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2009 Miami Dolphins

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Record: 5-5-0, Currently 2nd place in AFC East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 242 points (24.2/g), 13th of 32 in the NFL.
 Allowed 244 points (24.4/g), 26th.
 Differential of -2 points (-0.2/g), 19th.
 Expected W-L: 5.0-5.0.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential 0 (0.0/g), 17th.

Coached by Tony Sparano (5-5-0)

2009 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

Score Offense Defense
Week Day Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 13 box L 0-1 @ Atlanta Falcons 7 19 16 259 163 96 4 19 281 213 68
2 Mon September 21 box L 0-2 Indianapolis Colts 23 27 27 403 164 239 1 14 356 295 61
3 Sun September 27 box L 0-3 @ San Diego Chargers 13 23 19 289 140 149 2 19 355 286 69 1
4 Sun October 4 box W 1-3 Buffalo Bills 38 10 25 336 86 250 10 206 160 46 3
5 Mon October 12 box W 2-3 New York Jets 31 27 23 413 262 151 20 309 171 138
6 Bye Week
7 Sun October 25 box L 2-4 New Orleans Saints 34 46 17 334 197 137 3 22 414 276 138 4
8 Sun November 1 box W 3-4 @ New York Jets 30 25 10 104 52 52 1 23 378 251 127 1
9 Sun November 8 box L 3-5 @ New England Patriots 17 27 21 334 201 133 22 432 323 109 1
10 Sun November 15 box W 4-5 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 25 23 23 374 175 199 2 16 301 180 121 2
11 Thu November 19 box W 5-5 @ Carolina Panthers 24 17 17 326 172 154 22 383 201 182 1
12 Sun November 29 @ Buffalo Bills
13 Sun December 6 New England Patriots
14 Sun December 13 @ Jacksonville Jaguars
15 Sun December 20 @ Tennessee Titans
16 Sun December 27 Houston Texans
17 Sun January 3 Pittsburgh Steelers

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 242 3172 658 4.8 198 180 301 1612 8 6 5.0 101 334 1560 16 4.7 88 13 7 9
Team Defense 244 3415 612 5.6 187 182 322 2356 12 9 6.7 123 261 1059 10 4.1 48 13 4 16
Lg Rank Offense 13 23 13 27 29 26 5 28 2 4 3 7 9 17
Lg Rank Defense 26 20 19 13 25 14 16 26 14 12 21 8 29 31

Passing

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%
7 Chad Henne 24 8 127 218 58.3 1337 6 2.8 4 1.8 67 6.1 5.9 10.5 167.1 77.7 16 119 5.2 4.9 6.8
10 Chad Pennington 33 3 51 74 68.9 413 1 1.4 2 2.7 21 5.6 4.6 8.1 137.7 76.0 6 32 4.8 3.9 7.5
23 Ronnie Brown 28 9 2 6 33.3 22 1 16.7 0 0.0 21 3.7 7.0 11.0 2.4 84.7 1 9 1.9 4.7 14.3
6 Pat White 23 6 0 3 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Total 26.5 10 180 301 59.8 1772 8 2.7 6 2.0 67 5.9 5.5 9.8 177.2 77.0 23 160 5.0 4.6 7.1
Opp Total 10 182 322 56.5 2517 12 3.7 9 2.8 7.8 7.3 13.8 251.7 82.5 29 161 6.7 6.2

Rushing & Receiving

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
23 Ronnie Brown 28 9 147 648 8 45 4.4 72.0 16.3 14 98 7.0 0 27 1.6 10.9 746 8 1
34 Ricky Williams 32 10 127 677 8 68 5.3 67.7 12.7 20 212 10.6 2 59 2.0 21.2 889 10 1
36 Lousaka Polite 28 10 22 63 0 12 2.9 6.3 2.2 3 17 5.7 0 7 0.3 1.7 80 0 1
6 Pat White 23 6 11 48 0 33 4.4 8.0 1.8 48 0 0
7 Chad Henne 24 8 7 11 0 12 1.6 1.4 0.9 11 0 3
38 Patrick Cobbs 26 5 6 36 0 19 6.0 7.2 1.2 3 23 7.7 0 10 0.6 4.6 59 0 0
19 Ted Ginn Jr. 24 9 5 36 0 22 7.2 4.0 0.6 23 250 10.9 1 53 2.6 27.8 286 1 0
26 Lex Hilliard 25 7 4 24 0 18 6.0 3.4 0.6 2 7 3.5 0 6 0.3 1.0 31 0 0
10 Chad Pennington 33 3 3 7 0 4 2.3 2.3 1.0 7 0 3
15 Davone Bess 24 10 1 11 0 11 11.0 1.1 0.1 46 397 8.6 0 25 4.6 39.7 408 0 3
82 Brian Hartline 23 8 1 -1 0 -1 -1.0 -0.1 0.1 14 239 17.1 1 67 1.8 29.9 238 1 0
83 Greg Camarillo 27 10 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 28 281 10.0 0 24 2.8 28.1 281 0 0
80 Anthony Fasano 25 7 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 14 113 8.1 1 21 2.0 16.1 113 1 2
81 Joey Haynos 25 5 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 10 104 10.4 2 21 2.0 20.8 104 2 1
0 Kory Sperry 24 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 31 10.3 1 13 3.0 31.0 31 1 0
Team Total 26.5 10 334 1560 16 68 4.7 156.0 33.4 180 1772 9.8 8 67 18.0 177.2 3332 24 16
Opp Total 10 261 1059 10 4.1 105.9 26.1 182 2356 12.9 12 18.2 235.6 3415 22 11

Kick & Punt Returns

Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
19 Ted Ginn Jr. 24 9 3 16 0 11 5.3 25 761 2 101 30.4 1063
15 Davone Bess 24 10 18 139 0 22 7.7 547
38 Patrick Cobbs 26 5 16 361 0 39 22.6 420
82 Brian Hartline 23 8 2 20 0 18 10.0 258
67 Joe Berger 27 1 1 13 0 13 13.0 13
53 Reggie Torbor 28 9 1 9 0 9 9.0 9
Team Total 26.5 10 21 155 0 22 7.4 45 1164 2 101 25.9 4651
Opp Total 10 30 0 48 1127 0 23.5

Kicking & Punting

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
2 Brandon Fields 25 P 10 49 2270 66 0 46.3
5 Dan Carpenter 24 K 10 3 3 6 6 7 6 1 1 17 16 94.1% 27 26 96.3%
Team Total 26.5 10 3 3 6 6 7 6 1 1 17 16 94.1% 27 26 96.3% 49 2270 66 0 46.3
Opp Total 10 29 24 82.8% 20 18 90.0% 41 175 4.3

Defense & Fumbles

Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
37 Yeremiah Bell 31 10 1.5 0 0 0 0 5 56 14
28 Gibril Wilson 28 10 1.0 0 0 0 0 6 47 15
51 Akin Ayodele 30 10 0 1 2 2 0 32 10
52 Channing Crowder 26 8 1.0 31 5
94 Randy Starks 26 9 5.5 0 0 1 0 0 26 7
24 Sean Smith 22 10 0 0 0 0 9 25 5
21 Vontae Davis 21 9 2 38 1 23 7 24 3
33 Nate Jones 27 10 2 0 0 0 7 21 9
99 Jason Taylor 35 8 5.5 1 0 0 0 4 2 0 1 48 1 19 6
25 Will Allen 31 6 2 27 0 21 6 19 2
70 Kendall Langford 23 9 1.0 18 5
97 Phillip Merling 24 8 2.5 0 0 1 1 0 16 6
55 Joey Porter 32 6 4.5 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 17 3
95 Jason Ferguson 35 8 0 0 0 0 1 15 8
29 Tyrone Culver 26 10 1 23 0 23 4 11 6
53 Reggie Torbor 28 9 1 0 0 0 4 10 7
91 Cameron Wake 27 7 4.5 1 0 0 0 0 8 2
96 Paul Soliai 26 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 10 1
56 Charlie Anderson 28 5 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 6 2
78 Tony McDaniel 24 5 0 0 0 0 1 5 2
30 Chris Clemons 24 3 3 3
98 Matt Roth 27 4 2 2
32 Jason Allen 26 6 0 0 0 0 1 2 1
7 Chad Henne 24 8 3 2 -1 0
15 Davone Bess 24 10 3 1 0 0
34 Ricky Williams 32 10 0 1 1 1 0 1 0
71 Lionel Dotson 24 1 1 1
10 Chad Pennington 33 3 0 3 0 0 0
36 Lousaka Polite 28 10 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
83 Greg Camarillo 27 10 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
80 Anthony Fasano 25 7 2 0 0 0
19 Ted Ginn Jr. 24 9 1 0
81 Joey Haynos 25 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
23 Ronnie Brown 28 9 1 0 0 0
72 Vernon Carey 28 1 0 1 0 0
5 Dan Carpenter 24 K 10 0 1
75 Nate Garner 24 1 0 1 0 0
82 Brian Hartline 23 8 0 1
26 Lex Hilliard 25 7 0 1
66 Donald Thomas 24 1 0 1 0 0
50 Erik Walden 24 3 0 1
Team Total 26.5 10 29.0 9 88 1 23 57 8 16 12 51 1 428 130
Opp Total 10 23 11 7

Scoring Summary

No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
5 Dan Carpenter 24 K 10 26 16 74
34 Ricky Williams 32 10 8 2 10 60
23 Ronnie Brown 28 9 8 8 48
19 Ted Ginn Jr. 24 9 1 2 3 18
81 Joey Haynos 25 5 2 2 12
21 Vontae Davis 21 9 1 1 6
80 Anthony Fasano 25 7 1 1 6
82 Brian Hartline 23 8 1 1 6
0 Kory Sperry 24 1 1 1 6
99 Jason Taylor 35 8 1 1 6
Team Total 26.5 10 16 8 2 1 1 28 26 16 242
Opp Total 10 10 12 2 18 24 244