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1973 Miami Dolphins
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Record: 12-2-0, Finished 1st in AFC East Division
NFL Season Summary
1973 Super Bowl Champions
Scored 343 points (24.5/g), 5th of 26 in the NFL.
Allowed 150 points (10.7/g), 1st.
Differential of 193 points (13.8/g), 2nd.
Expected W-L: 12.3-1.7.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +1 (0.1/g), 12th.
Simple Rating System: Total 13.4, Offense: 5.1, Defense: 8.3, SoS: -0.4, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Don Shula (12-2-0)
Offensive Coordinator: Bill McPeak
Defensive Coordinator: Bill Arnsparger
Training Camp: St. Thomas University (Miami Gardens, Florida)
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Starters
ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),Hide Non-primary Starters
| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offensive Starters | ||||||
| QB | Bob Griese* | 28 | 6 | 13 | 116 for 218, 1,422 yards, 17 td, 8 int, & 13 rushes for 20 yards and 0 td | Miami Dolphins / 1st / 4th pick / 1967 |
| RB | Mercury Morris* | 26 | 4 | 11 | 149 rushes for 954 yards, 10 td, & 4 catches for 51 yards and 0 td | Miami Dolphins / 3rd / 63rd pick / 1969 |
| FB | Larry Csonka*+ | 27 | 5 | 14 | 219 rushes for 1,003 yards, 5 td, & 7 catches for 22 yards and 0 td | Miami Dolphins / 1st / 8th pick / 1968 |
| WR | Marlin Briscoe | 28 | 5 | 14 | 30 catches for 447 yards, 2 td, & 2 rushes for -5 yards and 0 td | Denver Broncos / 14th / 357th pick / 1968 |
| WR | Paul Warfield*+ | 31 | 9 | 14 | 29 catches for 514 yards, 11 td, & 1 rush for 15 yards and 0 td | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 11th pick / 1964 Buffalo Bills / 4th / 28th pick / 1964 |
| TE | Marv Fleming | 31 | 10 | 11 | 3 catches for 22 yards, 0 td | Denver Broncos / 9th / 69th pick / 1963 Green Bay Packers / 11th / 154th pick / 1963 |
| LT | Wayne Moore* | 28 | 3 | 12 | ||
| LG | Bob Kuechenberg | 26 | 3 | 13 | Philadelphia Eagles / 4th / 80th pick / 1969 | |
| C | Jim Langer*+ | 25 | 3 | 14 | ||
| RG | Larry Little*+ | 28 | 6 | 13 | ||
| RT | Norm Evans | 31 | 8 | 14 | Houston Oilers / 14th / 106th pick / 1965 | |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Vern Den Herder | 25 | 2 | 14 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Miami Dolphins / 9th / 230th pick / 1971 |
| LDT | Manny Fernandez | 27 | 5 | 13 | ||
| RDT | Bob Heinz | 26 | 4 | 13 | Miami Dolphins / 2nd / 37th pick / 1969 | |
| RDE | Bill Stanfill* | 26 | 4 | 13 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Miami Dolphins / 1st / 11th pick / 1969 |
| LLB | Doug Swift | 25 | 3 | 14 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| MLB | Nick Buoniconti* | 33 | 11 | 13 | 0 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Boston Patriots / 13th / 102nd pick / 1962 |
| RLB | Mike Kolen | 25 | 3 | 13 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Miami Dolphins / 12th / 289th pick / 1970 |
| LCB | Tim Foley | 25 | 3 | 10 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Miami Dolphins / 3rd / 55th pick / 1970 |
| RCB | Curtis Johnson | 25 | 3 | 13 | 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Miami Dolphins / 4th / 81st pick / 1970 |
| SS | Jake Scott*+ | 28 | 3 | 13 | 4 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Miami Dolphins / 7th / 159th pick / 1970 |
| FS | Dick Anderson*+ | 27 | 5 | 12 | 8 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Miami Dolphins / 3rd / 73rd pick / 1968 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| Garo Yepremian*+ | 29 | 7 | 0 | |||
| Larry Seiple | 28 | 6 | 0 | Miami Dolphins / 7th / 163rd pick / 1967 | ||
| PR | Jake Scott*+ | 28 | 3 | 13 | 22 punt returns for a 12.1 average and 0 td | Miami Dolphins / 7th / 159th pick / 1970 |
| KR | Mercury Morris* | 26 | 4 | 11 | 11 kick returns for a 22.0 average and 0 td | Miami Dolphins / 3rd / 63rd pick / 1969 |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | AV | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | Dick Anderson*+ | 27 | FS | 14 | 12 | 196 | 6-2 | Colorado | 2/10/1946 | 5 | 18 | Miami Dolphins / 3rd / 73rd pick / 1968 |
| 49 | Charlie Babb | 23 | 14 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Memphis | 2/4/1950 | 1 | 2 | Miami Dolphins / 5th / 129th pick / 1972 | |
| 51 | Larry Ball | 24 | 14 | 0 | 232 | 6-6 | Louisville | 9/27/1949 | 1 | 2 | Miami Dolphins / 4th / 91st pick / 1972 | |
| 58 | Bruce Bannon | 22 | 14 | 0 | 225 | 6-3 | Penn St. | 3/11/1951 | Rook | 2 | New York Jets / 5th / 116th pick / 1973 | |
| 86 | Marlin Briscoe | 28 | WR | 14 | 14 | 178 | 5-11 | Nebraska-Omaha | 9/10/1945 | 5 | 9 | Denver Broncos / 14th / 357th pick / 1968 |
| 85 | Nick Buoniconti* | 33 | MLB | 13 | 13 | 220 | 5-11 | Notre Dame | 12/15/1940 | 11 | 14 | Boston Patriots / 13th / 102nd pick / 1962 |
| 77 | Doug Crusan | 27 | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-5 | Indiana | 7/26/1946 | 5 | 1 | Miami Dolphins / 1st / 27th pick / 1968 | |
| 39 | Larry Csonka*+ | 27 | FB | 14 | 14 | 237 | 6-3 | Syracuse | 12/25/1946 | 5 | 12 | Miami Dolphins / 1st / 8th pick / 1968 |
| 83 | Vern Den Herder | 25 | LDE | 14 | 14 | 250 | 6-6 | Central College (IA) | 11/28/1948 | 2 | 11 | Miami Dolphins / 9th / 230th pick / 1971 |
| 73 | Norm Evans | 31 | RT | 14 | 14 | 250 | 6-5 | TCU | 9/28/1942 | 8 | 8 | Houston Oilers / 14th / 106th pick / 1965 |
| 75 | Manny Fernandez | 27 | LDT | 13 | 13 | 250 | 6-2 | Utah | 7/3/1946 | 5 | 10 | |
| 80 | Marv Fleming | 31 | TE | 11 | 11 | 232 | 6-4 | Utah | 1/2/1942 | 10 | 2 | Denver Broncos / 9th / 69th pick / 1963 Green Bay Packers / 11th / 154th pick / 1963 |
| 25 | Tim Foley | 25 | LCB | 11 | 10 | 194 | 6-0 | Purdue | 1/22/1948 | 3 | 6 | Miami Dolphins / 3rd / 55th pick / 1970 |
| 32 | Hubert Ginn | 26 | 3 | 0 | 185 | 5-10 | Florida A&M | 1/4/1947 | 3 | 0 | Miami Dolphins / 9th / 211th pick / 1970 | |
| 55 | Irv Goode | 33 | 14 | 0 | 255 | 6-5 | Kentucky | 10/12/1940 | 11 | 1 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 12th pick / 1962 Dallas Texans / 4th / 28th pick / 1962 |
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| 12 | Bob Griese* | 28 | QB | 13 | 13 | 190 | 6-1 | Purdue | 2/3/1945 | 6 | 11 | Miami Dolphins / 1st / 4th pick / 1967 |
| 72 | Bob Heinz | 26 | RDT | 14 | 13 | 265 | 6-6 | Pacific | 7/25/1947 | 4 | 10 | Miami Dolphins / 2nd / 37th pick / 1969 |
| 45 | Curtis Johnson | 25 | RCB | 14 | 13 | 196 | 6-1 | Toledo | 6/22/1948 | 3 | 9 | Miami Dolphins / 4th / 81st pick / 1970 |
| 21 | Jim Kiick | 27 | 14 | 0 | 214 | 5-11 | Wyoming | 8/9/1946 | 5 | 7 | Miami Dolphins / 5th / 118th pick / 1968 | |
| 57 | Mike Kolen | 25 | RLB | 14 | 13 | 220 | 6-2 | Auburn | 1/31/1948 | 3 | 11 | Miami Dolphins / 12th / 289th pick / 1970 |
| 67 | Bob Kuechenberg | 26 | LG | 13 | 13 | 253 | 6-2 | Notre Dame | 10/14/1947 | 3 | 6 | Philadelphia Eagles / 4th / 80th pick / 1969 |
| 62 | Jim Langer*+ | 25 | C | 14 | 14 | 250 | 6-2 | South Dakota St. | 5/16/1948 | 3 | 13 | |
| 23 | Charlie Leigh | 28 | 14 | 0 | 206 | 5-11 | none | 10/29/1945 | 5 | 2 | ||
| 66 | Larry Little*+ | 28 | RG | 13 | 13 | 265 | 6-1 | Bethune-Cookman | 11/2/1945 | 6 | 12 | |
| 88 | Jim Mandich | 25 | 14 | 0 | 224 | 6-2 | Michigan | 7/30/1948 | 3 | 8 | Miami Dolphins / 2nd / 29th pick / 1970 | |
| 53 | Bob Matheson | 29 | lb | 14 | 2 | 238 | 6-4 | Duke | 11/25/1944 | 6 | 3 | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 18th pick / 1967 |
| 65 | Maulty Moore | 27 | 12 | 0 | 265 | 6-5 | Bethune-Cookman | 8/12/1946 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 79 | Wayne Moore* | 28 | LT | 13 | 12 | 265 | 6-6 | Lamar | 8/17/1945 | 3 | 9 | |
| 15 | Earl Morrall | 39 | qb | 14 | 1 | 205 | 6-1 | Michigan St. | 5/17/1934 | 17 | 2 | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 2nd pick / 1956 |
| 22 | Mercury Morris* | 26 | KR | 13 | 11 | 190 | 5-10 | West Texas A&M | 1/5/1947 | 4 | 12 | Miami Dolphins / 3rd / 63rd pick / 1969 |
| 26 | Lloyd Mumphord | 27 | 11 | 0 | 176 | 5-10 | Texas Southern | 12/20/1946 | 4 | 1 | Miami Dolphins / 16th / 401st pick / 1969 | |
| 64 | Ed Newman | 22 | g | 11 | 1 | 245 | 6-2 | Florida Atlantic,Duke | 6/4/1951 | Rook | 1 | Miami Dolphins / 6th / 156th pick / 1973 |
| 36 | Don Nottingham | 24 | 11 | 0 | 210 | 5-10 | Kent St. | 6/28/1949 | 2 | 2 | Baltimore Colts / 17th / 441st pick / 1971 | |
| 56 | Jesse Powell | 26 | 3 | 0 | 220 | 6-2 | West Texas A&M | 4/14/1947 | 4 | 0 | Miami Dolphins / 9th / 219th pick / 1969 | |
| 82 | Bo Rather | 23 | 6 | 0 | 184 | 6-1 | Michigan | 10/7/1950 | Rook | 0 | Miami Dolphins / 4th / 104th pick / 1973 | |
| 13 | Jake Scott*+ | 28 | PR | 14 | 13 | 188 | 6-0 | Georgia | 7/20/1945 | 3 | 16 | Miami Dolphins / 7th / 159th pick / 1970 |
| 20 | Larry Seiple | 28 | 14 | 0 | 214 | 6-0 | Kentucky | 2/14/1945 | 6 | 1 | Miami Dolphins / 7th / 163rd pick / 1967 | |
| 34 | Ron Sellers | 26 | 3 | 0 | 205 | 6-4 | Florida St. | 2/5/1947 | 4 | 1 | Boston Patriots / 1st / 6th pick / 1969 | |
| 29 | Thomas Smith | 24 | 2 | 0 | 216 | 6-1 | Iowa,Miami (FL) | 10/4/1949 | Rook | 0 | Miami Dolphins / 7th / 182nd pick / 1973 | |
| 84 | Bill Stanfill* | 26 | RDE | 14 | 13 | 250 | 6-5 | Georgia | 1/13/1947 | 4 | 16 | Miami Dolphins / 1st / 11th pick / 1969 |
| 48 | Henry Stuckey | 23 | 6 | 0 | 180 | 6-1 | Missouri | 8/24/1950 | 1 | 1 | Detroit Lions / 8th / 197th pick / 1972 | |
| 59 | Doug Swift | 25 | LLB | 14 | 14 | 226 | 6-3 | Amherst | 10/24/1948 | 3 | 11 | |
| 81 | Howard Twilley | 30 | 6 | 0 | 185 | 5-10 | Tulsa | 12/25/1943 | 7 | 1 | Miami Dolphins / 12th / 101st pick / 1966 Minnesota Vikings / 14th / 209th pick / 1966 |
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| 42 | Paul Warfield*+ | 31 | WR | 14 | 14 | 188 | 6-0 | Ohio St. | 11/28/1942 | 9 | 11 | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 11th pick / 1964 Buffalo Bills / 4th / 28th pick / 1964 |
| 70 | Larry Woods | 25 | 3 | 0 | 260 | 6-6 | Tennessee St. | 5/11/1948 | 2 | 0 | Detroit Lions / 4th / 100th pick / 1971 | |
| 1 | Garo Yepremian*+ | 29 | 14 | 0 | 175 | 5-8 | none | 6/2/1944 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 76 | Willie Young | 26 | 1 | 0 | 270 | 6-4 | Alcorn St. | 11/12/1947 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Team Total | 26.9 | 14 | 220.9 | 6-1.8 | 4.4 |