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Don Shula

Donald Francis Shula

Position: DB
Height: 5-11    Weight: 190 lbs.
Born: January 4, 1930 in Grand River, OH
College: John Carroll

Inducted into Hall of Fame in 1997

Drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the 9th round (110th overall) of the 1951 Draft

Playing Record

Coaching Results

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Year Age Tm Lg G W L T W-L% G plyf W plyf L plyf W-L% Rank Notes
1963 33 Baltimore Colts NFL 14 8 6 0 .571 3
1964 34 Baltimore Colts NFL 14 12 2 0 .857 1 0 1 .000 1
1965 35 Baltimore Colts NFL 14 10 3 1 .769 1 0 1 .000 1
1966 36 Baltimore Colts NFL 14 9 5 0 .643 2
1967 37 Baltimore Colts NFL 14 11 1 2 .917 1
1968 38 Baltimore Colts NFL 14 13 1 0 .929 3 2 1 .667 1 NFL Champions
1969 39 Baltimore Colts NFL 14 8 5 1 .615 2
1970 40 Miami Dolphins NFL 14 10 4 0 .714 1 0 1 .000 2
1971 41 Miami Dolphins NFL 14 10 3 1 .769 3 2 1 .667 1 AFC Champions
1972 42 Miami Dolphins NFL 14 14 0 0 1.000 3 3 0 1.000 1 Super Bowl Champions
1973 43 Miami Dolphins NFL 14 12 2 0 .857 3 3 0 1.000 1 Super Bowl Champions
1974 44 Miami Dolphins NFL 14 11 3 0 .786 1 0 1 .000 1
1975 45 Miami Dolphins NFL 14 10 4 0 .714 1
1976 46 Miami Dolphins NFL 14 6 8 0 .429 3
1977 47 Miami Dolphins NFL 14 10 4 0 .714 1
1978 48 Miami Dolphins NFL 16 11 5 0 .688 1 0 1 .000 1
1979 49 Miami Dolphins NFL 16 10 6 0 .625 1 0 1 .000 1
1980 50 Miami Dolphins NFL 16 8 8 0 .500 3
1981 51 Miami Dolphins NFL 16 11 4 1 .733 1 0 1 .000 1
1982 52 Miami Dolphins NFL 9 7 2 0 .778 4 3 1 .750 1 AFC Champions
1983 53 Miami Dolphins NFL 16 12 4 0 .750 1 0 1 .000 1
1984 54 Miami Dolphins NFL 16 14 2 0 .875 3 2 1 .667 1 AFC Champions
1985 55 Miami Dolphins NFL 16 12 4 0 .750 2 1 1 .500 1
1986 56 Miami Dolphins NFL 16 8 8 0 .500 3
1987 57 Miami Dolphins NFL 15 8 7 0 .533 2
1988 58 Miami Dolphins NFL 16 6 10 0 .375 5
1989 59 Miami Dolphins NFL 16 8 8 0 .500 2
1990 60 Miami Dolphins NFL 16 12 4 0 .750 2 1 1 .500 2
1991 61 Miami Dolphins NFL 16 8 8 0 .500 2
1992 62 Miami Dolphins NFL 16 11 5 0 .688 2 1 1 .500 1
1993 63 Miami Dolphins NFL 16 9 7 0 .563 2
1994 64 Miami Dolphins NFL 16 10 6 0 .625 2 1 1 .500 1
1995 65 Miami Dolphins NFL 16 9 7 0 .563 1 0 1 .000 2
33 yrs 490 328 156 6 .678 36 19 17 .528 1.6 Avg Finish
26 yrs MIA 392 257 133 2 .659 31 17 14 .548 1.7
7 yrs IND 98 71 23 4 .755 5 2 3 .400 1.6

Games over .500: 172
Super Bowl Wins: 2
Overall Championships: 2
Conference Championships: 6
Division Championships: 19

Team's Ranks

Glossary · CSV · PRE · Team Ranks in various categories, Lower ALWAYS indicates better performance.
Overall Offense Rushing Off Passing Off Defense Rushing Def Passing Def
Year Tm Tms WL% T/G Pts± Yds± Yds Pts GvA Att Yds TD Y/A FL Att Yds TD Int NY/A Yds Pts TkA Att Yds TD Y/A FR Att Yds TD Int nY/A
1963 BAL 14 7 9 7 5 2 7 7 12 9 10 5 14 2 1 8 1 4 6 7 9 9 9 11 9 6 1 6 6 11 6
1964 BAL 14 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 4 5 1 4 2 10 2 6 2 1 3 1 2 5 8 5 10 6 7 2 2 3 2
1965 BAL 14 2 8 2 5 5 3 7 5 9 7 10 9 6 3 2 6 4 5 4 6 5 4 3 5 11 10 7 7 6 5
1966 BAL 15 3 7 4 7 5 8 10 9 10 14 11 3 9 4 4 12 2 7 3 5 10 9 2 6 5 12 4 5 7 4
1967 BAL 16 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 9 11 1 13 1 4 2 6 2 1 5 2 4 3 4 1 4 16 7 7 2 1 8
1968 BAL 16 1 5 1 2 4 2 9 6 8 5 9 3 12 3 1 11 2 2 1 4 2 3 2 3 10 15 4 1 2 1
1969 BAL 16 6 16 7 10 4 8 14 8 14 4 16 5 7 2 13 14 1 13 6 15 4 4 5 4 13 15 15 9 13 13
1970 MIA 26 4 7 8 14 11 11 8 4 3 7 5 3 23 20 15 10 13 15 5 7 2 7 7 13 12 22 22 15 6 24
1971 MIA 26 3 7 3 4 5 4 1 9 1 15 1 7 23 19 4 1 9 5 3 21 4 8 8 15 15 18 6 3 18 7
1972 MIA 26 1 2 1 1 1 1 5 1 1 1 2 16 24 16 11 3 3 1 1 2 1 3 3 9 1 13 5 3 2 3
1973 MIA 26 1 12 2 4 9 5 5 12 3 6 2 14 24 21 8 3 5 3 1 22 16 12 8 7 26 6 1 1 5 1
1974 MIA 26 2 11 5 8 11 3 10 1 4 1 13 10 25 16 7 11 4 8 6 12 2 7 2 16 4 14 16 13 19 13
1975 MIA 26 7 13 4 7 11 6 3 2 4 3 5 3 26 20 7 7 4 6 4 20 4 5 9 13 24 12 6 1 13 7
1976 MIA 28 15 8 15 22 13 15 1 19 13 11 6 1 22 10 15 8 9 26 15 19 16 22 13 25 13 9 28 24 22 28
1977 MIA 28 4 9 5 10 10 3 5 12 5 6 2 7 23 16 2 5 14 16 5 15 6 6 15 14 7 27 24 3 23 18
1978 MIA 28 4 1 3 20 13 2 1 21 11 8 5 3 23 15 5 8 9 23 6 1 7 16 11 22 3 16 26 9 1 21
1979 MIA 28 6 12 4 7 16 11 12 12 17 9 17 8 21 14 9 12 10 4 4 14 2 2 2 5 20 4 12 9 10 16
1980 MIA 28 14 11 19 23 26 24 23 19 17 25 20 17 12 24 14 22 24 14 9 3 16 15 10 11 6 17 15 12 3 16
1981 MIA 28 4 12 8 14 16 11 4 11 10 9 14 1 14 16 19 11 16 15 5 23 10 14 2 20 22 17 19 18 18 15
1982 MIA 28 3 7 3 8 19 10 14 1 3 8 8 14 27 27 23 15 18 1 2 3 18 24 9 28 18 1 1 2 1 1
1983 MIA 28 2 2 2 14 16 7 2 6 13 14 23 10 24 19 8 2 5 7 1 10 7 13 5 25 13 7 8 6 7 8
1984 MIA 28 2 5 2 2 1 1 3 17 16 6 16 3 6 1 1 10 1 19 7 12 9 22 18 28 20 23 14 14 9 10
1985 MIA 28 2 13 5 14 6 4 19 19 18 9 18 20 4 2 2 11 2 23 12 9 19 23 12 24 10 8 22 15 9 26
1986 MIA 28 14 22 12 9 2 1 15 28 25 23 4 11 1 1 1 19 2 26 26 26 25 27 26 27 17 8 22 21 25 25
1987 MIA 28 10 18 9 11 4 7 18 24 23 7 10 14 1 1 3 17 4 26 16 18 21 25 24 25 13 18 21 12 19 25
1988 MIA 28 20 20 20 14 5 17 19 28 28 19 23 4 1 1 3 23 2 26 24 21 27 26 27 27 12 10 14 12 19 24
1989 MIA 28 15 27 19 17 7 15 21 24 27 23 28 17 2 3 6 23 4 24 22 26 19 25 24 27 28 14 18 14 24 17
1990 MIA 28 4 10 7 8 11 14 7 19 22 14 26 17 6 4 12 6 6 7 4 22 18 16 10 12 28 9 5 4 9 3
1991 MIA 28 14 23 18 16 7 6 9 25 25 22 21 11 2 3 5 8 5 25 24 26 25 27 21 28 25 10 12 15 22 14
1992 MIA 28 4 15 11 6 5 8 15 20 24 19 20 20 2 2 4 12 4 10 11 16 10 6 8 4 13 25 14 8 14 9
1993 MIA 28 9 22 15 5 2 5 18 22 25 15 26 18 3 1 3 15 2 20 24 19 17 14 17 7 11 25 21 27 19 18
1994 MIA 28 6 13 7 4 1 3 19 14 13 9 10 19 4 2 3 16 3 19 17 10 5 6 20 14 24 21 25 18 1 20
1995 MIA 30 9 18 7 9 8 7 18 19 21 8 23 9 9 4 7 20 6 16 10 15 11 12 2 20 8 17 19 29 23 20
33 yrs %tile 81 60 76 68 74 76 65 51 51 63 53 66 55 70 75 62 81 54 71 52 62 54 64 45 48 50 52 64 58 54
26 yrs MIA 79 59 74 66 71 76 66 50 53 63 56 65 54 64 76 63 78 50 67 49 60 51 60 39 49 52 49 61 56 50
7 yrs IND 86 61 84 76 86 77 60 56 44 66 43 70 59 91 69 62 92 68 84 64 70 67 78 67 44 44 64 76 65 70