1980 Miami Dolphins

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Record: 8-8-0, Finished 3rd in AFC East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 266 points (16.6/g), 24th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 305 points (19.1/g), 9th.
Differential of -39 points (-2.4/g), 19th.
Expected W-L: 6.7-9.3.

Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +3 (0.2/g), 11th.

Simple Rating System: Total -1.6, Offense: -4.6, Defense: 3.1, SoS: 0.9, versus averages of 0.0.

Coached by Don Shula (8-8-0)
Defensive Coordinator: Bill Arnsparger

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

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Team Stats and Rankings

						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	266	4564	1015	4.5	284	267	492	2688	21	26	5.1	149	492	1876	9	3.8	107	42	16	28
Team Defense	305	5224	1062	4.9	309	290	505	3206	21	28	6.0	185	530	2018	13	3.8	107	45	17	17
Lg Rank Offense	24	26			21		12	24	14	22	27		19	17	25	20		23	17
Lg Rank Defense	9	14			16		17	15	12	3	15		16	15	10	11		3	6

Team Games & Schedule

									Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date			OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 7	boxscore	L		0-1	@	Buffalo Bills	7	17	13	200	110	90	6	22	357	213	144	7
2	Sun	September 14	boxscore	W		1-1		Cincinnati Bengals	17	16	14	249	131	118	2	18	314	145	169	1
3	Sun	September 21	boxscore	W		2-1	@	Atlanta Falcons	20	17	19	246	186	60	1	18	359	310	49	2
4	Sun	September 28	boxscore	W		3-1		New Orleans Saints	21	16	22	424	296	128	5	17	263	183	80	3
5	Sun	October 5	boxscore	L		3-2		Baltimore Colts	17	30	20	356	278	78	1	25	436	282	154	1
6	Sun	October 12	boxscore	L		3-3	@	New England Patriots	0	34	8	88	27	61	4	21	360	180	180	4
7	Sun	October 19	boxscore	W		4-3		Buffalo Bills	17	14	15	232	83	149	3	18	289	221	68	3
8	Mon	October 27	boxscore	L		4-4	@	New York Jets	14	17	20	279	208	71	2	21	323	164	159	3
9	Sun	November 2	boxscore	L		4-5	@	Oakland Raiders	10	16	10	166	103	63	3	20	329	137	192	4
10	Sun	November 9	boxscore	W		5-5	@	Los Angeles Rams	35	14	27	441	161	280	1	20	284	176	108	4
11	Sun	November 16	boxscore	W		6-5		San Francisco 49ers	17	13	23	378	212	166	3	20	289	260	29	2
12	Thu	November 20	boxscore	L	OT	6-6		San Diego Chargers	24	27	21	325	222	103	3	22	363	221	142	1
13	Sun	November 30	boxscore	L		6-7	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	10	23	14	224	143	81	4	20	435	267	168	3
14	Mon	December 8	boxscore	W	OT	7-7		New England Patriots	16	13	17	291	173	118		15	275	155	120
15	Sun	December 14	boxscore	W		8-7	@	Baltimore Colts	24	14	19	318	143	175	2	14	276	140	136	2
16	Sat	December 20	boxscore	L		8-8		New York Jets	17	24	22	347	212	135	2	18	272	152	120	5

Passing

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),

No.		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%	4QC	GWD
16	David Woodley	22	QB	13	11	6-5-0	176	327	53.8	1850	14	4.3	17	5.2	61	5.7	4.2	10.5	142.3	63.1	17	127	5.0	3.6	4.9	1	2
12	Bob Griese	35		5	3	1-2-0	61	100	61.0	790	6	6.0	4	4.0	54	7.9	7.3	13.0	158.0	89.2	9	89	6.4	5.9	8.3	2	2
10	Don Strock	30		16	2	1-1-0	30	62	48.4	313	1	1.6	5	8.1	33	5.0	1.7	10.4	19.6	35.2	5	49	3.9	0.9	7.5	1	1
89	Nat Moore	29	WR	16	16		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
22	Tony Nathan	24	PR/rb	16	6		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
24	Delvin Williams	29	RB	15	10		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	25.9		16		8-8-0	267	492	54.3	2953	21	4.3	26	5.3	61	6.0	4.5	11.1	184.6	64.5	31	265	5.1	3.7	5.9	4	5
	Opp Total			16			290	505	57.4	3439	21	4.2	28	5.5		6.8	5.1	11.9	214.9	69.1	27	233	6.0	4.4	5.1

Rushing & Receiving

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),

						Rushing							Receiving
No.		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
24	Delvin Williams	29	RB	15	10	187	671	2	65	3.6	44.7	12.5	31	207	6.7	0	19	2.1	13.8	878	2	5
38	Terry Robiskie	26	fb	8	5	78	250	2	36	3.2	31.3	9.8	13	60	4.6	0	15	1.6	7.5	310	2	2
22	Tony Nathan	24	PR/rb	16	6	60	327	1	18	5.5	20.4	3.8	57	588	10.3	5	61	3.6	36.8	915	6	9
36	Steve Howell	24	FB	16	8	60	206	1	23	3.4	12.9	3.8	5	38	7.6	0	13	0.3	2.4	244	1	3
16	David Woodley	22	QB	13	11	55	214	3	17	3.9	16.5	4.2								214	3	3
34	Woody Bennett	25		4	3	43	187	0	12	4.3	46.8	10.8	3	26	8.7	1	19	0.8	6.5	213	1	1
35	Nick Giaquinto	25		16	0	5	16	0	5	3.2	1.0	0.3	24	192	8.0	1	25	1.5	12.0	208	1	0
89	Nat Moore	29	WR	16	16	1	3	0	3	3.0	0.2	0.1	47	564	12.0	7	33	2.9	35.3	567	7	1
12	Bob Griese	35		5	3	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.2								0	0	1
10	Don Strock	30		16	2	1	-3	0	-3	-3.0	-0.2	0.1								-3	0	1
34	Don Testerman	28		5	0	1	5	0	5	5.0	1.0	0.2								5	0	0
82	Duriel Harris	26		12	3	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	33	583	17.7	2	54	2.8	48.6	583	2	1
84	Bruce Hardy	24	WR	16	12	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	19	159	8.4	2	19	1.2	9.9	159	2	1
80	Joe Rose	23		16	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	13	149	11.5	0	50	0.8	9.3	149	0	0
81	Jimmy Cefalo	25		16	4	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	11	199	18.1	1	52	0.7	12.4	199	1	0
86	Ronnie Lee	24	TE	16	13	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	7	83	11.9	2	41	0.4	5.2	83	2	0
88	Elmer Bailey	23		14	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	4	105	26.3	0	39	0.3	7.5	105	0	0
	Team Total	25.9		16		492	1876	9	65	3.8	117.3	30.8	267	2953	11.1	21	61	16.7	184.6	4829	30	33
	Opp Total			16		530	2018	13		3.8	126.1	33.1	290	3206	11.1	21		18.1	200.4	5224	34	31

Kick & Punt Returns

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),

						Punt Returns					Kick Returns
No.		Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
46	Don Bessillieu	24	KR/FS	16	13	1	0	0	0	0.0	40	890	0	87	22.3	890
22	Tony Nathan	24	PR/rb	16	6	23	178	0	30	7.7	5	102	0	31	20.4	1195
35	Nick Giaquinto	25		16	0	7	35	0	15	5.0	9	146	0	22	16.2	389
82	Duriel Harris	26		12	3						5	89	0	22	17.8	672
43	Jeff Allen	23		16	0						1	0	0	0	0.0	0
70	Bill Barnett	24		16	0						1	7	0	7	7.0	7
47	Glenn Blackwood	23	SS	16	15	1	0	0	0	0.0						0
	Team Total	25.9		16		32	213	0	30	6.7	61	1234	0	87	20.2	6276
	Opp Total			16		42		0			53	1210	0		22.8

Kicking & Punting

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),

						0-19		20-29		30-39		40-49		50+		Tot			PAT			Punting
No.		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
4	George Roberts	25	P	16	0																	77	3279	71	2	42.6
5	Uwe von Schamann	24	K	16	0			10	9	5	3	5	2	3		23	14	60.9%	32	32	100.0%
	Team Total	25.9		16				10	9	5	3	5	2	3		23	14	60.9%	32	32	100.0%	77	3279	71	2	42.6
	Opp Total			16												25	18	72.0%	36	33	91.7%	72	2686			37.3

Defense & Fumbles

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),

							Def Interceptions					Fumbles					Tackles
No.		Age	Pos	G	GS	Sk	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Tkl	Ast	Sfty
46	Don Bessillieu	24	KR/FS	16	13		4	13	0	12	0	0	4	2	44	1
22	Tony Nathan	24	PR/rb	16	6							0	9	1	0	0
48	Gerald Small	24	RCB	16	16		7	46	0	22	0	0	0	1	0	0
47	Glenn Blackwood	23	SS	16	15		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
28	Don McNeal	22	LCB	13	13		5	17	0	15	0	0	0	1	0	0
24	Delvin Williams	29	RB	15	10							0	5	0	0	0
73	Bob Baumhower	25	NT	16	16							0	0	4	14	0
36	Steve Howell	24	FB	16	8							0	3	0	0	0
55	Earnest Rhone	27		14	1		3	33	0	12	0
38	Terry Robiskie	26	fb	8	5							0	2	1	0	0
45	Ed Taylor	27		16	3		3	55	0	44	0
16	David Woodley	22	QB	13	11							0	3	0	0	0
78	Carl Barisich	29		15	0							0	1	1	0	0
34	Woody Bennett	25		4	3							0	1	1	0	0
50	Larry Gordon	27	ROLB	15	14		1	11	0	11	0	0	0	1	0	0
89	Nat Moore	29	WR	16	16							0	1	1	0	0
64	Ed Newman	29	RG	16	16							0	0	2	0	0
75	Doug Betters	24	RDE	16	16							0	0	1	0	0
58	Kim Bokamper	26	LOLB	16	16		1	6	0	6	0
83	Vern Den Herder	32	LDE	16	16							0	0	1	0	0
63	Mark Dennard	25	C	16	16							0	0	1	0	0
25	Tim Foley	32		7	4							0	0	1	0	0
35	Nick Giaquinto	25		16	0							0	0	1	0	1
74	Cleveland Green	23		12	3							0	0	1	0	0
12	Bob Griese	35		5	3							0	1	0	0	0
84	Bruce Hardy	24	WR	16	12							0	1	0	0	0
82	Duriel Harris	26		12	3							0	1	0	0	0
67	Bob Kuechenberg	33	LG	16	16							0	0	1	0	0
54	Ralph Ortega	27	lilb	16	6		1	17	0	17	0
57	Dwight Stephenson	23		16	0							0	0	1	0	0
10	Don Strock	30		16	2							0	1	0	0	0
	Team Total	25.9		16			28	198	0	44	0	0	33	28	58	2
	Opp Total			16		31							31	14					1

Scoring Summary

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),

No.		Age	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	FblTD	AllTD	XPM	FGM	Sfty	Pts
5	Uwe von Schamann	24	K	16	0					32	14		74
89	Nat Moore	29	WR	16	16		7		7				42
22	Tony Nathan	24	PR/rb	16	6	1	5		6				36
16	David Woodley	22	QB	13	11	3			3				18
35	Nick Giaquinto	25		16	0		1	1	2				12
84	Bruce Hardy	24	WR	16	12		2		2				12
82	Duriel Harris	26		12	3		2		2				12
86	Ronnie Lee	24	TE	16	13		2		2				12
38	Terry Robiskie	26	fb	8	5	2			2				12
24	Delvin Williams	29	RB	15	10	2			2				12
34	Woody Bennett	25		4	3		1		1				6
46	Don Bessillieu	24	KR/FS	16	13			1	1				6
81	Jimmy Cefalo	25		16	4		1		1				6
36	Steve Howell	24	FB	16	8	1			1				6
	Team Total	25.9		16		9	21	2	32	32	14		266
	Opp Total			16		13	21			33	18	1	305

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