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1976 Miami Dolphins Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 6-8-0, 3rd in AFC East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Don Shula (6-8-0)

Points For: 263 (18.8/g) 15th of 28

Points Against: 264 (18.9/g) 15th of 28

Expected W-L: 7.0-7.0

SRS: -0.08 (15th of 28), SOS: -0.01

Offensive Coordinator: Howard Schnellenberger

Defensive Coordinator: Bill Arnsparger

Other Notable Asst.: Don Doll (Linebackers), John Sandusky (Offensive Line) and Mike Scarry (Defensive Line)

Stadium: Orange Bowl

Founder/Principal Owner: Joe Robbie

Head Coach/de facto General Manager: Don Shula

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

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

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	263	4386	874	5.0	23	8	267	193	346	2268	15	15	5.9	125	491	2118	15	4.3	122	70	582	20
Opp. Stats	264	5081	892	5.7	29	18	268	195	347	2670	20	11	7.3	131	525	2411	14	4.6	125	94	716	12
Lg Rank Offense	15	13			1	1	8		22	10	15	8	8		19	13	11	6
Lg Rank Defense	15	26			19	13	23		9	28	24	22	28		16	22	13	25

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										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	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0	@	Buffalo Bills	30	21	25	401	197	204	3	16	383	275	108
2	Sun	September 19	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-1	@	New England Patriots	14	30	17	254	146	108	4	23	430	152	278	2
3	Sun	September 26	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-1		New York Jets	16	0	23	334	123	211	1	10	224	159	65	5
4	Sun	October 3	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-2		Los Angeles Rams	28	31	21	319	100	219	2	23	593	426	167	1
5	Sun	October 10	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-3	@	Baltimore Colts	14	28	14	268	180	88	2	22	332	163	169	1
6	Sun	October 17	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L	OT	2-4		Kansas City Chiefs	17	20	27	441	262	179	5	21	453	267	186	2
7	Sun	October 24	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-4	@	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	23	20	19	290	90	200	1	20	334	191	143	1
8	Sun	October 31	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-4		New England Patriots	10	3	18	257	100	157		11	226	96	130	1
9	Sun	November 7	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-4	@	New York Jets	27	7	18	323	181	142		16	270	154	116	4
10	Sun	November 14	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-5	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	3	14	14	224	108	116		19	354	96	258
11	Mon	November 22	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-6		Baltimore Colts	16	17	16	338	251	87	2	20	340	177	163	2
12	Sun	November 28	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-7	@	Cleveland Browns	13	17	23	324	190	134		18	311	178	133	5
13	Sun	December 5	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-7		Buffalo Bills	45	27	19	425	207	218	1	23	424	155	269	2
14	Sat	December 11	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		6-8		Minnesota Vikings	7	29	13	188	133	55	2	26	407	181	226	3

Passing

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	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	9.93	6.06	5.0	0	1
2	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	7.84	6.24	5.6	0	0
3	Earl Morrall	42	QB	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	10.34	4.10	3.2	0	0
4	Freddie Solomon	23	WR	10	8		0	1	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	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	6-8-0	193	346	55.8	2268	15	4.3	15	4.3	67	7.5	6.4	13.5	162.0	76.3	37	336	9.66	5.92	4.94	0	1

Rushing & Receiving

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	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	195	4.6	900	4	3
2	Norm Bulaich	30	FB	11	7	122	540	4	35	4.4	49.1	11.1	28	151	5.4	0	25	2.5	13.7	150	4.6	691	4	1
3	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	37	17.9	661	4	1
4	Freddie Solomon	23	WR	10	8	4	60	1	59	15.0	6.0	0.4	27	453	16.8	2	53	2.7	45.3	31	16.5	513	3	0
5	Duriel Harris	22	WR	12	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	22	372	16.9	1	44	1.8	31.0	22	16.9	372	1	1
6	Jim Mandich	28	TE	14	3	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	22	260	11.8	4	31	1.6	18.6	22	11.8	260	4	0
7	Stan Winfrey	23	RB	14	0	52	205	1	13	3.9	14.6	3.7	6	55	9.2	1	16	0.4	3.9	58	4.5	260	2	1
8	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	67	3.3	218	3	1
9	Howard Twilley	33	WR	8	6	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	14	214	15.3	1	39	1.8	26.8	14	15.3	214	1	0
10	Gary Davis	22	RB	14	1	31	160	1	57	5.2	11.4	2.2	2	8	4.0	0	6	0.1	0.6	33	5.1	168	1	1
11	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	13	11.7	152	1	0
12	Andre Tillman	24	TE	14	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	13	130	10.0	1	16	0.9	9.3	13	10.0	130	1	0
13	Bob Griese	31	QB	13	13	23	108	0	26	4.7	8.3	1.8	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	23	4.7	108	0	3
14	Loaird McCreary	23	TE	14	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	51	25.5	0	30	0.1	3.6	2	25.5	51	0	0
15	Don Strock	26	QB	4	1	2	13	1	11	6.5	3.3	0.5	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	6.5	13	1	1
16	Mike Holmes	26	DB	3	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	11	11.0	0	11	0.3	3.7	1	11.0	11	0	1
17	Clayton Heath	25	RB	6	0	1	0	0		0.0	0.0	0.2	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	0.0	0	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	491	2118	15	59	4.3	151.3	35.1	193	2604	13.5	15	67	13.8	186.0	684	6.9	4722	30	14

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Defense & Fumbles

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Charlie Babb	26	SS	14	14	2	20	0	20	0	2	0	0	0.5	0
2	Randy Crowder	24	LDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0
3	Vern Den Herder	28	LDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.0	0
4	Larry Gordon	22	LLB	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.5	0
5	Larry Little	31	RG/RT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
6	Steve Towle	23	MLB	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	0
7	Jeris White	24	LCB	14	14	2	4	0	4	0	4	0	0	0.0	0
8	Bob Griese	31	QB	13	13	0	0	0	0	3	2	-5	0	0.0	0
9	Benny Malone	24	RB	14	12	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
10	Bob Matheson	32	RLB	13	11	2	34	0	34	0	1	0	0	1.0	0
11	Curtis Johnson	28	RCB	13	9	1	14	0	14	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
12	Nat Moore	25	WR	9	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
13	Don Reese	25	RDT	14	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	0
14	Ed Newman	25	RG/LG	14	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
15	Don Nottingham	27	FB	14	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
16	Norm Bulaich	30	FB	11	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
17	Bill Stanfill	29	RDE	14	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.0	0
18	John Andrews	25	RDE	14	6	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.0	0
19	Barry Hill	23	FS	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
20	Bryant Salter	26	FS	12	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
21	Ken Ellis	29	DB	12	5	2	40	0	40	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
22	Bob Heinz	29	DT	14	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
23	Nick Buoniconti	36	LB	11	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
24	Tom Drougas	27	T	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
25	Duriel Harris	22	WR	12	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
26	Gary Davis	22	RB	14	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
27	Don Strock	26	QB	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
28	Dick Anderson	30	DB	9	0	1	32	0	32	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
29	Mike Holmes	26	DB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
30	Melvin Mitchell	23	G	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
31	Stan Winfrey	23	RB	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	11	144	0	40	14	24	-5	0	20.0	0

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