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Record: 10-4-0, Finished 1st in AFC East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 313 points (22.4/g), 3rd of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 197 points (14.1/g), 5th.
Differential of 116 points (8.3/g), 5th.
Expected W-L: 10.5-3.5.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +6 (0.4/g), 9th.
Simple Rating System: Total 7.8, Offense: 4.4, Defense: 3.5, SoS: -0.5, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Don Shula (10-4-0)
Offensive Coordinator: Howard Schnellenberger
Defensive Coordinator: Bill Arnsparger
Training Camp: St. Thomas University (Miami Gardens, Florida)
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| Rnd | Pick | Tm | Pos | Yrs | From | To | AP1 | PB | St | CarAV | G | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | College/Univ | |
| 1 | 13 | MIA | A.J. Duhe | LB | 8 | 1977 | 1984 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 50 | 108 | LSU | |||||||||||
| 2 | 40 | MIA | Bob Baumhower | NT | 9 | 1977 | 1986 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 87 | 130 | Alabama | |||||||||||
| 3 | 71 | MIA | Mike Watson | T | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 113 | MIA | Mike Michel | P | 2 | 1977 | 1978 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 2 | -2 | 0 | Stanford | ||||||||
| 5 | 123 | MIA | Leroy Harris | RB | 5 | 1977 | 1982 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 63 | 442 | 1813 | 13 | 72 | 571 | 1 | Arkansas St. | |||||
| 7 | 180 | MIA | Bruce Herron | LB | 5 | 1978 | 1982 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 71 | New Mexico | |||||||||||
| 8 | 207 | MIA | Horace Perkins | DB | 1 | 1979 | 1979 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | Colorado | |||||||||||
| 9 | 237 | MIA | Robert Turner | RB | 1 | 1978 | 1978 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Oklahoma St. | |||||||||||
| 10 | 264 | MIA | Mark Carter | T | 0 | 0 | 0 | East. Michigan | ||||||||||||||||
| 11 | 291 | MIA | John Alexander | DE | 2 | 1977 | 1978 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | Rutgers | |||||||||||
| 12 | 321 | MIA | Terry Anderson | WR | 3 | 1977 | 1980 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 56 | 0 | Bethune-Cookman | |||||