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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 (6-8-0)
Offensive Coordinator: Howard Schnellenberger
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 | 31 | 9 | 13 | 162 for 272, 2,097 yards, 11 td, 12 int, & 23 rushes for 108 yards and 0 td | Miami Dolphins / 1st / 4th pick / 1967 |
| RB | Benny Malone | 24 | 2 | 12 | 186 rushes for 797 yards, 4 td, & 9 catches for 103 yards and 0 td | Miami Dolphins / 2nd / 47th pick / 1974 |
| FB | Don Nottingham | 27 | 5 | 8 | 63 rushes for 185 yards, 3 td, & 4 catches for 33 yards and 0 td | Baltimore Colts / 17th / 441st pick / 1971 |
| FB | Norm Bulaich | 30 | 6 | 6 | 122 rushes for 540 yards, 4 td, & 28 catches for 151 yards and 0 td | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 18th pick / 1970 |
| WR | Nat Moore | 25 | 2 | 9 | 33 catches for 625 yards, 4 td, & 4 rushes for 36 yards and 0 td | Miami Dolphins / 3rd / 78th pick / 1974 |
| WR | Freddie Solomon | 23 | 1 | 8 | 27 catches for 453 yards, 2 td, & 4 rushes for 60 yards and 1 td | Miami Dolphins / 2nd / 36th pick / 1975 |
| WR | Howard Twilley | 33 | 10 | 6 | 14 catches for 214 yards, 1 td | Miami Dolphins / 12th / 101st pick / 1966 Minnesota Vikings / 14th / 209th pick / 1966 |
| TE | Andre Tillman | 24 | 1 | 14 | 13 catches for 130 yards, 1 td | Miami Dolphins / 2nd / 38th pick / 1974 |
| LT | Wayne Moore | 31 | 6 | 14 | ||
| LG | Bob Kuechenberg | 29 | 6 | 10 | Philadelphia Eagles / 4th / 80th pick / 1969 | |
| LG | Ed Newman | 25 | 3 | 8 | 1 fumble recovered | Miami Dolphins / 6th / 156th pick / 1973 |
| C | Jim Langer* | 28 | 6 | 14 | ||
| RG | Larry Little | 31 | 9 | 14 | 1 fumble recovered | |
| RG | Ed Newman | 25 | 3 | 8 | 1 fumble recovered | Miami Dolphins / 6th / 156th pick / 1973 |
| RT | Darryl Carlton | 23 | 1 | 8 | Miami Dolphins / 1st / 23rd pick / 1975 | |
| RT | Larry Little | 31 | 9 | 14 | 1 fumble recovered | |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Vern Den Herder | 28 | 5 | 14 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Miami Dolphins / 9th / 230th pick / 1971 |
| LDT | Randy Crowder | 23 | 2 | 14 | Miami Dolphins / 6th / 136th pick / 1974 | |
| RDT | Don Reese | 25 | 2 | 9 | Miami Dolphins / 1st / 26th pick / 1974 | |
| RDE | John V. Andrews | 25 | 1 | 4 | 0 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Detroit Lions / 7th / 175th pick / 1973 |
| LLB | Larry Gordon | 23 | Rook | 14 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Miami Dolphins / 1st / 17th pick / 1976 |
| MLB | Steve Towle | 23 | 1 | 14 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Miami Dolphins / 6th / 143rd pick / 1975 |
| RLB | Bob Matheson | 32 | 9 | 11 | 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 18th pick / 1967 |
| LCB | Jeris White | 24 | 2 | 14 | 2 interceptions, 4 fumbles recovered | Miami Dolphins / 2nd / 52nd pick / 1974 |
| RCB | Curtis Johnson | 28 | 6 | 9 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Miami Dolphins / 4th / 81st pick / 1970 |
| SS | Charlie Babb | 26 | 4 | 14 | 2 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Miami Dolphins / 5th / 129th pick / 1972 |
| FS | Barry Hill | 23 | 1 | 6 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Miami Dolphins / 5th / 127th pick / 1975 |
| FS | Bryant Salter | 26 | 5 | 6 | 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | San Diego Chargers / 5th / 115th pick / 1971 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Garo Yepremian | 32 | 10 | 0 | 16 of 23 field goals & 29 of 31 extra points | |
| P | Larry Seiple | 31 | 9 | 0 | 62 punts for a 38.2 average, 0 blocked | Miami Dolphins / 7th / 163rd pick / 1967 |
| PR | Freddie Solomon | 23 | 1 | 8 | 13 punt returns for a 15.8 average and 1 td | Miami Dolphins / 2nd / 36th pick / 1975 |
| KR | Gary Davis | 22 | Rook | 1 | 26 kick returns for a 23.7 average and 0 td | Miami Dolphins / 6th / 174th pick / 1976 |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | Dick Anderson | 30 | DB | 9 | 0 | 196 | 6-2 | Colorado | 2/10/1946 | 8 | Miami Dolphins / 3rd / 73rd pick / 1968 |
| 70 | John V. Andrews | 25 | DE-DT | 14 | 4 | 251 | 6-5 | Morgan St. | 11/7/1951 | 1 | Detroit Lions / 7th / 175th pick / 1973 |
| 49 | Charlie Babb | 26 | DB | 14 | 14 | 190 | 6-0 | Memphis | 2/4/1950 | 4 | Miami Dolphins / 5th / 129th pick / 1972 |
| 47 | Ted Bachman | 24 | DB | 8 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | New Mexico St. | 1/19/1952 | Rook | |
| 31 | Norm Bulaich | 30 | RB | 11 | 6 | 218 | 6-1 | TCU | 12/25/1946 | 6 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 18th pick / 1970 |
| 85 | Nick Buoniconti | 36 | LB | 11 | 0 | 220 | 5-11 | Notre Dame | 12/15/1940 | 14 | Boston Patriots / 13th / 102nd pick / 1962 |
| 71 | Darryl Carlton | 23 | T | 14 | 8 | 271 | 6-6 | Tampa | 6/24/1953 | 1 | Miami Dolphins / 1st / 23rd pick / 1975 |
| 51 | Rusty Chambers | 23 | LB | 10 | 0 | 218 | 6-1 | Tulane | 11/10/1953 | 1 | |
| 74 | Randy Crowder | 23 | DT-NT-DE | 14 | 14 | 242 | 6-2 | Penn St. | 7/30/1953 | 2 | Miami Dolphins / 6th / 136th pick / 1974 |
| 27 | Gary Davis | 22 | RB | 14 | 1 | 202 | 5-10 | Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo | 9/7/1954 | Rook | Miami Dolphins / 6th / 174th pick / 1976 |
| 83 | Vern Den Herder | 28 | DE-NT | 14 | 14 | 250 | 6-6 | Central College (IA) | 11/28/1948 | 5 | Miami Dolphins / 9th / 230th pick / 1971 |
| 51 | Mike Dennery | 26 | LB | 3 | 0 | 222 | 6-0 | Southern Miss | 6/26/1950 | 2 | Oakland Raiders / 13th / 330th pick / 1974 |
| 78 | Tom Drougas | 27 | T-G | 14 | 0 | 257 | 6-4 | Oregon | 12/25/1949 | 4 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 22nd pick / 1972 |
| 48 | Ken Ellis | 29 | DB | 12 | 0 | 190 | 5-10 | Southern | 9/27/1947 | 6 | Green Bay Packers / 4th / 93rd pick / 1970 |
| 25 | Tim Foley | 28 | DB | 2 | 0 | 194 | 6-0 | Purdue | 1/22/1948 | 6 | Miami Dolphins / 3rd / 55th pick / 1970 |
| 50 | Larry Gordon | 23 | LB | 14 | 14 | 230 | 6-4 | Arizona St. | 7/8/1953 | Rook | Miami Dolphins / 1st / 17th pick / 1976 |
| 12 | Bob Griese | 31 | QB | 13 | 13 | 190 | 6-1 | Purdue | 2/3/1945 | 9 | Miami Dolphins / 1st / 4th pick / 1967 |
| 26 | Duriel Harris | 22 | WR | 12 | 2 | 179 | 5-11 | New Mexico St. | 11/27/1954 | Rook | Miami Dolphins / 3rd / 80th pick / 1976 |
| 35 | Clayton Heath | 25 | RB | 6 | 0 | 195 | 5-11 | Wake Forest | 2/15/1951 | Rook | Miami Dolphins / 13th / 338th pick / 1974 |
| 72 | Bob Heinz | 29 | DT-DE | 14 | 4 | 265 | 6-6 | Pacific | 7/25/1947 | 7 | Miami Dolphins / 2nd / 37th pick / 1969 |
| 44 | Barry Hill | 23 | DB | 6 | 6 | 185 | 6-3 | Iowa St. | 1/26/1953 | 1 | Miami Dolphins / 5th / 127th pick / 1975 |
| 82 | Ike Hill | 29 | WB-DB | 2 | 0 | 180 | 5-10 | Catawba | 4/15/1947 | 6 | Oakland Raiders / 9th / 232nd pick / 1970 |
| 43 | Mike Holmes | 26 | DB-WR | 3 | 0 | 193 | 6-2 | Texas Southern | 11/18/1950 | 2 | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 18th pick / 1973 |
| 45 | Curtis Johnson | 28 | DB | 13 | 9 | 196 | 6-1 | Toledo | 6/22/1948 | 6 | Miami Dolphins / 4th / 81st pick / 1970 |
| 67 | Bob Kuechenberg | 29 | G-T-C | 10 | 10 | 253 | 6-2 | Notre Dame | 10/14/1947 | 6 | Philadelphia Eagles / 4th / 80th pick / 1969 |
| 62 | Jim Langer* | 28 | C-G | 14 | 14 | 250 | 6-2 | South Dakota St. | 5/16/1948 | 6 | |
| 66 | Larry Little | 31 | G-T | 14 | 14 | 265 | 6-1 | Bethune-Cookman | 11/2/1945 | 9 | |
| 32 | Benny Malone | 24 | RB | 14 | 12 | 193 | 5-10 | Arizona St. | 2/3/1952 | 2 | Miami Dolphins / 2nd / 47th pick / 1974 |
| 88 | Jim Mandich | 28 | TE | 14 | 0 | 224 | 6-2 | Michigan | 7/30/1948 | 6 | Miami Dolphins / 2nd / 29th pick / 1970 |
| 53 | Bob Matheson | 32 | LB | 13 | 11 | 238 | 6-4 | Duke | 11/25/1944 | 9 | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 18th pick / 1967 |
| 80 | Loaird McCreary | 23 | TE-WR | 14 | 0 | 227 | 6-5 | Tennessee St. | 3/15/1953 | Rook | Miami Dolphins / 2nd / 49th pick / 1976 |
| 68 | Melvin Mitchell | 23 | G-C-T | 12 | 0 | 260 | 6-3 | Tennessee St. | 2/21/1953 | Rook | Miami Dolphins / 4th / 98th pick / 1976 |
| 89 | Nat Moore | 25 | WR-RB | 9 | 9 | 184 | 5-9 | Tenn-Martin,Florida | 9/19/1951 | 2 | Miami Dolphins / 3rd / 78th pick / 1974 |
| 79 | Wayne Moore | 31 | T | 14 | 14 | 265 | 6-6 | Lamar | 8/17/1945 | 6 | |
| 15 | Earl Morrall | 42 | QB | 14 | 0 | 205 | 6-1 | Michigan St. | 5/17/1934 | 20 | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 2nd pick / 1956 |
| 64 | Ed Newman | 25 | G | 14 | 8 | 245 | 6-2 | Florida Atlantic,Duke | 6/4/1951 | 3 | Miami Dolphins / 6th / 156th pick / 1973 |
| 36 | Don Nottingham | 27 | RB | 14 | 8 | 210 | 5-10 | Kent St. | 6/28/1949 | 5 | Baltimore Colts / 17th / 441st pick / 1971 |
| 82 | Morris Owens | 23 | WR | 2 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Arizona St. | 2/14/1953 | 1 | Miami Dolphins / 5th / 106th pick / 1975 |
| 60 | Don Reese | 25 | DT-DE | 14 | 9 | 254 | 6-6 | Jackson St. | 9/4/1951 | 2 | Miami Dolphins / 1st / 26th pick / 1974 |
| 30 | Bryant Salter | 26 | DB | 12 | 6 | 195 | 6-4 | Pittsburgh | 1/22/1950 | 5 | San Diego Chargers / 5th / 115th pick / 1971 |
| 20 | Larry Seiple | 31 | TE-HB-P | 14 | 0 | 214 | 6-0 | Kentucky | 2/14/1945 | 9 | Miami Dolphins / 7th / 163rd pick / 1967 |
| 51 | Andy Selfridge | 27 | LB | 1 | 0 | 218 | 6-3 | Virginia | 1/12/1949 | 4 | San Diego Chargers / 13th / 321st pick / 1972 |
| 86 | Freddie Solomon | 23 | WR-QB-RB | 10 | 8 | 185 | 5-11 | Tampa | 1/11/1953 | 1 | Miami Dolphins / 2nd / 36th pick / 1975 |
| 84 | Bill Stanfill | 29 | DE | 14 | 3 | 250 | 6-5 | Georgia | 1/13/1947 | 7 | Miami Dolphins / 1st / 11th pick / 1969 |
| 10 | Don Strock | 26 | QB | 4 | 1 | 220 | 6-5 | Virginia Tech | 11/27/1950 | 2 | Miami Dolphins / 5th / 111th pick / 1973 |
| 87 | Andre Tillman | 24 | TE | 14 | 14 | 230 | 6-4 | Texas Tech | 11/1/1952 | 1 | Miami Dolphins / 2nd / 38th pick / 1974 |
| 56 | Steve Towle | 23 | LB | 14 | 14 | 233 | 6-2 | Kansas | 10/23/1953 | 1 | Miami Dolphins / 6th / 143rd pick / 1975 |
| 81 | Howard Twilley | 33 | WR-FL | 8 | 6 | 185 | 5-10 | Tulsa | 12/25/1943 | 10 | Miami Dolphins / 12th / 101st pick / 1966 Minnesota Vikings / 14th / 209th pick / 1966 |
| 41 | Jeris White | 24 | DB | 14 | 14 | 188 | 5-9 | Hawaii | 9/3/1952 | 2 | Miami Dolphins / 2nd / 52nd pick / 1974 |
| 33 | Stan Winfrey | 23 | RB | 14 | 0 | 223 | 5-11 | Arkansas St. | 2/20/1953 | 1 | Miami Dolphins / 2nd / 49th pick / 1975 |
| 1 | Garo Yepremian | 32 | K | 14 | 0 | 175 | 5-8 | none | 6/2/1944 | 10 | |
| Team Total | 26.9 | 14 | 217.7 | 6-1.5 | 4.3 |