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Record: 10-3-1, Finished 1st in NFL West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 389 points (27.8/g), 3rd of 14 in the NFL.
Allowed 284 points (20.3/g), 4th.
Differential of 105 points (7.5/g), 2nd.
Expected W-L: 9.5-4.5.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential 0 (0.0/g), 8th.
Simple Rating System: Total 12.9, Offense: 7.0, Defense: 5.9, SoS: 5.4, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Don Shula
Training Camp: McDaniel College (Western Maryland College) (Westminster, Maryland)
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| Tot Yds & TO | Passing | Rushing | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | TO | FL | 1stPy | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | |||
| Team Offense | 389 | 4598 | 887 | 5.2 | 36 | 19 | 28 | 266 | 222 | 399 | 3005 | 31 | 17 | 6.8 | 144 | 445 | 1593 | 13 | 3.6 | 94 |
| Team Defense | 284 | 4045 | 849 | 4.8 | 36 | 14 | 24 | 233 | 213 | 400 | 2562 | 22 | 22 | 5.8 | 131 | 410 | 1483 | 11 | 3.6 | 78 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 10 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 4 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | ||||||
| Score | Offense | Defense | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Day | Date | OT | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | |||
| 1 | Sun | September 19 | boxscore | W | 1-0 | Minnesota Vikings | 35 | 16 | 20 | 310 | 203 | 107 | 2 | 16 | 263 | 160 | 103 | 2 | ||
| 2 | Sun | September 26 | boxscore | L | 1-1 | @ | Green Bay Packers | 17 | 20 | 15 | 309 | 197 | 112 | 6 | 11 | 184 | 78 | 106 | 3 | |
| 3 | Sun | October 3 | boxscore | W | 2-1 | San Francisco 49ers | 27 | 24 | 20 | 341 | 231 | 110 | 3 | 15 | 352 | 313 | 39 | 3 | ||
| 4 | Sun | October 10 | boxscore | W | 3-1 | Detroit Lions | 31 | 7 | 17 | 363 | 294 | 69 | 2 | 14 | 155 | 89 | 66 | 4 | ||
| 5 | Sun | October 17 | boxscore | W | 4-1 | @ | Washington Redskins | 38 | 7 | 14 | 273 | 204 | 69 | 1 | 14 | 268 | 181 | 87 | 2 | |
| 6 | Sun | October 24 | boxscore | W | 5-1 | Los Angeles Rams | 35 | 20 | 26 | 356 | 223 | 133 | 2 | 13 | 226 | 162 | 64 | 3 | ||
| 7 | Sun | October 31 | boxscore | W | 6-1 | @ | San Francisco 49ers | 34 | 28 | 25 | 418 | 310 | 108 | 2 | 26 | 443 | 329 | 114 | 3 | |
| 8 | Sun | November 7 | boxscore | W | 7-1 | @ | Chicago Bears | 26 | 21 | 18 | 402 | 308 | 94 | 4 | 25 | 340 | 266 | 74 | 2 | |
| 9 | Sun | November 14 | boxscore | W | 8-1 | @ | Minnesota Vikings | 41 | 21 | 20 | 393 | 201 | 192 | 20 | 249 | 85 | 164 | 2 | ||
| 10 | Sun | November 21 | boxscore | W | 9-1 | Philadelphia Eagles | 34 | 24 | 23 | 403 | 277 | 126 | 2 | 12 | 250 | 174 | 76 | 2 | ||
| 11 | Thu | November 25 | boxscore | T | 9-1-1 | @ | Detroit Lions | 24 | 24 | 22 | 280 | 154 | 126 | 3 | 17 | 264 | 77 | 187 | 1 | |
| 12 | Sun | December 5 | boxscore | L | 9-2-1 | Chicago Bears | 0 | 13 | 15 | 222 | 163 | 59 | 6 | 18 | 418 | 216 | 202 | 4 | ||
| 13 | Sun | December 12 | boxscore | L | 9-3-1 | Green Bay Packers | 27 | 42 | 21 | 264 | 190 | 74 | 3 | 18 | 366 | 222 | 144 | 3 | ||
| 14 | Sat | December 18 | boxscore | W | 10-3-1 | @ | Los Angeles Rams | 20 | 17 | 10 | 264 | 50 | 214 | 14 | 267 | 210 | 57 | 2 | ||
| Playoffs | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Division | Sun | December 26 | boxscore | L | OT | 10-4-1 | @ | Green Bay Packers | 10 | 13 | 9 | 175 | 32 | 143 | 1 | 23 | 362 | 250 | 112 | 4 |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | 4QC | GWD | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | Johnny Unitas+ | 32 | QB | 11 | 11 | 8-2-1 | 164 | 282 | 58.2 | 2530 | 23 | 8.2 | 12 | 4.3 | 61 | 9.0 | 8.7 | 15.4 | 230.0 | 97.4 | 3 | 2 | ||||||
| 15 | Gary Cuozzo | 24 | qb | 7 | 2 | 1-1-0 | 54 | 105 | 51.4 | 700 | 7 | 6.7 | 4 | 3.8 | 44 | 6.7 | 6.3 | 13.0 | 100.0 | 79.1 | ||||||||
| 41 | Tom Matte | 26 | qb | 14 | 1 | 1-0-0 | 1 | 7 | 14.3 | 19 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 14.3 | 19 | 2.7 | -3.7 | 19.0 | 1.4 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| 14 | Ed Brown | 37 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 60.0 | 81 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 68 | 16.2 | 20.2 | 27.0 | 81.0 | 143.7 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Team Total | 27.3 | 14 | 10-3-1 | 222 | 399 | 55.6 | 3330 | 31 | 7.8 | 17 | 4.3 | 68 | 8.3 | 8.0 | 15.0 | 237.9 | 91.4 | 4 | 3 | |||||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 213 | 400 | 53.3 | 2903 | 22 | 5.5 | 22 | 5.5 | 7.3 | 5.88 | 13.6 | 207.4 | 72.1 | 39 | 341 | 5.8 | 4.6 | 8.9 |
| Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| 45 | Jerry Hill | 26 | FB | 14 | 0 | 147 | 516 | 5 | 20 | 3.5 | 36.9 | 10.5 | 20 | 112 | 5.6 | 0 | 20 | 1.4 | 8.0 | 628 | 5 | 4 |
| 24 | Lenny Moore | 32 | HB | 12 | 12 | 133 | 464 | 5 | 28 | 3.5 | 38.7 | 11.1 | 27 | 414 | 15.3 | 3 | 52 | 2.3 | 34.5 | 878 | 8 | 3 |
| 41 | Tom Matte | 26 | qb | 14 | 1 | 69 | 235 | 1 | 20 | 3.4 | 16.8 | 4.9 | 12 | 131 | 10.9 | 0 | 15 | 0.9 | 9.4 | 366 | 1 | 2 |
| 33 | Tony Lorick | 24 | 14 | 0 | 63 | 296 | 1 | 38 | 4.7 | 21.1 | 4.5 | 15 | 184 | 12.3 | 2 | 49 | 1.1 | 13.1 | 480 | 3 | 3 | |
| 19 | Johnny Unitas+ | 32 | QB | 11 | 11 | 17 | 68 | 1 | 18 | 4.0 | 6.2 | 1.5 | 68 | 1 | 7 | |||||||
| 32 | Mike Curtis | 22 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | Gary Cuozzo | 24 | qb | 7 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 8 | 0 | 3 | |||||||
| 47 | Bobby Felts | 23 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||
| 88 | John Mackey* | 24 | TE | 14 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 40 | 814 | 20.4 | 7 | 68 | 2.9 | 58.1 | 821 | 7 | 2 |
| 14 | Ed Brown | 37 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 | -2 | -2.0 | -2.0 | 1.0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| 82 | Raymond Berry | 32 | SE | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 58 | 739 | 12.7 | 7 | 40 | 4.1 | 52.8 | 739 | 7 | 0 | |
| 28 | Jimmy Orr*+ | 30 | FL | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 45 | 847 | 18.8 | 10 | 57 | 3.2 | 60.5 | 847 | 10 | 1 | |
| 25 | Alex Hawkins | 28 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 1 | 27 | 0.1 | 2.3 | 32 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 87 | Willie Richardson | 26 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 1 | 14 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 14 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 86 | Butch Wilson | 24 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 38 | 38.0 | 0 | 38 | 0.1 | 2.7 | 38 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Total | 27.3 | 14 | 445 | 1593 | 13 | 38 | 3.6 | 113.8 | 31.8 | 222 | 3330 | 15.0 | 31 | 68 | 15.9 | 237.9 | 4923 | 44 | 31 | |||
| Opp Total | 14 | 410 | 1483 | 11 | 3.6 | 105.9 | 29.3 | 213 | 2562 | 12.0 | 22 | 15.2 | 183.0 | 4045 | 33 | 33 | ||||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| 30 | Alvin Haymond | 23 | KR/PR | 14 | 0 | 41 | 403 | 0 | 55 | 9.8 | 20 | 614 | 0 | 53 | 30.7 | 1017 |
| 47 | Bobby Felts | 23 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 193 | 0 | 36 | 19.3 | 193 | ||||||
| 33 | Tony Lorick | 24 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 211 | 0 | 30 | 23.4 | 691 | ||||||
| 41 | Tom Matte | 26 | qb | 14 | 1 | 8 | 211 | 0 | 46 | 26.4 | 577 | |||||
| 25 | Alex Hawkins | 28 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 11 | 4.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 50 | |
| 32 | Mike Curtis | 22 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 5.0 | 16 | ||||||
| 45 | Jerry Hill | 26 | FB | 14 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 631 | |||||
| Team Total | 27.3 | 14 | 45 | 421 | 0 | 55 | 9.4 | 52 | 1242 | 0 | 53 | 23.9 | 6586 | |||
| Opp Total | 14 | 26 | 0 | 63 | 1346 | 1 | 21.4 | |||||||||
| 0-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ | Tot | PAT | Punting | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | XPA | XPM | Pnt | Yds | Lng | Blck | ||||
| 79 | Lou Michaels | 30 | K/LDE | 14 | 0 | 28 | 17 | 60.7% | 48 | 48 | 100.0% | |||||||||||||||
| 73 | Tom Gilburg | 27 | P | 14 | 0 | 54 | 2139 | 66 | 0 | 39.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Ed Brown | 37 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 80 | 49 | 0 | 40.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Team Total | 27.3 | 14 | 28 | 17 | 60.7% | 48 | 48 | 100.0% | 56 | 2219 | 66 | 0 | 39.6 | |||||||||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 23 | 13 | 56.5% | 35 | 35 | 100.0% | 71 | 3117 | 43.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| 40 | Bobby Boyd+ | 28 | LCB | 14 | 0 | 9 | 78 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 0 | ||||
| 19 | Johnny Unitas+ | 32 | QB | 11 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 45 | Jerry Hill | 26 | FB | 14 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 30 | Alvin Haymond | 23 | KR/PR | 14 | 0 | 3 | 47 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 24 | Lenny Moore | 32 | HB | 12 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 26 | Wendell Harris | 25 | RS | 14 | 0 | 3 | 77 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 33 | Tony Lorick | 24 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 74 | Billy Ray Sr. Smith | 30 | RDT | 14 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 15 | Gary Cuozzo | 24 | qb | 7 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 20 | Jerry Logan* | 24 | LS | 14 | 14 | 2 | 74 | 2 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 43 | Lenny Lyles | 29 | RCB | 11 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||||
| 77 | Jim Parker*+ | 31 | LG | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 66 | Don Shinnick | 30 | RLB | 10 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 47 | Bobby Felts | 23 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 88 | John Mackey* | 24 | TE | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 41 | Tom Matte | 26 | qb | 14 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 28 | Jimmy Orr*+ | 30 | FL | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 14 | Ed Brown | 37 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 35 | Ted Davis | 23 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 53 | Dennis Gaubatz | 25 | MLB | 14 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||
| 79 | Lou Michaels | 30 | K/LDE | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| 31 | Steve Stonebreaker | 27 | LLB | 14 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 46 | Jim Welch | 27 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 86 | Butch Wilson | 24 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 27.3 | 14 | 22 | 318 | 4 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 26 | 23 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 43 | 33 | 19 | |||||||||||||||
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | AllTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 79 | Lou Michaels | 30 | K/LDE | 14 | 0 | 48 | 17 | 1 | 101 | |||||||||
| 28 | Jimmy Orr*+ | 30 | FL | 14 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 60 | ||||||||||
| 24 | Lenny Moore | 32 | HB | 12 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 48 | |||||||||
| 82 | Raymond Berry | 32 | SE | 14 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 42 | ||||||||||
| 88 | John Mackey* | 24 | TE | 14 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 42 | ||||||||||
| 45 | Jerry Hill | 26 | FB | 14 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 30 | ||||||||||
| 33 | Tony Lorick | 24 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| 20 | Jerry Logan* | 24 | LS | 14 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 40 | Bobby Boyd+ | 28 | LCB | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 25 | Alex Hawkins | 28 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 30 | Alvin Haymond | 23 | KR/PR | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 41 | Tom Matte | 26 | qb | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 87 | Willie Richardson | 26 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 19 | Johnny Unitas+ | 32 | QB | 11 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 27.3 | 14 | 13 | 31 | 4 | 48 | 48 | 17 | 1 | 389 | ||||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 11 | 22 | 1 | 35 | 13 | 284 |