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1968 Miami Dolphins
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Record: 5-8-1, Finished 3rd in AFL East Division
AFL Season Summary
Scored 276 points (19.7/g), 6th of 10 in the AFL.
Allowed 355 points (25.4/g), 7th.
Differential of -79 points (-5.6/g), 6th.
Expected W-L: 5.0-9.0.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +10 (0.7/g), 3rd.
Coached by George Wilson (5-8-1)
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1968 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Non-primary Starters| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| QB | Bob Griese* | 23 | 1 | 13 | 186 for 355, 2,473 yards, 21 td, 16 int, & 42 rushes for 230 yards and 1 td | Miami Dolphins / 1st / 4th pick / 1967 |
| HB | Jim Kiick* | 22 | Rook | 13 | 165 rushes for 621 yards, 4 td, & 44 catches for 422 yards and 0 td | Miami Dolphins / 5th / 118th pick / 1968 |
| FB | Larry Csonka | 22 | Rook | 11 | 138 rushes for 540 yards, 6 td, & 11 catches for 118 yards and 1 td | Miami Dolphins / 1st / 8th pick / 1968 |
| FB | Stan Mitchell | 24 | 2 | 5 | 54 rushes for 176 yards, 1 td, & 8 catches for 190 yards and 3 td | Washington Redskins / 8th / 115th pick / 1966 |
| FL | Howard Twilley | 25 | 2 | 14 | 39 catches for 604 yards, 1 td | Miami Dolphins / 12th / 101st pick / 1966 |
| SE | Karl Noonan* | 24 | 2 | 14 | 58 catches for 760 yards, 11 td | |
| TE | Doug Moreau | 23 | 2 | 10 | 27 catches for 365 yards, 3 td | Miami Dolphins / 19th / 164th pick / 1966 |
| LT | Doug Crusan | 22 | Rook | 8 | Miami Dolphins / 1st / 27th pick / 1968 |
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| LT | Maxie Williams | 28 | 3 | 13 | Houston Oilers / 10th / 74th pick / 1965 |
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| LG | Charlie Fowler | 24 | 1 | 7 | Cleveland Browns / 12th / 308th pick / 1967 |
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| LG | Maxie Williams | 28 | 3 | 13 | Houston Oilers / 10th / 74th pick / 1965 |
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| C | Tom Goode | 30 | 6 | 14 | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 16th pick / 1961 |
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| RG | Billy Neighbors | 28 | 6 | 13 | Washington Redskins / 4th / 43rd pick / 1962 |
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| RT | Norm Evans | 26 | 3 | 12 | Houston Oilers / 14th / 106th pick / 1965 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Jim Riley | 23 | 1 | 9 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Miami Dolphins / 2nd / 29th pick / 1967 |
| LDT | Tom Nomina | 27 | 5 | 13 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Denver Broncos / 2nd / 13th pick / 1963 |
| RDT | Ray Jacobs | 30 | 5 | 10 | Houston Oilers / 1st / 7th pick / 1962 |
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| RDE | Manny Fernandez | 22 | Rook | 11 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
| RDE | Mel Branch | 31 | 8 | 7 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | San Francisco 49ers / 10th / 118th pick / 1960 |
| LLB | Randy Edmunds | 22 | Rook | 14 | 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Miami Dolphins / 8th / 217th pick / 1968 |
| MLB | Frank Emanuel | 26 | 2 | 12 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Miami Dolphins / 2nd / 9th pick / 1966 |
| RLB | John Bramlett | 27 | 3 | 10 | 2 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | |
| LCB | Jimmy Warren | 29 | 4 | 14 | 2 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | |
| RCB | Dick Westmoreland | 27 | 5 | 9 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| LS | Bob Petrella | 24 | 2 | 7 | 1 interception, 2 fumbles recovered | Miami Dolphins / 8th / 64th pick / 1966 |
| LS | Dick Anderson | 22 | Rook | 13 | 8 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Miami Dolphins / 3rd / 73rd pick / 1968 |
| LS | Willie West | 30 | 8 | 9 | 4 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 37th pick / 1960 |
| RS | Dick Anderson | 22 | Rook | 13 | 8 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Miami Dolphins / 3rd / 73rd pick / 1968 |
| RS | Willie West | 30 | 8 | 9 | 4 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 37th pick / 1960 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Jimmy Keyes | 24 | Rook | 0 | 7 of 16 field goals & 30 of 30 extra points | Miami Dolphins / 2nd / 35th pick / 1968 |
| P | Larry Seiple | 23 | 1 | 0 | 75 punts for a 40.6 average, 0 blocked | Miami Dolphins / 7th / 163rd pick / 1967 |
| PR | Bob Neff | 24 | 2 | 0 | 8 punt returns for a 8.9 average and 0 td | |
| KR | Gene Milton | 24 | Rook | 0 | 18 kick returns for a 22.7 average and 0 td |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Dick Anderson | 22 | DB | 14 | 13 | 196 | 6-2 | Colorado | 2/10/1946 | Rook | Miami Dolphins / 3rd / 73rd pick / 1968 |
| Rudy Barber | 24 | LB | 2 | 0 | 255 | 6-1 | Bethune-Cookman | 12/24/1944 | Rook | |
| John Bramlett | 27 | LB | 13 | 10 | 220 | 6-1 | Memphis | 7/7/1941 | 3 | |
| Mel Branch | 31 | DE | 14 | 7 | 230 | 6-2 | LSU | 2/15/1937 | 8 | San Francisco 49ers / 10th / 118th pick / 1960 |
| Bob Bruggers | 24 | LB | 6 | 0 | 230 | 6-1 | Minnesota | 4/20/1944 | 2 | |
| Jim Cox | 22 | TE | 13 | 0 | 230 | 6-3 | Miami (FL) | 12/21/1946 | Rook | Miami Dolphins / 2nd / 54th pick / 1968 |
| Doug Crusan | 22 | T | 14 | 8 | 250 | 6-5 | Indiana | 7/26/1946 | Rook | Miami Dolphins / 1st / 27th pick / 1968 |
| Larry Csonka | 22 | RB | 11 | 11 | 237 | 6-3 | Syracuse | 12/25/1946 | Rook | Miami Dolphins / 1st / 8th pick / 1968 |
| Bill Darnall | 24 | WR | 11 | 0 | 197 | 6-2 | North Carolina | 4/21/1944 | Rook | |
| Randy Edmunds | 22 | LB | 14 | 14 | 220 | 6-2 | Georgia Tech | 6/24/1946 | Rook | Miami Dolphins / 8th / 217th pick / 1968 |
| Frank Emanuel | 26 | LB | 14 | 12 | 225 | 6-3 | Tennessee | 12/4/1942 | 2 | Miami Dolphins / 2nd / 9th pick / 1966 |
| Norm Evans | 26 | T | 13 | 12 | 250 | 6-5 | TCU | 9/28/1942 | 3 | Houston Oilers / 14th / 106th pick / 1965 |
| Manny Fernandez | 22 | DT-DE | 13 | 11 | 250 | 6-2 | Utah | 7/3/1946 | Rook | |
| Charlie Fowler | 24 | G | 14 | 7 | 265 | 6-2 | Auburn,Houston | 11/10/1944 | 1 | Cleveland Browns / 12th / 308th pick / 1967 |
| Tom Goode | 30 | C-LB | 14 | 14 | 245 | 6-3 | Mississippi State | 12/1/1938 | 6 | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 16th pick / 1961 |
| Bob Griese* | 23 | QB | 13 | 13 | 190 | 6-1 | Purdue | 2/3/1945 | 1 | Miami Dolphins / 1st / 4th pick / 1967 |
| Kim Hammond | 24 | QB | 3 | 0 | 190 | 6-1 | Florida State | 10/12/1944 | Rook | Miami Dolphins / 6th / 142nd pick / 1968 |
| Jack Harper | 24 | RB | 5 | 0 | 190 | 5-11 | Florida | 10/8/1944 | 1 | |
| Ray Jacobs | 30 | DT-DE | 11 | 10 | 285 | 6-3 | Howard Payne | 11/21/1938 | 5 | Houston Oilers / 1st / 7th pick / 1962 |
| Bob Joswick | 22 | DE-DT | 1 | 1 | 250 | 6-5 | Tulsa | 1/12/1946 | Rook | Miami Dolphins / 13th / 334th pick / 1968 |
| Jimmy Keyes | 24 | LB-K | 12 | 0 | 225 | 6-2 | Mississippi | 6/16/1944 | Rook | Miami Dolphins / 2nd / 35th pick / 1968 |
| Jim Kiick* | 22 | RB | 14 | 13 | 214 | 5-11 | Wyoming | 8/9/1946 | Rook | Miami Dolphins / 5th / 118th pick / 1968 |
| Mack Lamb | 24 | DB | 13 | 4 | 188 | 6-1 | Tennessee State | 5/9/1944 | 1 | |
| Wahoo McDaniel | 30 | LB | 4 | 0 | 235 | 6-1 | Oklahoma | 6/19/1938 | 8 | |
| Gene Milton | 24 | WR | 13 | 0 | 185 | 5-10 | Florida A&M | 9/28/1944 | Rook | |
| Stan Mitchell | 24 | RB | 9 | 5 | 210 | 6-2 | Tennessee | 8/17/1944 | 2 | Washington Redskins / 8th / 115th pick / 1966 |
| Doug Moreau | 23 | TE-K | 11 | 10 | 215 | 6-1 | LSU | 2/15/1945 | 2 | Miami Dolphins / 19th / 164th pick / 1966 |
| Bob Neff | 24 | DB | 5 | 0 | 180 | 5-11 | Stephen F. Austin | 3/5/1944 | 2 | |
| Billy Neighbors | 28 | G | 14 | 13 | 250 | 6-0 | Alabama | 2/4/1940 | 6 | Washington Redskins / 4th / 43rd pick / 1962 |
| Tom Nomina | 27 | DT-G | 14 | 13 | 260 | 6-3 | Miami (OH) | 12/27/1941 | 5 | Denver Broncos / 2nd / 13th pick / 1963 |
| Karl Noonan* | 24 | SE-FL-WR | 14 | 14 | 198 | 6-2 | Iowa | 2/17/1944 | 2 | |
| Rick Norton | 25 | QB | 3 | 1 | 200 | 6-2 | Kentucky | 11/16/1943 | 2 | Miami Dolphins / 1st / 2nd pick / 1966 |
| Bob Petrella | 24 | DB | 9 | 7 | 190 | 5-11 | Tennessee | 11/7/1944 | 2 | Miami Dolphins / 8th / 64th pick / 1966 |
| Sammy Price | 25 | RB | 13 | 0 | 215 | 5-11 | Illinois | 10/1/1943 | 2 | Miami Dolphins / 11th / 92nd pick / 1966 |
| Jack Pyburn | 24 | T | 13 | 0 | 250 | 6-6 | Texas A&M | 12/28/1944 | 1 | Miami Dolphins / 11th / 266th pick / 1967 |
| John Richardson | 23 | DT | 11 | 3 | 245 | 6-3 | UCLA | 5/25/1945 | 1 | Miami Dolphins / 9th / 216th pick / 1967 |
| Jim Riley | 23 | DE | 13 | 9 | 250 | 6-4 | Oklahoma | 7/6/1945 | 1 | Miami Dolphins / 2nd / 29th pick / 1967 |
| Larry Seiple | 23 | TE-HB-P | 14 | 0 | 214 | 6-0 | Kentucky | 2/14/1945 | 1 | Miami Dolphins / 7th / 163rd pick / 1967 |
| Gary Tucker | 23 | RB | 14 | 0 | 205 | 5-11 | Tennessee-Chattanooga,Vanderbilt | 2/19/1945 | Rook | Miami Dolphins / 5th / 129th pick / 1967 |
| Howard Twilley | 25 | WR-FL | 14 | 14 | 185 | 5-10 | Tulsa | 12/25/1943 | 2 | Miami Dolphins / 12th / 101st pick / 1966 |
| Jim Urbanek | 23 | DT | 8 | 0 | 270 | 6-4 | Mississippi | 4/8/1945 | Rook | Miami Dolphins / 3rd / 62nd pick / 1968 |
| Jimmy Warren | 29 | DB | 14 | 14 | 175 | 5-11 | Illinois | 7/20/1939 | 4 | |
| Dick Washington | 23 | DB | 4 | 0 | 205 | 6-1 | Bethune-Cookman | 2/15/1945 | Rook | |
| Ed Weisacosky | 24 | LB | 8 | 0 | 230 | 6-1 | Miami (FL) | 5/4/1944 | 1 | Miami Dolphins / 6th / 42nd pick / 1966 |
| Willie West | 30 | DB | 13 | 9 | 190 | 5-10 | Oregon | 5/1/1938 | 8 | St. Louis Cardinals / 4th / 37th pick / 1960 |
| Dick Westmoreland | 27 | DB | 11 | 9 | 190 | 6-1 | North Carolina A&T | 2/17/1941 | 5 | |
| Maxie Williams | 28 | G-T | 14 | 13 | 250 | 6-4 | Southeastern Louisiana | 6/28/1940 | 3 | Houston Oilers / 10th / 74th pick / 1965 |
| Freddie Woodson | 24 | G-DT-DE | 14 | 1 | 255 | 6-2 | Florida A&M | 6/9/1944 | 1 | |
| Team Total | 24.8 | 14 | 222.6 | 6-1.5 | 2.0 |