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1969 Miami Dolphins
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Record: 3-10-1, Finished 5th in AFL East Division
AFL Season Summary
Scored 233 points (16.6/g), 9th of 10 in the AFL.
Allowed 332 points (23.7/g), 7th.
Differential of -99 points (-7.1/g), 9th.
Expected W-L: 4.2-9.8.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -11 (-0.8/g), 9th.
Coached by George Wilson (3-10-1)
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1969 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 | 24 | 2 | 9 | 121 for 252, 1,695 yards, 10 td, 16 int, & 21 rushes for 102 yards and 0 td | Miami Dolphins / 1st / 4th pick / 1967 |
| QB | Rick Norton | 26 | 3 | 5 | 65 for 148, 709 yards, 2 td, 11 int, & 8 rushes for 16 yards and 0 td | Miami Dolphins / 1st / 2nd pick / 1966 |
| HB | Jim Kiick* | 23 | 1 | 14 | 180 rushes for 575 yards, 9 td, & 29 catches for 443 yards and 1 td | Miami Dolphins / 5th / 118th pick / 1968 |
| FB | Larry Csonka | 23 | 1 | 11 | 131 rushes for 566 yards, 2 td, & 21 catches for 183 yards and 1 td | Miami Dolphins / 1st / 8th pick / 1968 |
| FL | Karl Noonan | 25 | 3 | 14 | 29 catches for 307 yards, 3 td, & 1 rush for -11 yards and 0 td | |
| SE | Jack Clancy | 25 | 2 | 7 | 21 catches for 289 yards, 1 td | St. Louis Cardinals / 5th / 73rd pick / 1966 |
| SE | Karl Noonan | 25 | 3 | 14 | 29 catches for 307 yards, 3 td, & 1 rush for -11 yards and 0 td | |
| TE | Larry Seiple | 24 | 2 | 8 | 41 catches for 577 yards, 5 td, & 1 rush for 6 yards and 0 td | Miami Dolphins / 7th / 163rd pick / 1967 |
| TE | Doug Moreau | 24 | 3 | 5 | 10 catches for 136 yards, 0 td | Miami Dolphins / 19th / 164th pick / 1966 |
| LT | Doug Crusan | 23 | 1 | 14 | Miami Dolphins / 1st / 27th pick / 1968 |
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| LG | Maxie Williams | 29 | 4 | 13 | Houston Oilers / 10th / 74th pick / 1965 |
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| C | Tom Goode* | 31 | 7 | 14 | 1 fumble recovered | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 16th pick / 1961 |
| RG | Larry Little* | 24 | 2 | 10 | ||
| RG | Billy Neighbors | 29 | 7 | 5 | Washington Redskins / 4th / 43rd pick / 1962 |
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| RT | Norm Evans | 27 | 4 | 12 | Houston Oilers / 14th / 106th pick / 1965 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Jim Riley | 24 | 2 | 14 | Miami Dolphins / 2nd / 29th pick / 1967 |
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| LDT | Manny Fernandez | 23 | 1 | 13 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
| RDT | John Richardson | 24 | 2 | 14 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Miami Dolphins / 9th / 216th pick / 1967 |
| RDE | Bill Stanfill* | 22 | Rook | 13 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Miami Dolphins / 1st / 11th pick / 1969 |
| LLB | Randy Edmunds | 23 | 1 | 14 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Miami Dolphins / 8th / 217th pick / 1968 |
| MLB | Nick Buoniconti*+ | 29 | 7 | 13 | 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Boston Patriots / 13th / 102nd pick / 1962 |
| RLB | Ed Weisacosky | 25 | 2 | 14 | 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Miami Dolphins / 6th / 42nd pick / 1966 |
| LCB | Jimmy Warren | 30 | 5 | 13 | ||
| RCB | Lloyd Mumphord | 23 | Rook | 7 | 5 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Miami Dolphins / 16th / 401st pick / 1969 |
| RCB | Dick Westmoreland | 28 | 6 | 6 | ||
| LS | Tom Beier | 24 | 2 | 7 | 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Miami Dolphins / 10th / 241st pick / 1967 |
| LS | Bob Petrella | 25 | 3 | 6 | 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Miami Dolphins / 8th / 64th pick / 1966 |
| RS | Dick Anderson | 23 | 1 | 14 | 3 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Miami Dolphins / 3rd / 73rd pick / 1968 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Karl Kremser | 24 | Rook | 0 | 13 of 22 field goals & 26 of 27 extra points | Miami Dolphins / 5th / 128th pick / 1969 |
| P | Larry Seiple | 24 | 2 | 8 | 80 punts for a 40.8 average, 2 blocked | Miami Dolphins / 7th / 163rd pick / 1967 |
| PR | Mercury Morris | 22 | Rook | 0 | 25 punt returns for a 6.9 average and 0 td | Miami Dolphins / 3rd / 63rd pick / 1969 |
| KR | Mercury Morris | 22 | Rook | 0 | 43 kick returns for a 26.4 average and 1 td | Miami Dolphins / 3rd / 63rd pick / 1969 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Dick Anderson | 23 | DB | 14 | 14 | 196 | 6-2 | Colorado | 2/10/1946 | 1 | Miami Dolphins / 3rd / 73rd pick / 1968 |
| Tom Beier | 24 | DB | 14 | 7 | 195 | 5-11 | Detroit Mercy,Miami (FL) | 6/23/1945 | 2 | Miami Dolphins / 10th / 241st pick / 1967 |
| Tommy Boutwell | 23 | WR-QB | 5 | 0 | 200 | 6-2 | Southern Miss | 12/31/1946 | Rook | Cleveland Browns / 13th / 332nd pick / 1969 |
| John Boynton | 23 | T | 14 | 0 | 255 | 6-4 | Tennessee | 3/28/1946 | Rook | Miami Dolphins / 7th / 172nd pick / 1968 |
| Nick Buoniconti*+ | 29 | LB | 13 | 13 | 220 | 5-11 | Notre Dame | 12/15/1940 | 7 | Boston Patriots / 13th / 102nd pick / 1962 |
| Jack Clancy | 25 | SE-WR | 8 | 7 | 195 | 6-2 | Michigan | 6/18/1944 | 2 | St. Louis Cardinals / 5th / 73rd pick / 1966 |
| Doug Crusan | 23 | T | 14 | 14 | 250 | 6-5 | Indiana | 7/26/1946 | 1 | Miami Dolphins / 1st / 27th pick / 1968 |
| Larry Csonka | 23 | RB | 11 | 11 | 237 | 6-3 | Syracuse | 12/25/1946 | 1 | Miami Dolphins / 1st / 8th pick / 1968 |
| Bill Darnall | 25 | WR | 2 | 0 | 197 | 6-2 | North Carolina | 4/21/1944 | 1 | |
| Randy Edmunds | 23 | LB | 14 | 14 | 220 | 6-2 | Georgia Tech | 6/24/1946 | 1 | Miami Dolphins / 8th / 217th pick / 1968 |
| Frank Emanuel | 27 | LB | 14 | 0 | 225 | 6-3 | Tennessee | 12/4/1942 | 3 | Miami Dolphins / 2nd / 9th pick / 1966 |
| Norm Evans | 27 | T | 13 | 12 | 250 | 6-5 | TCU | 9/28/1942 | 4 | Houston Oilers / 14th / 106th pick / 1965 |
| Manny Fernandez | 23 | DT-DE | 14 | 13 | 250 | 6-2 | Utah | 7/3/1946 | 1 | |
| Tom Goode* | 31 | C-LB | 14 | 14 | 245 | 6-3 | Mississippi State | 12/1/1938 | 7 | Houston Oilers / 2nd / 16th pick / 1961 |
| Garry Grady | 23 | DB | 2 | 0 | 185 | 5-10 | Eastern Michigan | 10/11/1946 | Rook | |
| Bob Griese | 24 | QB | 9 | 9 | 190 | 6-1 | Purdue | 2/3/1945 | 2 | Miami Dolphins / 1st / 4th pick / 1967 |
| Bob Heinz | 22 | DT-DE | 14 | 0 | 265 | 6-6 | Pacific | 7/25/1947 | Rook | Miami Dolphins / 2nd / 37th pick / 1969 |
| Jimmy Hines | 23 | WR | 9 | 0 | 175 | 6-0 | Texas Southern | 9/10/1946 | Rook | Miami Dolphins / 6th / 146th pick / 1968 |
| Bob Joswick | 23 | DE-DT | 5 | 1 | 250 | 6-5 | Tulsa | 1/12/1946 | 1 | Miami Dolphins / 13th / 334th pick / 1968 |
| Jimmy Keyes | 25 | LB-K | 5 | 0 | 225 | 6-2 | Mississippi | 6/16/1944 | 1 | Miami Dolphins / 2nd / 35th pick / 1968 |
| Jim Kiick* | 23 | RB | 14 | 14 | 214 | 5-11 | Wyoming | 8/9/1946 | 1 | Miami Dolphins / 5th / 118th pick / 1968 |
| Karl Kremser | 24 | K | 14 | 0 | 175 | 6-0 | Army,Tennessee | 8/3/1945 | Rook | Miami Dolphins / 5th / 128th pick / 1969 |
| Larry Little* | 24 | G-T | 12 | 10 | 265 | 6-1 | Bethune-Cookman | 11/2/1945 | 2 | |
| Norm McBride | 22 | DE | 8 | 0 | 245 | 6-3 | Utah | 2/21/1947 | Rook | Miami Dolphins / 4th / 89th pick / 1969 |
| Dale McCullers | 22 | LB | 14 | 0 | 215 | 6-1 | Florida State | 10/11/1947 | Rook | Miami Dolphins / 12th / 297th pick / 1969 |
| Jim Mertens | 22 | TE | 14 | 0 | 240 | 6-3 | Fairmont State | 5/25/1947 | Rook | Miami Dolphins / 10th / 245th pick / 1969 |
| Gene Milton | 25 | WR | 14 | 0 | 185 | 5-10 | Florida A&M | 9/28/1944 | 1 | |
| Stan Mitchell | 25 | RB | 3 | 0 | 210 | 6-2 | Tennessee | 8/17/1944 | 3 | Washington Redskins / 8th / 115th pick / 1966 |
| Doug Moreau | 24 | TE-K | 5 | 5 | 215 | 6-1 | LSU | 2/15/1945 | 3 | Miami Dolphins / 19th / 164th pick / 1966 |
| Mercury Morris | 22 | RB | 14 | 0 | 190 | 5-10 | West Texas A&M | 1/5/1947 | Rook | Miami Dolphins / 3rd / 63rd pick / 1969 |
| Lloyd Mumphord | 23 | DB | 11 | 7 | 176 | 5-10 | Texas Southern | 12/20/1946 | Rook | Miami Dolphins / 16th / 401st pick / 1969 |
| Billy Neighbors | 29 | G | 14 | 5 | 250 | 6-0 | Alabama | 2/4/1940 | 7 | Washington Redskins / 4th / 43rd pick / 1962 |
| Karl Noonan | 25 | SE-FL-WR | 14 | 14 | 198 | 6-2 | Iowa | 2/17/1944 | 3 | |
| Rick Norton | 26 | QB | 7 | 5 | 200 | 6-2 | Kentucky | 11/16/1943 | 3 | Miami Dolphins / 1st / 2nd pick / 1966 |
| Willie Pearson | 22 | DB | 5 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | North Carolina A&T | 5/9/1947 | Rook | Miami Dolphins / 5th / 115th pick / 1969 |
| Bob Petrella | 25 | DB | 14 | 6 | 190 | 5-11 | Tennessee | 11/7/1944 | 3 | Miami Dolphins / 8th / 64th pick / 1966 |
| Jesse Powell | 22 | LB | 14 | 0 | 220 | 6-2 | West Texas A&M | 4/14/1947 | Rook | Miami Dolphins / 9th / 219th pick / 1969 |
| Barry Pryor | 23 | RB | 14 | 0 | 215 | 6-0 | Boston University | 3/4/1946 | Rook | |
| Jeff Richardson | 25 | T-G-C | 3 | 0 | 250 | 6-3 | Michigan State | 9/1/1944 | 2 | New York Jets / 6th / 146th pick / 1967 |
| John Richardson | 24 | DT | 14 | 14 | 245 | 6-3 | UCLA | 5/25/1945 | 2 | Miami Dolphins / 9th / 216th pick / 1967 |
| Jim Riley | 24 | DE | 14 | 14 | 250 | 6-4 | Oklahoma | 7/6/1945 | 2 | Miami Dolphins / 2nd / 29th pick / 1967 |
| Larry Seiple | 24 | TE-HB-P | 14 | 8 | 214 | 6-0 | Kentucky | 2/14/1945 | 2 | Miami Dolphins / 7th / 163rd pick / 1967 |
| Bill Stanfill* | 22 | DE | 13 | 13 | 250 | 6-5 | Georgia | 1/13/1947 | Rook | Miami Dolphins / 1st / 11th pick / 1969 |
| John Stofa | 27 | QB | 1 | 0 | 210 | 6-3 | Buffalo | 6/29/1942 | 3 | |
| Howard Twilley | 26 | WR-FL | 4 | 0 | 185 | 5-10 | Tulsa | 12/25/1943 | 3 | Miami Dolphins / 12th / 101st pick / 1966 |
| Jimmy Warren | 30 | DB | 13 | 13 | 175 | 5-11 | Illinois | 7/20/1939 | 5 | |
| Ed Weisacosky | 25 | LB | 14 | 14 | 230 | 6-1 | Miami (FL) | 5/4/1944 | 2 | Miami Dolphins / 6th / 42nd pick / 1966 |
| Dick Westmoreland | 28 | DB | 10 | 6 | 190 | 6-1 | North Carolina A&T | 2/17/1941 | 6 | |
| Maxie Williams | 29 | G-T | 14 | 13 | 250 | 6-4 | Southeastern Louisiana | 6/28/1940 | 4 | Houston Oilers / 10th / 74th pick / 1965 |
| Freddie Woodson | 25 | G-DT-DE | 1 | 0 | 255 | 6-2 | Florida A&M | 6/9/1944 | 2 | |
| Team Total | 24.5 | 14 | 218.4 | 6-1.5 | 1.9 |