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Record: 9-7-0, Finished 2nd in AFC East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 398 points (24.9/g), 7th of 30 in the NFL.
Allowed 332 points (20.8/g), 10th.
Differential of 66 points (4.1/g), 7th.
Expected W-L: 9.7-6.3.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -2 (-0.1/g), 18th.
Simple Rating System: Total 2.7, Offense: 3.1, Defense: -0.4, SoS: -1.4, 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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| Week | Day | Date | OT | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | |||
| 1 | Sun | September 3 | boxscore | W | 1-0 | New York Jets | 52 | 14 | 22 | 362 | 251 | 111 | 4 | 16 | 259 | 195 | 64 | 6 | ||
| 2 | Sun | September 10 | boxscore | W | 2-0 | @ | New England Patriots | 20 | 3 | 21 | 406 | 224 | 182 | 3 | 19 | 292 | 253 | 39 | 3 | |
| 3 | Mon | September 18 | boxscore | W | 3-0 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 23 | 10 | 16 | 256 | 210 | 46 | 21 | 366 | 273 | 93 | 5 | |||
| 4 | Bye Week | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Sun | October 1 | boxscore | W | 4-0 | @ | Cincinnati Bengals | 26 | 23 | 27 | 490 | 442 | 48 | 1 | 23 | 342 | 198 | 144 | ||
| 6 | Sun | October 8 | boxscore | L | OT | 4-1 | Indianapolis Colts | 24 | 27 | 26 | 343 | 195 | 148 | 22 | 419 | 310 | 109 | 1 | ||
| 7 | Sun | October 15 | boxscore | L | 4-2 | @ | New Orleans Saints | 30 | 33 | 23 | 381 | 353 | 28 | 5 | 18 | 335 | 255 | 80 | 2 | |
| 8 | Sun | October 22 | boxscore | L | 4-3 | @ | New York Jets | 16 | 17 | 21 | 320 | 174 | 146 | 4 | 12 | 200 | 143 | 57 | 2 | |
| 9 | Sun | October 29 | boxscore | W | 5-3 | Buffalo Bills | 23 | 6 | 21 | 362 | 214 | 148 | 11 | 186 | 139 | 47 | ||||
| 10 | Sun | November 5 | boxscore | W | 6-3 | @ | San Diego Chargers | 24 | 14 | 24 | 417 | 291 | 126 | 1 | 17 | 299 | 229 | 70 | 2 | |
| 11 | Sun | November 12 | boxscore | L | 6-4 | New England Patriots | 17 | 34 | 27 | 448 | 373 | 75 | 3 | 22 | 352 | 205 | 147 | |||
| 12 | Mon | November 20 | boxscore | L | 6-5 | San Francisco 49ers | 20 | 44 | 20 | 308 | 256 | 52 | 2 | 27 | 497 | 376 | 121 | |||
| 13 | Sun | November 26 | boxscore | L | 6-6 | @ | Indianapolis Colts | 28 | 36 | 24 | 338 | 231 | 107 | 2 | 21 | 352 | 159 | 193 | ||
| 14 | Sun | December 3 | boxscore | W | 7-6 | Atlanta Falcons | 21 | 20 | 29 | 428 | 343 | 85 | 2 | 18 | 296 | 204 | 92 | |||
| 15 | Mon | December 11 | boxscore | W | 8-6 | Kansas City Chiefs | 13 | 6 | 15 | 248 | 146 | 102 | 2 | 17 | 333 | 180 | 153 | 3 | ||
| 16 | Sun | December 17 | boxscore | L | 8-7 | @ | Buffalo Bills | 20 | 23 | 12 | 269 | 227 | 42 | 1 | 24 | 342 | 134 | 208 | 2 | |
| 17 | Sun | December 24 | boxscore | W | 9-7 | @ | St. Louis Rams | 41 | 22 | 17 | 340 | 280 | 60 | 2 | 21 | 374 | 316 | 58 | 4 | |
| Playoffs | ||||||||||||||||||||
| WildCard | Sat | December 30 | boxscore | L | 9-8 | @ | Buffalo Bills | 22 | 37 | 26 | 502 | 432 | 70 | 4 | 27 | 536 | 195 | 341 | 2 | |