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1969 Miami Dolphins

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Record: 3-10-1, Finished 5th in AFL East Division
AFL Season Summary

Scored 233 points (16.6/g), 9th of 10 in the AFL.
 Allowed 332 points (23.7/g), 7th.
 Differential of -99 points (-7.1/g), 9th.
 Expected W-L: 4.2-9.8.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -11 (-0.8/g), 9th.

Coached by George Wilson (3-10-1)

1969 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 14 box L 0-1 @ Cincinnati Bengals 21 27 19 360 281 79 2 11 227 126 101 1
2 Sat September 20 box L 0-2 @ Oakland Raiders 17 20 17 305 186 119 4 19 373 258 115 6
3 Sun September 28 box L 0-3 @ Houston Oilers 10 22 13 216 154 62 2 17 298 178 120
4 Sat October 4 box T 0-3-1 Oakland Raiders 20 20 17 214 104 110 2 15 280 206 74 2
5 Sat October 11 box L 0-4-1 San Diego Chargers 14 21 16 205 138 67 3 15 281 155 126 1
6 Sun October 19 box L 0-5-1 @ Kansas City Chiefs 10 17 14 236 153 83 3 17 403 298 105 2
7 Sun October 26 box W 1-5-1 Buffalo Bills 24 6 17 353 217 136 4 13 276 220 56 4
8 Sun November 2 box L 1-6-1 @ New York Jets 31 34 23 421 218 203 4 15 315 221 94 2
9 Sun November 9 box W 2-6-1 @ Boston Patriots 17 16 8 208 63 145 1 7 211 28 183 2
10 Sun November 16 box L 2-7-1 @ Buffalo Bills 3 28 16 248 198 50 1 18 309 187 122 1
11 Sun November 23 box L 2-8-1 Houston Oilers 7 32 9 141 22 119 5 23 445 258 187 2
12 Sun November 30 box L 2-9-1 Boston Patriots 23 38 19 243 99 144 4 10 216 135 81 2
13 Sun December 7 box W 3-9-1 Denver Broncos 27 24 20 222 76 146 3 13 244 176 68 4
14 Sun December 14 box L 3-10-1 New York Jets 9 27 16 218 168 50 4 13 248 191 57 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 233 3590 878 4.1 224 201 424 2077 12 29 4.4 131 401 1513 12 3.8 73 42 13 20
Team Defense 332 4126 851 4.8 346 196 404 2637 25 18 6.1 126 422 1489 9 3.5 206 31 13 14
Lg Rank Offense 9 9 7 5 9 10 8 10 6 9 4 10 8 4
Lg Rank Defense 7 5 3 5 6 10 9 8 4 4 3 2 9 9

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%
Bob Griese 24 QB 9 9 2-6-1 121 252 48.0 1695 10 4.0 16 6.3 53 6.7 4.3 14.0 188.3 56.9 33 289 4.9 2.8 11.6
Rick Norton 26 qb 7 5 1-4-0 65 148 43.9 709 2 1.4 11 7.4 29 4.8 1.6 10.9 101.3 32.2 18 175 3.2 0.4 10.8
John Stofa 27 1 0 14 23 60.9 146 0 0.0 2 8.7 42 6.3 2.4 10.4 146.0 43.0 2 17 5.2 1.6 8.0
Larry Seiple 24 TE 14 8 1 1 100.0 8 0 0.0 0 0.0 8 8.0 8.0 8.0 0.6 100.0 0 0 8.0 8.0 0.0
Team Total 24.5 14 3-10-1 201 424 47.4 2558 12 2.8 29 6.8 53 6.0 3.2 12.7 182.7 47.7 53 481 4.4 1.9 11.1
Opp Total 14 196 404 48.5 2637 25 6.2 18 4.5 6.5 5.1 13.5 188.4 71.8 25 208 6.1 4.4

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
Jim Kiick* 23 HB 14 14 180 575 9 27 3.2 41.1 12.9 29 443 15.3 1 53 2.1 31.6 1018 10 2
Larry Csonka 23 FB 11 11 131 566 2 54 4.3 51.5 11.9 21 183 8.7 1 42 1.9 16.6 749 3 1
Stan Mitchell 25 3 0 28 80 0 12 2.9 26.7 9.3 10 125 12.5 0 34 3.3 41.7 205 0 1
Mercury Morris 22 RET 14 0 23 110 1 37 4.8 7.9 1.6 6 65 10.8 0 29 0.4 4.6 175 1 4
Bob Griese 24 QB 9 9 21 102 0 22 4.9 11.3 2.3 102 0 5
Rick Norton 26 qb 7 5 8 16 0 9 2.0 2.3 1.1 16 0 6
Gene Milton 25 14 0 7 62 0 27 8.9 4.4 0.5 12 179 14.9 0 49 0.9 12.8 241 0 2
Larry Seiple 24 TE 14 8 1 6 0 6 6.0 0.4 0.1 41 577 14.1 5 41 2.9 41.2 583 5 1
Karl Noonan 25 FL/se 14 14 1 -11 0 -11 -11.0 -0.8 0.1 29 307 10.6 3 27 2.1 21.9 296 3 0
Jimmy Hines 23 9 0 1 7 0 7 7.0 0.8 0.1 2 23 11.5 0 22 0.2 2.6 30 0 1
Jack Clancy 25 SE 8 7 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 21 289 13.8 1 50 2.6 36.1 289 1 0
Doug Moreau 24 te 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 10 136 13.6 0 35 2.0 27.2 136 0 0
Howard Twilley 26 4 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 10 158 15.8 1 33 2.5 39.5 158 1 1
Tommy Boutwell 23 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 29 7.3 0 12 0.8 5.8 29 0 0
Jim Mertens 22 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 26 13.0 0 15 0.1 1.9 26 0 0
Barry Pryor 23 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 -3 -1.5 0 0 0.1 -0.2 -3 0 0
Dick Anderson 23 RS 14 14 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 8 8.0 0 8 0.1 0.6 8 0 1
Bill Darnall 25 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 13 13.0 0 13 0.5 6.5 13 0 0
Team Total 24.5 14 401 1513 12 54 3.8 108.1 28.6 201 2558 12.7 12 53 14.4 182.7 4071 24 27
Opp Total 14 422 1489 9 3.5 106.4 30.1 196 2637 13.5 25 14.0 188.4 4126 34 27

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
Mercury Morris 22 RET 14 0 25 172 0 38 6.9 43 1136 1 105 26.4 1483
Dick Anderson 23 RS 14 14 12 82 0 29 6.8 90
Tom Beier 24 LS 14 7 5 8 0 9 1.6 4 58 0 17 14.5 66
Gene Milton 25 14 0 1 4 0 4 4.0 8 166 0 37 20.8 411
Jim Mertens 22 14 0 2 1 0 1 0.5 27
Jimmy Hines 23 9 0 1 22 0 22 22.0 52
Dale McCullers 22 14 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Lloyd Mumphord 23 RCB 11 7 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Howard Twilley 26 4 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 158
Jimmy Warren 30 LCB 13 13 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Team Total 24.5 14 45 266 0 38 5.9 60 1383 1 105 23.1 5720
Opp Total 14 30 0 47 1073 0 22.8

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
Larry Seiple 24 TE 14 8 80 3263 66 2 40.8
Karl Kremser 24 K 14 0 4 4 4 4 9 5 5 22 13 59.1% 27 26 96.3%
Dick Anderson 23 RS 14 14 5 188 49 0 37.6
Team Total 24.5 14 4 4 4 4 9 5 5 22 13 59.1% 27 26 96.3% 85 3451 66 2 40.6
Opp Total 14 36 24 66.7% 33 32 97.0% 80 3528 44.1

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
Dick Anderson 23 RS 14 14 3 106 0 40 1 3 0 0
Tom Beier 24 LS 14 7 1 7 0 7 1 1 0 0
Nick Buoniconti*+ 29 MLB 13 13 3 27 0 24 0 1 0 0
Larry Csonka 23 FB 11 11 1 0 0 0
Randy Edmunds 23 LLB 14 14 0 1 0 0
Frank Emanuel 27 14 0 0 1 0 0
Manny Fernandez 23 LDT 14 13 0 1 0 0
Tom Goode* 31 C 14 14 0 1 0 0
Bob Griese 24 QB 9 9 5 2 0 0
Jimmy Hines 23 9 0 1 0 0 0
Jim Kiick* 23 HB 14 14 2 1 0 0
Dale McCullers 22 14 0 1 2 0 0
Gene Milton 25 14 0 2 2 1 1
Stan Mitchell 25 3 0 1 0 0 0
Mercury Morris 22 RET 14 0 4 0 0 0
Lloyd Mumphord 23 RCB 11 7 5 102 0 51 0 2 0 0
Rick Norton 26 qb 7 5 6 3 -27 0
Willie Pearson 22 5 0 0 1 0 0
Bob Petrella 25 ls 14 6 1 33 0 33 0 1 0 0
Jesse Powell 22 14 0 0 1 0 0
Barry Pryor 23 14 0 0 1 0 0
John Richardson 24 RDT 14 14 0 1 0 0
Larry Seiple 24 TE 14 8 1 0 0 0
Bill Stanfill* 22 RDE 13 13 2 32 2 17
Howard Twilley 26 4 0 1 0 0 0
Ed Weisacosky 25 RLB 14 14 3 10 0 7
Team Total 24.5 14 18 317 2 51 27 26 -26 1
Opp Total 14 53 27 14 2

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Karl Kremser 24 K 14 0 26 13 65
Jim Kiick* 23 HB 14 14 9 1 60
Larry Seiple 24 TE 14 8 5 30
Larry Csonka 23 FB 11 11 2 1 18
Karl Noonan 25 FL/se 14 14 3 18
Mercury Morris 22 RET 14 0 1 1 12
Bill Stanfill* 22 RDE 13 13 2 12
Jack Clancy 25 SE 8 7 1 6
Gene Milton 25 14 0 1 6
Howard Twilley 26 4 0 1 6
Team Total 24.5 14 12 12 1 1 2 26 13 233
Opp Total 14 9 25 32 24 2 332