2009 Miami Dolphins

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Record: 7-9-0, Finished 3rd in AFC East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 360 points (22.5/g), 15th of 32 in the NFL.
Allowed 390 points (24.4/g), 25th.
Differential of -30 points (-1.9/g), 20th.
Expected W-L: 7.2-8.8.

Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -8 (-0.5/g), 26th.

Simple Rating System: Total 1.7, Offense: 2.9, Defense: -1.2, SoS: 3.6, versus averages of 0.0.

Coached by Tony Sparano (7-9-0)
Offensive Coordinator: Dan Henning
Defensive Coordinator: Paul Pasqualoni

Training Camp: Nova Southeastern University (Davie, Florida)

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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	360	5401	1088	5.0	333	331	545	3170	15	19	5.5	188	509	2231	22	4.4	129	29	10	16
Team Defense	390	5589	968	5.8	297	281	489	3754	23	15	7.0	184	435	1835	16	4.2	88	21	6	25
Lg Rank Offense	15	17			8		14	20	27	23	23		3	4	1	10		19	11
Lg Rank Defense	25	22			15		3	24	18	16	29		17	18	21	15		27	29

Team Games & Schedule

									Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date			OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 13	boxscore	L		0-1	@	Atlanta Falcons	7	19	16	259	163	96	4	19	281	213	68
2	Mon	September 21	boxscore	L		0-2		Indianapolis Colts	23	27	27	403	164	239	1	14	356	295	61
3	Sun	September 27	boxscore	L		0-3	@	San Diego Chargers	13	23	19	289	140	149	2	19	355	286	69	1
4	Sun	October 4	boxscore	W		1-3		Buffalo Bills	38	10	25	336	86	250		10	206	160	46	3
5	Mon	October 12	boxscore	W		2-3		New York Jets	31	27	23	413	262	151		20	309	171	138
6								Bye Week
7	Sun	October 25	boxscore	L		2-4		New Orleans Saints	34	46	17	334	197	137	3	22	414	276	138	4
8	Sun	November 1	boxscore	W		3-4	@	New York Jets	30	25	10	104	52	52	1	23	378	251	127	1
9	Sun	November 8	boxscore	L		3-5	@	New England Patriots	17	27	21	334	201	133		22	432	323	109	1
10	Sun	November 15	boxscore	W		4-5		Tampa Bay Buccaneers	25	23	23	374	175	199	2	16	301	180	121	2
11	Thu	November 19	boxscore	W		5-5	@	Carolina Panthers	24	17	17	326	172	154		22	383	201	182	1
12	Sun	November 29	boxscore	L		5-6	@	Buffalo Bills	14	31	23	325	168	157	4	20	336	207	129	1
13	Sun	December 6	boxscore	W		6-6		New England Patriots	22	21	24	416	328	88	1	18	448	352	96	2
14	Sun	December 13	boxscore	W		7-6	@	Jacksonville Jaguars	14	10	22	354	208	146	3	10	217	122	95
15	Sun	December 20	boxscore	L	OT	7-7	@	Tennessee Titans	24	27	23	468	347	121	4	19	364	236	128	2
16	Sun	December 27	boxscore	L		7-8		Houston Texans	20	27	23	363	303	60	1	21	406	280	126	1
17	Sun	January 3	boxscore	L		7-9		Pittsburgh Steelers	24	30	20	303	204	99	3	22	403	201	202	2

Passing

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),

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%	4QC	GWD
7	Chad Henne	24	QB	14	13	7-6-0	274	451	60.8	2878	12	2.7	14	3.1	67	6.4	5.5	10.5	205.6	75.2	26	176	5.7	4.8	5.5	3	3
10	Chad Pennington	33		3	3	0-3-0	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
16	Tyler Thigpen	25		1	0		4	8	50.0	83	1	12.5	2	25.0	34	10.4	1.6	20.8	83.0	87.0	0	0	10.4	1.6	0.0	0	0
23	Ronnie Brown	28	RB	9	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		13	0		0	5	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	1	9	-1.5	-1.5	16.7
34	Ricky Williams	32	rb	16	7		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0.0	-45.0		0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	-45.0	0.0
	Team Total	26.3		16		7-9-0	331	545	60.7	3396	15	2.8	19	3.5	67	6.2	5.2	10.3	212.3	73.3	34	226	5.5	4.5	5.9	3	3
	Opp Total			16			281	489	57.5	3996	23	4.7	15	3.1		8.2	7.7	14.2	249.8	86.9	44	242	7.0	6.6	8.3

Rushing & Receiving

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),

						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
34	Ricky Williams	32	rb	16	7	241	1121	11	68	4.7	70.1	15.1	35	264	7.5	2	59	2.2	16.5	1385	13	5
23	Ronnie Brown	28	RB	9	9	147	648	8	45	4.4	72.0	16.3	14	98	7.0	0	27	1.6	10.9	746	8	1
36	Lousaka Polite	28	RB	16	9	37	123	0	13	3.3	7.7	2.3	11	51	4.6	0	10	0.7	3.2	174	0	1
26	Lex Hilliard	25		16	0	23	89	1	18	3.9	5.6	1.4	20	158	7.9	2	18	1.3	9.9	247	3	0
6	Pat White	23		13	0	21	81	0	33	3.9	6.2	1.6								81	0	1
7	Chad Henne	24	QB	14	13	16	32	1	12	2.0	2.3	1.1								32	1	4
19	Ted Ginn Jr.	24	WR/KR	16	12	7	48	0	22	6.9	3.0	0.4	38	454	11.9	1	53	2.4	28.4	502	1	2
38	Patrick Cobbs	26		5	0	6	36	0	19	6.0	7.2	1.2	3	23	7.7	0	10	0.6	4.6	59	0	0
82	Brian Hartline	23		16	2	4	29	1	16	7.3	1.8	0.3	31	506	16.3	3	67	1.9	31.6	535	4	0
10	Chad Pennington	33		3	3	3	7	0	4	2.3	2.3	1.0								7	0	3
15	Davone Bess	24	PR	16	2	2	11	0	11	5.5	0.7	0.1	76	758	10.0	2	34	4.8	47.4	769	2	6
33	Kory Sheets	24		2	0	1	5	0	5	5.0	2.5	0.5								5	0	0
16	Tyler Thigpen	25		1	0	1	1	0	1	1.0	1.0	1.0								1	0	0
83	Greg Camarillo	27	WR	16	16	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	50	552	11.0	0	29	3.1	34.5	552	0	0
80	Anthony Fasano	25	TE	14	14	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	31	339	10.9	2	27	2.2	24.2	339	2	2
81	Joey Haynos	25	te	16	8	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	19	162	8.5	2	21	1.2	10.1	162	2	1
0	Kory Sperry	24		8	1	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	3	31	10.3	1	13	0.4	3.9	31	1	0
	Team Total	26.3		16		509	2231	22	68	4.4	139.4	31.8	331	3396	10.3	15	67	20.7	212.3	5627	37	27
	Opp Total			16		435	1835	16		4.2	114.7	27.2	281	3754	13.4	23		17.6	234.6	5589	39	17

Kick & Punt Returns

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),

						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	WR/KR	16	12	5	28	0	12	5.6	52	1296	2	101	24.9	1826
15	Davone Bess	24	PR	16	2	28	209	0	22	7.5						978
38	Patrick Cobbs	26		5	0						16	361	0	39	22.6	420
82	Brian Hartline	23		16	2						3	36	0	18	12.0	571
36	Lousaka Polite	28	RB	16	9						2	24	0	12	12.0	198
67	Joe Berger	27	c	16	6						1	13	0	13	13.0	13
53	Reggie Torbor	28		16	2						1	9	0	9	9.0	9
	Team Total	26.3		16		33	237	0	22	7.2	75	1739	2	101	23.2	7603
	Opp Total			16		43		0			71	1557	0		21.9

Kicking & Punting

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),

						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	16	0																	75	3472	66	0	46.3
5	Dan Carpenter*	24	K	16	0											28	25	89.3%	38	37	97.4%
	Team Total	26.3		16												28	25	89.3%	38	37	97.4%	75	3472	66	0	46.3
	Opp Total			16												39	33	84.6%	37	35	94.6%	67	2955			44.1

Defense & Fumbles

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),

							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	FS	16	15	1.5	3	48	0	29	9						91	22
28	Gibril Wilson	28	SS	16	14	1.0	0	0	0	0	8						72	20
51	Akin Ayodele	30	RILB	16	15							1	1	2	2	0	60	10
94	Randy Starks	26	RDE	16	16	7.0						0	0	1	0	0	42	14
52	Channing Crowder	26	LILB	13	13	1.0	1	2	0	2	2						44	8
21	Vontae Davis	21	LCB	16	9		4	64	1	26	11						45	4
55	Joey Porter	32	ROLB	14	14	9.0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	34	7
99	Jason Taylor	35	LOLB	16	15	7.0	1	0	0	0	5	3	0	1	48	1	33	9
70	Kendall Langford	23	LDE	16	13	2.5	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	33	10
33	Nate Jones	27	ss	16	5	1.0	2	0	0	0	10	2	0	0	0	0	30	9
24	Sean Smith	22	RCB	16	16		0	0	0	0	12	0	0	1	0	0	31	7
97	Phillip Merling	24		16	2	2.5	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	24	9
98	Matt Roth	27		4	0		0	0	0	0	1						20	12
53	Reggie Torbor	28		16	2	1.0	1	0	0	0	5						20	9
96	Paul Soliai	26	nt	14	6		0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	22	3
25	Will Allen	31	lcb	6	6		2	27	0	21	6						19	2
29	Tyrone Culver	26		16	2		1	23	0	23	4	0	0	1	0	0	15	6
95	Jason Ferguson	35	NT	9	9		0	0	0	0	1						15	8
78	Tony McDaniel	24		16	0	1.5	0	0	0	0	1						13	3
91	Cameron Wake	27		14	1	5.5	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	10	3
56	Charlie Anderson	28		16	1	2.0						2	0	0	0	0	7	2
32	Jason Allen	26		16	1		0	0	0	0	2						6	2
30	Chris Clemons	24		11	2												5	3
93	Quentin Moses	26		10	0	1.0											5	1
7	Chad Henne	24	QB	14	13							0	4	2	-6	0	2	0
19	Ted Ginn Jr.	24	WR/KR	16	12							0	2	1	0	0	3	0
34	Ricky Williams	32	rb	16	7							0	5	2	0	0	1	0
15	Davone Bess	24	PR	16	2							0	6	2	0	0
80	Anthony Fasano	25	TE	14	14							0	2	0	0	0	3	0
83	Greg Camarillo	27	WR	16	16							1	0	0	0	0	3	0
75	Nate Garner	24	rg/lg	16	8							0	0	2	0	0	1	0
79	Ryan Baker	25		5	0	0.5											1	1
71	Lionel Dotson	24		2	0												1	1
82	Brian Hartline	23		16	2												1	1
10	Chad Pennington	33		3	3							0	3	0	0	0
36	Lousaka Polite	28	RB	16	9							0	1	0	0	0	1	0
66	Donald Thomas	24	RG	16	12							1	0	1	0	0	1	0
67	Joe Berger	27	c	16	6												1	0
72	Vernon Carey	28	RT	16	16							0	0	2	-9	0
81	Joey Haynos	25	te	16	8							0	1	0	0	0	0	1
26	Lex Hilliard	25		16	0												0	2
23	Ronnie Brown	28	RB	9	9							0	1	0	0	0
5	Dan Carpenter*	24	K	16	0												0	1
50	Erik Walden	24		11	0												0	1
6	Pat White	23		13	0							0	1	0	-15	0
	Team Total	26.3		16		44.0	15	164	1	29	85	14	27	20	20	1	715	191
	Opp Total			16		34							17	11

Scoring Summary

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),

No.		Age	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	KR TD	FblTD	IntTD	AllTD	2PM	XPM	FGM	Pts
5	Dan Carpenter*	24	K	16	0								37	25	112
34	Ricky Williams	32	rb	16	7	11	2				13	1			80
23	Ronnie Brown	28	RB	9	9	8					8				48
82	Brian Hartline	23		16	2	1	3				4				24
19	Ted Ginn Jr.	24	WR/KR	16	12		1	2			3				18
26	Lex Hilliard	25		16	0	1	2				3				18
15	Davone Bess	24	PR	16	2		2				2				12
80	Anthony Fasano	25	TE	14	14		2				2				12
81	Joey Haynos	25	te	16	8		2				2				12
21	Vontae Davis	21	LCB	16	9					1	1				6
7	Chad Henne	24	QB	14	13	1					1				6
0	Kory Sperry	24		8	1		1				1				6
99	Jason Taylor	35	LOLB	16	15				1		1				6
	Team Total	26.3		16		22	15	2	1	1	41	1	37	25	360
	Opp Total			16		16	23					2	35	33	390

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