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1996 Miami Dolphins

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Record: 8-8-0, Finished 4th in AFC East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 339 points (21.2/g), 13th of 30 in the NFL.
 Allowed 325 points (20.3/g), 17th.
 Differential of 14 points (0.9/g), 13th.
 Expected W-L: 8.4-7.6.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +12 (0.8/g), 4th.

Coached by Jimmy Johnson (8-8-0)

1996 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 1 box W 1-0 New England Patriots 24 10 19 322 176 146 1 16 229 200 29 4
2 Sun September 8 box W 2-0 @ Arizona Cardinals 38 10 26 331 203 128 1 13 203 176 27 4
3 Sun September 15 box W 3-0 New York Jets 36 27 20 445 251 194 2 20 378 304 74 3
4 Mon September 23 box L 3-1 @ Indianapolis Colts 6 10 12 190 162 28 20 277 106 171 1
5 Bye Week
6 Sun October 6 box L 3-2 Seattle Seahawks 15 22 17 299 214 85 3 12 358 299 59 3
7 Sun October 13 box W 4-2 @ Buffalo Bills 21 7 15 239 176 63 17 296 191 105 4
8 Sun October 20 box L 4-3 @ Philadelphia Eagles 28 35 18 347 254 93 1 21 419 223 196 1
9 Sun October 27 box L 4-4 Dallas Cowboys 10 29 10 221 173 48 3 27 482 359 123
10 Sun November 3 box L 4-5 @ New England Patriots 23 42 22 430 315 115 3 28 468 409 59 4
11 Sun November 10 box W 5-5 Indianapolis Colts 37 13 19 307 193 114 15 293 260 33 2
12 Sun November 17 box W 6-5 @ Houston Oilers 23 20 17 303 209 94 2 17 261 164 97 1
13 Mon November 25 box L 6-6 Pittsburgh Steelers 17 24 15 312 237 75 1 23 381 239 142 3
14 Sun December 1 box L 6-7 @ Oakland Raiders 7 17 21 315 281 34 4 20 314 158 156 1
15 Sun December 8 box L 6-8 New York Giants 7 17 15 294 191 103 2 21 280 149 131 1
16 Mon December 16 box W 7-8 Buffalo Bills 16 14 22 394 249 145 15 274 223 51 2
17 Sun December 22 box W 8-8 @ New York Jets 31 28 26 416 259 157 1 21 278 195 83 2

Team Stats and Rankings

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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 339 5165 1000 5.2 294 300 504 3543 22 11 6.6 173 460 1622 14 3.5 92 24 13 29
Team Defense 325 5191 987 5.3 521 337 539 3655 29 20 6.3 191 411 1536 10 3.7 306 36 16 24
Lg Rank Offense 13 14 17 20 11 12 1 3 15 19 10 21 2 14
Lg Rank Defense 17 17 22 19 24 29 12 24 5 7 9 12 6 4

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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%
Dan Marino 35 QB 13 13 7-6-0 221 373 59.2 2795 17 4.6 9 2.4 74 7.5 6.9 12.6 215.0 87.8 18 131 6.8 6.2 4.6
Craig Erickson 27 7 3 1-2-0 55 99 55.6 780 4 4.0 2 2.0 61 7.9 7.4 14.2 111.4 86.3 11 72 6.4 6.0 10.0
Bernie Kosar 33 3 0 24 32 75.0 208 1 3.1 0 0.0 20 6.5 6.8 8.7 69.3 102.1 6 34 4.6 4.8 15.8
Team Total 26.6 16 8-8-0 300 504 59.5 3783 22 4.4 11 2.2 74 7.5 7.0 12.6 236.4 88.4 36 240 6.6 6.1 6.7
Opp Total 16 337 539 62.5 3655 29 5.4 20 3.7 6.8 5.6 10.8 228.4 84.9 37 233 6.3 4.9

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
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
Karim Abdul-Jabbar 22 RB 16 14 307 1116 11 29 3.6 69.8 19.2 23 139 6.0 0 23 1.4 8.7 1255 11 4
Irving Spikes 26 RET 15 1 87 316 3 49 3.6 21.1 5.8 8 81 10.1 1 19 0.5 5.4 397 4 1
Bernie Parmalee 29 16 0 25 80 0 17 3.2 5.0 1.6 21 189 9.0 0 17 1.3 11.8 269 0 1
Craig Erickson 27 7 3 11 16 0 12 1.5 2.3 1.6 16 0 4
Dan Marino 35 QB 13 13 11 -3 0 7 -0.3 -0.2 0.8 -3 0 4
Stanley Pritchett 23 FB 16 16 7 27 0 16 3.9 1.7 0.4 33 354 10.7 2 74 2.1 22.1 381 2 3
Jerris McPhail 24 9 1 6 28 0 10 4.7 3.1 0.7 20 282 14.1 0 52 2.2 31.3 310 0 2
O.J. McDuffie 27 WR 16 16 2 7 0 7 3.5 0.4 0.1 74 918 12.4 8 36 4.6 57.4 925 8 6
Robert E. Wilson 27 15 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.1 2 5 2.5 1 3 0.1 0.3 5 1 0
Larry Izzo 22 16 0 1 26 0 26 26.0 1.6 0.1 26 0 0
John Kidd 35 P 16 0 1 3 0 3 3.0 0.2 0.1 3 0 0
Bernie Kosar 33 3 0 1 6 0 6 6.0 2.0 0.3 6 0 0
Fred Barnett 30 WR 9 7 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 36 562 15.6 3 66 4.0 62.4 562 3 1
Troy Drayton 26 TE 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 26 320 12.3 0 51 2.6 32.0 320 0 0
Randal Hill 27 wr 14 5 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 21 409 19.5 4 61 1.5 29.2 409 4 1
Lamar Thomas 26 9 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 10 166 16.6 1 34 1.1 18.4 166 1 0
Scott Miller 28 12 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 9 116 12.9 0 22 0.8 9.7 116 0 0
Charles Jordan 27 6 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 7 152 21.7 0 43 1.2 25.3 152 0 0
Keith Byars 33 4 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 5 40 8.0 0 16 1.3 10.0 40 0 0
Brett Carolan 25 6 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 48 12.0 1 21 0.7 8.0 48 1 0
Frank Wainright 29 16 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 2 2.0 1 2 0.1 0.1 2 1 0
Team Total 26.6 16 460 1622 14 49 3.5 101.4 28.8 300 3783 12.6 22 74 18.8 236.4 5405 36 31
Opp Total 16 411 1536 10 3.7 96.0 25.7 337 3655 10.8 29 21.1 228.4 5191 39 29

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Irving Spikes 26 RET 15 1 28 681 0 59 24.3 1078
O.J. McDuffie 27 WR 16 16 22 212 0 19 9.6 1137
Jerris McPhail 24 9 1 15 335 0 40 22.3 645
Kirby Dar Dar 24 11 0 7 132 0 25 18.9 132
Terrell Buckley 25 LCB 16 16 3 24 0 13 8.0 1 48 0 48 48.0 72
Charles Jordan 27 6 0 4 81 0 22 20.3 233
Randal Hill 27 wr 14 5 2 4 0 4 2.0 413
Scott Miller 28 12 1 1 15 0 15 15.0 131
Zach Thomas 23 MLB 16 16 1 17 0 17 17.0 17
Frank Wainright 29 16 0 1 10 0 10 10.0 12
Robert E. Wilson 27 15 0 1 12 0 12 12.0 17
Team Total 26.6 16 26 251 0 19 9.7 60 1320 0 59 22.0 6976
Opp Total 16 48 0 48 1058 0 22.0

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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 FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
John Kidd 35 P 16 0 78 3611 63 0 46.3
Joe Nedney 23 K 16 0 1 1 7 7 11 7 8 3 2 29 18 62.1% 36 35 97.2%
Team Total 26.6 16 1 1 7 7 11 7 8 3 2 29 18 62.1% 36 35 97.2% 78 3611 63 0 46.3
Opp Total 16 17 13 76.5% 39 38 97.4% 75 3285 43.8

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Trace Armstrong 31 LDE 16 9 12.0 3 0 2 0 0 22 11
Terrell Buckley 25 LCB 16 16 6 164 1 91 2 1 2 0 0 46 7
O.J. McDuffie 27 WR 16 16 6 3 0 0
Louis Oliver 30 SS 16 12 3 110 0 60 0 1 5 7 0 43 22
Danny Stubbs 31 RDE 16 15 9.0 2 0 0 0 0 32 3
Craig Erickson 27 7 3 4 3 -3 0
Zach Thomas 23 MLB 16 16 2.0 3 64 1 27 2 0 2 7 0 120 34
Calvin Jackson 24 RCB 16 15 1.5 3 82 1 61 0 1 0 0 0 52 10
Dan Marino 35 QB 13 13 4 1 -3 0
Karim Abdul-Jabbar 22 RB 16 14 4 0 0 0
Tim Bowens 23 RDT 16 16 3.0 2 0 1 0 0 41 7
Shane Burton 22 lde 16 8 3.0 0 0 1 0 0 26 3
Stanley Pritchett 23 FB 16 16 3 1 0 0
Shawn Wooden 21 FS/ss 16 11 2 15 0 15 0 0 2 0 0 54 13
Steve Emtman 26 13 4 2.0 2 0 1 0 0 33 7
Sean Hill 25 fs 12 5 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 1 22 6
Jerris McPhail 24 9 1 2 1 0 0
Daryl Gardener 23 LDT 16 12 1.0 0 0 1 0 0 23 9
Dwight Hollier 27 LLB 16 15 1.0 1 11 0 11 1 0 0 0 0 43 12
Norman Hand 24 9 0 0.5 0 0 1 8 0 2 3
Robert Bailey 28 14 0 1.0 10 0
Fred Barnett 30 WR 9 7 1 0 0 0
J.B. Brown 29 14 1 1 29 0 29 1 0 0 0 0 14 0
Troy Drayton 26 TE 10 10 0 1 0 0
Anthony Harris 23 7 3 0 0 1 0 0 15 4
Randal Hill 27 wr 14 5 1 0 0 0
Scott Miller 28 12 1 0 1 0 1
Bernie Parmalee 29 16 0 1 0 0 0
Tim Ruddy 24 C 16 16 1 0 -14 0
Irving Spikes 26 RET 15 1 1 0 0 0
Team Total 26.6 16 37.0 20 475 3 91 17 31 31 12 2 672 175
Opp Total 16 36 29 13

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Joe Nedney 23 K 16 0 35 18 89
Karim Abdul-Jabbar 22 RB 16 14 11 66
O.J. McDuffie 27 WR 16 16 8 48
Randal Hill 27 wr 14 5 4 24
Irving Spikes 26 RET 15 1 3 1 24
Fred Barnett 30 WR 9 7 3 18
Stanley Pritchett 23 FB 16 16 2 12
Terrell Buckley 25 LCB 16 16 1 6
Brett Carolan 25 6 2 1 6
Sean Hill 25 fs 12 5 1 6
Calvin Jackson 24 RCB 16 15 1 6
Scott Miller 28 12 1 1 6
Lamar Thomas 26 9 3 1 6
Zach Thomas 23 MLB 16 16 1 6
Frank Wainright 29 16 0 1 6
Robert E. Wilson 27 15 0 1 6
Troy Drayton 26 TE 10 10 1 2
Team Total 26.6 16 14 22 2 3 1 35 18 337
Opp Total 16 10 29 1 38 13 325