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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)
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1970 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
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| 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 | |
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| Division | Sun | December 27 | box | L | 10-5 | @ | Oakland Raiders | 14 | 21 | ||||||||||