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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-21-086263
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	S-8
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		4
FILED AS OF DATE:		20210628
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20210628
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20210628

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			DAWSON GEOPHYSICAL CO
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000799165
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	OIL AND GAS FIELD EXPLORATION SERVICES [1382]
		IRS NUMBER:				742095844
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			TX
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		S-8
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-257475
		FILM NUMBER:		211053584

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		508 WEST WALL
		STREET 2:		SUITE 800
		CITY:			MIDLAND
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			79701
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4326843000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		508 WEST WALL
		STREET 2:		SUITE 800
		CITY:			MIDLAND
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			79701

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	TGC INDUSTRIES INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on June&nbsp;28, 2021.</B>&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 6.5in"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>UNITED STATES</B>&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>FORM&nbsp;S-8</B>&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT OF 1933</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>DAWSON GEOPHYSICAL COMPANY</B>&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 50%; text-align: center"><B>Texas</B></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 50%; text-align: center"><B>74-2095844</B></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">(State or other jurisdiction<BR>
of incorporation or organization)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
Identification Number)</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><B>508 West Wall, Suite&nbsp;800<BR>
Midland, Texas<BR>
</B>(Address of principal executive offices)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center"><B><BR>
79701<BR>
</B>(Zip Code)</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Amended and Restated
Dawson Geophysical Company 2016 Stock and Performance</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Incentive Plan</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Full title of the plan)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Stephen C. Jumper</B>&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Chairman of the Board, President and Chief
Executive Officer</B>&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Dawson Geophysical Company</B>&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>508 West Wall, Suite&nbsp;800</B>&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Midland, Texas 79701<BR>
(432) 684-3000<BR>
</B>(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">including area code, of agent for service)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><I>Copy to:</I>&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Grant Everett<BR>
</B>Baker Botts L.L.P.<BR>
2001 Ross Avenue, Suite&nbsp;900<B><BR>
</B>Dallas, Texas 75201-2980&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Telephone: (214) 953-6637</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated
filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions
of &ldquo;large accelerated filer,&rdquo; &ldquo;accelerated filer,&rdquo; &ldquo;smaller reporting company,&rdquo; and &ldquo;emerging
growth company&rdquo; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the Exchange Act.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 49%; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></FONT></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Non-accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#120;</FONT></FONT></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Smaller reporting company&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#120;</FONT></FONT></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Emerging growth company&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></FONT></FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant
has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant
to Section&nbsp;7(a)(2)(B)&nbsp;of the Securities Act.&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></P>

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Title&nbsp;of&nbsp;Securities&nbsp;to&nbsp;be<BR> Registered</TD><TD STYLE="border-top: Black 1.5pt double; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-top: Black 1.5pt double; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center"><P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">&nbsp;</P>
                                                                                <P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Amount&nbsp;to&nbsp;be<BR> Registered<BR> (1)(2)</P></TD><TD STYLE="border-top: Black 1.5pt double; white-space: nowrap; padding-bottom: 1pt; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="border-top: Black 1.5pt double; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-top: Black 1.5pt double; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center"><P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">&nbsp;</P>
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                                                                                                                                                                <P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Proposed&nbsp;Maximum<BR>
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                                                                                <P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Offering<BR> Price&nbsp;Per&nbsp;Share&nbsp;(3)</P></TD><TD STYLE="border-top: Black 1.5pt double; white-space: nowrap; padding-bottom: 1pt; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold"></TD><TD STYLE="border-top: Black 1.5pt double; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-top: Black 1.5pt double; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center"><P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">&nbsp;</P>
                                                                                <P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Proposed&nbsp;Maximum<BR> Aggregate Offering<BR> Price&nbsp;(3)</P></TD><TD STYLE="border-top: Black 1.5pt double; white-space: nowrap; padding-bottom: 1pt; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="border-top: Black 1.5pt double; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-top: Black 1.5pt double; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center"><P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">&nbsp;</P>
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                                                                                <P STYLE="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Amount&nbsp;of&nbsp;<BR> Registration&nbsp;Fee (4)</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 48%; text-align: center; padding-bottom: 1pt">Common Stock, <BR>par value $0.01 per share</TD><TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 2%; font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 1%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 10%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">1,000,000</TD><TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 1%; font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 1%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 10%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">2.68</TD><TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 1%; font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 1%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 10%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">2,680,000</TD><TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 1%; font-size: 10pt; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 1%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 10%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">292.39</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in"><B>(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</B>This Registration
Statement registers 1,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the &ldquo;Common Stock&rdquo;) of Dawson Geophysical
Company (the &ldquo;Registrant&rdquo;) issuable pursuant to the Registrant&rsquo;s Amended and Restated Dawson Geophysical Company 2016
Stock and Performance Incentive Plan as a result of the increase in shares reserved under such plan that was approved by the Registrant&rsquo;s
stockholders on June&nbsp;9, 2020. The Registrant may issue up to 2,050,000 shares of Common Stock under such plan in the aggregate.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in"><B>(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</B>In addition,
pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &ldquo;Securities Act&rdquo;), this Registration Statement
also covers any additional shares of Common Stock which become issuable because of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or
any other similar transaction effected without the receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of the outstanding
shares of Common Stock.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in"><B>(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</B>Estimated
solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rule&nbsp;457(c)&nbsp;and (h)&nbsp;under the Securities
Act based on the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock of the Registrant, as reported on The NASDAQ Global Select Stock
Market on June&nbsp;22, 2021.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in"><B>(4)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</B>Determined
in accordance with Section&nbsp;6(b)&nbsp;of the Securities Act at a rate equal to $109.10 per $1,000,000 of the Proposed Maximum Aggregate
Offering Price.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">On June&nbsp;9, 2020, the Registrant&rsquo;s stockholders
approved the Amended and Restated Dawson Geophysical Company 2016 Stock and Performance Incentive Plan (as amended and restated effective
April&nbsp;24, 2020, the &ldquo;Plan&rdquo;) to, among other things, (i)&nbsp;increase the number of shares available for issuance under
the Plan from an aggregate of 1,050,000 shares of Common Stock, which were previously authorized for issuance under the Plan, to an aggregate
of 2,050,000 shares of Common Stock and (ii)&nbsp;extend the term of the Plan until April&nbsp;24, 2030. The Plan was approved by the
Board of Directors of the Registrant on April&nbsp;24, 2020, subject to shareholder approval (which was received on June&nbsp;9, 2020).</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">This
Registration Statement (the &ldquo;Registration Statement&rdquo;) is being filed, in accordance with General Instruction E to Form&nbsp;S-8,
to register the issuance of an aggregate of up to 1,000,000 additional shares of Common Stock for issuance under the Plan. The Registrant
previously filed a Registration Statement on <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/799165/000110465916133061/a16-15032_1s8.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Form&nbsp;S-8 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &ldquo;Commission&rdquo;) on July&nbsp;18, 2016 (File No.&nbsp;333-212577)</A> covering
1,050,000 shares of Common Stock authorized for issuance under the Plan (the &ldquo;Prior Registration Statement&rdquo;). Except as supplemented
by the information set forth below, the contents of the Prior Registration Statement are incorporated herein by reference. Unless the
context otherwise requires, references in this Registration Statement to &ldquo;us&rdquo; or &ldquo;we&rdquo; are references to Dawson
Geophysical Company.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>PART&nbsp;II</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">We incorporate by reference the following documents
filed by us with the Commission:</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in; text-align: left">(1)</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: left">our <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/799165/000155837021003090/dwsn-20201231x10k.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2020</A>, filed on March&nbsp;16, 2021;</TD>
</TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">(2)</TD><TD>our <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/799165/000155837021007228/dwsn-20210331x10q.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarterly period ended March&nbsp;31, 2021</A>, filed on May&nbsp;14, 2021;</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">(3)</TD><TD>our Current Reports on Form&nbsp;8-K filed on <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/799165/000110465921029215/tm218123d1_8k.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">February&nbsp;26, 2021</A>, <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/799165/000110465921034715/tm219197d1_8k.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">March&nbsp;11, 2021</A>, <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/799165/000110465921046558/tm2112166d1_8k.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">April&nbsp;5, 2021</A>, <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/799165/000110465921048154/tm2112467d1_8k.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">April&nbsp;8, 2021</A>,
<A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/799165/000110465921060418/tm2114486d1_8k.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">May&nbsp;4, 2021</A>, <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/799165/000110465921065205/tm2116091d1_8k.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">May&nbsp;12, 2021</A> and <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/799165/000110465921065393/tm2116091d2_8k.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">May&nbsp;13, 2021</A> (in each case, excluding any information in any Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K
furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 or 7.01); and</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">(4)</TD><TD>the description of our Common Stock contained in the <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/799165/000104746914008916/a2222037zs-4.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-4 (File No.&nbsp;333-199922)</A> filed on November&nbsp;6, 2014, as amended, including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">All documents filed by us with the Commission pursuant
to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, and 15(d)&nbsp;of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the
filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement that indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or
that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall, except to the extent otherwise provided by Regulation S-K or any other rule&nbsp;promulgated
by the Commission, be deemed to be incorporated in this Registration Statement by reference and to be a part hereof from the date of filing
of such documents.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Any statement contained in this Registration Statement,
in an amendment hereto or in a document incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration
Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein, in any subsequently filed supplement to this Registration Statement or any
document that is also incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded
shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 8. Exhibits.</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">Description</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 10%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/799165/000155837021007228/dwsn-20210331xex10d1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">4.1</A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 3%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/799165/000155837021007228/dwsn-20210331xex10d1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">&mdash;</A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 87%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/799165/000155837021007228/dwsn-20210331xex10d1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Amended and Restated Dawson Geophysical Company 2016 Stock and Performance Incentive Plan, effective as of April&nbsp;24, 2020 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 to our Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarterly period ended March&nbsp;31, 2021, filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;14, 2021, File No.&nbsp;001-32472).</A></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"><A HREF="tm2120650d1_ex5-1.htm">5.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*</A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><A HREF="tm2120650d1_ex5-1.htm">&mdash;</A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"><A HREF="tm2120650d1_ex5-1.htm">Opinion of Baker Botts L.L.P.</A></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"><A HREF="tm2120650d1_ex23-1.htm">23.1&nbsp;&nbsp;*</A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><A HREF="tm2120650d1_ex23-1.htm">&mdash;</A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"><A HREF="tm2120650d1_ex23-1.htm">Consent of RSM US LLP.</A></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"><A HREF="tm2120650d1_ex5-1.htm">23.2&nbsp;&nbsp;*</A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><A HREF="tm2120650d1_ex5-1.htm">&mdash;</A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"><A HREF="tm2120650d1_ex5-1.htm">Consent of Baker Botts L.L.P. (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</A></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"><A HREF="#a_001">24.1&nbsp;&nbsp;*</A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><A HREF="#a_001">&mdash;</A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"><A HREF="#a_001">Power of Attorney (included on the signature page&nbsp;to this Registration Statement).</A></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SIGNATURES</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing this Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Midland, State of Texas, on this 28th day of June, 2021.</P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="2">DAWSON GEOPHYSICAL COMPANY</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 50%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 47%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>By:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Stephen C. Jumper</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Stephen C. Jumper</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><I>Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer</I></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><I>(Principal Executive Officer)</I></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><A NAME="a_001"></A>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Each person whose signature appears below hereby
constitutes and appoints Stephen C. Jumper and James K. Brata, and each or any of them, any of whom may act without the joinder of the
other, as his lawful&nbsp;attorneys-in-fact&nbsp;and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution for him in any and all
capacities, to sign this Registration Statement and any and all amendments (including&nbsp;pre-effective&nbsp;and post-effective amendments)
to this Registration Statement, and to file such registration statement and all such amendments or supplements, with all exhibits thereto,
and other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto said&nbsp;attorneys-in-fact&nbsp;and agents full power
and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary in connection with such matters and hereby ratifying
and confirming all that such&nbsp;attorneys-in-fact&nbsp;and agents or his or her substitutes may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</P>

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<P STYLE="text-align: left; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date
indicated.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 2%; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 48%; text-align: center"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 24%; text-align: center"><B>Date</B></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">/s/ Stephen C. Jumper</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">Chairman of the Board, President and Chief <BR>
Executive Officer</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">June&nbsp;28, 2021</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">Stephen C. Jumper</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">(Principal Executive Officer)&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center">/s/ James K. Brata</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, <BR>
Secretary, and Treasurer</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">June&nbsp;28, 2021</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">James K. Brata</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; vertical-align: top; text-align: center">/s/ Craig W. Cooper</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">Director</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">June&nbsp;28, 2021</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">Craig W. Cooper</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; vertical-align: top; text-align: center">/s/ Michael L. Klofas</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">Director</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">June&nbsp;28, 2021</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">Michael L. Klofas</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; vertical-align: top; text-align: center">/s/ Ted R. North</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">Director</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">June&nbsp;28, 2021</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">Ted R. North</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; vertical-align: top; text-align: center">/s/ Mark A. Vander Ploeg</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">Director</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">June&nbsp;28, 2021</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">Mark A. Vander Ploeg</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">June&nbsp;28, 2021</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Dawson Geophysical Company<BR>
508 West Wall, Suite&nbsp;800<BR>
Midland, Texas 79701</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Ladies and Gentlemen:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">We have acted as counsel to Dawson Geophysical
Company, a Texas corporation (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;), with respect to certain legal matters in connection with the Registration Statement
on Form&nbsp;S-8 (the &ldquo;Registration Statement&rdquo;) to be filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
 &ldquo;Commission&rdquo;) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &ldquo;Securities Act&rdquo;), relating to an aggregate of
up to 1,000,000 additional shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the &ldquo;Shares&rdquo;), that may be issued pursuant to
the Amended and Restated Dawson Geophysical Company 2016 Stock and Performance Incentive Plan (as amended and restated effective April&nbsp;24,
2020, the &ldquo;Plan&rdquo;). At your request, this opinion is being furnished to you for filing as Exhibit&nbsp;5.1 to the Registration
Statement.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">In our capacity as your counsel in the connection
referred to above and as a basis for the opinion hereinafter expressed, we have examined (i)&nbsp;the Company&rsquo;s Amended and Restated
Certificate of Formation and the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, in each case as amended to date, (ii)&nbsp;the Plan, (iii)&nbsp;originals,
or copies certified or otherwise identified, of corporate records of the Company, (iv)&nbsp;certificates of public officials and of representatives
of the Company and (v)&nbsp;statutes and other instruments or documents as we deemed necessary or advisable as a basis for the opinions
hereinafter expressed.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">In giving the opinion set forth below, we have
relied, without independent investigation or verification, to the extent we deemed appropriate, upon the certificates, statements or other
representations of officers or other representatives of the Company and public officials, with respect to the accuracy of the factual
matters contained in or covered by such certificates, statements or representations. In making our examination, we have assumed that all
signatures on all documents examined by us are genuine, that all documents submitted to us as originals are authentic and complete, the
conformity to the originals of all documents submitted to us as copies, that all documents submitted to us as copies are true and correct
copies of the originals thereof and that all information submitted to us was accurate and complete.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">On the basis of the foregoing, and subject to the
assumptions, qualifications, limitations and exceptions herein set forth, we are of the opinion that, when issued and delivered from time
to time in accordance with the provisions of the Plan, the Shares will have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on
the part of the Company; and upon issuance and delivery of such Shares from time to time pursuant to the terms of the Plan and otherwise
in accordance with the terms and conditions of an award granted pursuant to the Plan, and, in the case of stock options, the exercise
thereof and payment for such Shares as provided therein, such Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The opinion set forth above is limited to the original
issuance of the Shares by the Company and does not cover Shares delivered by the Company following the reacquisition of the same by the
Company.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The opinion set forth above is limited in all respects
to the laws of the State of Texas as in effect on the date hereof, and no opinion is expressed herein as to matters governed by the law
of any other jurisdiction.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion
as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. In giving such consent, we do not admit that we are within the category of persons whose
consent is required under Section&nbsp;7 of the Securities Act or the rules&nbsp;and regulations of the Commission thereunder.</P>

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<P STYLE="text-align: right; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 5.5in"><B>Exhibit&nbsp;23.1</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement
on Form&nbsp;S-8 of Dawson Geophysical Company of our report dated March&nbsp;16, 2021, relating to the consolidated financial statements
of Dawson Geophysical Company, appearing in the Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K of Dawson Geophysical Company for the year ended December&nbsp;31,
2020, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.</P>

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<TD>Houston, Texas</TD>
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