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Record: 8-8-0, Finished 2nd in AFC East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 343 points (21.4/g), 6th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 349 points (21.8/g), 24th.
Differential of -6 points (-0.4/g), 18th.
Expected W-L: 7.8-8.2.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -7 (-0.4/g), 23rd.
Coached by Don Shula (8-8-0)
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1991 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
| Score | Offense | Defense | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Date | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | ||||
| 1 | Sun | September 1 | box | L | 0-1 | @ | Buffalo Bills | 31 | 35 | 23 | 396 | 250 | 146 | 1 | 33 | 582 | 397 | 185 | 2 |
| 2 | Sun | September 8 | box | W | 1-1 | Indianapolis Colts | 17 | 6 | 20 | 277 | 129 | 148 | 2 | 11 | 150 | 81 | 69 | ||
| 3 | Sun | September 15 | box | L | 1-2 | @ | Detroit Lions | 13 | 17 | 17 | 226 | 154 | 72 | 24 | 353 | 164 | 189 | 1 | |
| 4 | Sun | September 22 | box | W | 2-2 | Green Bay Packers | 16 | 13 | 11 | 232 | 195 | 37 | 1 | 13 | 263 | 219 | 44 | 3 | |
| 5 | Sun | September 29 | box | L | 2-3 | @ | New York Jets | 23 | 41 | 19 | 324 | 278 | 46 | 2 | 20 | 427 | 221 | 206 | |
| 6 | Sun | October 6 | box | W | 3-3 | @ | New England Patriots | 20 | 10 | 19 | 370 | 314 | 56 | 2 | 14 | 195 | 140 | 55 | 2 |
| 7 | Sun | October 13 | box | L | 3-4 | @ | Kansas City Chiefs | 7 | 42 | 19 | 345 | 253 | 92 | 2 | 25 | 452 | 231 | 221 | |
| 8 | Sun | October 20 | box | L | 3-5 | Houston Oilers | 13 | 17 | 16 | 275 | 218 | 57 | 5 | 23 | 282 | 162 | 120 | 4 | |
| 9 | Bye Week | ||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Sun | November 3 | box | W | 4-5 | @ | Indianapolis Colts | 10 | 6 | 15 | 298 | 231 | 67 | 15 | 278 | 183 | 95 | 2 | |
| 11 | Sun | November 10 | box | W | 5-5 | New England Patriots | 30 | 20 | 20 | 324 | 255 | 69 | 1 | 18 | 323 | 239 | 84 | 1 | |
| 12 | Mon | November 18 | box | L | 5-6 | Buffalo Bills | 27 | 41 | 25 | 392 | 317 | 75 | 5 | 27 | 433 | 171 | 262 | ||
| 13 | Sun | November 24 | box | W | 6-6 | @ | Chicago Bears | 16 | 13 | 17 | 275 | 172 | 103 | 3 | 23 | 328 | 204 | 124 | 1 |
| 14 | Sun | December 1 | box | W | 7-6 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 33 | 14 | 25 | 468 | 297 | 171 | 1 | 19 | 258 | 199 | 59 | 2 | |
| 15 | Mon | December 9 | box | W | 8-6 | Cincinnati Bengals | 37 | 13 | 21 | 358 | 266 | 92 | 19 | 355 | 196 | 159 | 2 | ||
| 16 | Sun | December 15 | box | L | 8-7 | @ | San Diego Chargers | 30 | 38 | 23 | 348 | 273 | 75 | 2 | 20 | 368 | 170 | 198 | |
| 17 | Sun | December 22 | box | L | 8-8 | New York Jets | 20 | 23 | 22 | 333 | 287 | 46 | 1 | 23 | 359 | 128 | 231 | 1 | |
| Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | TO | FL | 1stPy | |||
| Team Offense | 343 | 5241 | 970 | 5.4 | 312 | 327 | 563 | 3889 | 26 | 14 | 6.6 | 205 | 379 | 1352 | 8 | 3.6 | 91 | 28 | 14 | 16 |
| Team Defense | 349 | 5406 | 1019 | 5.3 | 521 | 300 | 485 | 3105 | 18 | 12 | 6.0 | 177 | 499 | 2301 | 17 | 4.6 | 327 | 21 | 9 | 17 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 6 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 25 | 25 | 22 | 21 | 9 | 11 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 24 | 25 | 25 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 22 | 14 | 25 | 27 | 21 | 28 | 26 | 25 | ||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Marino* | 30 | QB | 16 | 16 | 318 | 549 | 57.9 | 3970 | 25 | 4.6 | 13 | 2.4 | 54 | 7.2 | 6.6 | 12.5 | 248.1 | 85.8 | 27 | 182 | 6.6 | 6.0 | 4.7 |
| Scott Secules | 27 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 61.5 | 90 | 1 | 7.7 | 1 | 7.7 | 17 | 6.9 | 4.2 | 11.3 | 6.4 | 75.8 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 3.5 | 7.1 | |
| Jim C. Jensen | 33 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 17 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 17 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 1.1 | 118.7 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 0.0 | |
| Team Total | 26.5 | 16 | 327 | 563 | 58.1 | 4077 | 26 | 4.6 | 14 | 2.5 | 54 | 7.2 | 6.6 | 12.5 | 254.8 | 85.7 | 28 | 188 | 6.6 | 6.0 | 4.7 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 300 | 485 | 61.9 | 3105 | 18 | 3.7 | 12 | 2.5 | 6.4 | 5.7 | 10.4 | 194.1 | 82.4 | 35 | 248 | 6.0 | 4.8 |
| Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| Mark Higgs | 25 | RB | 14 | 10 | 231 | 905 | 4 | 24 | 3.9 | 64.6 | 16.5 | 11 | 80 | 7.3 | 0 | 13 | 0.8 | 5.7 | 985 | 4 | 3 |
| Sammie Smith | 24 | rb | 12 | 6 | 83 | 297 | 1 | 18 | 3.6 | 24.8 | 6.9 | 14 | 95 | 6.8 | 0 | 12 | 1.2 | 7.9 | 392 | 1 | 3 |
| Dan Marino* | 30 | QB | 16 | 16 | 27 | 32 | 1 | 11 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 32 | 1 | 6 | |||||||
| Aaron Craver | 23 | RET | 14 | 0 | 20 | 58 | 1 | 7 | 2.9 | 4.1 | 1.4 | 8 | 67 | 8.4 | 0 | 25 | 0.6 | 4.8 | 125 | 1 | 2 |
| Tony Paige | 29 | FB | 16 | 16 | 10 | 25 | 0 | 6 | 2.5 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 57 | 469 | 8.2 | 1 | 26 | 3.6 | 29.3 | 494 | 1 | 1 |
| Marc Logan | 26 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| Scott Secules | 27 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 30 | 1 | 12 | 7.5 | 2.1 | 0.3 | 30 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Mark Clayton* | 30 | WR | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 70 | 1053 | 15.0 | 12 | 43 | 4.4 | 65.8 | 1053 | 12 | 0 | |
| Mark Duper | 32 | WR | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 70 | 1085 | 15.5 | 5 | 43 | 4.4 | 67.8 | 1085 | 5 | 0 | |
| Tony Martin | 26 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 27 | 434 | 16.1 | 2 | 54 | 1.7 | 27.1 | 434 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Jim C. Jensen | 33 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 21 | 183 | 8.7 | 2 | 19 | 1.3 | 11.4 | 183 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Greg Baty | 27 | TE | 16 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 20 | 269 | 13.5 | 1 | 30 | 1.3 | 16.8 | 269 | 1 | 1 | |
| Ferrell Edmunds | 26 | te | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11 | 118 | 10.7 | 2 | 22 | 1.4 | 14.8 | 118 | 2 | 0 | |
| Fred Banks | 29 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9 | 119 | 13.2 | 1 | 25 | 1.3 | 17.0 | 119 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Scott Miller | 23 | RET | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 49 | 12.3 | 0 | 15 | 0.3 | 3.1 | 49 | 0 | 4 | |
| Charles Henry | 27 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | 9 | 0.3 | 2.8 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||
| James Pruitt | 27 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 0 | 24 | 0.4 | 6.0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Keith Sims | 24 | LG | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Total | 26.5 | 16 | 379 | 1352 | 8 | 24 | 3.6 | 84.5 | 23.7 | 327 | 4077 | 12.5 | 26 | 54 | 20.4 | 254.8 | 5429 | 34 | 23 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 499 | 2301 | 17 | 4.6 | 143.8 | 31.2 | 300 | 3105 | 10.4 | 18 | 18.8 | 194.1 | 5406 | 35 | 19 | |||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| Aaron Craver | 23 | RET | 14 | 0 | 32 | 615 | 0 | 49 | 19.2 | 740 | |||||
| Scott Miller | 23 | RET | 16 | 0 | 28 | 248 | 0 | 32 | 8.9 | 297 | |||||
| Marc Logan | 26 | 16 | 0 | 12 | 191 | 0 | 31 | 15.9 | 196 | ||||||
| Tony Paige | 29 | FB | 16 | 16 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 16 | 15.5 | 525 | |||||
| Jeff Dellenbach | 28 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||
| Charles Henry | 27 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 | 30 | ||||||
| Randal Hill | 22 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | ||||||
| E.J. Junior | 32 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||
| Tony Martin | 26 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 444 | ||||||
| Jarvis Williams | 26 | SS | 11 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | |||||
| Team Total | 26.5 | 16 | 30 | 258 | 0 | 32 | 8.6 | 50 | 890 | 0 | 49 | 17.8 | 6577 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 30 | 0 | 66 | 1270 | 0 | 19.2 | ||||||||
| 0--19 | 20--29 | 30--39 | 40--49 | 50+ | Tot | PAT | Punting | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | XPA | XPM | Pnt | Yds | Lng | Blck | ||||
| Pete Stoyanovich | 24 | K | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 37 | 31 | 83.8% | 29 | 28 | 96.6% | 2 | 85 | 49 | 0 | 42.5 |
| Reggie Roby | 30 | P | 16 | 0 | 54 | 2466 | 64 | 1 | 45.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Charlie Baumann | 24 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | 6 | 6 | 100.0% | ||||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.5 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 39 | 33 | 84.6% | 35 | 34 | 97.1% | 56 | 2551 | 64 | 1 | 45.6 | ||
| Opp Total | 16 | 33 | 23 | 69.7% | 40 | 40 | 100.0% | 65 | 2587 | 39.8 | |||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| Dan Marino* | 30 | QB | 16 | 16 | 6 | 3 | -8 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jeff Cross | 25 | RDE | 16 | 16 | 7.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |||||||
| Scott Miller | 23 | RET | 16 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Chuck Klingbeil | 26 | 15 | 4 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17 | ||||||||
| Louis Oliver | 25 | FS | 16 | 16 | 5 | 80 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 88 | ||||
| T.J. Turner | 28 | LDE/nt | 13 | 12 | 4.0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
| David Griggs | 24 | LOLB | 16 | 16 | 5.5 | 77 | ||||||||||||
| E.J. Junior | 32 | 16 | 0 | 5.0 | ||||||||||||||
| Aaron Craver | 23 | RET | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bobby Harden | 24 | ss | 16 | 5 | 1.0 | 2 | 39 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Mark Higgs | 25 | RB | 14 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Cliff Odom | 33 | LILB | 14 | 11 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Sammie Smith | 24 | rb | 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bryan Cox | 23 | ROLB | 13 | 13 | 2.0 | 61 | ||||||||||||
| Tony Martin | 26 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| John Offerdahl | 27 | rilb | 6 | 6 | 1.5 | |||||||||||||
| Greg Baty | 27 | TE | 16 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| J.B. Brown | 24 | RCB | 15 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | |||||||||
| Mark Dennis | 26 | RT | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Donnie Gardner | 23 | 10 | 0 | 1.0 | ||||||||||||||
| Hugh Green | 32 | 11 | 3 | 1.0 | ||||||||||||||
| Vestee Jackson | 28 | LCB/rcb | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Shawn Lee | 25 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Marc Logan | 26 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Michael McGruder | 27 | lcb | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | ||||||||
| Tony Paige | 29 | FB | 16 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mike Reichenbach | 30 | RILB/lilb | 16 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Jarvis Williams | 26 | SS | 11 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | |||||||||
| Team Total | 26.5 | 16 | 34.0 | 12 | 135 | 0 | 37 | 1 | 23 | 17 | -7 | 1 | 491 | |||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 28 | 19 | 10 | ||||||||||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Stoyanovich | 24 | K | 14 | 0 | 28 | 31 | 121 | |||||||||
| Mark Clayton* | 30 | WR | 16 | 16 | 12 | 72 | ||||||||||
| Mark Duper | 32 | WR | 16 | 16 | 5 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Mark Higgs | 25 | RB | 14 | 10 | 4 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Charlie Baumann | 24 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Ferrell Edmunds | 26 | te | 8 | 8 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Jim C. Jensen | 33 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Tony Martin | 26 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Fred Banks | 29 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Greg Baty | 27 | TE | 16 | 8 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Aaron Craver | 23 | RET | 14 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Chuck Klingbeil | 26 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Dan Marino* | 30 | QB | 16 | 16 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Tony Paige | 29 | FB | 16 | 16 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Scott Secules | 27 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Sammie Smith | 24 | rb | 12 | 6 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.5 | 16 | 8 | 26 | 1 | 34 | 33 | 343 | ||||||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 17 | 18 | 40 | 23 | 349 |