1981 Dallas Cowboys (NFL) |
1st place National Football Conference Eastern Division 12-4-0 .750 |
Playoff Statistics |
Head Coach: Tom Landry |
Ermal Allen | Special Assistant-Research and Development |
Mike Ditka | Special Teams/Tight Ends |
Al Lavan | Running Backs |
Jim Myers | Assistant Head Coach/Offensive Line |
Gene Stallings | Defensive Backs |
Ernie Stautner | Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Line |
Jerry Tubbs | Linebackers |
Bob Ward | Conditioning |
SCORES | |||||||||
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Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
Sat | 8/8/1981 | H | Green Bay Packers | 17-21 | L | Irving, TX | Texas Stadium | 55987 | |
Sat | 8/15/1981 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 21-33 | L | Anaheim, CA | Anaheim Stadium | 61459 | |
Sat | 8/22/1981 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 24-14 | W | Irving, TX | Texas Stadium | 63504 | |
Sat | 8/29/1981 | H | Houston Oilers | 28-20 | W | Irving, TX | Texas Stadium | 63799 | |
Sun | 9/6/1981 | A | Washington Redskins | 26-10 | W | Washington, DC | RFK Stadium | 55045 | |
Sun | 9/13/1981 | H | St. Louis Cardinals | 30-17 | W | Irving, TX | Texas Stadium | 63602 | |
Mon | 9/21/1981 | A | New England Patriots | 35-21 | W | Foxborough, MA | Schaefer Stadium | 60311 | |
Sun | 9/27/1981 | H | New York Giants | 18-10 | W | Irving, TX | Texas Stadium | 63449 | |
Sun | 10/4/1981 | A | St. Louis Cardinals | 17-20 | L | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 49477 | |
Sun | 10/11/1981 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 14-45 | L | San Francisco, CA | Candlestick Park | 57574 | |
Sun | 10/18/1981 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 29-17 | W | Irving, TX | Texas Stadium | 64649 | |
Sun | 10/25/1981 | H | Miami Dolphins | 28-27 | W | Irving, TX | Texas Stadium | 64221 | |
Sun | 11/1/1981 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 17-14 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Veterans Stadium | 72111 | |
Mon | 11/9/1981 | H | Buffalo Bills | 27-14 | W | Irving, TX | Texas Stadium | 62583 | |
Sun | 11/15/1981 | A | Detroit Lions | 24-27 | L | Pontiac, MI | Pontiac Silverdome | 79694 | |
Sun | 11/22/1981 | H | Washington Redskins | 24-10 | W | Irving, TX | Texas Stadium | 64583 | |
Thu | 11/26/1981 | H | Chicago Bears | 10-9 | W | Irving, TX | Texas Stadium | 63499 | |
Sun | 12/6/1981 | A | Baltimore Colts | 37-13 | W | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 54871 | |
Sun | 12/13/1981 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 21-10 | W | Irving, TX | Texas Stadium | 64955 | |
Sat | 12/19/1981 | A | New York Giants | 10-13 | L | East Rutherford, NJ | Giants Stadium | 73009 | |
NFC Divisional Playoff | |||||||||
Sat | 1/2/1982 | H | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 38-0 | W | Irving, TX | Texas Stadium | 64848 | |
NFC Championship | |||||||||
Sun | 1/10/1982 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 27-28 | L | San Francisco, CA | Candlestick Park | 60525 |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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ROSTER | ||||||||
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No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
31 | Benny Barnes | FS | 6-1 | 190 | 30 | Contra Costa JC; Stanford | 16 | 1 |
76 | Larry Bethea | DT | 6-5 | 251 | 25 | Michigan State | 16 | 0 |
53 | Bob Breunig | MLB | 6-2 | 236 | 28 | Arizona State | 16 | 16 |
59 | Guy Brown | LLB | 6-4 | 223 | 26 | Houston | 16 | 6 |
18 | Glenn Carano | QB | 6-3 | 201 | 26 | Nevada-Las Vegas | 5 | 1 |
61 | Jim Cooper | ROT | 6-5 | 265 | 26 | Temple | 16 | 16 |
84 | Doug Cosbie | TE | 6-6 | 238 | 25 | Holy Cross; DeAnza JC; Santa Clara | 16 | 0 |
51 | Anthony Dickerson | LB | 6-2 | 222 | 24 | Trinity Valley CC; Southern Methodist | 16 | 0 |
83 | Doug Donley | WR | 6-0 | 180 | 22 | Ohio State | 11 | 0 |
67 | Pat Donovan | LOT | 6-5 | 260 | 28 | Stanford | 16 | 16 |
33 | Tony Dorsett | RB | 5-11 | 189 | 27 | Pittsburgh | 16 | 16 |
26 | Michael Downs | FS | 6-3 | 200 | 22 | Rice | 15 | 15 |
89 | Billy Joe DuPree | TE | 6-4 | 225 | 31 | Michigan State | 16 | 15 |
78 | John Dutton | LDT | 6-7 | 261 | 30 | Nebraska | 16 | 16 |
27 | Ron Fellows | CB | 6-0 | 173 | 23 | Butler CC; Missouri | 16 | 0 |
71 | Andy Frederick | OT | 6-6 | 265 | 27 | New Mexico | 16 | 0 |
58 | Mike Hegman | LLB | 6-1 | 227 | 28 | Alabama A&M; Tennessee State | 11 | 10 |
80 | Tony Hill | WR | 6-2 | 205 | 25 | Stanford | 16 | 9 |
14 | Gary Hogeboom | QB | 6-4 | 208 | 23 | Central Michigan | 1 | 0 |
86 | Butch Johnson | WR | 6-1 | 187 | 27 | UC Riverside | 16 | 7 |
72 | Ed Jones | LDE | 6-9 | 277 | 30 | Tennessee State | 16 | 16 |
23 | James Jones | RB | 5-10 | 203 | 23 | Mississippi State | 16 | 0 |
57 | Angelo King | LB | 6-1 | 222 | 23 | South Carolina State | 15 | 0 |
50 | D.D. Lewis | RLB | 6-2 | 218 | 36 | Mississippi State | 16 | 16 |
79 | Harvey Martin | RDE | 6-5 | 260 | 31 | Texas A&M-Commerce | 16 | 16 |
44 | Robert Newhouse | FB | 5-10 | 219 | 31 | Houston | 16 | 0 |
30 | Timmy Newsome | FB | 6-1 | 236 | 23 | Winston-Salem State | 15 | 0 |
88 | Drew Pearson | WR | 6-0 | 182 | 30 | Tulsa | 16 | 15 |
65 | Kurt Petersen | ROG | 6-4 | 270 | 24 | Missouri | 16 | 14 |
64 | Tom Rafferty | C-ROG | 6-3 | 262 | 27 | Penn State | 16 | 15 |
70 | Howard Richards | OT | 6-6 | 265 | 22 | Missouri | 16 | 0 |
87 | Jay Saldi | TE | 6-3 | 227 | 27 | South Carolina | 16 | 5 |
68 | Herbert Scott | LOG | 6-2 | 260 | 28 | Virginia Union | 16 | 16 |
1 | Rafael Septien | K | 5-9 | 171 | 28 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 16 | 0 |
52 | Robert Shaw | C | 6-4 | 261 | 25 | Tennessee | 3 | 3 |
60 | Don Smerek | DE | 6-7 | 256 | 24 | Nevada-Reno | 2 | 0 |
55 | Danny Spradlin | LB | 6-1 | 238 | 22 | Tennessee | 16 | 0 |
20 | Ron Springs | FB | 6-1 | 224 | 25 | Coffeyville CC; Ohio State | 16 | 13 |
77 | Bruce Thornton | D | 6-5 | 265 | 23 | Illinois | 12 | 0 |
32 | Dennis Thurman | RCB | 5-11 | 178 | 25 | Southern California | 16 | 16 |
63 | Glen Titensor | OG | 6-4 | 270 | 23 | UCLA; Brigham Young | 16 | 0 |
24 | Everson Walls | LCB | 6-1 | 193 | 22 | Grambling State | 16 | 12 |
41 | Charlie Waters | SS | 6-2 | 200 | 33 | Clemson | 16 | 16 |
11 | Danny White | QB-P | 6-3 | 195 | 29 | Arizona State | 16 | 15 |
54 | Randy White | RDT | 6-4 | 260 | 28 | Maryland | 16 | 16 |
45 | Steve Wilson | LCB | 5-10 | 195 | 24 | Howard | 16 | 4 |
73 | Steve Wright | OT | 6-6 | 273 | 22 | Northern Iowa | 16 | 0 |
DRAFT LIST | ||||
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Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
1 | 26 | Howard Richards | T | Missouri |
2 | 53 | Doug Donley | WR | Ohio State |
3 | 81 | Glen Titensor | DE | Brigham Young |
4 | 91 | Scott Pelluer | LB | Washington State |
4 | 108 | Derrie Nelson | LB | Nebraska |
5 | 137 | Danny Spradlin | LB | Tennessee |
6 | 163 | Vince Skillings | DB | Ohio State |
7 | 173 | Ron Fellows | DB | Missouri |
7 | 191 | Ken Miller | DB | Eastern Michigan |
8 | 218 | Paul Piurowski | LB | Florida State |
9 | 246 | Mike Wilson | WR | Washington State |
10 | 273 | Pat Graham | DT | California |
11 | 302 | Tim Morrison | G | Georgia |
12 | 329 | Nate Lundy | WR | Indiana |
SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 91 | 115 | 57 | 104 | 0 |
Opponents Totals | 61 | 81 | 79 | 53 | 3 |
TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 32:08 | 321 | 137 | 158 | 26 | 99/244 40.6% | 5/11 45.5% | 103 | 839 |
Opponents Totals | 27:52 | 286 | 106 | 162 | 18 | 72/211 34.1% | 7/15 46.7% | 104 | 837 |
SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rafael Septien | 0 | 40 | 40 | 100.0 | 27 | 35 | 77.1 | 0 | 121 |
Ron Springs | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | ||
Tony Dorsett | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
Doug Cosbie | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
Butch Johnson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
Tony Hill | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
Drew Pearson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
Billy Joe DuPree | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Benny Barnes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
James Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Jay Saldi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
John Dutton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
Harvey Martin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
(Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
Team Totals | 40 | 40 | 40 | 100.0 | 27 | 35 | 77.1 | 3 | 367 |
Opponents Totals | 34 | 31 | 34 | 91.2 | 14 | 29 | 48.3 | 0 | 277 |
FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rafael Septien | 27 | 35 | 77.1 | 0 | 47 | 1/1 | 11/11 | 8/9 | 7/12 | 0/2 |
Team Totals | 27 | 35 | 77.1 | 0 | 47 | 1/1 | 11/11 | 8/9 | 7/12 | 0/2 |
Opponents Totals | 14 | 29 | 48.3 | 2/2 | 2/5 | 3/6 | 7/14 | 1/2 |
RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tony Dorsett | 342 | 1646 | 4.8 | 75t | 4 |
Ron Springs | 172 | 625 | 3.6 | 16 | 10 |
James Jones | 34 | 183 | 5.4 | 59t | 1 |
Danny White | 38 | 104 | 2.7 | 17 | 0 |
Timmy Newsome | 13 | 38 | 2.9 | 7 | 0 |
Doug Cosbie | 4 | 33 | 8.3 | 15 | 0 |
Robert Newhouse | 14 | 33 | 2.4 | 6 | 0 |
Drew Pearson | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 25 | 0 |
Billy Joe DuPree | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
Glenn Carano | 8 | 9 | 1.1 | 11 | 0 |
Tony Hill | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
Team Totals | 630 | 2711 | 4.3 | 75t | 15 |
Opponents Totals | 468 | 2049 | 4.4 | 67t | 16 |
PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Danny White | 391 | 223 | 57.0 | 155 | 3098 | 7.9 | 13.9 | 73t | 22 | 5.6 | 13 | 3.3 | 30 | 234 | 2864 | 87.5 |
Glenn Carano | 45 | 16 | 35.6 | 28 | 235 | 5.2 | 14.7 | 55 | 1 | 2.2 | 1 | 2.2 | 1 | 11 | 224 | 51.6 |
Drew Pearson | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 81 | 40.5 | 40.5 | 59 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 81 | 158.3 |
Ron Springs | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
Team Totals | 439 | 241 | 54.9 | 183 | 3414 | 7.8 | 14.2 | 73t | 24 | 5.5 | 15 | 3.4 | 31 | 245 | 3169 | 84.2 |
Opponents Totals | 511 | 236 | 46.2 | 238 | 3717 | 7.3 | 15.8 | 85t | 17 | 3.3 | 37 | 7.2 | 42 | 347 | 3370 | 51.8 |
RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tony Hill | 46 | 953 | 20.7 | 63t | 4 |
Ron Springs | 46 | 359 | 7.8 | 32t | 2 |
Drew Pearson | 38 | 614 | 16.2 | 42t | 3 |
Tony Dorsett | 32 | 325 | 10.2 | 73t | 2 |
Butch Johnson | 25 | 552 | 22.1 | 55 | 5 |
Billy Joe DuPree | 19 | 214 | 11.3 | 33t | 2 |
Doug Cosbie | 17 | 225 | 13.2 | 28 | 5 |
Jay Saldi | 8 | 82 | 10.3 | 18 | 1 |
James Jones | 6 | 37 | 6.2 | 16 | 0 |
Doug Donley | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 17 | 0 |
Robert Newhouse | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
Team Totals | 241 | 3414 | 14.2 | 73t | 24 |
Opponents Totals | 236 | 3717 | 15.8 | 85t | 17 |
INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Everson Walls | 11 | 133 | 12.1 | 33 | 0 |
Dennis Thurman | 9 | 187 | 20.8 | 96 | 0 |
Michael Downs | 7 | 81 | 11.6 | 25 | 0 |
Charlie Waters | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 21 | 0 |
Bob Breunig | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 |
Steve Wilson | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Guy Brown | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
Benny Barnes | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
D.D. Lewis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 37 | 482 | 13.0 | 96 | 0 |
Opponents Totals | 15 | 124 | 8.3 | 41t | 1 |
PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Danny White | 79 | 3222 | 40.8 | 60 | 0 | 7 | 19 | 231 | 2851 | 36.1 |
Rafael Septien | 2 | 62 | 31.0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 31.0 |
Team Totals | 81 | 3284 | 40.5 | 60 | 0 | 7 | 19 | 231 | 2913 | 36.0 |
Opponents Totals | 80 | 3293 | 41.2 | 57 | 0 | 7 | 21 | 235 | 2918 | 36.5 |
PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
James Jones | 33 | 2 | 188 | 5.7 | 17 | 0 |
Ron Fellows | 11 | 1 | 44 | 4.0 | 10 | 0 |
Doug Donley | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
Dennis Thurman | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Steve Wilson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Team Totals | 45 | 5 | 235 | 5.2 | 17 | 0 |
Opponents Totals | 38 | 8 | 231 | 6.1 | 21 | 0 |
KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
James Jones | 27 | 0 | 517 | 19.1 | 33 | 0 |
Timmy Newsome | 12 | 0 | 228 | 19.0 | 27 | 0 |
Ron Fellows | 8 | 0 | 170 | 21.3 | 31 | 0 |
Robert Newhouse | 3 | 0 | 34 | 11.3 | 15 | 0 |
Steve Wilson | 2 | 0 | 32 | 16.0 | 17 | 0 |
Doug Cosbie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 53 | 0 | 981 | 18.5 | 33 | 0 |
Opponents Totals | 71 | 1508 | 21.2 | 65 | 0 |
SACKS | NO | YDS |
---|---|---|
Harvey Martin | 9.5 | |
Ed Jones | 8.5 | |
Randy White | 8.5 | |
John Dutton | 4.5 | |
Anthony Dickerson | 4.0 | |
Charlie Waters | 3.0 | |
Larry Bethea | 2.0 | |
D.D. Lewis | 1.0 | |
Benny Barnes | 1.0 | |
Team Totals | 42.0 | 347.0 |
Opponents Totals | 31.0 | 245.0 |
FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Benny Barnes | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 72 | 1 | |
Glenn Carano | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -6 | 0 | |
Doug Cosbie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Anthony Dickerson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Pat Donovan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Tony Dorsett | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Michael Downs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Tony Hill | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ed Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
James Jones | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Angelo King | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
D.D. Lewis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | |
Harvey Martin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Timmy Newsome | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Drew Pearson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Kurt Petersen | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
Tom Rafferty | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -30 | 0 | |
Jay Saldi | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Ron Springs | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 0 | |
Dennis Thurman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Glen Titensor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Everson Walls | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Charlie Waters | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Danny White | 14 | 8 | 0 | 8 | -34 | 0 | |
Steve Wilson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 45 | 23 | 22 | 16 | 38 | 14 | 1 |
Opponents Totals | 43 | 16 | 24 | 20 | 44 | 0 |
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