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Record: 9-7-0, Finished 2nd in AFC East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 349 points (21.8/g), 5th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 351 points (21.9/g), 24th.
Differential of -2 points (-0.1/g), 15th.
Expected W-L: 7.9-8.1.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -7 (-0.4/g), 22nd.
Simple Rating System: Total -0.5, Offense: 3.9, Defense: -4.3, SoS: -0.3, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Don Shula
Offensive Coordinator: Gary Stevens
Defensive Coordinator: Tom Olivadotti
Training Camp: Nova Southeastern University (Davie, Florida)
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| Tot Yds & TO | Passing | Rushing | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | TO | FL | 1stPy | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | |||
| Team Offense | 349 | 5812 | 1030 | 5.6 | 34 | 16 | 17 | 309 | 342 | 581 | 4353 | 27 | 18 | 7.1 | 207 | 419 | 1459 | 10 | 3.5 | 85 |
| Team Defense | 351 | 5150 | 1061 | 4.9 | 27 | 14 | 24 | 332 | 350 | 572 | 3485 | 26 | 13 | 5.8 | 205 | 460 | 1665 | 12 | 3.6 | 103 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 5 | 2 | 18 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 22 | 25 | 15 | 26 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 24 | 20 | 19 | 11 | 27 | 25 | 21 | 27 | 19 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 17 | 7 | ||||||
| Score | Offense | Defense | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Day | Date | OT | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | |||
| 1 | Sun | September 5 | boxscore | W | 1-0 | @ | Indianapolis Colts | 24 | 20 | 19 | 355 | 236 | 119 | 2 | 16 | 274 | 232 | 42 | 3 | |
| 2 | Sun | September 12 | boxscore | L | 1-1 | New York Jets | 14 | 24 | 14 | 294 | 267 | 27 | 2 | 22 | 429 | 323 | 106 | 1 | ||
| 3 | Bye Week | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Sun | September 26 | boxscore | W | 2-1 | @ | Buffalo Bills | 22 | 13 | 23 | 412 | 275 | 137 | 2 | 16 | 282 | 176 | 106 | 2 | |
| 5 | Mon | October 4 | boxscore | W | 3-1 | Washington Redskins | 17 | 10 | 17 | 354 | 248 | 106 | 1 | 20 | 232 | 148 | 84 | 1 | ||
| 6 | Sun | October 10 | boxscore | W | 4-1 | @ | Cleveland Browns | 24 | 14 | 20 | 338 | 268 | 70 | 1 | 16 | 202 | 112 | 90 | 2 | |
| 7 | Bye Week | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Sun | October 24 | boxscore | W | 5-1 | Indianapolis Colts | 41 | 27 | 18 | 366 | 195 | 171 | 2 | 24 | 322 | 234 | 88 | 4 | ||
| 9 | Sun | October 31 | boxscore | W | 6-1 | Kansas City Chiefs | 30 | 10 | 26 | 483 | 344 | 139 | 2 | 18 | 305 | 206 | 99 | 3 | ||
| 10 | Sun | November 7 | boxscore | L | 6-2 | @ | New York Jets | 10 | 27 | 15 | 337 | 289 | 48 | 2 | 24 | 356 | 256 | 100 | 1 | |
| 11 | Sun | November 14 | boxscore | W | 7-2 | @ | Philadelphia Eagles | 19 | 14 | 13 | 298 | 178 | 120 | 2 | 19 | 260 | 157 | 103 | 3 | |
| 12 | Sun | November 21 | boxscore | W | 8-2 | New England Patriots | 17 | 13 | 15 | 344 | 233 | 111 | 23 | 349 | 261 | 88 | 1 | |||
| 13 | Thu | November 25 | boxscore | W | 9-2 | @ | Dallas Cowboys | 16 | 14 | 15 | 382 | 274 | 108 | 4 | 19 | 293 | 181 | 112 | 2 | |
| 14 | Sun | December 5 | boxscore | L | 9-3 | New York Giants | 14 | 19 | 23 | 408 | 357 | 51 | 3 | 19 | 351 | 241 | 110 | |||
| 15 | Mon | December 13 | boxscore | L | 9-4 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 20 | 21 | 21 | 348 | 299 | 49 | 3 | 19 | 265 | 145 | 120 | |||
| 16 | Sun | December 19 | boxscore | L | 9-5 | Buffalo Bills | 34 | 47 | 24 | 423 | 400 | 23 | 5 | 28 | 374 | 245 | 129 | 2 | ||
| 17 | Mon | December 27 | boxscore | L | 9-6 | @ | San Diego Chargers | 20 | 45 | 23 | 321 | 260 | 61 | 3 | 25 | 459 | 239 | 220 | ||
| 18 | Sun | January 2 | boxscore | L | OT | 9-7 | @ | New England Patriots | 27 | 33 | 23 | 349 | 230 | 119 | 25 | 397 | 329 | 68 | 2 | |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | 4QC | GWD | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | Scott Mitchell | 25 | QB | 13 | 7 | 3-4-0 | 133 | 233 | 57.1 | 1773 | 12 | 5.2 | 8 | 3.4 | 77 | 7.6 | 7.1 | 13.3 | 136.4 | 84.2 | 7 | 49 | 7.18 | 6.68 | 2.9 | |||
| 17 | Steve DeBerg | 39 | qb | 5 | 4 | 2-2-0 | 113 | 188 | 60.1 | 1521 | 6 | 3.2 | 7 | 3.7 | 47 | 8.1 | 7.1 | 13.5 | 304.2 | 81.0 | 15 | 116 | 6.92 | 5.96 | 7.4 | 2 | 2 | |
| 13 | Dan Marino | 32 | qb | 5 | 5 | 4-1-0 | 91 | 150 | 60.7 | 1218 | 8 | 5.3 | 3 | 2.0 | 80 | 8.1 | 8.3 | 13.4 | 243.6 | 95.9 | 7 | 42 | 7.49 | 7.65 | 4.5 | 1 | 1 | |
| 14 | Doug Pederson | 25 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 50.0 | 41 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 10.3 | 5.9 | 65.1 | 1 | 4 | 4.11 | 4.11 | 11.1 | |||||
| 41 | Keith Byars* | 30 | FB | 16 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 11 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 5.5 | 15.5 | 11.0 | 0.7 | 106.2 | 0 | 0 | 5.50 | 15.50 | 0.0 | ||||
| Team Total | 27.4 | 16 | 9-7-0 | 342 | 581 | 58.9 | 4564 | 27 | 4.6 | 18 | 3.1 | 80 | 7.9 | 7.4 | 13.3 | 285.3 | 86.4 | 30 | 211 | 7.12 | 6.68 | 4.9 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 350 | 572 | 61.2 | 3682 | 26 | 4.5 | 13 | 2.3 | 6.4 | 6.32 | 10.5 | 230.1 | 85.6 | 29 | 197 | 5.8 | 5.7 | 4.8 |
| Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| 21 | Mark Higgs | 27 | RB | 16 | 8 | 186 | 693 | 3 | 31 | 3.7 | 43.3 | 11.6 | 10 | 72 | 7.2 | 0 | 15 | 0.6 | 4.5 | 765 | 3 | 1 |
| 43 | Terry Kirby | 23 | rb | 16 | 8 | 119 | 390 | 3 | 20 | 3.3 | 24.4 | 7.4 | 75 | 874 | 11.7 | 3 | 47 | 4.7 | 54.6 | 1264 | 6 | 5 |
| 41 | Keith Byars* | 30 | FB | 16 | 16 | 64 | 269 | 3 | 77 | 4.2 | 16.8 | 4.0 | 61 | 613 | 10.0 | 3 | 27 | 3.8 | 38.3 | 882 | 6 | 3 |
| 19 | Scott Mitchell | 25 | QB | 13 | 7 | 21 | 89 | 0 | 32 | 4.2 | 6.8 | 1.6 | 89 | 0 | 3 | |||||||
| 13 | Dan Marino | 32 | qb | 5 | 5 | 9 | -4 | 1 | 4 | -0.4 | -0.8 | 1.8 | -4 | 1 | 4 | |||||||
| 22 | James Saxon | 27 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 2.6 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 30 | Bernie Parmalee | 26 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 12 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | |
| 17 | Steve DeBerg | 39 | qb | 5 | 4 | 4 | -4 | 0 | -1 | -1.0 | -0.8 | 0.8 | -4 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
| 80 | Irving Fryar* | 31 | WR | 16 | 16 | 3 | -4 | 0 | 2 | -1.3 | -0.3 | 0.2 | 64 | 1010 | 15.8 | 5 | 65 | 4.0 | 63.1 | 1006 | 5 | 0 |
| 14 | Doug Pederson | 25 | 7 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | -0.5 | -0.1 | 0.3 | -1 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||
| 89 | Tony Martin | 28 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 20 | 347 | 17.4 | 3 | 80 | 1.7 | 28.9 | 353 | 3 | 1 | |
| 81 | O.J. McDuffie | 24 | KR/PR | 16 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 0 | -4 | -4.0 | -0.3 | 0.1 | 19 | 197 | 10.4 | 0 | 18 | 1.2 | 12.3 | 193 | 0 | 4 |
| 82 | Mark Ingram | 28 | WR | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 44 | 707 | 16.1 | 6 | 77 | 2.8 | 44.2 | 707 | 6 | 3 | |
| 88 | Keith Jackson | 28 | TE | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 39 | 613 | 15.7 | 6 | 57 | 2.6 | 40.9 | 613 | 6 | 2 | |
| 84 | Greg Baty | 29 | te | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5 | 78 | 15.6 | 1 | 32 | 0.3 | 4.9 | 78 | 1 | 0 | |
| 83 | Scott Miller | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | 8 | 0.7 | 5.0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 86 | Fred Banks | 31 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 0 | 26 | 0.1 | 3.3 | 26 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 87 | Mike Williams | 27 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 11 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Team Total | 27.4 | 16 | 419 | 1459 | 10 | 77 | 3.5 | 91.2 | 26.2 | 342 | 4564 | 13.3 | 27 | 80 | 21.4 | 285.3 | 6023 | 37 | 32 | |||
| Opp Total | 16 | 460 | 1665 | 12 | 3.6 | 104.1 | 28.8 | 350 | 3485 | 10.0 | 26 | 21.9 | 217.8 | 5150 | 38 | 30 | ||||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| 81 | O.J. McDuffie | 24 | KR/PR | 16 | 0 | 28 | 317 | 2 | 72 | 11.3 | 32 | 755 | 0 | 48 | 23.6 | 1265 |
| 87 | Mike Williams | 27 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 180 | 0 | 39 | 22.5 | 191 | ||||||
| 43 | Terry Kirby | 23 | rb | 16 | 8 | 4 | 85 | 0 | 26 | 21.3 | 1349 | |||||
| 83 | Scott Miller | 25 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 16 | 11.0 | 37 | ||||||
| 84 | Greg Baty | 29 | te | 16 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 85 | |||||
| 80 | Irving Fryar* | 31 | WR | 16 | 16 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 1016 | |||||
| 22 | James Saxon | 27 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 20 | ||||||
| Team Total | 27.4 | 16 | 28 | 326 | 2 | 72 | 11.6 | 49 | 1068 | 0 | 48 | 21.8 | 7417 | |||
| Opp Total | 16 | 32 | 1 | 62 | 1239 | 0 | 20.0 | |||||||||
| 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 | 26 | K | 16 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 24 | 75.0% | 37 | 37 | 100.0% | |||||
| 7 | Dale Hatcher | 30 | P | 16 | 0 | 58 | 2304 | 56 | 0 | 39.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Team Total | 27.4 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 24 | 75.0% | 37 | 37 | 100.0% | 58 | 2304 | 56 | 0 | 39.7 | |||
| Opp Total | 16 | 27 | 17 | 63.0% | 42 | 40 | 95.2% | 76 | 3139 | 41.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| 51 | Bryan Cox | 25 | RLB | 16 | 16 | 5.0 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 122 | 0 | |
| 26 | Jarvis Williams | 28 | SS | 16 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 118 | 0 | |||||||
| 91 | Jeff Cross | 27 | LDE | 16 | 16 | 10.5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 0 | ||||||
| 50 | Dwight Hollier | 24 | mlb | 16 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 0 | |||||||
| 37 | J.B. Brown | 26 | RCB | 16 | 16 | 5 | 43 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 0 | ||
| 99 | Chuck Klingbeil | 28 | RDT | 16 | 16 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 0 | ||||||
| 23 | Troy Vincent | 22 | LCB | 13 | 13 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 0 | ||
| 25 | Louis Oliver | 27 | FS | 11 | 11 | 2 | 60 | 1 | 56 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 0 | ||
| 90 | Marco Coleman | 24 | RDE | 15 | 15 | 5.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 0 | ||||||
| 79 | Larry Webster | 24 | LDT | 13 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | |||||||
| 94 | Craig Veasey | 27 | 14 | 0 | 2.0 | 20 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 42 | Chris Green | 25 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | ||||||||
| 92 | David Griggs | 26 | 9 | 0 | 0.5 | 15 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 97 | Jeff Hunter | 27 | de | 5 | 1 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||||||
| 28 | Frankie Smith | 25 | db | 5 | 1 | 9 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 43 | Terry Kirby | 23 | rb | 16 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 47 | Darrell Malone | 26 | db | 16 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 13 | Dan Marino | 32 | qb | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2 | -13 | 0 | |||||||||
| 81 | O.J. McDuffie | 24 | KR/PR | 16 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 82 | Mark Ingram | 28 | WR | 16 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 19 | Scott Mitchell | 25 | QB | 13 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | -4 | 0 | |||||||||
| 41 | Keith Byars* | 30 | FB | 16 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 14 | Doug Pederson | 25 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 32 | Bruce Alexander | 28 | 14 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 65 | Jeff Dellenbach | 30 | C/rg | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -6 | 0 | |||||||||
| 88 | Keith Jackson | 28 | TE | 15 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 17 | Steve DeBerg | 39 | qb | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 74 | Mark Dennis | 28 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 73 | Ron R. Heller | 31 | RT | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 21 | Mark Higgs | 27 | RB | 16 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 29 | Liffort Hobley | 31 | db | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 | |||||||||
| 89 | Tony Martin | 28 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 69 | Keith Sims* | 26 | LG | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 60 | Bert Weidner | 27 | RG | 16 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 87 | Mike Williams | 27 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 85 | Ronnie Williams | 27 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 27.4 | 16 | 29.0 | 13 | 175 | 1 | 56 | 0 | 14 | 32 | 29 | -23 | 0 | 869 | 0 | ||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 30 | 30 | 16 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | AllTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Pete Stoyanovich | 26 | K | 16 | 0 | 37 | 24 | 109 | ||||||||||
| 41 | Keith Byars* | 30 | FB | 16 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 36 | |||||||||
| 82 | Mark Ingram | 28 | WR | 16 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 36 | ||||||||||
| 88 | Keith Jackson | 28 | TE | 15 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 36 | ||||||||||
| 43 | Terry Kirby | 23 | rb | 16 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 36 | |||||||||
| 80 | Irving Fryar* | 31 | WR | 16 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 30 | ||||||||||
| 21 | Mark Higgs | 27 | RB | 16 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| 89 | Tony Martin | 28 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 18 | |||||||||||
| 81 | O.J. McDuffie | 24 | KR/PR | 16 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 84 | Greg Baty | 29 | te | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 13 | Dan Marino | 32 | qb | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 25 | Louis Oliver | 27 | FS | 11 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 27.4 | 16 | 10 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 40 | 37 | 24 | 349 | ||||||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 12 | 26 | 1 | 40 | 17 | 1 | 351 |