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1970 Miami Dolphins

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Record: 10-4-0, Finished 2nd in AFC East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 297 points (21.2/g), 11th of 26 in the NFL.
 Allowed 228 points (16.3/g), 5th.
 Differential of 69 points (4.9/g), 8th.
 Expected W-L: 9.1-4.9.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +8 (0.6/g), 7th.

Coached by Don Shula (10-4-0)

1970 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 20 box L 0-1 @ Boston Patriots 14 27 15 214 119 95 3 18 301 117 184 1
2 Sun September 27 box W 1-1 @ Houston Oilers 20 10 20 284 127 157 1 19 307 181 126 3
3 Sat October 3 box W 2-1 Oakland Raiders 20 13 7 279 175 104 1 14 334 154 180 4
4 Sat October 10 box W 3-1 @ New York Jets 20 6 20 312 195 117 1 14 263 224 39 3
5 Sun October 18 box W 4-1 @ Buffalo Bills 33 14 20 301 154 147 1 14 390 337 53 6
6 Sun October 25 box L 4-2 Cleveland Browns 0 28 8 165 46 119 3 21 339 252 87 3
7 Sun November 1 box L 4-3 @ Baltimore Colts 0 35 20 383 182 201 4 14 239 157 82 1
8 Sun November 8 box L 4-4 @ Philadelphia Eagles 17 24 14 245 128 117 4 17 291 178 113 2
9 Sun November 15 box W 5-4 New Orleans Saints 21 10 20 406 225 181 4 18 319 191 128 3
10 Sun November 22 box W 6-4 Baltimore Colts 34 17 12 251 136 115 19 296 187 109 4
11 Mon November 30 box W 7-4 @ Atlanta Falcons 20 7 16 304 86 218 2 15 271 160 111 1
12 Sun December 6 box W 8-4 Boston Patriots 37 20 18 301 93 208 2 19 243 176 67
13 Sun December 13 box W 9-4 New York Jets 16 10 19 269 125 144 3 14 214 86 128 3
14 Sun December 20 box W 10-4 Buffalo Bills 45 7 19 325 166 159 1 10 197 151 46 4
Playoffs
Division Sun December 27 box L 10-5 @ Oakland Raiders 14 21

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 297 4039 827 4.9 228 159 299 1957 15 19 5.8 100 492 2082 14 4.2 106 30 11 22
Team Defense 228 4004 808 5.0 370 234 403 2551 17 23 6.1 128 387 1453 8 3.8 226 38 15 16
Lg Rank Offense 11 11 13 23 20 15 10 13 4 3 7 5 8 3
Lg Rank Defense 5 15 20 22 22 15 6 24 2 7 7 13 7 12

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
Bob Griese* 25 QB 14 14 142 245 58.0 2019 12 4.9 17 6.9 54 8.2 5.6 14.2 144.2 72.1 31 282 6.3 4.0 11.2
John Stofa 28 8 0 16 53 30.2 240 3 5.7 2 3.8 52 4.5 3.4 15.0 30.0 49.3 5 45 3.4 2.3 8.6
Jim Kiick 24 RB 14 14 1 1 100.0 25 0 0.0 0 0.0 25 25.0 25.0 25.0 1.8 118.7 0 0 25.0 25.0 0.0
Team Total 25.1 14 159 299 53.2 2284 15 5.0 19 6.4 54 7.6 5.3 14.4 163.1 68.5 36 327 5.8 3.7 10.7
Opp Total 14 234 403 58.1 2551 17 4.2 23 5.7 6.3 4.2 10.9 182.2 67.1 18 157 6.1 3.6

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
Larry Csonka* 24 FB 14 14 193 874 6 53 4.5 62.4 13.8 11 94 8.5 0 54 0.8 6.7 968 6 3
Jim Kiick 24 RB 14 14 191 658 6 56 3.4 47.0 13.6 42 497 11.8 0 47 3.0 35.5 1155 6 4
Mercury Morris 23 RET 12 0 60 409 0 40 6.8 34.1 5.0 12 149 12.4 0 50 1.0 12.4 558 0 6
Bob Griese* 25 QB 14 14 26 89 2 16 3.4 6.4 1.9 89 2 5
Stan Mitchell 26 14 0 8 23 0 9 2.9 1.6 0.6 6 85 14.2 1 36 0.4 6.1 108 1 0
Hubert Ginn 23 12 0 5 -1 0 8 -0.2 -0.1 0.4 -1 0 2
Paul Warfield* 28 WR 11 11 2 13 0 16 6.5 1.2 0.2 28 703 25.1 6 54 2.5 63.9 716 6 0
Larry Seiple 25 P 14 0 2 21 0 24 10.5 1.5 0.1 2 14 7.0 0 7 0.1 1.0 35 0 0
Barry Pryor 24 2 0 2 0 0 5 0.0 0.0 1.0 0 0 0
John Stofa 28 8 0 2 5 0 4 2.5 0.6 0.3 5 0 0
Karl Noonan 26 14 0 1 -9 0 -9 -9.0 -0.6 0.1 10 186 18.6 1 51 0.7 13.3 177 1 1
Howard Twilley 27 WR 14 13 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 22 281 12.8 5 23 1.6 20.1 281 5 0
Marv Fleming 28 TE 14 14 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 18 205 11.4 0 36 1.3 14.6 205 0 0
Willie Richardson 31 10 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 7 67 9.6 1 27 0.7 6.7 67 1 0
Jim Mandich 22 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 3 3.0 1 3 0.1 0.2 3 1 1
Team Total 25.1 14 492 2082 14 56 4.2 148.7 35.1 159 2284 14.4 15 54 11.4 163.1 4366 29 24
Opp Total 14 387 1453 8 3.8 103.8 27.6 234 2551 10.9 17 16.7 182.2 4004 25 24

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Jake Scott 25 FS 14 13 27 290 1 77 10.7 4 117 0 42 29.3 407
Mercury Morris 23 RET 12 0 2 -1 0 0 -0.5 28 812 1 96 29.0 1369
Hubert Ginn 23 12 0 5 59 0 26 11.8 58
Stan Mitchell 26 14 0 4 35 0 17 8.8 143
Dick Anderson 24 SS 14 13 1 6 0 6 6.0 1 8 0 8 8.0 14
Jim Mandich 22 14 0 2 0 0 0 0.0 3
Larry Seiple 25 P 14 0 2 5 0 3 2.5 40
Dean Brown 25 5 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Tim Foley 22 14 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Team Total 25.1 14 30 295 1 77 9.8 48 1036 1 96 21.6 5697
Opp Total 14 20 1 55 1142 1 20.8

Kicking & Punting

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0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Garo Yepremian 26 K 13 0 4 4 3 2 6 5 15 11 1 29 22 75.9% 31 31 100.0%
Larry Seiple 25 P 14 0 58 2392 67 0 41.2
Karl Kremser 25 1 0 1 1 0.0% 2 2 100.0%
Team Total 25.1 14 4 4 4 2 6 5 15 11 1 30 22 73.3% 33 33 100.0% 58 2392 67 0 41.2
Opp Total 14 22 11 50.0% 28 27 96.4% 63 2627 41.7

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Dick Anderson 24 SS 14 13 8 191 0 86 1 2 0 0
Dean Brown 25 5 0 1 32 0 32 0 1 0 0
Frank Cornish 26 11 0 0 1 0 0
Larry Csonka* 24 FB 14 14 3 0 0 0
Ted Davis 28 llb 14 6 1 15 0 15
Hubert Ginn 23 12 0 2 2 3 0
Bob Griese* 25 QB 14 14 5 2 -3 0
Curtis Johnson 22 LCB 14 14 3 29 0 21 0 4 8 0
Jim Kiick 24 RB 14 14 4 3 0 0
Bob Kuechenberg 23 lg 14 5 0 1 0 0
Jim Mandich 22 14 0 1 2 2 0
Mercury Morris 23 RET 12 0 6 1 0 0
Lloyd Mumphord 24 RCB 14 14 5 35 1 32 0 2 9 0
Karl Noonan 26 14 0 1 0 0 0
Bob Petrella 26 14 0 0 1 0 0
Jesse Powell 23 11 0 0 2 0 0
John Richardson 25 RDT 14 14 0 1 0 0
Jake Scott 25 FS 14 13 5 112 0 47 1 1 0 0
Larry Seiple 25 P 14 0 0 1 0 0
Garo Yepremian 26 K 13 0 0 1 0 0
Team Total 25.1 14 23 414 1 86 24 28 19 0
Opp Total 14 36 24 9

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Garo Yepremian 26 K 13 0 31 22 97
Larry Csonka* 24 FB 14 14 6 36
Jim Kiick 24 RB 14 14 6 36
Paul Warfield* 28 WR 11 11 6 36
Howard Twilley 27 WR 14 13 5 30
Bob Griese* 25 QB 14 14 2 12
Lloyd Mumphord 24 RCB 14 14 1 1 12
Jim Mandich 22 14 0 1 6
Stan Mitchell 26 14 0 1 6
Mercury Morris 23 RET 12 0 1 6
Karl Noonan 26 14 0 1 6
Willie Richardson 31 10 0 1 6
Jake Scott 25 FS 14 13 1 6
Karl Kremser 25 1 0 2 2
Team Total 25.1 14 14 15 1 1 1 1 33 22 297
Opp Total 14 8 17 1 1 27 11 228