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1976 Miami Dolphins

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Record: 6-8-0, Finished 3rd in AFC East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 263 points (18.8/g), 15th of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 264 points (18.9/g), 15th.
 Differential of -1 points (-0.1/g), 15th.
 Expected W-L: 7.0-7.0.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +6 (0.4/g), 8th.

Simple Rating System: Total -0.1, Offense: -1.8, Defense: 1.7, SoS: -0.0, versus averages of 0.0.

Coached by Don Shula

 Offensive Coordinator: Howard Schnellenberger
 Defensive Coordinator: Bill Arnsparger

Training Camp: St. Thomas University (Miami Gardens, Florida)

Team Stats and Rankings

Tot Yds & TO 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 263 4386 874 5.0 267 193 346 2268 15 15 5.9 125 491 2118 15 4.3 122 23 8 20
Team Defense 264 5081 892 5.7 268 195 347 2670 20 11 7.3 131 525 2411 14 4.6 125 29 18 12
Lg Rank Offense 15 13 8 22 10 15 8 8 19 13 11 6 1 1
Lg Rank Defense 15 26 23 9 28 24 22 28 16 22 13 25 19 13

Team Games & Schedule

Score Offense Defense
Week Day Date OT Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Mon September 13 boxscore W 1-0 @ Buffalo Bills 30 21 25 401 197 204 3 16 383 275 108
2 Sun September 19 boxscore L 1-1 @ New England Patriots 14 30 17 254 146 108 4 23 430 152 278 2
3 Sun September 26 boxscore W 2-1 New York Jets 16 0 23 334 123 211 1 10 224 159 65 5
4 Sun October 3 boxscore L 2-2 Los Angeles Rams 28 31 21 319 100 219 2 23 593 426 167 1
5 Sun October 10 boxscore L 2-3 @ Baltimore Colts 14 28 14 268 180 88 2 22 332 163 169 1
6 Sun October 17 boxscore L OT 2-4 Kansas City Chiefs 17 20 27 441 262 179 5 21 453 267 186 2
7 Sun October 24 boxscore W 3-4 @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers 23 20 19 290 90 200 1 20 334 191 143 1
8 Sun October 31 boxscore W 4-4 New England Patriots 10 3 18 257 100 157 11 226 96 130 1
9 Sun November 7 boxscore W 5-4 @ New York Jets 27 7 18 323 181 142 16 270 154 116 4
10 Sun November 14 boxscore L 5-5 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 3 14 14 224 108 116 19 354 96 258
11 Mon November 22 boxscore L 5-6 Baltimore Colts 16 17 16 338 251 87 2 20 340 177 163 2
12 Sun November 28 boxscore L 5-7 @ Cleveland Browns 13 17 23 324 190 134 18 311 178 133 5
13 Sun December 5 boxscore W 6-7 Buffalo Bills 45 27 19 425 207 218 1 23 424 155 269 2
14 Sat December 11 boxscore L 6-8 Minnesota Vikings 7 29 13 188 133 55 2 26 407 181 226 3

Passing

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate QBR Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk% 4QC GWD
12 Bob Griese 31 QB 13 13 5-8-0 162 272 59.6 2097 11 4.0 12 4.4 47 7.7 6.5 12.9 161.3 78.9 30 266 6.06 5.00 9.9 0 1
10 Don Strock 26 qb 4 1 1-0-0 21 47 44.7 359 3 6.4 2 4.3 53 7.6 7.0 17.1 89.8 74.7 4 41 6.24 5.65 7.8
15 Earl Morrall 42 14 0 10 26 38.5 148 1 3.8 1 3.8 67 5.7 4.7 14.8 10.6 54.6 3 29 4.10 3.24 10.3
86 Freddie Solomon 23 PR/WR 10 8 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.0
Team Total 26.9 14 6-8-0 193 346 55.8 2604 15 4.3 15 4.3 67 7.5 6.4 13.5 186.0 76.3 37 336 5.92 4.94 9.7 0 1
Opp Total 14 195 347 56.2 2863 20 5.8 11 3.2 8.3 7.98 14.7 204.5 89.3 20 193 7.3 7.0 5.4

Rushing & Receiving

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Rushing Receiving
No. 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
32 Benny Malone 24 RB 14 12 186 797 4 31 4.3 56.9 13.3 9 103 11.4 0 36 0.6 7.4 900 4 3
31 Norm Bulaich 30 fb 11 6 122 540 4 35 4.4 49.1 11.1 28 151 5.4 0 25 2.5 13.7 691 4 1
36 Don Nottingham 27 FB 14 8 63 185 3 13 2.9 13.2 4.5 4 33 8.3 0 29 0.3 2.4 218 3 1
33 Stan Winfrey 23 14 0 52 205 1 13 3.9 14.6 3.7 6 55 9.2 1 16 0.4 3.9 260 2 1
27 Gary Davis 22 KR 14 1 31 160 1 57 5.2 11.4 2.2 2 8 4.0 0 6 0.1 0.6 168 1 1
12 Bob Griese 31 QB 13 13 23 108 0 26 4.7 8.3 1.8 108 0 3
89 Nat Moore 25 WR 9 9 4 36 0 21 9.0 4.0 0.4 33 625 18.9 4 67 3.7 69.4 661 4 1
86 Freddie Solomon 23 PR/WR 10 8 4 60 1 59 15.0 6.0 0.4 27 453 16.8 2 53 2.7 45.3 513 3 0
20 Larry Seiple 31 P 14 0 3 14 0 7 4.7 1.0 0.2 10 138 13.8 1 25 0.7 9.9 152 1 0
10 Don Strock 26 qb 4 1 2 13 1 11 6.5 3.3 0.5 13 1 1
35 Clayton Heath 25 6 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0 0 0
26 Duriel Harris 22 wr 12 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 22 372 16.9 1 44 1.8 31.0 372 1 1
88 Jim Mandich 28 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 22 260 11.8 4 31 1.6 18.6 260 4 0
81 Howard Twilley 33 wr 8 6 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 14 214 15.3 1 39 1.8 26.8 214 1 0
87 Andre Tillman 24 TE 14 14 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 13 130 10.0 1 16 0.9 9.3 130 1 0
80 Loaird McCreary 23 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 51 25.5 0 30 0.1 3.6 51 0 0
43 Mike Holmes 26 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 11 11.0 0 11 0.3 3.7 11 0 1
Team Total 26.9 14 491 2118 15 59 4.3 151.3 35.1 193 2604 13.5 15 67 13.8 186.0 4722 30 14
Opp Total 14 525 2411 14 4.6 172.2 37.5 195 2670 13.7 20 13.9 190.7 5081 34 31

Kick & Punt Returns

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
27 Gary Davis 22 KR 14 1 26 617 0 47 23.7 785
26 Duriel Harris 22 wr 12 2 9 79 0 16 8.8 17 559 0 69 32.9 1010
86 Freddie Solomon 23 PR/WR 10 8 13 205 1 79 15.8 1 12 0 12 12.0 730
89 Nat Moore 25 WR 9 9 8 72 0 23 9.0 2 28 0 28 14.0 761
36 Don Nottingham 27 FB 14 8 6 107 0 21 17.8 325
49 Charlie Babb 26 SS 14 14 3 38 0 25 12.7 38
40 Dick Anderson 30 9 0 2 21 0 11 10.5 21
33 Stan Winfrey 23 14 0 2 24 0 13 12.0 284
87 Andre Tillman 24 TE 14 14 1 0 0 0 0.0 130
Team Total 26.9 14 35 415 1 79 11.9 55 1347 0 69 24.5 6484
Opp Total 14 34 0 57 1246 0 21.9

Kicking & Punting

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
No. 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
20 Larry Seiple 31 P 14 0 62 2366 56 0 38.2
1 Garo Yepremian 32 K 14 0 10 9 4 2 8 4 1 1 23 16 69.6% 31 29 93.5%
Team Total 26.9 14 10 9 4 2 8 4 1 1 23 16 69.6% 31 29 93.5% 62 2366 56 0 38.2
Opp Total 14 21 10 47.6% 34 30 88.2% 63 2596 41.2

Defense & Fumbles

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
41 Jeris White 24 LCB 14 14 2 4 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 0
12 Bob Griese 31 QB 13 13 0 3 2 -5 0
49 Charlie Babb 26 SS 14 14 2 20 0 20 0 0 0 2 0 0
70 John V. Andrews 25 RDE 14 4 0 0 3 0 0
48 Ken Ellis 29 12 0 2 40 0 40 0 0 0 1 0 0
32 Benny Malone 24 RB 14 12 0 3 0 0 0
53 Bob Matheson 32 RLB 13 11 2 34 0 34 0 0 0 1 0 0
27 Gary Davis 22 KR 14 1 0 1 1 0 0
83 Vern Den Herder 28 LDE 14 14 0 0 2 0 0
30 Bryant Salter 26 fs 12 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
40 Dick Anderson 30 9 0 1 32 0 32 0
31 Norm Bulaich 30 fb 11 6 0 1 0 0 0
78 Tom Drougas 27 14 0 0 0 1 0 0
50 Larry Gordon 23 LLB 14 14 0 0 1 0 0
26 Duriel Harris 22 wr 12 2 0 1 0 0 0
44 Barry Hill 23 FS 6 6 0 0 1 0 0
43 Mike Holmes 26 3 0 0 1 0 0 0
45 Curtis Johnson 28 RCB 13 9 1 14 0 14 0
66 Larry Little 31 RG/rt 14 14 0 0 1 0 0
68 Melvin Mitchell 23 12 0 0 0 1 0 0
89 Nat Moore 25 WR 9 9 0 1 0 0 0
64 Ed Newman 25 lg/rg 14 8 0 0 1 0 0
36 Don Nottingham 27 FB 14 8 0 1 0 0 0
84 Bill Stanfill 29 de 14 3 0 0 1 0 0
10 Don Strock 26 qb 4 1 0 1 0 0 0
56 Steve Towle 23 MLB 14 14 0 0 1 0 0
33 Stan Winfrey 23 14 0 0 1 0 0 0
Team Total 26.9 14 11 144 0 40 0 0 14 25 -5 0
Opp Total 14 37 31 13

Scoring Summary

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1 Garo Yepremian 32 K 14 0 29 16 77
31 Norm Bulaich 30 fb 11 6 4 4 24
32 Benny Malone 24 RB 14 12 4 4 24
88 Jim Mandich 28 14 0 4 4 24
89 Nat Moore 25 WR 9 9 4 4 24
86 Freddie Solomon 23 PR/WR 10 8 1 2 1 4 24
36 Don Nottingham 27 FB 14 8 3 3 18
33 Stan Winfrey 23 14 0 1 1 2 12
27 Gary Davis 22 KR 14 1 1 1 6
26 Duriel Harris 22 wr 12 2 1 1 6
20 Larry Seiple 31 P 14 0 1 1 6
10 Don Strock 26 qb 4 1 1 1 6
87 Andre Tillman 24 TE 14 14 1 1 6
81 Howard Twilley 33 wr 8 6 1 1 6
Team Total 26.9 14 15 15 1 31 29 16 263
Opp Total 14 14 20 30 10 264