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1974 Miami Dolphins
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Record: 11-3-0, Finished 1st in AFC East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 327 points (23.4/g), 3rd of 26 in the NFL.
Allowed 216 points (15.4/g), 6th.
Differential of 111 points (7.9/g), 5th.
Expected W-L: 10.2-3.8.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +2 (0.1/g), 11th.
Coached by Don Shula (11-3-0)
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1974 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* | 29 | 7 | 13 | 152 for 253, 1,968 yards, 16 td, 15 int, & 16 rushes for 66 yards and 1 td | Miami Dolphins / 1st / 4th pick / 1967 |
| RB | Jim Kiick | 28 | 6 | 7 | 86 rushes for 274 yards, 1 td, & 18 catches for 155 yards and 1 td | Miami Dolphins / 5th / 118th pick / 1968 |
| FB | Larry Csonka* | 28 | 6 | 12 | 197 rushes for 749 yards, 9 td, & 7 catches for 35 yards and 0 td | Miami Dolphins / 1st / 8th pick / 1968 |
| WR | Nat Moore | 23 | Rook | 7 | 37 catches for 605 yards, 2 td, & 3 rushes for 16 yards and 0 td | Miami Dolphins / 3rd / 78th pick / 1974 |
| WR | Paul Warfield* | 32 | 10 | 9 | 27 catches for 536 yards, 2 td | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 11th pick / 1964 |
| TE | Jim Mandich | 26 | 4 | 10 | 33 catches for 374 yards, 6 td | Miami Dolphins / 2nd / 29th pick / 1970 |
| LT | Tom Funchess | 30 | 6 | 3 | Boston Patriots / 2nd / 32nd pick / 1968 |
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| LG | Bob Kuechenberg* | 27 | 4 | 14 | 1 fumble recovered | Philadelphia Eagles / 4th / 80th pick / 1969 |
| C | Jim Langer*+ | 26 | 4 | 14 | ||
| RG | Larry Little*+ | 29 | 7 | 14 | ||
| RT | Norm Evans* | 32 | 9 | 14 | Houston Oilers / 14th / 106th pick / 1965 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Vern Den Herder | 26 | 3 | 14 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Miami Dolphins / 9th / 230th pick / 1971 |
| LDT | Manny Fernandez | 28 | 6 | 12 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
| RDT | Bob Heinz | 27 | 5 | 13 | Miami Dolphins / 2nd / 37th pick / 1969 |
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| RDE | Bill Stanfill* | 27 | 5 | 13 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Miami Dolphins / 1st / 11th pick / 1969 |
| LLB | Bob Matheson | 30 | 7 | 8 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 18th pick / 1967 |
| LLB | Doug Swift | 26 | 4 | 7 | 0 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | |
| MLB | Nick Buoniconti | 34 | 12 | 13 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Boston Patriots / 13th / 102nd pick / 1962 |
| RLB | Mike Kolen | 26 | 4 | 13 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Miami Dolphins / 12th / 289th pick / 1970 |
| LCB | Tim Foley | 26 | 4 | 10 | 2 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Miami Dolphins / 3rd / 55th pick / 1970 |
| RCB | Curtis Johnson | 26 | 4 | 12 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Miami Dolphins / 4th / 81st pick / 1970 |
| SS | Dick Anderson* | 28 | 6 | 14 | 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Miami Dolphins / 3rd / 73rd pick / 1968 |
| FS | Jake Scott*+ | 29 | 4 | 14 | 8 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Miami Dolphins / 7th / 159th pick / 1970 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Garo Yepremian | 30 | 8 | 0 | 8 of 15 field goals & 43 of 43 extra points | |
| P | Larry Seiple | 29 | 7 | 0 | 65 punts for a 38.6 average, 0 blocked | Miami Dolphins / 7th / 163rd pick / 1967 |
| PR | Jake Scott*+ | 29 | 4 | 14 | 31 punt returns for a 11.2 average and 0 td | Miami Dolphins / 7th / 159th pick / 1970 |
| KR | Nat Moore | 23 | Rook | 7 | 22 kick returns for a 26.7 average and 0 td | Miami Dolphins / 3rd / 78th pick / 1974 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Dick Anderson* | 28 | DB | 14 | 14 | 196 | 6-2 | Colorado | 2/10/1946 | 6 | Miami Dolphins / 3rd / 73rd pick / 1968 |
| Charlie Babb | 24 | DB | 14 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Memphis | 2/4/1950 | 2 | Miami Dolphins / 5th / 129th pick / 1972 |
| Melvin Baker | 24 | WR | 9 | 0 | 189 | 6-0 | Texas Southern | 8/12/1950 | Rook | Miami Dolphins / 8th / 208th pick / 1974 |
| Larry Ball | 25 | LB | 14 | 0 | 232 | 6-6 | Louisville | 9/27/1949 | 2 | Miami Dolphins / 4th / 91st pick / 1972 |
| Bruce Bannon | 23 | LB | 14 | 0 | 225 | 6-3 | Penn State | 3/11/1951 | 1 | New York Jets / 5th / 116th pick / 1973 |
| Marlin Briscoe | 29 | WR-QB-FL | 4 | 0 | 178 | 5-11 | Nebraska-Omaha | 9/10/1945 | 6 | Denver Broncos / 14th / 357th pick / 1968 |
| Nick Buoniconti | 34 | LB | 13 | 13 | 220 | 5-11 | Notre Dame | 12/15/1940 | 12 | Boston Patriots / 13th / 102nd pick / 1962 |
| Randy Crowder | 21 | DT-NT-DE | 12 | 0 | 242 | 6-2 | Penn State | 7/30/1953 | Rook | Miami Dolphins / 6th / 136th pick / 1974 |
| Doug Crusan | 28 | T | 1 | 0 | 250 | 6-5 | Indiana | 7/26/1946 | 6 | Miami Dolphins / 1st / 27th pick / 1968 |
| Larry Csonka* | 28 | RB | 12 | 12 | 237 | 6-3 | Syracuse | 12/25/1946 | 6 | Miami Dolphins / 1st / 8th pick / 1968 |
| Vern Den Herder | 26 | DE-NT | 14 | 14 | 250 | 6-6 | Central College (IA) | 11/28/1948 | 3 | Miami Dolphins / 9th / 230th pick / 1971 |
| Norm Evans* | 32 | T | 14 | 14 | 250 | 6-5 | TCU | 9/28/1942 | 9 | Houston Oilers / 14th / 106th pick / 1965 |
| Manny Fernandez | 28 | DT-DE | 12 | 12 | 250 | 6-2 | Utah | 7/3/1946 | 6 | |
| Marv Fleming | 32 | TE-SE | 14 | 0 | 232 | 6-4 | Utah | 1/2/1942 | 11 | Denver Broncos / 9th / 69th pick / 1963 |
| Tim Foley | 26 | DB | 13 | 10 | 194 | 6-0 | Purdue | 1/22/1948 | 4 | Miami Dolphins / 3rd / 55th pick / 1970 |
| Tom Funchess | 30 | T | 8 | 3 | 265 | 6-5 | Jackson State | 9/12/1944 | 6 | Boston Patriots / 2nd / 32nd pick / 1968 |
| Hubert Ginn | 27 | RB | 9 | 0 | 185 | 5-10 | Florida A&M | 1/4/1947 | 4 | Miami Dolphins / 9th / 211th pick / 1970 |
| Irv Goode | 34 | G-T-C | 14 | 0 | 255 | 6-5 | Kentucky | 10/12/1940 | 12 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 12th pick / 1962 |
| Bob Griese* | 29 | QB | 13 | 13 | 190 | 6-1 | Purdue | 2/3/1945 | 7 | Miami Dolphins / 1st / 4th pick / 1967 |
| Bob Heinz | 27 | DT-DE | 14 | 13 | 265 | 6-6 | Pacific | 7/25/1947 | 5 | Miami Dolphins / 2nd / 37th pick / 1969 |
| Curtis Johnson | 26 | DB | 13 | 12 | 196 | 6-1 | Toledo | 6/22/1948 | 4 | Miami Dolphins / 4th / 81st pick / 1970 |
| Jim Kiick | 28 | RB | 14 | 7 | 214 | 5-11 | Wyoming | 8/9/1946 | 6 | Miami Dolphins / 5th / 118th pick / 1968 |
| Mike Kolen | 26 | LB | 14 | 13 | 220 | 6-2 | Auburn | 1/31/1948 | 4 | Miami Dolphins / 12th / 289th pick / 1970 |
| Bob Kuechenberg* | 27 | G-T-C | 14 | 14 | 253 | 6-2 | Notre Dame | 10/14/1947 | 4 | Philadelphia Eagles / 4th / 80th pick / 1969 |
| Jim Langer*+ | 26 | C-G | 14 | 14 | 250 | 6-2 | South Dakota State | 5/16/1948 | 4 | |
| Charlie Leigh | 29 | RB | 1 | 0 | 206 | 5-11 | none | 10/29/1945 | 6 | |
| Larry Little*+ | 29 | G-T | 14 | 14 | 265 | 6-1 | Bethune-Cookman | 11/2/1945 | 7 | |
| Benny Malone | 22 | RB | 13 | 3 | 193 | 5-10 | Arizona State | 2/3/1952 | Rook | Miami Dolphins / 2nd / 47th pick / 1974 |
| Jim Mandich | 26 | TE | 14 | 10 | 224 | 6-2 | Michigan | 7/30/1948 | 4 | Miami Dolphins / 2nd / 29th pick / 1970 |
| Bob Matheson | 30 | LB | 14 | 8 | 238 | 6-4 | Duke | 11/25/1944 | 7 | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 18th pick / 1967 |
| Maulty Moore | 28 | DT | 14 | 0 | 265 | 6-5 | Bethune-Cookman | 8/12/1946 | 2 | |
| Nat Moore | 23 | WR-RB | 13 | 7 | 184 | 5-9 | Florida,Tennessee-Martin | 9/19/1951 | Rook | Miami Dolphins / 3rd / 78th pick / 1974 |
| Wayne Moore | 29 | T | 3 | 3 | 265 | 6-6 | Lamar | 8/17/1945 | 4 | |
| Earl Morrall | 40 | QB | 14 | 1 | 205 | 6-1 | Michigan State | 5/17/1934 | 18 | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 2nd pick / 1956 |
| Mercury Morris | 27 | RB | 5 | 3 | 190 | 5-10 | West Texas A&M | 1/5/1947 | 5 | Miami Dolphins / 3rd / 63rd pick / 1969 |
| Lloyd Mumphord | 28 | DB | 13 | 0 | 176 | 5-10 | Texas Southern | 12/20/1946 | 5 | Miami Dolphins / 16th / 401st pick / 1969 |
| Ed Newman | 23 | G | 14 | 4 | 245 | 6-2 | Duke,Florida Atlantic | 6/4/1951 | 1 | Miami Dolphins / 6th / 156th pick / 1973 |
| Don Nottingham | 25 | RB | 14 | 0 | 210 | 5-10 | Kent State | 6/28/1949 | 3 | Baltimore Colts / 17th / 441st pick / 1971 |
| Don Reese | 23 | DT-DE | 13 | 0 | 254 | 6-6 | Jackson State | 9/4/1951 | Rook | Miami Dolphins / 1st / 26th pick / 1974 |
| Jake Scott*+ | 29 | DB | 14 | 14 | 188 | 6-0 | Georgia | 7/20/1945 | 4 | Miami Dolphins / 7th / 159th pick / 1970 |
| Larry Seiple | 29 | TE-HB-P | 14 | 0 | 214 | 6-0 | Kentucky | 2/14/1945 | 7 | Miami Dolphins / 7th / 163rd pick / 1967 |
| Bill Stanfill* | 27 | DE | 14 | 13 | 250 | 6-5 | Georgia | 1/13/1947 | 5 | Miami Dolphins / 1st / 11th pick / 1969 |
| Don Strock | 24 | QB | 1 | 0 | 220 | 6-5 | Virginia Tech | 11/27/1950 | Rook | Miami Dolphins / 5th / 111th pick / 1973 |
| Henry Stuckey | 24 | DB | 14 | 0 | 180 | 6-1 | Missouri | 8/24/1950 | 2 | Detroit Lions / 8th / 197th pick / 1972 |
| Doug Swift | 26 | LB | 8 | 7 | 226 | 6-3 | Amherst | 10/24/1948 | 4 | |
| Howard Twilley | 31 | WR-FL | 13 | 4 | 185 | 5-10 | Tulsa | 12/25/1943 | 8 | Miami Dolphins / 12th / 101st pick / 1966 |
| Paul Warfield* | 32 | WR-SE | 9 | 9 | 188 | 6-0 | Ohio State | 11/28/1942 | 10 | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 11th pick / 1964 |
| Jeris White | 22 | DB | 14 | 0 | 188 | 5-9 | Hawaii | 9/3/1952 | Rook | Miami Dolphins / 2nd / 52nd pick / 1974 |
| Tom Wickert | 22 | T-G | 13 | 0 | 246 | 6-4 | Washington State | 4/5/1952 | Rook | Miami Dolphins / 9th / 212th pick / 1974 |
| Garo Yepremian | 30 | K | 14 | 0 | 175 | 5-8 | none | 6/2/1944 | 8 | |
| Team Total | 27.3 | 14 | 220.2 | 6-1.6 | 4.8 |