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Record: 8-8-0, Finished 2nd in AFC East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 331 points (20.7/g), 15th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 379 points (23.7/g), 22nd.
Differential of -48 points (-3.0/g), 19th.
Expected W-L: 6.7-9.3.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -18 (-1.1/g), 27th.
Simple Rating System: Total -4.8, Offense: -0.6, Defense: -4.2, SoS: -1.8, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Don Shula
Offensive Coordinator: Gary Stevens
Defensive Coordinator: Tom Olivadotti
Training Camp: St. Thomas University (Miami Gardens, Florida)
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| Tot Yds & TO | Passing | Rushing | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | TO | FL | 1stPy | |||
| Team Offense | 331 | 5546 | 1011 | 5.5 | 310 | 331 | 601 | 4216 | 26 | 25 | 6.9 | 201 | 400 | 1330 | 10 | 3.3 | 88 | 41 | 16 | 21 |
| Team Defense | 379 | 5696 | 1045 | 5.5 | 337 | 315 | 513 | 3543 | 21 | 15 | 6.4 | 180 | 493 | 2153 | 19 | 4.4 | 139 | 23 | 8 | 18 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 15 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 5 | 24 | 27 | 23 | 28 | 21 | 17 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 22 | 24 | 28 | 14 | 18 | 14 | 24 | 18 | 19 | 25 | 24 | 27 | 26 | 28 | ||||||
| Score | Offense | Defense | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Day | Date | OT | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | |||
| 1 | Sun | September 10 | boxscore | L | 0-1 | Buffalo Bills | 24 | 27 | 20 | 323 | 255 | 68 | 4 | 27 | 367 | 226 | 141 | 2 | ||
| 2 | Sun | September 17 | boxscore | W | 1-1 | @ | New England Patriots | 24 | 10 | 18 | 329 | 226 | 103 | 4 | 19 | 325 | 282 | 43 | 1 | |
| 3 | Sun | September 24 | boxscore | L | 1-2 | New York Jets | 33 | 40 | 30 | 524 | 446 | 78 | 2 | 25 | 411 | 309 | 102 | 2 | ||
| 4 | Sun | October 1 | boxscore | L | 1-3 | @ | Houston Oilers | 7 | 39 | 9 | 160 | 117 | 43 | 3 | 23 | 448 | 251 | 197 | 1 | |
| 5 | Sun | October 8 | boxscore | W | OT | 2-3 | Cleveland Browns | 13 | 10 | 18 | 304 | 234 | 70 | 1 | 19 | 330 | 189 | 141 | 2 | |
| 6 | Sun | October 15 | boxscore | W | 3-3 | @ | Cincinnati Bengals | 20 | 13 | 19 | 373 | 266 | 107 | 1 | 14 | 314 | 168 | 146 | ||
| 7 | Sun | October 22 | boxscore | W | 4-3 | Green Bay Packers | 23 | 20 | 24 | 438 | 333 | 105 | 3 | 21 | 296 | 215 | 81 | |||
| 8 | Sun | October 29 | boxscore | L | 4-4 | @ | Buffalo Bills | 17 | 31 | 19 | 413 | 348 | 65 | 3 | 18 | 394 | 114 | 280 | 1 | |
| 9 | Sun | November 5 | boxscore | W | 5-4 | Indianapolis Colts | 19 | 13 | 19 | 308 | 149 | 159 | 3 | 17 | 299 | 214 | 85 | 2 | ||
| 10 | Sun | November 12 | boxscore | W | 6-4 | @ | New York Jets | 31 | 23 | 19 | 447 | 344 | 103 | 3 | 23 | 410 | 274 | 136 | 3 | |
| 11 | Sun | November 19 | boxscore | W | 7-4 | @ | Dallas Cowboys | 17 | 14 | 18 | 303 | 238 | 65 | 1 | 28 | 428 | 261 | 167 | 2 | |
| 12 | Sun | November 26 | boxscore | L | 7-5 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 14 | 34 | 15 | 302 | 222 | 80 | 5 | 13 | 292 | 161 | 131 | |||
| 13 | Sun | December 3 | boxscore | L | 7-6 | @ | Kansas City Chiefs | 21 | 26 | 15 | 291 | 218 | 73 | 3 | 25 | 438 | 239 | 199 | 3 | |
| 14 | Sun | December 10 | boxscore | W | 8-6 | New England Patriots | 31 | 10 | 24 | 408 | 300 | 108 | 1 | 17 | 297 | 231 | 66 | 2 | ||
| 15 | Sun | December 17 | boxscore | L | 8-7 | @ | Indianapolis Colts | 13 | 42 | 16 | 242 | 201 | 41 | 3 | 25 | 305 | 184 | 121 | 1 | |
| 16 | Sun | December 24 | boxscore | L | 8-8 | Kansas City Chiefs | 24 | 27 | 27 | 381 | 319 | 62 | 1 | 23 | 342 | 225 | 117 | 1 | ||
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | 4QC | GWD | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | Dan Marino | 28 | QB | 16 | 16 | 8-8-0 | 308 | 550 | 56.0 | 3997 | 24 | 4.4 | 22 | 4.0 | 78 | 7.3 | 6.3 | 13.0 | 249.8 | 76.9 | 10 | 86 | 6.98 | 6.07 | 1.8 | 2 | 4 | |
| 9 | Scott Secules | 25 | 15 | 0 | 22 | 50 | 44.0 | 286 | 1 | 2.0 | 3 | 6.0 | 44 | 5.7 | 3.4 | 13.0 | 19.1 | 44.2 | 0 | 0 | 5.72 | 3.42 | 0.0 | |||||
| 11 | Jim C. Jensen | 31 | wr | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 19 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 19 | 19.0 | 39.0 | 19.0 | 1.2 | 158.3 | 0 | 0 | 19.00 | 39.00 | 0.0 | ||||
| Team Total | 26.8 | 16 | 8-8-0 | 331 | 601 | 55.1 | 4302 | 26 | 4.3 | 25 | 4.2 | 78 | 7.2 | 6.2 | 13.0 | 268.9 | 74.9 | 10 | 86 | 6.90 | 5.91 | 1.6 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 315 | 513 | 61.4 | 3811 | 21 | 4.1 | 15 | 2.9 | 7.4 | 6.93 | 12.1 | 238.2 | 85.7 | 39 | 268 | 6.4 | 6.0 | 7.1 |
| Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| 33 | Sammie Smith | 22 | RB | 13 | 12 | 200 | 659 | 6 | 25 | 3.3 | 50.7 | 15.4 | 7 | 81 | 11.6 | 0 | 34 | 0.5 | 6.2 | 740 | 6 | 6 |
| 23 | Troy Stradford | 25 | rb | 7 | 4 | 66 | 240 | 1 | 13 | 3.6 | 34.3 | 9.4 | 25 | 233 | 9.3 | 0 | 32 | 3.6 | 33.3 | 473 | 1 | 4 |
| 20 | Marc Logan | 24 | KR | 10 | 4 | 57 | 201 | 0 | 14 | 3.5 | 20.1 | 5.7 | 5 | 34 | 6.8 | 0 | 11 | 0.5 | 3.4 | 235 | 0 | 1 |
| 27 | Lorenzo Hampton | 27 | 10 | 0 | 17 | 47 | 0 | 9 | 2.8 | 4.7 | 1.7 | 8 | 25 | 3.1 | 0 | 12 | 0.8 | 2.5 | 72 | 0 | 1 | |
| 30 | Ron Davenport | 27 | rb | 9 | 3 | 14 | 56 | 1 | 9 | 4.0 | 6.2 | 1.6 | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 0 | 9 | 0.3 | 2.1 | 75 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | Dan Marino | 28 | QB | 16 | 16 | 14 | -7 | 2 | 2 | -0.5 | -0.4 | 0.9 | -7 | 2 | 7 | |||||||
| 36 | Tom Brown | 25 | FB | 9 | 7 | 13 | 26 | 0 | 6 | 2.0 | 2.9 | 1.4 | 13 | 117 | 9.0 | 0 | 23 | 1.4 | 13.0 | 143 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Jim C. Jensen | 31 | wr | 16 | 1 | 8 | 50 | 0 | 14 | 6.3 | 3.1 | 0.5 | 61 | 557 | 9.1 | 6 | 20 | 3.8 | 34.8 | 607 | 6 | 0 |
| 9 | Scott Secules | 25 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 39 | 0 | 17 | 9.8 | 2.6 | 0.3 | 39 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 83 | Mark Clayton | 28 | WR | 15 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 3.0 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 64 | 1011 | 15.8 | 9 | 78 | 4.3 | 67.4 | 1020 | 9 | 1 |
| 34 | Nuu Faaola | 25 | rb | 10 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Reggie Roby* | 28 | P | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 85 | Mark Duper | 30 | WR | 15 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 49 | 717 | 14.6 | 1 | 41 | 3.3 | 47.8 | 717 | 1 | 0 | |
| 80 | Ferrell Edmunds* | 24 | TE | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 32 | 382 | 11.9 | 3 | 30 | 2.0 | 23.9 | 382 | 3 | 1 | |
| 86 | Fred Banks | 27 | wr | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30 | 520 | 17.3 | 1 | 61 | 2.0 | 34.7 | 520 | 1 | 1 | |
| 82 | Andre Brown | 23 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 24 | 410 | 17.1 | 5 | 48 | 1.5 | 25.6 | 410 | 5 | 1 | ||
| 81 | Scott Schwedes | 24 | PR | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7 | 174 | 24.9 | 1 | 65 | 0.8 | 19.3 | 174 | 1 | 3 | |
| 84 | Bruce Hardy | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 88 | Brian Kinchen | 24 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 12 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 12 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Team Total | 26.8 | 16 | 400 | 1330 | 10 | 25 | 3.3 | 83.1 | 25.0 | 331 | 4302 | 13.0 | 26 | 78 | 20.7 | 268.9 | 5632 | 36 | 30 | |||
| Opp Total | 16 | 493 | 2153 | 19 | 4.4 | 134.6 | 30.8 | 315 | 3543 | 11.2 | 21 | 19.7 | 221.4 | 5696 | 40 | 19 | ||||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| 20 | Marc Logan | 24 | KR | 10 | 4 | 24 | 613 | 1 | 97 | 25.5 | 848 | |||||
| 81 | Scott Schwedes | 24 | PR | 9 | 0 | 18 | 210 | 1 | 70 | 11.7 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 13 | 8.0 | 408 |
| 27 | Lorenzo Hampton | 27 | 10 | 0 | 17 | 303 | 0 | 34 | 17.8 | 375 | ||||||
| 23 | Troy Stradford | 25 | rb | 7 | 4 | 14 | 129 | 0 | 19 | 9.2 | 602 | |||||
| 38 | Willard Reaves | 30 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 84 | 0 | 22 | 14.0 | 84 | ||||||
| 82 | Andre Brown | 23 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 4.5 | 419 | ||||||
| 34 | Nuu Faaola | 25 | rb | 10 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 17 | 15.0 | 48 | |||||
| 88 | Brian Kinchen | 24 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 17 | 13.0 | 38 | ||||||
| 50 | Dave Ahrens | 31 | lilb | 11 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | |||||
| 59 | Bob Brudzinski | 34 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | ||||||
| 30 | Ron Davenport | 27 | rb | 9 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 | 94 | |||||
| 42 | Ernest Gibson | 28 | 5 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | ||||||
| 22 | Kerry Goode | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | ||||||
| 26 | Jarvis Williams | 24 | SS | 16 | 16 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | |||||
| Team Total | 26.8 | 16 | 33 | 338 | 1 | 70 | 10.2 | 61 | 1153 | 1 | 97 | 18.9 | 7123 | |||
| Opp Total | 16 | 26 | 0 | 63 | 1215 | 0 | 19.3 | |||||||||
| 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 | XPA | XPM | Pnt | Yds | Lng | Blck | ||||
| 10 | Pete Stoyanovich | 22 | K | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 19 | 73.1% | 39 | 38 | 97.4% | |||||
| 4 | Reggie Roby* | 28 | P | 16 | 0 | 58 | 2458 | 58 | 1 | 42.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.8 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 19 | 73.1% | 39 | 38 | 97.4% | 58 | 2458 | 58 | 1 | 42.4 | |||
| Opp Total | 16 | 33 | 25 | 75.8% | 43 | 42 | 97.7% | 62 | 2418 | 39.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| 26 | Jarvis Williams | 24 | SS | 16 | 16 | 1.0 | 2 | 43 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 87 | 0 | ||||||
| 91 | Jeff Cross | 23 | RDE | 16 | 16 | 10.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 0 | ||||||
| 25 | Louis Oliver | 23 | FS | 15 | 13 | 4 | 32 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 0 | ||
| 37 | J.B. Brown | 22 | 16 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 55 | Hugh Green | 30 | ROLB | 16 | 16 | 7.5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 13 | Dan Marino | 28 | QB | 16 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 0 | -4 | 0 | |||||||||
| 33 | Sammie Smith | 22 | RB | 13 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 81 | Scott Schwedes | 24 | PR | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 70 | Brian Sochia | 28 | NT | 16 | 16 | 5.0 | |||||||||||||
| 23 | Troy Stradford | 25 | rb | 7 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 24 | Rodney L. Thomas | 24 | db | 16 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 46 | 0 | |||
| 29 | Liffort Hobley | 27 | db | 16 | 3 | 1.0 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | |||
| 20 | Marc Logan | 24 | KR | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | |||||||||
| 28 | Don McNeal | 31 | 12 | 0 | 3 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 86 | Fred Banks | 27 | wr | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 97 | John Bosa | 25 | de | 13 | 3 | 2.0 | |||||||||||||
| 82 | Andre Brown | 23 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 36 | Tom Brown | 25 | FB | 9 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 80 | Ferrell Edmunds* | 24 | TE | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 49 | William Judson | 30 | RCB | 14 | 14 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 28 | 0 | |||||||||
| 88 | Brian Kinchen | 24 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -35 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 90 | Eric Kumerow | 24 | 12 | 0 | 2.0 | ||||||||||||||
| 44 | Paul Lankford | 31 | LCB | 16 | 16 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 4 | Reggie Roby* | 28 | P | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 95 | T.J. Turner | 26 | LDE | 14 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 56 | John Offerdahl* | 25 | LILB | 10 | 8 | 1.5 | |||||||||||||
| 50 | Dave Ahrens | 31 | lilb | 11 | 8 | 1.0 | |||||||||||||
| 51 | Greg Clark | 24 | lb | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 83 | Mark Clayton | 28 | WR | 15 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 98 | Jackie Cline | 29 | de | 15 | 2 | 1.0 | |||||||||||||
| 53 | David Frye | 28 | 11 | 0 | 1.0 | ||||||||||||||
| 62 | Harry Galbreath | 24 | RG | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 99 | Rick Graf | 25 | lb | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | |||||||||||||
| 27 | Lorenzo Hampton | 27 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 54 | E.J. Junior | 30 | LOLB | 16 | 12 | 1.0 | |||||||||||||
| 58 | Barry Krauss | 32 | RILB | 16 | 12 | 1.0 | |||||||||||||
| 63 | Jeff Uhlenhake | 23 | C | 16 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -19 | 0 | |||||||||
| Team Total | 26.8 | 16 | 38.0 | 15 | 126 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 20 | -1 | 0 | 217 | 0 | ||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 10 | 19 | 11 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | AllTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Pete Stoyanovich | 22 | K | 16 | 0 | 38 | 19 | 95 | ||||||||||
| 83 | Mark Clayton | 28 | WR | 15 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 54 | ||||||||||
| 11 | Jim C. Jensen | 31 | wr | 16 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 36 | ||||||||||
| 33 | Sammie Smith | 22 | RB | 13 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 36 | ||||||||||
| 82 | Andre Brown | 23 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 30 | |||||||||||
| 80 | Ferrell Edmunds* | 24 | TE | 16 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| 20 | Marc Logan | 24 | KR | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||
| 13 | Dan Marino | 28 | QB | 16 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 81 | Scott Schwedes | 24 | PR | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||
| 86 | Fred Banks | 27 | wr | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 30 | Ron Davenport | 27 | rb | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 85 | Mark Duper | 30 | WR | 15 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 23 | Troy Stradford | 25 | rb | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.8 | 16 | 10 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 38 | 19 | 329 | |||||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 19 | 21 | 42 | 25 | 2 | 379 |