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1972 Miami Dolphins Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 14-0-0, 1st in AFC East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Don Shula (14-0-0)

Points For: 385 (27.5/g) 1st of 26

Points Against: 171 (12.2/g) 1st of 26

Expected W-L: 12.2-1.8

SRS: 11.02 (1st of 26), SOS: -4.27

Playoffs:
Won Divisional Round 20-14 vs. Cleveland Browns
Won Conference Championship 21-17 vs. Pittsburgh Steelers
Won Super Bowl 14-7 vs. Washington Redskins

Offensive Coordinator: Howard Schnellenberger

Defensive Coordinator: Bill Arnsparger

Other Notable Asst.: Monte Clark (Offensive Line) and Mike Scarry (Defensive Line)

Stadium: Orange Bowl

Founder/Principal Owner: Joe Robbie

Head Coach/de facto General Manager: Don Shula

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Training Camp: St. Thomas University (Miami Gardens, Florida)

1972 Super Bowl Champion

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	385	5036	893	5.6	28	16	291	144	259	2076	17	12	7.4	102	613	2960	26	4.8	170	68	714	19
Opp. Stats	171	3297	770	4.3	46	20	186	178	348	1749	10	26	4.6	96	389	1548	8	4.0	76	70	659	14
Lg Rank Offense	1	1			5	16	2		24	16	11	3	3		1	1	1	2
Lg Rank Defense	1	1			2	1	1		13	5	3	2	3		1	3	3	9

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 17	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0	@	Kansas City Chiefs	20	10	19	296	100	196	2	16	332	198	134	4
2	Sun	September 24	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-0		Houston Oilers	34	13	30	435	161	274	4	7	167	104	63	3
3	Sun	October 1	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-0	@	Minnesota Vikings	16	14	14	254	134	120	2	12	240	109	131	4
4	Sun	October 8	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-0	@	New York Jets	27	17	23	394	220	174	1	16	270	147	123	1
5	Sun	October 15	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-0		San Diego Chargers	24	10	14	239	86	153	1	15	243	110	133	3
6	Sun	October 22	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-0		Buffalo Bills	24	23	20	310	80	230	4	11	188	24	164	1
7	Sun	October 29	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-0	@	Baltimore Colts	23	0	24	375	89	286	1	12	192	78	114	2
8	Sun	November 5	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-0	@	Buffalo Bills	30	16	21	327	73	254	1	12	172	99	73	2
9	Sun	November 12	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		9-0		New England Patriots	52	0	21	482	301	181	1	11	169	77	92	3
10	Sun	November 19	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		10-0		New York Jets	28	24	20	346	132	214	3	14	283	175	108	3
11	Mon	November 27	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		11-0		St. Louis Cardinals	31	10	24	426	226	200	2	12	224	173	51	6
12	Sun	December 3	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		12-0	@	New England Patriots	37	21	29	501	197	304	3	14	217	107	110	2
13	Sun	December 10	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		13-0	@	New York Giants	23	13	16	367	163	204	1	21	343	222	121	6
14	Sat	December 16	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		14-0		Baltimore Colts	16	0	16	284	114	170	2	13	257	126	131	6
		Playoffs
Division	Sun	December 24	3:00PM ET	boxscore	W		15-0		Cleveland Browns	20	14	17	272	74	198	2	15	283	118	165	5
Conf. Champ.	Sun	December 31	12:00PM ET	boxscore	W		16-0	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	21	17	19	314	121	193	1	13	250	122	128	2
SuperBowl	Sun	January 14	3:50PM ET	boxscore	W		17-0	N	Washington Redskins	14	7	12	253	69	184	2	16	228	87	141	3

Passing

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Passing Table
Rk	Player	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	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Earl Morrall	38	QB	14	9	9-0-0	83	150	55.3	1360	11	7.3	7	4.7	49	9.1	8.43	16.4	97.1	91.0	14	114	8.54	7.60	7.02	1	1	AP-1,AP MVP-2,AP OPoY-2
2	Bob Griese	27	QB	6	5	5-0-0	53	97	54.6	638	4	4.1	4	4.1	39	6.6	5.55	12.0	106.3	71.6	7	45	6.73	5.70	4.74	1	1
3	Jim Del Gaizo	25	QB	4	0		5	9	55.6	165	2	22.2	1	11.1	51	18.3	17.78	33.0	41.3	100.5	0	0	0.00	18.33	17.78	0	0
4	Marlin Briscoe	27	WR	10	3		3	3	100.0	72	0	0.0	0	0.0	26	24.0	24.00	24.0	7.2	118.7	0	0	0.00	24.00	24.00	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	14-0-0	144	259	55.6	2076	17	6.6	12	4.6	51	8.6	7.24	15.5	148.3	86.9	21	159	7.50	7.41	6.70	2	2

Passing Table
Rk	Player	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	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Bob Griese	27	QB	2	1	1-0-0	11	16	68.8	158	1	6.3	1	6.3	52	9.9	8.31	14.4	79.0	95.3	2	19	11.11	7.72	6.33	0	0
2	Earl Morrall	38	QB	2	2	2-0-0	13	24	54.2	139	1	4.2	1	4.2	35	5.8	4.75	10.7	69.5	67.9	4	14	14.29	4.46	3.57	1	1
	Team Totals			3	3	3-0-0	24	40	60.0	264	2	5.0	2	5.0	76	7.6	5.35	12.1	88.0	80.5	6	33	13.04	7.56	6.00

Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Mercury Morris	25	RB	14	11	190	1000	12	33	5.3	71.4	13.6	15	168	11.2	0	34	1.1	12.0	205	5.7	1168	12	8	PB
2	Larry Csonka	26	FB	14	14	213	1117	6	45	5.2	79.8	15.2	5	48	9.6	0	14	0.4	3.4	218	5.3	1165	6	2	PB,AP-2,AP MVP-3,AP OPoY-2
3	Jim Kiick	26	RB	14	3	137	521	5	26	3.8	37.2	9.8	21	147	7.0	1	15	1.5	10.5	158	4.2	668	6	3
4	Paul Warfield	30	WR	12	11	4	23	0	21	5.8	1.9	0.3	29	606	20.9	3	47	2.4	50.5	33	19.1	629	3	1	PB,AP-2
5	Howard Twilley	29	WR	13	11	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	20	364	18.2	3	44	1.5	28.0	20	18.2	364	3	0
6	Marlin Briscoe	27	WR	10	3	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	16	279	17.4	4	51	1.6	27.9	16	17.4	279	4	0
7	Otto Stowe	23	WR	9	3	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	13	276	21.2	2	49	1.4	30.7	13	21.2	276	2	0
8	Jim Mandich	24	TE	14	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	11	168	15.3	3	39	0.8	12.0	11	15.3	168	3	0
9	Hubert Ginn	25	RB	14	0	27	142	1	22	5.3	10.1	1.9	1	23	23.0	0	23	0.1	1.6	28	5.9	165	1	1
10	Marv Fleming	30	TE	14	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	13	156	12.0	1	31	0.9	11.1	13	12.0	156	1	0
11	Charlie Leigh	27	RB	14	0	21	79	0	10	3.8	5.6	1.5	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	21	3.8	79	0	4
12	Earl Morrall	38	QB	14	9	17	67	1	31	3.9	4.8	1.2	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	17	3.9	67	1	3	AP-1,AP MVP-2,AP OPoY-2
13	Bob Griese	27	QB	6	5	3	11	1	5	3.7	1.8	0.5	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	3	3.7	11	1	0
14	Jim Del Gaizo	25	QB	4	0	1	0	0		0.0	0.0	0.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	0.0	0	0	1
	Team Totals			14	14	613	2960	26	45	4.8	211.4	43.8	144	2235	15.5	17	51	10.3	159.6	757	6.9	5195	43	25

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Larry Csonka	26	FB	3	3	51	212	0	49	4.2	70.7	17.0	2	8	4.0	1	9	0.7	2.7	53	4.2	220	1	0
2	Paul Warfield	30	WR	3	3	2	41	0	21	20.5	13.7	0.7	7	149	21.3	0	52	2.3	49.7	9	21.1	190	0	0
3	Mercury Morris	25	RB	3	1	41	182	0	27	4.4	60.7	13.7	1	-6	-6.0	0	-6	0.3	-2.0	42	4.2	176	0	0
4	Jim Kiick	26	RB	3	2	34	100	4	9	2.9	33.3	11.3	3	11	3.7	0	5	1.0	3.7	37	3.0	111	4	1
5	Howard Twilley	29	WR	2	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	4	61	15.3	1	28	2.0	30.5	4	15.3	61	1	0
6	Marv Fleming	30	TE	1	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	5	50	10.0	0	15	5.0	50.0	5	10.0	50	0	0
7	Larry Seiple	27	P	1	0	1	37	0	37	37.0	37.0	1.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	37.0	37	0	0
8	Jim Mandich	24	TE	2	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	24	12.0	0	19	1.0	12.0	2	12.0	24	0	0
9	Earl Morrall	38	QB	1	1	4	3	0	3	0.8	3.0	4.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	4	0.8	3	0	0
	Team Totals			3	3	133	575	4	16	4.3	191.7	44.3	24	297	12.4	2	52	8.0	99.0	157	5.6	872	6	4

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Defense & Fumbles

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Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Dick Anderson	26	SS	14	14	3	34	0	22	1	5	35	1	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
2	Nick Buoniconti	32	MLB	14	14	2	17	0	10	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	PB,AP-2,AP DPoY-2
3	Larry Csonka	26	FB	14	14	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-2,AP MVP-3,AP OPoY-2
4	Vern Den Herder	24	LDE	14	14	1	24	0	24	0	1	8	0	10.5	0
5	Manny Fernandez	26	LDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.0	0
6	Marv Fleming	30	TE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
7	Tim Foley	24	LCB	14	14	3	25	0	15	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
8	Curtis Johnson	24	RCB	14	14	3	20	0	13	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
9	Bob Kuechenberg	25	LG	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
10	Jake Scott	27	FS	14	14	5	73	0	31	1	2	20	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-2
11	Bill Stanfill	25	RDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	10.0	0	PB,AP-1
12	Doug Swift	24	LLB	14	14	3	5	0	4	0	1	0	0	1.0	0
13	Mike Kolen	24	RLB	13	13	1	14	0	14	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
14	Mercury Morris	25	RB	14	11	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB
15	Howard Twilley	29	WR	13	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
16	Paul Warfield	30	WR	12	11	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-2
17	Earl Morrall	38	QB	14	9	0	0	0	0	3	1	-9	0	0.0	0	AP-1,AP MVP-2,AP OPoY-2
18	Bob Heinz	25	RDT	11	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.0	0
19	Jim Dunaway	31	RDT	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
20	Wayne Moore	27	T	9	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
21	Jim Kiick	26	RB	14	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
22	Otto Stowe	23	WR	9	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
23	Bob Matheson	28	LB	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.5	0
24	Charlie Babb	22	DB	14	0	1	24	0	24	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
25	Larry Ball	23	LB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
26	Jim Del Gaizo	25	QB	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
27	Hubert Ginn	25	RB	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
28	Charlie Leigh	27	RB	14	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	0	0.0	0
29	Jim Mandich	24	TE	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
30	Maulty Moore	26	DT	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
31	Lloyd Mumphord	26	DB	14	0	4	50	1	28	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	26	0	1		25	9	54	1	33	0

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	PD	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Sfty	Awards
1	Bill Stanfill	25	RDE	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.5	3	0
2	Dick Anderson	26	SS	2	2	2	12	0	12	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	5	0
3	Nick Buoniconti	32	MLB	2	2	2	38	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	0
4	Manny Fernandez	26	LDT	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	6	0
5	Vern Den Herder	24	LDE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0	0
6	Curtis Johnson	24	RCB	1	1	1	33	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
7	Jim Kiick	26	RB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
8	Mike Kolen	24	RLB	1	1	1	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
9	Jake Scott	27	FS	1	1	2	63	0	55	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	2	0	SB MVP
10	Doug Swift	24	LLB	1	1	2	19	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
11	Garo Yepremian	28	K	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
	Team Totals			3	3						4	0	0	0	6	41	0

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