Record: 9 - 7 (pythagorean: 9 - 7, .597)
Coaching: Ray Perkins 9 - 7 (playoffs:1 - 1)
1981 Pro Bowl Players: LB - Harry Carson LB - Lawrence Taylor
| Round - Pick (Overall Pick) 1-2 (2) - Lawrence Taylor, North Carolina, LB 2-4 (32) - Dave Young, Purdue, TE 3-3 (59) - John Mistler, Arizona State, WR 4-2 (85) - Clifford Chatman, Central State (OK), RB 5-4 (115) - Bill Neill, Pittsburgh, DT 6-7 (145) - Mel Hoover, Arizona State, WR 6-27 (165) - Edward O'Neal, Tuskegee, RB 7-2 (168) - Louis Jackson, Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo, RB 8-4 (197) - John Powers, Michigan, G 8-14 (207) - Mark Reed, Morehead State, QB 8-28 (221) - Bill Ard, Wake Forest, G 9-3 (224) - Byron Hunt, Southern Methodist, LB 10-2 (250) - Mike Barker, Grambling, DT 12-3 (307) - Mike Maher, Western Illinois, TE
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