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1979 Miami Dolphins

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Record: 10-6-0, Finished 1st in AFC East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 341 points (21.3/g), 11th of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 257 points (16.1/g), 4th.
 Differential of 84 points (5.2/g), 4th.
 Expected W-L: 10.6-5.4.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +1 (0.1/g), 12th.

Coached by Don Shula (10-6-0)

1979 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 2 box W 1-0 @ Buffalo Bills 9 7 20 293 118 175 1 5 121 76 45 1
2 Sun September 9 box W 2-0 Seattle Seahawks 19 10 15 315 198 117 2 19 345 226 119 4
3 Sun September 16 box W 3-0 @ Minnesota Vikings 27 12 22 319 183 136 3 14 243 106 137 4
4 Sun September 23 box W 4-0 Chicago Bears 31 16 23 389 196 193 1 16 240 155 85 2
5 Sun September 30 box L 4-1 @ New York Jets 27 33 21 354 286 68 1 16 354 186 168 1
6 Mon October 8 box L 4-2 @ Oakland Raiders 3 13 18 226 57 169 3 13 209 112 97
7 Sun October 14 box W 5-2 Buffalo Bills 17 7 14 279 101 178 1 11 178 108 70 1
8 Sun October 21 box L 5-3 @ New England Patriots 13 28 13 204 69 135 5 17 299 170 129 1
9 Sun October 28 box W 6-3 Green Bay Packers 27 7 28 475 280 195 1 9 196 143 53 3
10 Mon November 5 box L 6-4 Houston Oilers 6 9 13 240 138 102 4 10 190 11 179
11 Sun November 11 box W 7-4 Baltimore Colts 19 0 13 247 123 124 3 11 231 149 82 3
12 Sun November 18 box L 7-5 @ Cleveland Browns 24 30 15 317 196 121 3 25 493 345 148 2
13 Sun November 25 box W 8-5 @ Baltimore Colts 28 24 16 265 165 100 1 27 416 297 119 3
14 Thu November 29 box W 9-5 New England Patriots 39 24 22 322 152 170 2 21 420 327 93 6
15 Sun December 9 box W 10-5 @ Detroit Lions 28 10 22 321 179 142 2 10 182 100 82 3
16 Sat December 15 box L 10-6 New York Jets 24 27 22 384 322 62 4 14 322 226 96 4
Playoffs
Division Sun December 30 box L 10-7 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 14 34

Team Stats and Rankings

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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 341 4950 1006 4.9 297 235 416 2763 20 22 6.2 140 561 2187 19 3.9 126 37 15 31
Team Defense 257 4439 938 4.7 389 230 418 2737 17 23 6.0 135 484 1702 9 3.5 238 38 15 16
Lg Rank Offense 11 16 17 21 14 9 12 10 12 17 9 17 12 8
Lg Rank Defense 4 4 2 4 12 9 10 16 2 2 2 5 14 20

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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 NY/A ANY/A Sk%
Bob Griese 34 QB 14 12 7-5-0 176 310 56.8 2160 14 4.5 16 5.2 51 7.0 5.1 12.3 154.3 72.0 26 223 5.8 4.0 7.7
Don Strock 29 16 4 3-1-0 56 100 56.0 830 6 6.0 6 6.0 53 8.3 6.2 14.8 51.9 78.3 2 22 7.9 5.9 2.0
Guy Benjamin 24 4 0 3 4 75.0 28 0 0.0 0 0.0 17 7.0 7.0 9.3 7.0 93.7 1 10 3.6 3.6 20.0
Bruce Hardy 23 TE 16 14 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
Delvin Williams 28 RB 14 13 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 26.2 16 10-6-0 235 416 56.5 3018 20 4.8 22 5.3 53 7.3 5.4 12.8 188.6 73.4 29 255 6.2 4.4 6.5
Opp Total 16 230 418 55.0 2737 17 4.1 23 5.5 6.5 4.5 11.9 171.1 65.8 36 314 6.0 3.4

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
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
Larry Csonka 33 FB 16 16 220 837 12 22 3.8 52.3 13.8 16 75 4.7 1 18 1.0 4.7 912 13 4
Delvin Williams 28 RB 14 13 184 703 3 39 3.8 50.2 13.1 21 175 8.3 1 38 1.5 12.5 878 4 4
Gary Davis 25 15 3 98 383 1 42 3.9 25.5 6.5 34 215 6.3 0 18 2.3 14.3 598 1 2
Tony Nathan+ 23 RET 16 0 16 68 0 18 4.3 4.3 1.0 17 213 12.5 2 35 1.1 13.3 281 2 8
Bob Torrey 22 7 0 13 61 1 17 4.7 8.7 1.9 2 3 1.5 0 8 0.3 0.4 64 1 0
Bob Griese 34 QB 14 12 11 30 0 18 2.7 2.1 0.8 30 0 4
Norm Bulaich 33 9 0 9 37 2 9 4.1 4.1 1.0 8 53 6.6 1 13 0.9 5.9 90 3 1
Nat Moore 28 WR 16 14 3 22 0 18 7.3 1.4 0.2 48 840 17.5 6 53 3.0 52.5 862 6 1
Steve Howell 23 16 0 3 8 0 5 2.7 0.5 0.2 3 23 7.7 0 11 0.2 1.4 31 0 0
Don Strock 29 16 4 3 18 0 11 6.0 1.1 0.2 18 0 3
Duriel Harris 25 WR 15 14 1 20 0 20 20.0 1.3 0.1 42 798 19.0 3 51 2.8 53.2 818 3 0
Bruce Hardy 23 TE 16 14 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 30 386 12.9 3 28 1.9 24.1 386 3 0
Jimmy Cefalo 24 16 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 12 223 18.6 3 30 0.8 13.9 223 3 0
Ronnie Lee 23 16 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 14 7.0 0 10 0.1 0.9 14 0 0
Team Total 26.2 16 561 2187 19 42 3.9 136.7 35.1 235 3018 12.8 20 53 14.7 188.6 5205 39 27
Opp Total 16 484 1702 9 3.5 106.4 30.3 230 2737 11.9 17 14.4 171.1 4439 26 29

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Tony Nathan+ 23 RET 16 0 28 306 1 86 10.9 45 1016 0 43 22.6 1603
Mike Kozlowski 23 16 1 3 21 0 11 7.0 4 85 0 28 21.3 106
Jimmy Cefalo 24 16 3 2 10 0 10 5.0 233
Gary Davis 25 15 3 2 27 0 16 13.5 625
Charlie Babb 29 5 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Team Total 26.2 16 34 337 1 86 9.9 51 1148 0 43 22.5 6690
Opp Total 16 25 0 69 1518 0 22.0

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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 FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Uwe von Schamann 23 K 16 0 8 8 14 9 4 2 3 2 29 21 72.4% 40 36 90.0% 1 31 31 0 31.0
George Roberts 24 P 16 0 69 2772 68 1 40.2
Team Total 26.2 16 8 8 14 9 4 2 3 2 29 21 72.4% 40 36 90.0% 70 2803 68 1 40.0
Opp Total 16 26 15 57.7% 30 26 86.7% 77 2918 37.9

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Charlie Babb 29 5 0 1 3 0 3 0 1 0 0
Bob Baumhower* 24 NT 16 16 0 1 0 0
Kim Bokamper* 25 LOLB 14 13 1 3 0 3
Norm Bulaich 33 9 0 1 0 0 0
Rusty Chambers 26 RILB 16 16 1 4 0 4 0 2 0 0
Neal Colzie 25 FS 16 16 5 86 0 56
Larry Csonka 33 FB 16 16 4 0 0 0
Mike Current 34 RT 16 16 0 1 0 0
Gary Davis 25 15 3 2 0 0 0
Vern Den Herder 31 LDE 16 16 0 3 0 0
Mark Dennard 24 c 16 7 0 1 0 0
Tim Foley* 31 SS 15 15 2 8 0 8 0 2 2 0
Larry Gordon 26 ROLB 16 16 2 33 0 33 0 3 12 0
Bob Griese 34 QB 14 12 4 2 -2 0
Steve Howell 23 16 0 0 1 0 0
Mike Kozlowski 23 16 1 0 1 0 0
Mel Land 24 16 0 0 1 0 0
Jim Langer 31 C 9 9 0 1 0 0
Larry Little 34 RG 15 14 0 1 0 0
Bob Matheson 35 16 3 1 28 0 28
Nat Moore 28 WR 16 14 1 2 0 0
Tony Nathan+ 23 RET 16 0 8 0 0 0
Earnest Rhone 26 16 0 2 17 0 10 0 1 0 0
Gerald Small 23 RCB 16 16 5 74 0 40
Don Strock 29 16 4 3 0 0 0
Norris Thomas 25 LCB 16 16 2 29 0 24
Steve Towle 26 LILB 16 16 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Delvin Williams 28 RB 14 13 4 1 0 0
Team Total 26.2 16 23 285 0 56 27 26 12 0
Opp Total 16 29 29 14

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Uwe von Schamann 23 K 16 0 36 21 99
Larry Csonka 33 FB 16 16 12 1 78
Nat Moore 28 WR 16 14 6 36
Delvin Williams 28 RB 14 13 3 1 24
Norm Bulaich 33 9 0 2 1 18
Jimmy Cefalo 24 16 3 3 18
Bruce Hardy 23 TE 16 14 3 18
Duriel Harris 25 WR 15 14 3 18
Tony Nathan+ 23 RET 16 0 2 1 18
Gary Davis 25 15 3 1 6
Bob Torrey 22 7 0 1 6
Team Total 26.2 16 19 20 1 36 21 339
Opp Total 16 9 17 26 15 257