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1989 Miami Dolphins

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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 (8-8-0)
 Offensive Coordinator: Gary Stevens
 Defensive Coordinator: Tom Olivadotti

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

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 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

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 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

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
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 7.0 6.1 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 5.7 3.4 0.0
11 Jim C. Jensen 31 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 19.0 39.0 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 6.9 5.9 1.6 2 4
Opp Total 16 315 513 61.4 3811 21 4.1 15 2.9 7.4 6.9 12.1 238.2 85.7 39 268 6.4 6.0 7.1

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
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 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 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 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 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 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

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
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 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 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 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

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
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

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
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 7 4 0 4 1 0 0
24 Rodney L. Thomas 24 16 2 1.0 2 4 0 4 0 0 0 2 46 0
29 Liffort Hobley 27 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 15 3 0 1 1 0 0
97 John Bosa 25 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 16 4 0 0 1 0 0
83 Mark Clayton 28 WR 15 15 0 1 0 0 0
98 Jackie Cline 29 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 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

Scoring Summary

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
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 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 15 3 1 1 6
30 Ron Davenport 27 9 3 1 1 6
85 Mark Duper 30 WR 15 14 1 1 6
23 Troy Stradford 25 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