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Record: 11-5-0, Finished 1st in AFC East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 372 points (23.2/g), 2nd of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 254 points (15.9/g), 6th.
Differential of 118 points (7.4/g), 3rd.
Expected W-L: 11.4-4.6.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +23 (1.4/g), 1st.
Coached by Don Shula (11-5-0)
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1978 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
| Score | Offense | Defense | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Date | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | ||||
| 1 | Sun | September 3 | box | L | 0-1 | @ | New York Jets | 20 | 33 | 16 | 329 | 175 | 154 | 2 | 23 | 380 | 227 | 153 | 1 |
| 2 | Sun | September 10 | box | W | 1-1 | @ | Baltimore Colts | 42 | 0 | 20 | 440 | 148 | 292 | 2 | 18 | 247 | 151 | 96 | 7 |
| 3 | Sun | September 17 | box | W | 2-1 | Buffalo Bills | 31 | 24 | 18 | 373 | 88 | 285 | 1 | 17 | 349 | 221 | 128 | 1 | |
| 4 | Sun | September 24 | box | L | 2-2 | @ | Philadelphia Eagles | 3 | 17 | 9 | 143 | 61 | 82 | 3 | 20 | 337 | 115 | 222 | 1 |
| 5 | Sun | October 1 | box | W | 3-2 | St. Louis Cardinals | 24 | 10 | 16 | 267 | 144 | 123 | 1 | 19 | 351 | 211 | 140 | 1 | |
| 6 | Mon | October 9 | box | W | 4-2 | Cincinnati Bengals | 21 | 0 | 18 | 335 | 152 | 183 | 3 | 15 | 247 | 153 | 94 | 5 | |
| 7 | Sun | October 15 | box | W | 5-2 | @ | San Diego Chargers | 28 | 21 | 17 | 261 | 122 | 139 | 1 | 20 | 404 | 287 | 117 | 5 |
| 8 | Sun | October 22 | box | L | 5-3 | @ | New England Patriots | 24 | 33 | 20 | 333 | 189 | 144 | 2 | 24 | 393 | 168 | 225 | 2 |
| 9 | Sun | October 29 | box | W | 6-3 | Baltimore Colts | 26 | 8 | 14 | 309 | 189 | 120 | 2 | 13 | 231 | 39 | 192 | 6 | |
| 10 | Sun | November 5 | box | W | 7-3 | Dallas Cowboys | 23 | 16 | 13 | 206 | 152 | 54 | 19 | 328 | 239 | 89 | 5 | ||
| 11 | Sun | November 12 | box | W | 8-3 | @ | Buffalo Bills | 25 | 24 | 20 | 289 | 96 | 193 | 2 | 16 | 284 | 114 | 170 | 2 |
| 12 | Mon | November 20 | box | L | 8-4 | @ | Houston Oilers | 30 | 35 | 27 | 454 | 327 | 127 | 2 | 23 | 406 | 141 | 265 | 1 |
| 13 | Sun | November 26 | box | L | 8-5 | New York Jets | 13 | 24 | 18 | 256 | 150 | 106 | 4 | 18 | 307 | 222 | 85 | 1 | |
| 14 | Sun | December 3 | box | W | 9-5 | @ | Washington Redskins | 16 | 0 | 19 | 295 | 142 | 153 | 1 | 16 | 290 | 167 | 123 | 4 |
| 15 | Sun | December 10 | box | W | 10-5 | Oakland Raiders | 23 | 6 | 13 | 260 | 163 | 97 | 3 | 21 | 319 | 234 | 85 | 7 | |
| 16 | Mon | December 18 | box | W | 11-5 | New England Patriots | 23 | 3 | 12 | 285 | 171 | 114 | 1 | 16 | 296 | 219 | 77 | 4 | |
| Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||||
| WildCard | Sun | December 24 | box | L | 11-6 | Houston Oilers | 9 | 17 | |||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | TO | FL | 1stPy | |||
| Team Offense | 372 | 4835 | 954 | 5.1 | 270 | 226 | 379 | 2469 | 24 | 18 | 6.1 | 135 | 548 | 2366 | 18 | 4.3 | 119 | 30 | 12 | 16 |
| Team Defense | 254 | 5169 | 1021 | 5.1 | 476 | 256 | 437 | 2908 | 15 | 32 | 6.1 | 156 | 543 | 2261 | 15 | 4.2 | 298 | 53 | 21 | 22 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 2 | 13 | 19 | 23 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 6 | 23 | 24 | 16 | 26 | 9 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 16 | 11 | 22 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Griese* | 33 | QB | 11 | 9 | 148 | 235 | 63.0 | 1791 | 11 | 4.7 | 11 | 4.7 | 63 | 7.6 | 6.0 | 12.1 | 162.8 | 82.4 | 18 | 165 | 6.4 | 4.9 | 7.1 |
| Don Strock | 28 | qb | 16 | 7 | 72 | 135 | 53.3 | 825 | 12 | 8.9 | 6 | 4.4 | 57 | 6.1 | 5.0 | 11.5 | 51.6 | 83.1 | 9 | 73 | 5.2 | 4.2 | 6.3 |
| Guy Benjamin | 23 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 75.0 | 91 | 1 | 12.5 | 1 | 12.5 | 43 | 11.4 | 7.0 | 15.2 | 30.3 | 112.0 | 0 | 0 | 11.4 | 7.0 | 0.0 | |
| Delvin Williams*+ | 27 | RB | 16 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| Team Total | 26.7 | 16 | 226 | 379 | 59.6 | 2707 | 24 | 6.3 | 18 | 4.7 | 63 | 7.1 | 5.6 | 12.0 | 169.2 | 82.9 | 27 | 238 | 6.1 | 4.7 | 6.7 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 256 | 437 | 58.6 | 2908 | 15 | 3.4 | 32 | 7.3 | 6.7 | 3.7 | 11.4 | 181.8 | 59.6 | 41 | 343 | 6.1 | 2.7 |
| Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| Delvin Williams*+ | 27 | RB | 16 | 15 | 272 | 1258 | 8 | 58 | 4.6 | 78.6 | 17.0 | 18 | 192 | 10.7 | 0 | 42 | 1.1 | 12.0 | 1450 | 8 | 4 |
| Leroy Harris | 24 | FB | 15 | 11 | 123 | 512 | 2 | 51 | 4.2 | 34.1 | 8.2 | 25 | 211 | 8.4 | 0 | 57 | 1.7 | 14.1 | 723 | 2 | 5 |
| Gary Davis | 24 | 14 | 1 | 62 | 313 | 3 | 65 | 5.0 | 22.4 | 4.4 | 24 | 218 | 9.1 | 0 | 34 | 1.7 | 15.6 | 531 | 3 | 3 | |
| Norm Bulaich | 32 | 16 | 3 | 40 | 196 | 2 | 63 | 4.9 | 12.3 | 2.5 | 16 | 92 | 5.8 | 0 | 22 | 1.0 | 5.8 | 288 | 2 | 0 | |
| Jim Braxton | 29 | 10 | 2 | 20 | 48 | 2 | 15 | 2.4 | 4.8 | 2.0 | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 0 | 19 | 0.4 | 4.7 | 95 | 2 | 0 | |
| Don Strock | 28 | qb | 16 | 7 | 10 | 23 | 0 | 12 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 23 | 0 | 4 | |||||||
| Bob Griese* | 33 | QB | 11 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 10 | 0 | 3 | |||||||
| Benny Malone | 26 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 18 | 1 | 7 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Nat Moore | 27 | WR | 16 | 15 | 4 | -3 | 0 | 3 | -0.8 | -0.2 | 0.3 | 48 | 645 | 13.4 | 10 | 47 | 3.0 | 40.3 | 642 | 10 | 1 |
| Guy Benjamin | 23 | 3 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 | -2 | -2.0 | -0.7 | 0.3 | -2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| George Roberts | 23 | P | 16 | 0 | 1 | -7 | 0 | -7 | -7.0 | -0.4 | 0.1 | -7 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Duriel Harris | 24 | WR | 16 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 45 | 654 | 14.5 | 3 | 63 | 2.8 | 40.9 | 654 | 3 | 0 | |
| Andre Tillman | 26 | TE | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 31 | 398 | 12.8 | 3 | 33 | 1.9 | 24.9 | 398 | 3 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Cefalo | 23 | RET | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6 | 145 | 24.2 | 3 | 43 | 0.4 | 9.1 | 145 | 3 | 3 | |
| Bruce Hardy | 22 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 2 | 15 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 32 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Loaird McCreary | 25 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 2 | 12 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 27 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Vern Den Herder | 30 | LDE | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 1 | 7 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | |
| Bo Rather | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 0 | 39 | 0.3 | 13.0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Total | 26.7 | 16 | 548 | 2366 | 18 | 65 | 4.3 | 147.9 | 34.3 | 226 | 2707 | 12.0 | 24 | 63 | 14.1 | 169.2 | 5073 | 42 | 24 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 543 | 2261 | 15 | 4.2 | 141.3 | 33.9 | 256 | 2908 | 11.4 | 15 | 16.0 | 181.8 | 5169 | 30 | 37 | |||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| Jimmy Cefalo | 23 | RET | 16 | 1 | 28 | 232 | 0 | 26 | 8.3 | 2 | 40 | 0 | 21 | 20.0 | 417 |
| Duriel Harris | 24 | WR | 16 | 15 | 29 | 657 | 0 | 53 | 22.7 | 1311 | |||||
| Gary Davis | 24 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 36 | 0 | 25 | 18.0 | 13 | 251 | 0 | 27 | 19.3 | 818 | |
| Charlie Babb | 28 | 16 | 3 | 9 | 57 | 0 | 14 | 6.3 | 57 | ||||||
| Terry Anderson | 23 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 157 | 0 | 31 | 22.4 | 157 | ||||||
| Bruce Hardy | 22 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 15 | 13.5 | 59 | ||||||
| Charles Cornelius | 26 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | ||||||
| Nat Moore | 27 | WR | 16 | 15 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 653 | |||||
| Team Total | 26.7 | 16 | 41 | 341 | 0 | 26 | 8.3 | 53 | 1132 | 0 | 53 | 21.4 | 6546 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 42 | 0 | 70 | 1469 | 0 | 21.0 | ||||||||
| 0--19 | 20--29 | 30--39 | 40--49 | 50+ | Tot | PAT | Punting | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | XPA | XPM | Pnt | Yds | Lng | Blck | ||||
| George Roberts | 23 | P | 16 | 0 | 81 | 3263 | 59 | 0 | 40.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Garo Yepremian* | 34 | K | 16 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 82.6% | 45 | 41 | 91.1% | |||||||||
| Team Total | 26.7 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 82.6% | 45 | 41 | 91.1% | 81 | 3263 | 59 | 0 | 40.3 | ||||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 21 | 14 | 66.7% | 30 | 28 | 93.3% | 74 | 2738 | 37.0 | |||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| Charlie Babb | 28 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 61 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Bob Baumhower | 23 | NT | 16 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 1 | ||||||
| Kim Bokamper | 24 | LOLB | 16 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
| Jimmy Cefalo | 23 | RET | 16 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Rusty Chambers | 25 | RILB | 16 | 15 | 1 | 49 | 0 | 49 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Charles Cornelius | 26 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Mike Current | 33 | RT | 16 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Gary Davis | 24 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Vern Den Herder | 30 | LDE | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | ||||||||||
| A.J. Duhe | 23 | RDE | 13 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 75 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| Tim Foley | 30 | SS | 16 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Larry Gordon | 25 | ROLB | 16 | 15 | 3 | 35 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Bob Griese* | 33 | QB | 11 | 9 | 3 | 0 | -10 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Leroy Harris | 24 | FB | 15 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Curtis Johnson | 30 | RCB | 15 | 12 | 3 | -2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bob Kuechenberg*+ | 31 | LG/lt | 16 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bob Matheson | 34 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Nat Moore | 27 | WR | 16 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ed Newman | 27 | lg | 12 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Earnest Rhone | 25 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Gerald Small | 22 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 157 | 1 | 46 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Don Strock | 28 | qb | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | -5 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Norris Thomas | 24 | LCB | 16 | 16 | 2 | 63 | 1 | 53 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | ||||||
| Steve Towle | 25 | LILB | 13 | 13 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Rick Volk | 33 | FS | 16 | 13 | 4 | 42 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Delvin Williams*+ | 27 | RB | 16 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.7 | 16 | 32 | 458 | 2 | 53 | 24 | 30 | 91 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 27 | 37 | 16 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garo Yepremian* | 34 | K | 16 | 0 | 41 | 19 | 98 | |||||||||
| Nat Moore | 27 | WR | 16 | 15 | 10 | 60 | ||||||||||
| Delvin Williams*+ | 27 | RB | 16 | 15 | 8 | 48 | ||||||||||
| Jimmy Cefalo | 23 | RET | 16 | 1 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Gary Davis | 24 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Duriel Harris | 24 | WR | 16 | 15 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Andre Tillman | 26 | TE | 16 | 16 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Jim Braxton | 29 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Norm Bulaich | 32 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Bruce Hardy | 22 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Leroy Harris | 24 | FB | 15 | 11 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Loaird McCreary | 25 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Bob Baumhower | 23 | NT | 16 | 16 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Vern Den Herder | 30 | LDE | 16 | 16 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Benny Malone | 26 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Gerald Small | 22 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Norris Thomas | 24 | LCB | 16 | 16 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Kim Bokamper | 24 | LOLB | 16 | 16 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| A.J. Duhe | 23 | RDE | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.7 | 16 | 18 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 41 | 19 | 2 | 372 | ||||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 15 | 15 | 28 | 14 | 2 | 254 |