1981 Dallas Cowboys Team Info
League | Coach | Record | Postseason Record | Division Standing | End of Season |
National Football League (NFL) | Tom Landry (12-4) | 12-4 | 2-1 | Finished 1st in the NFL’s National Football Conference East Division | Lost Conference Championship |
Roster
Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College |
Benny Barnes | DB | March 3, 1951 | 6’1′ | 190 | Stanford |
Larry Bethea | DT-DE | July 21, 1956 | 6’2′ | 251 | Michigan St. |
Bob Breunig | LB | July 4, 1953 | 6’2′ | 226 | Arizona St. |
Guy Brown | LB | June 1, 1955 | 6’4′ | 223 | Houston |
Glenn Carano | QB | November 18, 1955 | 6’3′ | 201 | UNLV |
Jim Cooper | T-C-G | September 28, 1955 | 6’5′ | 262 | Temple |
Doug Cosbie | TE | March 27, 1956 | 6’6′ | 236 | Holy Cross |
Anthony Dickerson | LB | June 9, 1957 | 6’2′ | 220 | SMU |
Doug Donley | WR | February 6, 1959 | 6’0′ | 175 | Ohio St. |
Pat Donovan | T | July 1, 1953 | 6’5′ | 253 | Stanford |
Tony Dorsett | RB | April 7, 1954 | 5’11’ | 192 | Pittsburgh |
Michael Downs | DB | June 9, 1959 | 6’3′ | 205 | Rice |
Billy DuPree | TE | March 7, 1950 | 6’4′ | 225 | Michigan St. |
John Dutton | DT-DE | February 6, 1951 | 6’6′ | 266 | Nebraska |
Ron Fellows | DB | November 7, 1958 | 6’0′ | 178 | Missouri |
Andy Frederick | T | July 25, 1954 | 6’6′ | 257 | New Mexico |
Mike Hegman | LB | January 17, 1953 | 6’1′ | 227 | Alabama A&M |
Tony Hill | WR | June 23, 1956 | 6’2′ | 199 | Stanford |
Gary Hogeboom | QB | August 21, 1958 | 6’4′ | 205 | Central Michigan |
Butch Johnson | WR | May 28, 1954 | 6’1′ | 187 | California-Riverside |
Too Jones | DE | February 23, 1951 | 6’9′ | 271 | Tennessee St. |
James Jones | RB | December 6, 1958 | 5’10’ | 200 | Mississippi St. |
Angelo King | LB | February 10, 1958 | 6’1′ | 224 | South Carolina St. |
D.D. Lewis | LB | October 16, 1945 | 6’1′ | 225 | Mississippi St. |
Harvey Martin | DE-DT | November 16, 1950 | 6’5′ | 260 | Texas A&M-Commerce |
Robert Newhouse | RB | January 9, 1950 | 5’10’ | 209 | Houston |
Timmy Newsome | RB | May 17, 1958 | 6’1′ | 232 | Winston-Salem St. |
Drew Pearson | WR | January 12, 1951 | 6’0′ | 184 | Tulsa |
Kurt Petersen | G | June 17, 1957 | 6’4′ | 264 | Missouri |
Tom Rafferty | C-G | August 2, 1954 | 6’3′ | 256 | Penn St. |
Howard Richards | G-T | August 7, 1959 | 6’6′ | 263 | Missouri |
Jay Saldi | TE-WR | October 8, 1954 | 6’3′ | 225 | South Carolina |
Herbert Scott | G-T | January 18, 1953 | 6’2′ | 254 | Virginia Union |
Rafael Septien | K | December 12, 1953 | 5’10’ | 176 | La-Lafayette |
Robert Shaw | C-G | October 15, 1956 | 6’4′ | 245 | Tennessee |
Don Smerek | DT-DE | December 20, 1957 | 6’7′ | 255 | Nevada-Reno |
Danny Spradlin | LB | March 3, 1959 | 6’1′ | 235 | Tennessee |
Ron Springs | RB | November 4, 1956 | 6’0′ | 213 | Ohio St. |
Bruce Thornton | DE-DT | February 14, 1958 | 6’5′ | 263 | Illinois |
Dennis Thurman | DB | April 13, 1956 | 5’11’ | 176 | USC |
Glen Titensor | G-C | February 21, 1958 | 6’4′ | 263 | UCLA |
Everson Walls | DB | December 28, 1959 | 6’1′ | 194 | Grambling St. |
Charlie Waters | DB | September 10, 1948 | 6’1′ | 193 | Clemson |
Randy White | DT-LB-DE | January 15, 1953 | 6’4′ | 257 | Maryland |
Danny White | QB-P | February 9, 1952 | 6’2′ | 193 | Arizona St. |
Steve Wilson | DB-WR | August 24, 1957 | 5’10’ | 195 | Howard |
Steve Wright | T-G-TE | April 8, 1959 | 6’6′ | 271 | Northern Iowa |