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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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| 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 | ||
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| 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 |