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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.
Coached by Don Shula (10-3-1)
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1965 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
| Score | Offense | Defense | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Date | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | ||||
| 1 | Sun | September 19 | box | W | 1-0 | Minnesota Vikings | 35 | 16 | 20 | 310 | 203 | 107 | 2 | 16 | 263 | 160 | 103 | 2 | |
| 2 | Sun | September 26 | box | L | 1-1 | @ | Green Bay Packers | 17 | 20 | 15 | 309 | 197 | 112 | 6 | 11 | 184 | 78 | 106 | 3 |
| 3 | Sun | October 3 | box | W | 2-1 | San Francisco 49ers | 27 | 24 | 20 | 341 | 231 | 110 | 3 | 15 | 352 | 313 | 39 | 3 | |
| 4 | Sun | October 10 | box | W | 3-1 | Detroit Lions | 31 | 7 | 17 | 363 | 294 | 69 | 2 | 14 | 155 | 89 | 66 | 4 | |
| 5 | Sun | October 17 | box | W | 4-1 | @ | Washington Redskins | 38 | 7 | 14 | 273 | 204 | 69 | 1 | 14 | 268 | 181 | 87 | 2 |
| 6 | Sun | October 24 | box | W | 5-1 | Los Angeles Rams | 35 | 20 | 26 | 356 | 223 | 133 | 2 | 13 | 226 | 162 | 64 | 3 | |
| 7 | Sun | October 31 | box | W | 6-1 | @ | San Francisco 49ers | 34 | 28 | 25 | 418 | 310 | 108 | 2 | 26 | 443 | 329 | 114 | 3 |
| 8 | Sun | November 7 | box | W | 7-1 | @ | Chicago Bears | 26 | 21 | 18 | 402 | 308 | 94 | 4 | 25 | 340 | 266 | 74 | 2 |
| 9 | Sun | November 14 | box | W | 8-1 | @ | Minnesota Vikings | 41 | 21 | 20 | 393 | 201 | 192 | 20 | 249 | 85 | 164 | 2 | |
| 10 | Sun | November 21 | box | W | 9-1 | Philadelphia Eagles | 34 | 24 | 23 | 403 | 277 | 126 | 2 | 12 | 250 | 174 | 76 | 2 | |
| 11 | Thu | November 25 | box | T | 9-1-1 | @ | Detroit Lions | 24 | 24 | 22 | 280 | 154 | 126 | 3 | 17 | 264 | 77 | 187 | 1 |
| 12 | Sun | December 5 | box | L | 9-2-1 | Chicago Bears | 0 | 13 | 15 | 222 | 163 | 59 | 6 | 18 | 418 | 216 | 202 | 4 | |
| 13 | Sun | December 12 | box | L | 9-3-1 | Green Bay Packers | 27 | 42 | 21 | 264 | 190 | 74 | 3 | 18 | 366 | 222 | 144 | 3 | |
| 14 | Sat | December 18 | box | W | 10-3-1 | @ | Los Angeles Rams | 20 | 17 | 10 | 264 | 50 | 214 | 14 | 267 | 210 | 57 | 2 | |
| Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||||
| Division | December 26 | box | L | 10-4-1 | @ | Green Bay Packers | 10 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | TO | FL | 1stPy | |||
| Team Offense | 389 | 4598 | 887 | 5.2 | 266 | 222 | 399 | 3005 | 31 | 17 | 6.8 | 144 | 445 | 1593 | 13 | 3.6 | 94 | 36 | 19 | 28 |
| Team Defense | 284 | 4045 | 849 | 4.8 | 388 | 213 | 400 | 2562 | 22 | 22 | 5.8 | 131 | 410 | 1483 | 11 | 3.6 | 233 | 36 | 14 | 24 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 3 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 9 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 4 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | ||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Unitas+ | 32 | QB | 11 | 11 | 164 | 282 | 58.2 | 2530 | 23 | 8.2 | 12 | 4.3 | 61 | 9.0 | 7.9 | 15.4 | 230.0 | 97.4 | |||||
| Gary Cuozzo | 24 | qb | 7 | 2 | 54 | 105 | 51.4 | 700 | 7 | 6.7 | 4 | 3.8 | 44 | 6.7 | 5.6 | 13.0 | 100.0 | 79.1 | |||||
| Tom Matte | 26 | qb | 14 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 14.3 | 19 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 14.3 | 19 | 2.7 | -3.7 | 19.0 | 1.4 | 0.0 | |||||
| Ed Brown | 37 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 60.0 | 81 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 68 | 16.2 | 18.2 | 27.0 | 81.0 | 143.7 | ||||||
| Team Total | 27.3 | 14 | 222 | 399 | 55.6 | 3330 | 31 | 7.8 | 17 | 4.3 | 68 | 8.3 | 7.2 | 15.0 | 237.9 | 91.4 | |||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 213 | 400 | 53.3 | 2562 | 22 | 5.5 | 22 | 5.5 | 6.4 | 4.5 | 12.0 | 183.0 | 68.6 | 39 | 341 | 5.8 | 3.3 |
| Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | |
| Johnny Unitas+ | 32 | QB | 11 | 11 | 17 | 68 | 1 | 18 | 4.0 | 6.2 | 1.5 | 68 | 1 | 7 | |||||||
| 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 | |
| Gary Cuozzo | 24 | qb | 7 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 8 | 0 | 3 | |||||||
| Bobby Felts | 23 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||
| 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 |
| Ed Brown | 37 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 | -2 | -2.0 | -2.0 | 1.0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| Alvin Haymond | 23 | RET | 14 | 0 | 41 | 403 | 0 | 55 | 9.8 | 20 | 614 | 0 | 53 | 30.7 | 1017 |
| Bobby Felts | 23 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 193 | 0 | 36 | 19.3 | 193 | ||||||
| Tony Lorick | 24 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 211 | 0 | 30 | 23.4 | 691 | ||||||
| Tom Matte | 26 | qb | 14 | 1 | 8 | 211 | 0 | 46 | 26.4 | 577 | |||||
| Alex Hawkins | 28 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 11 | 4.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 50 | |
| Mike Curtis | 22 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 5.0 | 16 | ||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | XPA | XPM | Pnt | Yds | Lng | Blck | ||||
| Lou Michaels | 30 | LDE | 14 | 0 | 28 | 17 | 60.7% | 48 | 48 | 100.0% | |||||||||||||||
| Tom Gilburg | 27 | P | 14 | 0 | 54 | 2139 | 66 | 0 | 39.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| Bobby Boyd+ | 28 | LCB | 14 | 0 | 9 | 78 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 0 | ||||||
| Ed Brown | 37 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Gary Cuozzo | 24 | qb | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ted Davis | 23 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Bobby Felts | 23 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Dennis Gaubatz | 25 | MLB | 14 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Wendell Harris | 25 | RS | 14 | 0 | 3 | 77 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Alvin Haymond | 23 | RET | 14 | 0 | 3 | 47 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Jerry Hill | 26 | FB | 14 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jerry Logan* | 24 | LS | 14 | 14 | 2 | 74 | 2 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Tony Lorick | 24 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Lenny Lyles | 29 | RCB | 11 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||||||
| John Mackey* | 24 | TE | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Tom Matte | 26 | qb | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Lou Michaels | 30 | LDE | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| Lenny Moore | 32 | HB | 12 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jimmy Orr*+ | 30 | FL | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jim Parker*+ | 31 | LG | 14 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Don Shinnick | 30 | RLB | 10 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Billy Ray Sr. Smith | 30 | RDT | 14 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Steve Stonebreaker | 27 | LLB | 14 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Johnny Unitas+ | 32 | QB | 11 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jim Welch | 27 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Butch Wilson | 24 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Team Total | 27.3 | 14 | 22 | 318 | 4 | 38 | 31 | 26 | 23 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 43 | 33 | 19 | ||||||||||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lou Michaels | 30 | LDE | 14 | 0 | 48 | 17 | 1 | 101 | ||||||||
| Jimmy Orr*+ | 30 | FL | 14 | 0 | 10 | 60 | ||||||||||
| Lenny Moore | 32 | HB | 12 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 48 | |||||||||
| Raymond Berry | 32 | SE | 14 | 0 | 7 | 42 | ||||||||||
| John Mackey* | 24 | TE | 14 | 0 | 7 | 42 | ||||||||||
| Jerry Hill | 26 | FB | 14 | 0 | 5 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Tony Lorick | 24 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Jerry Logan* | 24 | LS | 14 | 14 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Bobby Boyd+ | 28 | LCB | 14 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Alex Hawkins | 28 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Alvin Haymond | 23 | RET | 14 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Tom Matte | 26 | qb | 14 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Willie Richardson | 26 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Johnny Unitas+ | 32 | QB | 11 | 11 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 27.3 | 14 | 13 | 31 | 4 | 48 | 17 | 1 | 389 | |||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 11 | 22 | 1 | 35 | 13 | 284 |