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Record: 11-1-2, Finished 1st in NFL Coastal Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 394 points (28.1/g), 2nd of 16 in the NFL.
Allowed 198 points (14.1/g), 2nd.
Differential of 196 points (14.0/g), 2nd.
Expected W-L: 11.7-2.3.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +15 (1.1/g), 2nd.
Simple Rating System: Total 13.2, Offense: 6.4, Defense: 6.8, SoS: -0.8, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Don Shula
Other Notable Asst.: Chuck Noll (Defensive Backfield)
Training Camp: McDaniel College (Western Maryland College) (Westminster, Maryland)
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| Tot Yds & TO | Passing | Rushing | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | TO | FL | 1stPy | |||
| Team Offense | 394 | 5008 | 925 | 5.4 | 289 | 265 | 457 | 3363 | 22 | 17 | 7.0 | 159 | 443 | 1645 | 21 | 3.7 | 105 | 25 | 8 | 25 |
| Team Defense | 198 | 3843 | 818 | 4.7 | 208 | 221 | 395 | 2432 | 13 | 32 | 5.6 | 116 | 387 | 1411 | 5 | 3.6 | 78 | 40 | 8 | 14 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 16 | ||||||
| Score | Offense | Defense | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Day | Date | OT | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | |||
| 1 | Sun | September 17 | boxscore | W | 1-0 | Atlanta Falcons | 38 | 31 | 20 | 508 | 419 | 89 | 2 | 13 | 303 | 199 | 104 | 5 | ||
| 2 | Sun | September 24 | boxscore | W | 2-0 | @ | Philadelphia Eagles | 38 | 6 | 21 | 345 | 273 | 72 | 16 | 299 | 241 | 58 | 4 | ||
| 3 | Sun | October 1 | boxscore | W | 3-0 | San Francisco 49ers | 41 | 7 | 26 | 524 | 382 | 142 | 15 | 240 | 171 | 69 | 2 | |||
| 4 | Sun | October 8 | boxscore | W | 4-0 | @ | Chicago Bears | 24 | 3 | 15 | 219 | 149 | 70 | 4 | 15 | 272 | 201 | 71 | 5 | |
| 5 | Sun | October 15 | boxscore | T | 4-0-1 | Los Angeles Rams | 24 | 24 | 20 | 368 | 270 | 98 | 2 | 19 | 410 | 282 | 128 | 1 | ||
| 6 | Sun | October 22 | boxscore | T | 4-0-2 | @ | Minnesota Vikings | 20 | 20 | 22 | 343 | 225 | 118 | 1 | 19 | 310 | 195 | 115 | ||
| 7 | Sun | October 29 | boxscore | W | 5-0-2 | @ | Washington Redskins | 17 | 13 | 21 | 351 | 236 | 115 | 2 | 19 | 322 | 226 | 96 | 3 | |
| 8 | Sun | November 5 | boxscore | W | 6-0-2 | Green Bay Packers | 13 | 10 | 17 | 237 | 103 | 134 | 2 | 15 | 265 | 139 | 126 | 1 | ||
| 9 | Sun | November 12 | boxscore | W | 7-0-2 | @ | Atlanta Falcons | 49 | 7 | 30 | 595 | 426 | 169 | 2 | 9 | 177 | 62 | 115 | 3 | |
| 10 | Sun | November 19 | boxscore | W | 8-0-2 | Detroit Lions | 41 | 7 | 29 | 351 | 161 | 190 | 1 | 16 | 261 | 91 | 170 | 3 | ||
| 11 | Sun | November 26 | boxscore | W | 9-0-2 | @ | San Francisco 49ers | 26 | 9 | 17 | 343 | 174 | 169 | 2 | 8 | 165 | 84 | 81 | 4 | |
| 12 | Sun | December 3 | boxscore | W | 10-0-2 | Dallas Cowboys | 23 | 17 | 16 | 310 | 260 | 50 | 4 | 13 | 223 | 89 | 134 | 4 | ||
| 13 | Sun | December 10 | boxscore | W | 11-0-2 | New Orleans Saints | 30 | 10 | 17 | 252 | 127 | 125 | 1 | 15 | 268 | 195 | 73 | 4 | ||
| 14 | Sun | December 17 | boxscore | L | 11-1-2 | @ | Los Angeles Rams | 10 | 34 | 18 | 262 | 158 | 104 | 2 | 16 | 328 | 257 | 71 | 1 | |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | 4QC | GWD | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | Johnny Unitas*+ | 34 | QB | 14 | 14 | 11-1-2 | 255 | 436 | 58.5 | 3428 | 20 | 4.6 | 16 | 3.7 | 88 | 7.9 | 7.1 | 13.4 | 244.9 | 83.6 | 4 | 3 | ||||||
| 16 | Jim Ward | 23 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 16 | 56.3 | 115 | 2 | 12.5 | 1 | 6.3 | 21 | 7.2 | 6.9 | 12.8 | 19.2 | 92.4 | ||||||||||
| 41 | Tom Matte | 28 | HB | 14 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 20.0 | 18 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 18 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 18.0 | 1.3 | 42.1 | |||||||||
| Team Total | 27.3 | 14 | 11-1-2 | 265 | 457 | 58.0 | 3561 | 22 | 4.8 | 17 | 3.7 | 88 | 7.8 | 7.1 | 13.4 | 254.4 | 83.4 | 4 | 3 | |||||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 221 | 395 | 55.9 | 2678 | 13 | 3.3 | 32 | 8.1 | 6.8 | 3.79 | 12.1 | 191.3 | 54.2 | 36 | 246 | 5.6 | 2.9 | 8.4 |
| Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| 41 | Tom Matte | 28 | HB | 14 | 0 | 147 | 636 | 9 | 30 | 4.3 | 45.4 | 10.5 | 35 | 496 | 14.2 | 3 | 88 | 2.5 | 35.4 | 1132 | 12 | 1 |
| 33 | Tony Lorick | 26 | FB | 14 | 0 | 133 | 436 | 6 | 22 | 3.3 | 31.1 | 9.5 | 22 | 189 | 8.6 | 0 | 34 | 1.6 | 13.5 | 625 | 6 | 2 |
| 45 | Jerry Hill | 28 | 14 | 0 | 90 | 311 | 2 | 18 | 3.5 | 22.2 | 6.4 | 19 | 156 | 8.2 | 0 | 33 | 1.4 | 11.1 | 467 | 2 | 1 | |
| 24 | Lenny Moore | 34 | KR | 14 | 0 | 42 | 132 | 4 | 21 | 3.1 | 9.4 | 3.0 | 13 | 153 | 11.8 | 0 | 37 | 0.9 | 10.9 | 285 | 4 | 1 |
| 19 | Johnny Unitas*+ | 34 | QB | 14 | 14 | 22 | 89 | 0 | 13 | 4.0 | 6.4 | 1.6 | 89 | 0 | 4 | |||||||
| 16 | Jim Ward | 23 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 23 | 0 | 8 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 0.8 | 23 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 25 | Alex Hawkins | 30 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 6.0 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 27 | 469 | 17.4 | 4 | 54 | 2.5 | 42.6 | 481 | 4 | 0 | |
| 46 | Jim Welch | 29 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 3.0 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| 87 | Willie Richardson*+ | 28 | FL | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 63 | 860 | 13.7 | 8 | 31 | 4.5 | 61.4 | 860 | 8 | 1 | |
| 88 | John Mackey*+ | 26 | TE | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 55 | 686 | 12.5 | 3 | 34 | 3.9 | 49.0 | 686 | 3 | 1 | |
| 27 | Ray Perkins | 26 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 16 | 302 | 18.9 | 2 | 57 | 2.0 | 37.8 | 302 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 82 | Raymond Berry | 34 | SE | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11 | 167 | 15.2 | 1 | 40 | 1.6 | 23.9 | 167 | 1 | 0 | |
| 28 | Jimmy Orr | 32 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 72 | 24.0 | 1 | 55 | 0.6 | 14.4 | 72 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 29 | Don Alley | 22 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Total | 27.3 | 14 | 443 | 1645 | 21 | 30 | 3.7 | 117.5 | 31.6 | 265 | 3561 | 13.4 | 22 | 88 | 18.9 | 254.4 | 5206 | 43 | 13 | |||
| Opp Total | 14 | 387 | 1411 | 5 | 3.6 | 100.8 | 27.6 | 221 | 2432 | 11.0 | 13 | 15.8 | 173.7 | 3843 | 18 | 17 | ||||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| 30 | Alvin Haymond | 25 | PR | 8 | 0 | 26 | 155 | 0 | 32 | 6.0 | 13 | 326 | 0 | 48 | 25.1 | 481 |
| 24 | Lenny Moore | 34 | KR | 14 | 0 | 16 | 392 | 0 | 37 | 24.5 | 677 | |||||
| 21 | Rick Volk* | 22 | RS | 14 | 0 | 11 | 88 | 0 | 24 | 8.0 | 88 | |||||
| 33 | Tony Lorick | 26 | FB | 14 | 0 | 8 | 212 | 0 | 37 | 26.5 | 837 | |||||
| 20 | Jerry Logan | 26 | LS | 14 | 0 | 5 | 80 | 1 | 43 | 16.0 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 10 | 8.5 | 97 |
| 63 | Norman Davis | 22 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | ||||||
| 41 | Tom Matte | 28 | HB | 14 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 | 1146 | |||||
| 47 | Charlie Stukes | 24 | db | 14 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | |||||
| Team Total | 27.3 | 14 | 42 | 323 | 1 | 43 | 7.7 | 42 | 988 | 0 | 48 | 23.5 | 6517 | |||
| Opp Total | 14 | 21 | 0 | 65 | 1483 | 1 | 22.8 | |||||||||
| 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 | 32 | K | 14 | 0 | 37 | 20 | 54.1% | 48 | 46 | 95.8% | |||||||||||||||
| 49 | David Lee | 24 | P | 14 | 0 | 49 | 2075 | 68 | 0 | 42.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Team Total | 27.3 | 14 | 37 | 20 | 54.1% | 48 | 46 | 95.8% | 49 | 2075 | 68 | 0 | 42.3 | |||||||||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 28 | 17 | 60.7% | 21 | 21 | 100.0% | 69 | 2719 | 39.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 30 | LCB | 14 | 0 | 6 | 145 | 1 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 19 | Johnny Unitas*+ | 34 | QB | 14 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 43 | Lenny Lyles | 31 | RCB | 12 | 0 | 5 | 59 | 1 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||||
| 21 | Rick Volk* | 22 | RS | 14 | 0 | 6 | 145 | 1 | 94 | 0 | |||||||||
| 20 | Jerry Logan | 26 | LS | 14 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 53 | Dennis Gaubatz | 27 | MLB | 14 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 66 | Don Shinnick | 32 | RLB | 14 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 17 | 0 | |||||||||
| 47 | Charlie Stukes | 24 | db | 14 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 32 | Mike Curtis | 24 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 30 | Alvin Haymond | 25 | PR | 8 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 33 | 0 | |||||||||
| 85 | Roy Hilton | 24 | LDE | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 33 | Tony Lorick | 26 | FB | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 24 | Lenny Moore | 34 | KR | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 81 | Ordell Braase* | 35 | RDE | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | |||||||||
| 45 | Jerry Hill | 28 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 88 | John Mackey*+ | 26 | TE | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 41 | Tom Matte | 28 | HB | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 55 | Ron Porter | 22 | LLB | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 87 | Willie Richardson*+ | 28 | FL | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 52 | Dick Szymanski | 35 | C | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 46 | Jim Welch | 29 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 27.3 | 14 | 32 | 453 | 3 | 94 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 1 | |||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 25 | 17 | 9 | |||||||||||||||
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | AllTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 79 | Lou Michaels | 32 | K | 14 | 0 | 46 | 20 | 106 | ||||||||||
| 41 | Tom Matte | 28 | HB | 14 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 72 | |||||||||
| 87 | Willie Richardson*+ | 28 | FL | 14 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 48 | ||||||||||
| 33 | Tony Lorick | 26 | FB | 14 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 36 | ||||||||||
| 25 | Alex Hawkins | 30 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 24 | |||||||||||
| 24 | Lenny Moore | 34 | KR | 14 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 24 | ||||||||||
| 88 | John Mackey*+ | 26 | TE | 14 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| 45 | Jerry Hill | 28 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||||
| 27 | Ray Perkins | 26 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||||
| 82 | Raymond Berry | 34 | SE | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 40 | Bobby Boyd | 30 | LCB | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 81 | Ordell Braase* | 35 | RDE | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 20 | Jerry Logan | 26 | LS | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 43 | Lenny Lyles | 31 | RCB | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 28 | Jimmy Orr | 32 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 21 | Rick Volk* | 22 | RS | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 27.3 | 14 | 21 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 48 | 46 | 20 | 394 | |||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 21 | 17 | 198 |