The Dallas Cowboys were 12-4 in 1981. They finished 1st in the NFC East and 2nd in the NFC. They fell to the San Francisco 49ers, 28 to 27, in the 1981 NFC Championship game.

1981 Stats

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GP PTS YDS PLY AVG RUSH YDS RUSH ATT RUSH AVG PASS YDS PASS ATT PASS AVG SCK SCKY 1DWN RUSH 1DWN PASS 1DWN PEN 1DWN PEN PEN YDS
Team
16
367
5,880
1,100
5.3
2,711
630
4.3
3,414
439
7.8
31
245
321
137
158
26
103
839
Team Rank
6th
5th
7th
8th
2nd
1st
4th
16th
26th
4th
11th
18th
8th
5th
17th
9th
14th
9th
Opponent
16
277
5,419
1,021
5.3
2,049
468
4.4
3,717
511
7.3
42
347
286
106
162
18
104
837
Opponent Rank
7th
20th
7th
25th
16th
6th
23rd
21st
18th
19th
8th
20th
6th
6th
15th
3rd
12th
19th
Net
+90
+461
+79
+0.0
+662
+162
-0.1
-303
-72
+0.5
-11
-102
+35
+31
-4
+8
-1
+2
Net Rank
4th
11th
4th
16th
4th
1st
17th
20th
26th
7th
6th
23rd
8th
4th
16th
7th
12th
13th

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NFL 2025 Division Standings

AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
4
1
0
.800
Patriots Patriots
4
2
0
.667
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
4
1
0
.800
Bengals Bengals
2
4
0
.333
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
5
1
0
.833
Jaguars Jaguars
4
2
0
.667
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
4
2
0
.667
Broncos Broncos
4
2
0
.667
NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
4
2
0
.667
Commanders Commanders
3
2
0
.600
NFC North W L T PCT
Packers Packers
3
1
1
.700
Lions Lions
4
2
0
.667
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
5
1
0
.833
Panthers Panthers
3
3
0
.500
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
4
2
0
.667
Seahawks Seahawks
4
2
0
.667

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
@
NE NE
20-13

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Mon
10/13
BUF BUF
@
ATL ATL
7:15 PM
Mon
10/13
CHI CHI
@
WAS WAS
8:15 PM
Thu
10/16
PIT PIT
@
CIN CIN
8:15 PM
Sun
10/19
LAR LAR
@
JAX JAX
9:30 AM
Sun
10/19
NE NE
@
TEN TEN
1:00 PM