1981 Colorado State Rams football team

1981 Colorado State Rams football
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
Record	0–12 (0–8 WAC)
Head coach	Sark Arslanian (9th season, resigned) Chester Caddas (interim)
Home stadium	Hughes Stadium

1981 Western Athletic Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 13 BYU $	7	–	1	–	0			11	–	2	–	0
Hawaii	5	–	1	–	0			9	–	2	–	0
Utah	4	–	1	–	1			8	–	2	–	1
Wyoming	6	–	2	–	0			8	–	3	–	0
New Mexico	3	–	4	–	1			4	–	7	–	1
Air Force	2	–	3	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
San Diego State	3	–	5	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
UTEP	1	–	6	–	0			1	–	10	–	0
Colorado State	0	–	8	–	0			0	–	12	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1981 Colorado State Rams football team was an American football team that represented Colorado State University in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) during the 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team compiled a 0–12 record (0–8 against WAC opponents).

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 12	San Diego State	Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO	L 14–30	25,287
September 19	at Tennessee*	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN	L 0–42	93,972
September 26	at West Virginia*	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	L 3–49	48,716
October 3	at Air Force	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO (Ram–Falcon Trophy)	L 14–28
October 10	Mississippi State*	Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO	L 27–37
October 17	Utah	Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO	L 13–24	15,933
October 24	at UTEP	Sun Bowl El Paso, Texas	L 29–35
October 31	at Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY (rivalry)	L 21–55
November 7	BYU	Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO	L 14–63
November 14	New Mexico	Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO	L 16–28
November 21	at Arizona State*	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, Arizona	L 7–52
November 28	at Hawaii	Aloha Stadium Halawa, Hawaii	L 6–59
*Non-conference game