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1984 Miami Dolphins
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Record: 14-2-0, Finished 1st in AFC East Division
NFL Season Summary
1984 AFC Champions
Scored 513 points (32.1/g), 1st of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 298 points (18.6/g), 7th.
Differential of 215 points (13.4/g), 2nd.
Expected W-L: 12.5-3.5.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +8 (0.5/g), 5th.
Simple Rating System: Total 10.6, Offense: 9.1, Defense: 1.5, SoS: -2.9, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Don Shula
Defensive Coordinator: Chuck Studley
Training Camp: St. Thomas University (Miami Gardens, Florida)
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Starters
ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),Hide Non-primary Starters
| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offensive Starters | ||||||
| QB | Dan Marino*+ | 23 | 1 | 16 | 362 for 564, 5,084 yards, 48 td, 17 int, & 28 rushes for -7 yards and 0 td | Miami Dolphins / 1st / 27th pick / 1983 |
| RB | Tony Nathan | 28 | 5 | 12 | 118 rushes for 558 yards, 1 td, & 61 catches for 579 yards and 2 td | Miami Dolphins / 3rd / 61st pick / 1979 |
| FB | Woody Bennett | 29 | 5 | 9 | 144 rushes for 606 yards, 7 td, & 6 catches for 44 yards and 1 td | |
| WR | Mark Clayton* | 23 | 1 | 15 | 73 catches for 1,389 yards, 18 td, & 3 rushes for 35 yards and 0 td | Miami Dolphins / 8th / 223rd pick / 1983 |
| WR | Mark Duper* | 25 | 2 | 16 | 71 catches for 1,306 yards, 8 td | Miami Dolphins / 2nd / 52nd pick / 1982 |
| TE | Dan Johnson | 24 | 1 | 16 | 34 catches for 426 yards, 3 td | Miami Dolphins / 7th / 170th pick / 1982 |
| LT | Jon Giesler | 28 | 5 | 16 | Miami Dolphins / 1st / 24th pick / 1979 | |
| LG | Roy Foster | 24 | 2 | 16 | 1 fumble recovered | Miami Dolphins / 1st / 24th pick / 1982 |
| C | Dwight Stephenson*+ | 27 | 4 | 16 | 1 fumble recovered | Miami Dolphins / 2nd / 48th pick / 1980 |
| RG | Ed Newman*+ | 33 | 11 | 16 | Miami Dolphins / 6th / 156th pick / 1973 | |
| RT | Cleveland Green | 27 | 5 | 12 | ||
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Doug Betters | 28 | 6 | 16 | 14.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Miami Dolphins / 6th / 163rd pick / 1978 |
| NT | Bob Baumhower* | 29 | 7 | 15 | 2.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Miami Dolphins / 2nd / 40th pick / 1977 |
| RDE | Kim Bokamper | 30 | 7 | 10 | 4.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Miami Dolphins / 1st / 19th pick / 1976 |
| LOLB | Bob Brudzinski | 29 | 7 | 16 | 3.0 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 23rd pick / 1977 |
| LILB | A.J. Duhe* | 29 | 7 | 8 | 1.0 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Miami Dolphins / 1st / 13th pick / 1977 |
| RILB | Mark Brown | 23 | 1 | 9 | 1.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Miami Dolphins / 9th / 250th pick / 1983 |
| ROLB | Charles Bowser | 25 | 2 | 15 | 9.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Miami Dolphins / 4th / 108th pick / 1982 |
| LCB | Don McNeal | 26 | 4 | 10 | 0.0 sacks, 3 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Miami Dolphins / 1st / 21st pick / 1980 |
| RCB | William Judson | 25 | 2 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 4 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Miami Dolphins / 8th / 208th pick / 1981 |
| SS | Glenn Blackwood | 27 | 5 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 6 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Miami Dolphins / 8th / 215th pick / 1979 |
| FS | Lyle Blackwood | 33 | 11 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 3 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Denver Broncos / 9th / 217th pick / 1973 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Uwe von Schamann | 28 | 5 | 0 | 9 of 19 field goals & 66 of 70 extra points | Miami Dolphins / 7th / 189th pick / 1979 |
| P | Reggie Roby*+ | 23 | 1 | 0 | 51 punts for a 44.7 average, 0 blocked | Miami Dolphins / 6th / 167th pick / 1983 |
| KR | Fulton Walker | 26 | 3 | 0 | 29 kick returns for a 21.3 average and 0 td | Miami Dolphins / 6th / 154th pick / 1981 |
| KR | Fulton Walker | 26 | 3 | 0 | 29 kick returns for a 21.3 average and 0 td | Miami Dolphins / 6th / 154th pick / 1981 |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | AV | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70 | Bill Barnett | 28 | de | 16 | 1 | 256 | 6-4 | Nebraska | 5/10/1956 | 4 | 2 | Miami Dolphins / 3rd / 75th pick / 1980 |
| 73 | Bob Baumhower* | 29 | NT | 15 | 15 | 261 | 6-5 | Alabama | 8/4/1955 | 7 | 13 | Miami Dolphins / 2nd / 40th pick / 1977 |
| 34 | Woody Bennett | 29 | FB | 16 | 9 | 227 | 6-2 | Miami (FL) | 3/24/1955 | 5 | 6 | |
| 78 | Charles Benson | 24 | 16 | 0 | 267 | 6-3 | Baylor | 11/21/1960 | 1 | 1 | Miami Dolphins / 3rd / 76th pick / 1983 | |
| 75 | Doug Betters | 28 | LDE | 16 | 16 | 262 | 6-7 | Montana,Nevada-Reno | 6/11/1956 | 6 | 8 | Miami Dolphins / 6th / 163rd pick / 1978 |
| 47 | Glenn Blackwood | 27 | SS | 16 | 16 | 187 | 6-0 | Texas | 2/23/1957 | 5 | 7 | Miami Dolphins / 8th / 215th pick / 1979 |
| 42 | Lyle Blackwood | 33 | FS | 16 | 16 | 190 | 6-1 | TCU | 5/24/1951 | 11 | 7 | Denver Broncos / 9th / 217th pick / 1973 |
| 58 | Kim Bokamper | 30 | RDE | 11 | 10 | 245 | 6-6 | Concordia (MN),San Jose St. | 9/25/1954 | 7 | 5 | Miami Dolphins / 1st / 19th pick / 1976 |
| 56 | Charles Bowser | 25 | ROLB | 15 | 15 | 231 | 6-3 | Duke | 10/2/1959 | 2 | 7 | Miami Dolphins / 4th / 108th pick / 1982 |
| 53 | Jay Brophy | 24 | lilb | 11 | 5 | 233 | 6-3 | Miami (FL) | 7/27/1960 | Rook | 3 | Miami Dolphins / 2nd / 53rd pick / 1984 |
| 43 | Bud Brown | 23 | 16 | 0 | 194 | 6-0 | Southern Miss | 4/19/1961 | Rook | 1 | Miami Dolphins / 11th / 305th pick / 1984 | |
| 51 | Mark Brown | 23 | RILB | 16 | 9 | 230 | 6-2 | Purdue | 7/18/1961 | 1 | 4 | Miami Dolphins / 9th / 250th pick / 1983 |
| 59 | Bob Brudzinski | 29 | LOLB | 16 | 16 | 230 | 6-4 | Ohio St. | 1/1/1955 | 7 | 7 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 23rd pick / 1977 |
| 82 | Fernanza Burgess | 24 | 3 | 0 | 210 | 6-1 | Morris Brown | 3/6/1960 | Rook | 0 | ||
| 23 | Joe Carter | 22 | rb | 13 | 2 | 198 | 5-11 | Alabama | 6/23/1962 | Rook | 5 | Miami Dolphins / 4th / 109th pick / 1984 |
| 81 | Jimmy Cefalo | 29 | 16 | 0 | 190 | 5-11 | Penn St. | 10/5/1955 | 6 | 2 | Miami Dolphins / 3rd / 81st pick / 1978 | |
| 71 | Mike Charles | 22 | rde | 10 | 6 | 292 | 6-4 | Syracuse | 9/23/1962 | 1 | 3 | Miami Dolphins / 2nd / 55th pick / 1983 |
| 86 | John Chesley | 22 | 1 | 0 | 225 | 6-5 | Oklahoma St. | 7/2/1962 | Rook | 0 | Miami Dolphins / 10th / 277th pick / 1984 | |
| 76 | Steve S. Clark | 24 | 12 | 0 | 255 | 6-4 | Utah | 8/2/1960 | 2 | 1 | Miami Dolphins / 9th / 239th pick / 1982 | |
| 83 | Mark Clayton* | 23 | WR | 15 | 15 | 177 | 5-9 | Louisville | 4/8/1961 | 1 | 16 | Miami Dolphins / 8th / 223rd pick / 1983 |
| 77 | A.J. Duhe* | 29 | LILB | 12 | 8 | 247 | 6-4 | LSU | 11/27/1955 | 7 | 7 | Miami Dolphins / 1st / 13th pick / 1977 |
| 85 | Mark Duper* | 25 | WR | 16 | 16 | 185 | 5-9 | NW State (LA) | 1/25/1959 | 2 | 15 | Miami Dolphins / 2nd / 52nd pick / 1982 |
| 61 | Roy Foster | 24 | LG | 16 | 16 | 282 | 6-4 | USC | 5/24/1960 | 2 | 9 | Miami Dolphins / 1st / 24th pick / 1982 |
| 37 | Andra Franklin | 25 | rb | 2 | 2 | 225 | 5-10 | Nebraska | 8/22/1959 | 3 | 1 | Miami Dolphins / 2nd / 56th pick / 1981 |
| 79 | Jon Giesler | 28 | LT | 16 | 16 | 262 | 6-5 | Michigan | 12/23/1956 | 5 | 11 | Miami Dolphins / 1st / 24th pick / 1979 |
| 74 | Cleveland Green | 27 | RT | 16 | 12 | 265 | 6-3 | Southern | 9/11/1957 | 5 | 8 | |
| 84 | Bruce Hardy | 28 | te | 16 | 5 | 235 | 6-5 | Arizona St. | 6/1/1956 | 6 | 5 | Miami Dolphins / 9th / 247th pick / 1978 |
| 88 | Vince Heflin | 25 | 16 | 0 | 185 | 6-0 | Central State (OH) | 7/7/1959 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 31 | Eddie Hill | 27 | 16 | 0 | 205 | 6-2 | Memphis | 5/13/1957 | 5 | 0 | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 54th pick / 1979 | |
| 11 | Jim C. Jensen | 26 | wr | 16 | 2 | 215 | 6-4 | Boston Univ. | 11/14/1958 | 3 | 2 | Miami Dolphins / 11th / 291st pick / 1981 |
| 87 | Dan Johnson | 24 | TE | 16 | 16 | 240 | 6-3 | Iowa St. | 5/17/1960 | 1 | 8 | Miami Dolphins / 7th / 170th pick / 1982 |
| 46 | Pete Johnson | 30 | 13 | 0 | 252 | 6-0 | Ohio St. | 3/2/1954 | 7 | 1 | Cincinnati Bengals / 2nd / 49th pick / 1977 | |
| 91 | Ed Judie | 25 | 2 | 0 | 231 | 6-2 | Northern Arizona | 7/6/1959 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 49 | William Judson | 25 | RCB | 16 | 16 | 189 | 6-1 | South Carolina St. | 3/26/1959 | 2 | 7 | Miami Dolphins / 8th / 208th pick / 1981 |
| 40 | Mike Kozlowski | 28 | 16 | 0 | 196 | 6-0 | San Diego St.,BYU,Colorado | 2/24/1956 | 5 | 1 | Miami Dolphins / 10th / 272nd pick / 1979 | |
| 68 | Eric Laakso | 28 | t | 4 | 4 | 285 | 6-4 | Tulane | 11/29/1956 | 6 | 3 | Miami Dolphins / 4th / 106th pick / 1978 |
| 44 | Paul Lankford | 26 | lcb | 16 | 6 | 185 | 6-1 | Penn St. | 6/15/1958 | 2 | 4 | Miami Dolphins / 3rd / 80th pick / 1982 |
| 72 | Ronnie Lee | 28 | 16 | 0 | 265 | 6-3 | Baylor | 12/24/1956 | 5 | 1 | Miami Dolphins / 3rd / 65th pick / 1979 | |
| 13 | Dan Marino*+ | 23 | QB | 16 | 16 | 224 | 6-4 | Pittsburgh | 9/15/1961 | 1 | 21 | Miami Dolphins / 1st / 27th pick / 1983 |
| 28 | Don McNeal | 26 | LCB | 11 | 10 | 190 | 5-11 | Alabama | 5/6/1958 | 4 | 5 | Miami Dolphins / 1st / 21st pick / 1980 |
| 89 | Nat Moore | 33 | wr | 16 | 1 | 184 | 5-9 | Tenn-Martin,Florida | 9/19/1951 | 10 | 7 | Miami Dolphins / 3rd / 78th pick / 1974 |
| 22 | Tony Nathan | 28 | RB | 16 | 12 | 206 | 6-0 | Alabama | 12/14/1956 | 5 | 12 | Miami Dolphins / 3rd / 61st pick / 1979 |
| 64 | Ed Newman*+ | 33 | RG | 16 | 16 | 245 | 6-2 | Florida Atlantic,Duke | 6/4/1951 | 11 | 17 | Miami Dolphins / 6th / 156th pick / 1973 |
| 55 | Earnest Rhone | 31 | RILB | 15 | 10 | 220 | 6-2 | Henderson St. | 8/20/1953 | 9 | 5 | |
| 4 | Reggie Roby*+ | 23 | P | 16 | 0 | 249 | 6-3 | Iowa | 7/30/1961 | 1 | 0 | Miami Dolphins / 6th / 167th pick / 1983 |
| 80 | Joe Rose | 27 | 9 | 0 | 228 | 6-3 | California | 6/24/1957 | 4 | 3 | Miami Dolphins / 7th / 185th pick / 1980 | |
| 50 | Jackie Shipp | 22 | 16 | 0 | 235 | 6-2 | Oklahoma | 3/17/1962 | Rook | 1 | Miami Dolphins / 1st / 14th pick / 1984 | |
| 52 | Sanders Shiver | 30 | 6 | 0 | 227 | 6-2 | Carson-Newman | 2/14/1954 | 8 | 0 | Baltimore Colts / 5th / 134th pick / 1976 | |
| 45 | Robert Sowell | 23 | 16 | 0 | 175 | 5-11 | Howard | 6/23/1961 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 57 | Dwight Stephenson*+ | 27 | C | 16 | 16 | 255 | 6-2 | Alabama | 11/20/1957 | 4 | 17 | Miami Dolphins / 2nd / 48th pick / 1980 |
| 10 | Don Strock | 34 | 16 | 0 | 220 | 6-5 | Virginia Tech | 11/27/1950 | 10 | 0 | Miami Dolphins / 5th / 111th pick / 1973 | |
| 54 | Rodell Thomas | 26 | lb | 14 | 1 | 225 | 6-2 | Alabama St. | 8/2/1958 | 3 | 2 | |
| 60 | Jeff Toews | 27 | 16 | 0 | 255 | 6-3 | Washington | 11/4/1957 | 5 | 1 | Miami Dolphins / 2nd / 53rd pick / 1979 | |
| 5 | Uwe von Schamann | 28 | K | 16 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Oklahoma | 4/23/1956 | 5 | 0 | Miami Dolphins / 7th / 189th pick / 1979 |
| 41 | Fulton Walker | 26 | KR | 12 | 0 | 193 | 5-10 | West Virginia | 4/30/1958 | 3 | 1 | Miami Dolphins / 6th / 154th pick / 1981 |
| Team Total | 26.6 | 16 | 226.0 | 6-2.0 | 4.0 |
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