1981 West Texas State Buffaloes football team

The 1981 West Texas State Buffaloes football team was an American football team that represented West Texas State University (now known as West Texas A&M University) as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference during the 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their fifth year under head coach Bill Yung, the team compiled a 7–4 record (3–3 in the MVC).