avg Lg TDs
Dorset 342 1646 4.8 75t 4
Springs 172 625 3.6 16 10
J.Jones 34 183 5.3 59t 1
D.White 38 104 2.7 17 0
Newsome 13 38 2.9 7 0
Newhouse 14 33 2.3 6 0
Cosbie 4 33 8.3 15 0
Pearson 3 31 10.3 25 0
DuPree 1 12 12.0 12 0
Cararo 8 9 1.1 11 0
Hill 1 3 3.0 3 0
DAL 630 2711 4.3 75t 15
OPP 468 2049 4.4 38t 16

Receiving
  Rec Yds Avg Lg TDs
Hill 46 953 20.7 63t 4
Springs 46 359 7.8 32t 2
Pearson 38 614 16.2 42t 3
Dorsett 32 325 10.2 73t 2
Johnson 25 552 22.1 55 5
DuPree 19 214 11.3 33t 2
Cosbie 17 225 13.2 28t 5
Saldi 8 82 10.2 14t 1
J.Jones 6 37 6.2 16 0
Donley 3 32 10.7 17 0
Newhouse 1 21 21.0 21 0
DAL 241 3414 14.2 73t 24
OPP 236 3717 15.8 81t 17

Interceptions
  Int Yds Avg Lg TDs
Walls 11 133 12.1 33 0
Thurman 9 187 20.8 96 0
Downs 7 81 11.6 21 0
Waters 3 21 7.0 21 0
Breunig 2 8 4.0 8 0
Wilson 2 0 0.0 0 0
Brown 1 28 28.0 28 0
Barnes 1 24 24.0 24 0
Lewis 1 0 0.0 0 0
DAL 37 482 13.0 96 0
OPP 15 124 8.3 41 0