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1983 Miami Dolphins
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Record: 12-4-0, Finished 1st in AFC East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 389 points (24.3/g), 7th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 250 points (15.6/g), 1st.
Differential of 139 points (8.7/g), 2nd.
Expected W-L: 11.8-4.2.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +16 (1.0/g), 2nd.
Simple Rating System: Total 7.7, Offense: 2.6, Defense: 5.2, SoS: -1.0, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Don Shula
Defensive Coordinator: Bill Arnsparger
Training Camp: St. Thomas University (Miami Gardens, Florida)
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Team Games & Schedule
| Score | Offense | Defense | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Week | Day | Date | OT | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | |||
| 1 | Sun | September 4 | boxscore | W | 1-0 | @ | Buffalo Bills | 12 | 0 | 13 | 177 | 26 | 151 | 1 | 14 | 258 | 172 | 86 | 2 | |
| 2 | Sun | September 11 | boxscore | W | 2-0 | New England Patriots | 34 | 24 | 21 | 396 | 195 | 201 | 1 | 19 | 314 | 187 | 127 | 2 | ||
| 3 | Mon | September 19 | boxscore | L | 2-1 | @ | Los Angeles Raiders | 14 | 27 | 19 | 308 | 207 | 101 | 2 | 21 | 271 | 119 | 152 | 1 | |
| 4 | Sun | September 25 | boxscore | W | 3-1 | Kansas City Chiefs | 14 | 6 | 20 | 279 | 100 | 179 | 7 | 8 | 155 | 92 | 63 | 5 | ||
| 5 | Sun | October 2 | boxscore | L | 3-2 | @ | New Orleans Saints | 7 | 17 | 19 | 244 | 178 | 66 | 2 | 21 | 323 | 124 | 199 | 1 | |
| 6 | Sun | October 9 | boxscore | L | OT | 3-3 | Buffalo Bills | 35 | 38 | 31 | 488 | 335 | 153 | 2 | 28 | 483 | 407 | 76 | 2 | |
| 7 | Sun | October 16 | boxscore | W | 4-3 | @ | New York Jets | 32 | 14 | 12 | 266 | 215 | 51 | 1 | 23 | 342 | 221 | 121 | 6 | |
| 8 | Sun | October 23 | boxscore | W | 5-3 | @ | Baltimore Colts | 21 | 7 | 14 | 272 | 157 | 115 | 1 | 17 | 311 | 173 | 138 | 4 | |
| 9 | Sun | October 30 | boxscore | W | 6-3 | Los Angeles Rams | 30 | 14 | 20 | 452 | 279 | 173 | 1 | 19 | 309 | 204 | 105 | 4 | ||
| 10 | Sun | November 6 | boxscore | W | 7-3 | @ | San Francisco 49ers | 20 | 17 | 18 | 316 | 183 | 133 | 1 | 20 | 394 | 210 | 184 | 2 | |
| 11 | Sun | November 13 | boxscore | L | 7-4 | @ | New England Patriots | 6 | 17 | 13 | 207 | 126 | 81 | 1 | 20 | 386 | 162 | 224 | 1 | |
| 12 | Sun | November 20 | boxscore | W | 8-4 | Baltimore Colts | 37 | 0 | 23 | 409 | 240 | 169 | 9 | 159 | 70 | 89 | 2 | |||
| 13 | Mon | November 28 | boxscore | W | 9-4 | Cincinnati Bengals | 38 | 14 | 21 | 359 | 236 | 123 | 1 | 17 | 373 | 325 | 48 | 4 | ||
| 14 | Sun | December 4 | boxscore | W | 10-4 | @ | Houston Oilers | 24 | 17 | 23 | 343 | 195 | 148 | 2 | 17 | 328 | 160 | 168 | 1 | |
| 15 | Sat | December 10 | boxscore | W | 11-4 | Atlanta Falcons | 31 | 24 | 22 | 353 | 229 | 124 | 2 | 21 | 365 | 179 | 186 | 2 | ||
| 16 | Fri | December 16 | boxscore | W | 12-4 | New York Jets | 34 | 14 | 25 | 326 | 144 | 182 | 2 | 14 | 268 | 197 | 71 | 4 | ||
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| Division | Sat | December 31 | boxscore | L | 12-5 | Seattle Seahawks | 20 | 27 | 21 | 321 | 193 | 128 | 5 | 21 | 334 | 183 | 151 | 1 | ||
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