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Record: 8-5-1, Finished 2nd in NFL Coastal Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 279 points (19.9/g), 8th of 16 in the NFL.
Allowed 268 points (19.1/g), 6th.
Differential of 11 points (0.8/g), 7th.
Expected W-L: 7.3-6.7.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -14 (-1.0/g), 16th.
Simple Rating System: Total 3.0, Offense: 0.5, Defense: 2.5, SoS: 2.2, 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 | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | TO | FL | 1stPy | |||
| Team Offense | 279 | 4477 | 865 | 5.2 | 255 | 225 | 429 | 2987 | 17 | 27 | 6.7 | 140 | 417 | 1490 | 16 | 3.6 | 99 | 39 | 12 | 16 |
| Team Defense | 268 | 4649 | 891 | 5.2 | 256 | 271 | 459 | 3249 | 20 | 15 | 6.6 | 164 | 399 | 1400 | 8 | 3.5 | 70 | 25 | 10 | 22 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 8 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 5 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 6 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 13 | ||||||
| Score | Offense | Defense | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Day | Date | OT | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | |||
| 1 | Sun | September 21 | boxscore | L | 0-1 | Los Angeles Rams | 20 | 27 | 19 | 337 | 283 | 54 | 4 | 15 | 339 | 252 | 87 | |||
| 2 | Sun | September 28 | boxscore | L | 0-2 | @ | Minnesota Vikings | 14 | 52 | 15 | 235 | 179 | 56 | 3 | 34 | 622 | 530 | 92 | 3 | |
| 3 | Sun | October 5 | boxscore | W | 1-2 | @ | Atlanta Falcons | 21 | 14 | 17 | 260 | 154 | 106 | 4 | 19 | 302 | 168 | 134 | 2 | |
| 4 | Mon | October 13 | boxscore | W | 2-2 | Philadelphia Eagles | 24 | 20 | 24 | 363 | 250 | 113 | 3 | 18 | 320 | 261 | 59 | 1 | ||
| 5 | Sun | October 19 | boxscore | W | 3-2 | @ | New Orleans Saints | 30 | 10 | 25 | 491 | 309 | 182 | 23 | 325 | 247 | 78 | 4 | ||
| 6 | Sun | October 26 | boxscore | L | 3-3 | San Francisco 49ers | 21 | 24 | 21 | 408 | 300 | 108 | 4 | 20 | 331 | 188 | 143 | 1 | ||
| 7 | Sun | November 2 | boxscore | W | 4-3 | Washington Redskins | 41 | 17 | 23 | 359 | 172 | 187 | 2 | 21 | 357 | 312 | 45 | 4 | ||
| 8 | Sun | November 9 | boxscore | W | 5-3 | Green Bay Packers | 14 | 6 | 17 | 251 | 131 | 120 | 3 | 16 | 298 | 205 | 93 | 2 | ||
| 9 | Sun | November 16 | boxscore | L | 5-4 | @ | San Francisco 49ers | 17 | 20 | 14 | 259 | 187 | 72 | 2 | 23 | 408 | 276 | 132 | 2 | |
| 10 | Sun | November 23 | boxscore | W | 6-4 | @ | Chicago Bears | 24 | 21 | 15 | 345 | 238 | 107 | 3 | 14 | 252 | 99 | 153 | 3 | |
| 11 | Sun | November 30 | boxscore | W | 7-4 | Atlanta Falcons | 13 | 6 | 20 | 312 | 151 | 161 | 1 | 14 | 283 | 169 | 114 | |||
| 12 | Sun | December 7 | boxscore | T | 7-4-1 | Detroit Lions | 17 | 17 | 14 | 289 | 220 | 69 | 4 | 11 | 245 | 161 | 84 | |||
| 13 | Sat | December 13 | boxscore | L | 7-5-1 | @ | Dallas Cowboys | 10 | 27 | 8 | 224 | 164 | 60 | 4 | 18 | 408 | 275 | 133 | 1 | |
| 14 | Sun | December 21 | boxscore | W | 8-5-1 | @ | Los Angeles Rams | 13 | 7 | 23 | 344 | 249 | 95 | 2 | 10 | 159 | 106 | 53 | 2 | |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | 4QC | GWD | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | Johnny Unitas | 36 | QB | 13 | 12 | 7-5-0 | 178 | 327 | 54.4 | 2342 | 12 | 3.7 | 20 | 6.1 | 52 | 7.2 | 5.1 | 13.2 | 180.2 | 64.0 | 12 | 93 | 6.63 | 4.69 | 3.5 | 2 | 3 | |
| 15 | Earl Morrall | 35 | qb | 9 | 2 | 1-0-1 | 46 | 99 | 46.5 | 755 | 5 | 5.1 | 7 | 7.1 | 42 | 7.6 | 5.5 | 16.4 | 83.9 | 60.0 | 7 | 63 | 6.53 | 4.50 | 6.6 | 1 | 0 | |
| 41 | Tom Matte*+ | 30 | HB | 14 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 33.3 | 46 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 46 | 15.3 | 15.3 | 46.0 | 3.3 | 81.9 | 0 | 0 | 15.33 | 15.33 | 0.0 | ||||
| Team Total | 27.0 | 14 | 8-5-1 | 225 | 429 | 52.4 | 3143 | 17 | 4.0 | 27 | 6.3 | 52 | 7.3 | 5.3 | 14.0 | 224.5 | 63.3 | 19 | 156 | 6.67 | 4.71 | 4.2 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 271 | 459 | 59.0 | 3499 | 20 | 4.4 | 15 | 3.3 | 7.6 | 7.02 | 12.9 | 249.9 | 84.0 | 33 | 250 | 6.6 | 6.0 | 6.7 |
| Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| 41 | Tom Matte*+ | 30 | HB | 14 | 0 | 235 | 909 | 11 | 26 | 3.9 | 64.9 | 16.8 | 43 | 513 | 11.9 | 2 | 49 | 3.1 | 36.6 | 1422 | 13 | 4 |
| 34 | Terry Cole | 24 | 9 | 0 | 73 | 204 | 2 | 27 | 2.8 | 22.7 | 8.1 | 9 | 65 | 7.2 | 1 | 18 | 1.0 | 7.2 | 269 | 3 | 2 | |
| 45 | Jerry Hill | 30 | FB | 14 | 0 | 49 | 143 | 2 | 14 | 2.9 | 10.2 | 3.5 | 11 | 44 | 4.0 | 0 | 12 | 0.8 | 3.1 | 187 | 2 | 3 |
| 26 | Preston Pearson | 24 | KR | 14 | 0 | 24 | 81 | 0 | 10 | 3.4 | 5.8 | 1.7 | 4 | 64 | 16.0 | 0 | 37 | 0.3 | 4.6 | 145 | 0 | 2 |
| 31 | Perry Lee Dunn | 28 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 45 | 0 | 11 | 3.5 | 9.0 | 2.6 | 5 | 30 | 6.0 | 0 | 10 | 1.0 | 6.0 | 75 | 0 | 1 | |
| 19 | Johnny Unitas | 36 | QB | 13 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 0 | 13 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 23 | 0 | 2 | |||||||
| 17 | Sam Havrilak | 22 | PR | 14 | 0 | 5 | 49 | 1 | 29 | 9.8 | 3.5 | 0.4 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 54 | 1 | 4 |
| 27 | Ray Perkins | 28 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 36 | 0 | 18 | 12.0 | 2.6 | 0.2 | 28 | 391 | 14.0 | 3 | 47 | 2.0 | 27.9 | 427 | 3 | 0 | |
| 88 | John Mackey | 28 | TE | 14 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 34 | 443 | 13.0 | 2 | 52 | 2.4 | 31.6 | 446 | 2 | 1 |
| 33 | Eddie Hinton | 22 | 12 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 | -3 | -3.0 | -0.3 | 0.1 | 13 | 269 | 20.7 | 1 | 46 | 1.1 | 22.4 | 266 | 1 | 0 | |
| 31 | Larry Conjar | 24 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 87 | Willie Richardson | 30 | FL | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 43 | 646 | 15.0 | 3 | 39 | 3.1 | 46.1 | 646 | 3 | 2 | |
| 28 | Jimmy Orr | 34 | SE | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 25 | 474 | 19.0 | 2 | 47 | 3.6 | 67.7 | 474 | 2 | 0 | |
| 84 | Tom Mitchell | 25 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9 | 199 | 22.1 | 3 | 51 | 1.1 | 24.9 | 199 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Team Total | 27.0 | 14 | 417 | 1490 | 16 | 29 | 3.6 | 106.4 | 29.8 | 225 | 3143 | 14.0 | 17 | 52 | 16.1 | 224.5 | 4633 | 33 | 23 | |||
| Opp Total | 14 | 399 | 1400 | 8 | 3.5 | 100.0 | 28.5 | 271 | 3249 | 12.0 | 20 | 19.4 | 232.1 | 4649 | 28 | 18 | ||||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| 26 | Preston Pearson | 24 | KR | 14 | 0 | 6 | 37 | 0 | 11 | 6.2 | 31 | 706 | 0 | 51 | 22.8 | 888 |
| 35 | Jim Duncan | 23 | 13 | 0 | 19 | 560 | 1 | 92 | 29.5 | 560 | ||||||
| 17 | Sam Havrilak | 22 | PR | 14 | 0 | 13 | 56 | 0 | 13 | 4.3 | 110 | |||||
| 21 | Rick Volk* | 24 | RS | 14 | 0 | 10 | 58 | 0 | 14 | 5.8 | 58 | |||||
| 20 | Jerry Logan | 28 | LS | 14 | 0 | 8 | 41 | 0 | 11 | 5.1 | 41 | |||||
| 33 | Eddie Hinton | 22 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 24 | 24.0 | 290 | ||||||
| Team Total | 27.0 | 14 | 37 | 192 | 0 | 14 | 5.2 | 51 | 1290 | 1 | 92 | 25.3 | 6115 | |||
| Opp Total | 14 | 35 | 0 | 55 | 1135 | 0 | 20.6 | |||||||||
| 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 | 34 | K | 14 | 0 | 31 | 14 | 45.2% | 34 | 33 | 97.1% | |||||||||||||||
| 49 | David Lee+ | 26 | P | 14 | 0 | 57 | 2580 | 66 | 0 | 45.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Team Total | 27.0 | 14 | 31 | 14 | 45.2% | 34 | 33 | 97.1% | 57 | 2580 | 66 | 0 | 45.3 | |||||||||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 34 | 15 | 44.1% | 32 | 31 | 96.9% | 69 | 2650 | 38.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| 20 | Jerry Logan | 28 | LS | 14 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 21 | Rick Volk* | 24 | RS | 14 | 0 | 4 | 36 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| 17 | Sam Havrilak | 22 | PR | 14 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 41 | Tom Matte*+ | 30 | HB | 14 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 34 | Terry Cole | 24 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 51 | Bob Grant | 23 | LLB | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 45 | Jerry Hill | 30 | FB | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 42 | Tommy Maxwell | 22 | RCB | 13 | 0 | 3 | 37 | 0 | 22 | 0 | |||||||||
| 26 | Preston Pearson | 24 | KR | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 87 | Willie Richardson | 30 | FL | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 19 | Johnny Unitas | 36 | QB | 13 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 37 | Ocie Austin | 22 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 31 | Perry Lee Dunn | 28 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 74 | Billy Ray Sr. Smith | 34 | LDT | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 78 | Bubba Smith | 24 | LDE | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 73 | Sam Ball | 25 | RT | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 55 | John Campbell | 31 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 50 | Bill Curry | 27 | C | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 35 | Jim Duncan | 23 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 53 | Dennis Gaubatz | 29 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 67 | Dan Grimm | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 85 | Roy Hilton | 26 | RDE | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 88 | John Mackey | 28 | TE | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 47 | Charlie Stukes | 26 | LCB | 14 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||
| Team Total | 27.0 | 14 | 15 | 106 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 20 | 6 | 0 | |||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 19 | 18 | 8 | |||||||||||||||
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | AllTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | Tom Matte*+ | 30 | HB | 14 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 78 | |||||||||
| 79 | Lou Michaels | 34 | K | 14 | 0 | 33 | 14 | 75 | ||||||||||
| 34 | Terry Cole | 24 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| 84 | Tom Mitchell | 25 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 18 | |||||||||||
| 27 | Ray Perkins | 28 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 18 | |||||||||||
| 87 | Willie Richardson | 30 | FL | 14 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| 45 | Jerry Hill | 30 | FB | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 88 | John Mackey | 28 | TE | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 28 | Jimmy Orr | 34 | SE | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 35 | Jim Duncan | 23 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 17 | Sam Havrilak | 22 | PR | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 33 | Eddie Hinton | 22 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Team Total | 27.0 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 1 | 34 | 33 | 14 | 279 | |||||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 8 | 20 | 31 | 15 | 268 |