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1981 Dallas Cowboys Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 12-4-0, 1st in NFC East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Tom Landry (12-4-0)

Points For: 367 (22.9/g) 6th of 28

Points Against: 277 (17.3/g) 7th of 28

Expected W-L: 10.6-5.4

SRS: 6.10 (3rd of 28), SOS: .47

Playoffs:
Won Divisional Round 38-0 vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Lost Conference Championship 27-28 vs. San Francisco 49ers

Defensive Coordinator: Ernie Stautner

Other Notable Asst.: Mike Ditka (Special Teams/Receivers), John Mackovic (Quarterbacks), Jim Myers (Assistant Head Coach/OL) and Gene Stallings (Defensive Backs)

Stadium: Texas Stadium

Principal Owner: Clint Murchison Jr.

President/General Manager: Tex Schramm

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +500

Training Camp: California Lutheran College (Thousand Oaks, California)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	367	5880	1100	5.3	35	20	321	241	439	3169	24	15	6.7	158	630	2711	15	4.3	137	103	839	26
Opp. Stats	277	5419	1021	5.3	53	16	286	236	511	3370	17	37	6.1	162	468	2049	16	4.4	106	104	837	18
Lg Rank Offense	6	5			6	17	8		26	15	10	5	6		1	2	14	4
Lg Rank Defense	7	20			2	19	6		18	21	8	1	14		6	16	14	23

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 6	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0	@	Washington Redskins	26	10	20	346	140	206	1	20	324	280	44	6
2	Sun	September 13	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-0		St. Louis Cardinals	30	17	24	391	210	181	2	18	404	262	142	2
3	Mon	September 21	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-0	@	New England Patriots	35	21	22	455	218	237	1	16	333	225	108	7
4	Sun	September 27	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-0		New York Giants	18	10	16	317	193	124		16	343	258	85	3
5	Sun	October 4	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-1	@	St. Louis Cardinals	17	20	17	306	166	140	2	18	299	184	115	3
6	Sun	October 11	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-2	@	San Francisco 49ers	14	45	10	192	109	83	4	23	440	290	150	1
7	Sun	October 18	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-2		Los Angeles Rams	29	17	24	496	275	221	3	22	374	203	171	3
8	Sun	October 25	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-2		Miami Dolphins	28	27	23	466	327	139	2	25	529	381	148	5
9	Sun	November 1	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-2	@	Philadelphia Eagles	17	14	19	317	176	141	3	17	291	197	94	1
10	Mon	November 9	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-2		Buffalo Bills	27	14	21	398	202	196	3	18	365	310	55	5
11	Sun	November 15	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		8-3	@	Detroit Lions	24	27	19	323	225	98	2	23	429	231	198	3
12	Sun	November 22	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		9-3		Washington Redskins	24	10	27	470	212	258	2	17	256	131	125	1
13	Thu	November 26	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		10-3		Chicago Bears	10	9	11	273	178	95	3	15	272	43	229	3
14	Sun	December 6	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		11-3	@	Baltimore Colts	37	13	29	464	110	354	2	9	238	82	156	3
15	Sun	December 13	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		12-3		Philadelphia Eagles	21	10	23	412	264	148	2	14	225	135	90	5
16	Sat	December 19	12:30PM ET	boxscore	L	OT	12-4	@	New York Giants	10	13	16	254	164	90	3	15	297	158	139	2
		Playoffs
Division	Sat	January 2	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		13-4		Tampa Bay Buccaneers	38	0	26	345	133	212		12	222	148	74	4
Conf. Champ.	Sun	January 10	4:30PM ET	boxscore	L		13-5	@	San Francisco 49ers	27	28	16	250	135	115	3	26	393	266	127	6

Passing

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Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD
1	Danny White	29	QB	16	15	11-4-0	223	391	57.0	3098	22	5.6	13	3.3	73	7.9	7.55	13.9	193.6	87.5	30	234	7.13	6.80	6.46	2	2
2	Glenn Carano	26	QB	5	1	1-0-0	16	45	35.6	235	1	2.2	1	2.2	55	5.2	4.67	14.7	47.0	51.6	1	11	2.17	4.87	4.33	1	1
3	Drew Pearson	30	WR	16	15		2	2	100.0	81	1	50.0	0	0.0	59	40.5	50.50	40.5	5.1	158.3	0	0	0.00	40.50	50.50	0	0
4	Ron Springs	25	FB	16	13		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	100.0		0.0	-45.00		0.0	0.0	0	0	0.00	0.00	-45.00	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	12-4-0	241	439	54.9	3169	24	5.5	15	3.4	73	7.8	7.33	14.2	198.1	84.2	31	245	6.60	6.74	6.33	3	3

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Danny White	29	QB	2	2	1-1-0	31	50	62.0	316	3	6.0	1	2.0	31	6.3	6.62	10.2	158.0	91.7	5	48	9.09	4.87	5.15	0	0
	Team Totals			2	2	1-1-0	31	50	62.0	268	3	6.0	1	2.0	31	7.2	6.62	10.2	134.0	98.1	5	48	9.09	4.82	4.64	0	0

Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Tony Dorsett	27	RB	16	16	342	1646	4	75	4.8	102.9	21.4	32	325	10.2	2	73	2.0	20.3	374	5.3	1971	6	10	PB,AP-1,AP MVP-3,AP OPoY-2
2	Ron Springs	25	FB	16	13	172	625	10	16	3.6	39.1	10.8	46	359	7.8	2	32	2.9	22.4	218	4.5	984	12	3
3	Tony Hill	25	WR	16	9	1	-3	0	-3	-3.0	-0.2	0.1	46	953	20.7	4	63	2.9	59.6	47	20.2	950	4	1
4	Drew Pearson	30	WR	16	15	3	31	0	25	10.3	1.9	0.2	38	614	16.2	3	42	2.4	38.4	41	15.7	645	3	4
5	Butch Johnson	27	WR	16	7	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	25	552	22.1	5	55	1.6	34.5	25	22.1	552	5	0
6	Doug Cosbie	25	TE	16	0	4	33	0	15	8.3	2.1	0.3	17	225	13.2	5	28	1.1	14.1	21	12.3	258	5	1
7	Billy Joe DuPree	31	TE	16	15	1	12	0	12	12.0	0.8	0.1	19	214	11.3	2	33	1.2	13.4	20	11.3	226	2	0
8	James Jones	23	RB	16	0	34	183	1	59	5.4	11.4	2.1	6	37	6.2	0	16	0.4	2.3	40	5.5	220	1	4
9	Danny White	29	QB	16	15	38	104	0	17	2.7	6.5	2.4	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	38	2.7	104	0	14
10	Jay Saldi	27	TE	16	5	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	8	82	10.3	1	18	0.5	5.1	8	10.3	82	1	0
11	Robert Newhouse	31	RB	16	0	14	33	0	6	2.4	2.1	0.9	1	21	21.0	0	21	0.1	1.3	15	3.6	54	0	0
12	Timmy Newsome	23	RB	15	0	13	38	0	7	2.9	2.5	0.9	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	13	2.9	38	0	1
13	Doug Donley	22	WR	11	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	3	32	10.7	0	17	0.3	2.9	3	10.7	32	0	0
14	Glenn Carano	26	QB	5	1	8	9	0	11	1.1	1.8	1.6	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	8	1.1	9	0	3
	Team Totals			16	16	630	2711	15	75	4.3	169.4	39.4	241	3414	14.2	24	73	15.1	213.4	871	7.0	6125	39	41

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Tony Dorsett	27	RB	2	2	38	177	2	26	4.7	88.5	19.0	4	48	12.0	0	25	2.0	24.0	42	5.4	225	2	0
2	Ron Springs	25	FB	2	2	20	80	1	10	4.0	40.0	10.0	3	13	4.3	0	12	1.5	6.5	23	4.0	93	1	0
3	James Jones	23	RB	2	0	13	46	1	9	3.5	23.0	6.5	5	32	6.4	0	11	2.5	16.0	18	4.3	78	1	2
4	Tony Hill	25	WR	2	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	4	61	15.3	2	26	2.0	30.5	4	15.3	61	2	0
5	Drew Pearson	30	WR	2	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	3	52	17.3	0	31	1.5	26.0	3	17.3	52	0	0
6	Billy Joe DuPree	31	TE	2	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	6	37	6.2	0	13	3.0	18.5	6	6.2	37	0	0
7	Doug Cosbie	25	TE	2	0	1	0	0		0.0	0.0	0.5	2	26	13.0	1	21	1.0	13.0	3	8.7	26	1	0
8	Robert Newhouse	31	RB	1	0	4	23	0	13	5.8	23.0	4.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	4	5.8	23	0	0
9	Butch Johnson	27	WR	1	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	20	20.0	0	20	1.0	20.0	1	20.0	20	0	0
10	Doug Donley	22	WR	2	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	18	9.0	0	14	1.0	9.0	2	9.0	18	0	0
11	Jay Saldi	27	TE	1	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	9	9.0	0	9	1.0	9.0	1	9.0	9	0	0
12	Timmy Newsome	23	RB	1	0	1	1	1	1	1.0	1.0	1.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	1.0	1	1	0
13	Danny White	29	QB	1	1	1	0	0		0.0	0.0	1.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	0.0	0	0	2
	Team Totals			2	2	78	327	5	26	4.2	163.5	39.0	31	316	10.2	3	31	15.5	158.0	109	5.9	643	8	4

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Defense & Fumbles

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Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Bob Breunig	28	MLB	16	16	2	8	0	8	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
2	Pat Donovan	28	LT	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-2
3	Tony Dorsett	27	RB	16	16	0	0	0	0	10	2	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1,AP MVP-3,AP OPoY-2
4	John Dutton	30	LDT	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.5	1
5	Too Tall Jones	30	LDE	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	9.5	0	PB,AP-2,AP DPoY-8
6	D.D. Lewis	36	RLB	16	16	1	0	0	0	1	0	-2	0	1.0	0
7	Harvey Martin	31	RDE	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	8.5	1
8	Dennis Thurman	25	RCB	16	16	9	187	0	96	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
9	Charlie Waters	33	SS	16	16	3	21	0	21	0	1	0	0	3.0	0
10	Randy White	28	RDT	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.5	0	PB,AP-1,AP DPoY-3
11	Michael Downs	22	FS	15	15	7	81	0	25	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
12	Drew Pearson	30	WR	16	15	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0.0	0
13	Tom Rafferty	27	C	16	15	0	0	0	0	2	1	-30	0	0.0	0
14	Danny White	29	QB	16	15	0	0	0	0	14	8	-34	0	0.0	0
15	Kurt Petersen	24	RG	16	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0.0	0
16	Ron Springs	25	FB	16	13	0	0	0	0	3	4	11	0	0.0	0
17	Everson Walls	22	LCB	16	12	11	133	0	33	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB
18	Tony Hill	25	WR	16	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
19	Guy Brown	26	LLB	16	5	1	28	0	28	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
20	Jay Saldi	27	TE	16	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
21	Steve Wilson	24	CB	16	4	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
22	Benny Barnes	30	DB	16	1	1	24	0	24	1	2	72	1	1.0	0
23	Glenn Carano	26	QB	5	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	-6	0	0.0	0
24	Larry Bethea	25	DT	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0
25	Doug Cosbie	25	TE	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
26	Anthony Dickerson	24	LB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.0	0
27	James Jones	23	RB	16	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0.0	0
28	Angelo King	23	LB	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
29	Timmy Newsome	23	RB	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
30	Glen Titensor	23	G	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	37	482	0	96	45	38	14	1	42.0	2

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	PD	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Sfty	Awards
1	Mike Hegman	28	LLB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.5	0	0
2	Too Tall Jones	30	LDE	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0
3	Harvey Martin	31	RDE	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	0	0
4	Randy White	28	RDT	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0
5	Larry Bethea	25	DT	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	0	0
6	Michael Downs	22	FS	1	1	1	21	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
7	D.D. Lewis	36	RLB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0	0
8	Dennis Thurman	25	RCB	1	1	2	50	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
9	Everson Walls	22	LCB	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
10	Danny White	29	QB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
11	James Jones	23	RB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
	Team Totals			2	2	7	71	0	31	0	4	5	0	0	7.0	0	0