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2009 Miami Dolphins

Franchise Index: Previous Season

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)

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

Team Games & Schedule

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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 box L 5-6 @ Buffalo Bills 14 31 23 325 168 157 4 20 336 207 129 1
13 Sun December 6 box W 6-6 New England Patriots 22 21 24 416 328 88 1 18 448 352 96 2
14 Sun December 13 box W 7-6 @ Jacksonville Jaguars 14 10 22 354 208 146 3 10 217 122 95
15 Sun December 20 box L 7-7 @ Tennessee Titans 24 27 23 468 347 121 4 19 364 236 128 2
16 Sun December 27 box L 7-8 Houston Texans 20 27 23 363 303 60 1 21 406 280 126 1
17 Sun January 3 box L 7-9 Pittsburgh Steelers 24 30 20 303 204 99 3 22 403 201 202 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 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

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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 14 274 451 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
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
4 Tyler Thigpen 25 1 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
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 10 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 16 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 26.4 16 331 545 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
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

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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 16 241 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 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 16 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 13 23 89 1 18 3.9 6.8 1.8 20 158 7.9 2 18 1.5 12.2 247 3 0
6 Pat White 23 10 21 81 0 33 3.9 8.1 2.1 81 0 1
7 Chad Henne 24 14 16 32 1 12 2.0 2.3 1.1 32 1 4
19 Ted Ginn Jr. 24 15 7 48 0 22 6.9 3.2 0.5 38 454 11.9 1 53 2.5 30.3 502 1 2
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
82 Brian Hartline 23 14 4 29 1 16 7.3 2.1 0.3 31 506 16.3 3 67 2.2 36.1 535 4 0
10 Chad Pennington 33 3 3 7 0 4 2.3 2.3 1.0 7 0 3
15 Davone Bess 24 16 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 1 1 5 0 5 5.0 5.0 1.0 5 0 0
4 Tyler Thigpen 25 1 1 1 0 1 1.0 1.0 1.0 1 0 0
83 Greg Camarillo 27 15 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 50 552 11.0 0 29 3.3 36.8 552 0 0
80 Anthony Fasano 25 13 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 31 339 10.9 2 27 2.4 26.1 339 2 2
81 Joey Haynos 25 10 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 19 162 8.5 2 21 1.9 16.2 162 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 26.4 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

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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 15 5 28 0 12 5.6 52 1296 2 101 24.9 1826
15 Davone Bess 24 16 28 209 0 22 7.5 978
38 Patrick Cobbs 26 5 16 361 0 39 22.6 420
82 Brian Hartline 23 14 3 36 0 18 12.0 571
36 Lousaka Polite 28 16 2 24 0 12 12.0 198
67 Joe Berger 27 2 1 13 0 13 13.0 13
53 Reggie Torbor 28 14 1 9 0 9 9.0 9
Team Total 26.4 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

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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 75 3472 66 0 46.3
5 Dan Carpenter 24 K 16 9 9 8 7 9 8 2 1 28 25 89.3% 38 37 97.4%
Team Total 26.4 16 9 9 8 7 9 8 2 1 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% 67 295 4.4

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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 16 1.5 3 48 0 29 9 91 22
28 Gibril Wilson 28 16 1.0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 1 0 0 72 20
51 Akin Ayodele 30 16 1 1 2 2 0 60 10
94 Randy Starks 26 15 7.0 0 0 1 0 0 42 14
52 Channing Crowder 26 12 1.0 1 2 0 2 2 44 8
21 Vontae Davis 21 15 4 64 1 26 11 45 4
55 Joey Porter 32 12 9.0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 34 7
99 Jason Taylor 35 14 7.0 1 0 0 0 5 3 0 1 48 1 33 9
70 Kendall Langford 23 15 2.5 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 33 10
33 Nate Jones 27 16 1.0 2 0 0 0 10 2 0 0 0 0 30 9
24 Sean Smith 22 15 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 1 0 0 31 7
97 Phillip Merling 24 14 2.5 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 24 9
53 Reggie Torbor 28 14 1.0 1 0 0 0 5 20 9
96 Paul Soliai 26 10 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 22 3
25 Will Allen 31 6 2 27 0 21 6 19 2
95 Jason Ferguson 35 8 0 0 0 0 1 15 8
29 Tyrone Culver 26 15 1 23 0 23 4 15 6
78 Tony McDaniel 24 11 1.5 0 0 0 0 1 13 3
91 Cameron Wake 27 13 5.5 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 10 3
56 Charlie Anderson 28 6 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 7 2
32 Jason Allen 26 11 0 0 0 0 2 6 2
30 Chris Clemons 24 5 5 3
93 Quentin Moses 26 5 1.0 5 1
7 Chad Henne 24 14 0 4 2 -6 0 2 0
19 Ted Ginn Jr. 24 15 0 2 1 0 0 3 0
34 Ricky Williams 32 16 0 5 2 1 0 1 0
15 Davone Bess 24 16 6 2 0 0
80 Anthony Fasano 25 13 0 2 0 0 0 3 0
83 Greg Camarillo 27 15 1 0 0 0 0 3 0
98 Matt Roth 27 4 2 2
75 Nate Garner 24 3 0 0 2 0 0 1 0
79 Ryan Baker 25 1 0.5 1 1
71 Lionel Dotson 24 1 1 1
82 Brian Hartline 23 14 1 1
10 Chad Pennington 33 3 0 3 0 0 0
36 Lousaka Polite 28 16 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
66 Donald Thomas 24 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0
67 Joe Berger 27 2 1 0
72 Vernon Carey 28 2 0 2 -9 0
81 Joey Haynos 25 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
26 Lex Hilliard 25 13 0 2
23 Ronnie Brown 28 9 1 0 0 0
5 Dan Carpenter 24 K 16 0 1
50 Erik Walden 24 5 0 1
6 Pat White 23 10 1 0 -15 0
Team Total 26.4 16 44.0 15 164 1 29 84 14 27 20 22 1 697 181
Opp Total 16 34 17 11

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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 16 37 25 112
34 Ricky Williams 32 16 11 2 13 1 80
23 Ronnie Brown 28 9 8 8 48
82 Brian Hartline 23 14 1 3 4 24
19 Ted Ginn Jr. 24 15 1 2 3 18
26 Lex Hilliard 25 13 1 2 3 18
15 Davone Bess 24 16 2 2 12
80 Anthony Fasano 25 13 2 2 12
81 Joey Haynos 25 10 2 2 12
21 Vontae Davis 21 15 1 1 6
7 Chad Henne 24 14 1 1 6
0 Kory Sperry 24 1 1 1 6
99 Jason Taylor 35 14 1 1 6
Team Total 26.4 16 22 15 2 1 1 41 1 37 25 360
Opp Total 16 16 23 2 35 33 390