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1978 Miami Dolphins Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 11-5-0, 2nd in AFC East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Don Shula (11-5-0)

Points For: 372 (23.3/g) 2nd of 28

Points Against: 254 (15.9/g) 6th of 28

Expected W-L: 11.4-4.6

SRS: 7.56 (3rd of 28), SOS: .18

Playoffs:
Lost Wild Card 9-17 vs. Houston Oilers

Offensive Coordinator: Howard Schnellenberger

Defensive Coordinator: Bill Arnsparger

Other Notable Asst.: John Sandusky (Offensive Line) and Mike Scarry (Defensive Line)

Stadium: Orange Bowl

Founder/Principal Owner: Joe Robbie

General Manager: Mike Robbie

Head Coach/Player Personnel: Don Shula

Defensive Alignment: 3-4

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +1000

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

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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	372	4835	954	5.1	30	12	270	226	379	2469	24	18	6.1	135	548	2366	18	4.3	119	74	603	16
Opp. Stats	254	5169	1021	5.1	53	21	298	256	437	2908	15	32	6.1	156	543	2261	15	4.2	120	99	865	22
Lg Rank Offense	2	13			1	3	19		23	15	5	8	7		21	11	8	5
Lg Rank Defense	6	23			1	3	20		16	26	9	1	23		7	16	11	22

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 3	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-1	@	New York Jets	20	33	16	329	175	154	2	23	380	227	153	1
2	Sun	September 10	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-1	@	Baltimore Colts	42	0	20	440	148	292	2	18	247	151	96	7
3	Sun	September 17	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-1		Buffalo Bills	31	24	18	373	88	285	1	17	349	221	128	1
4	Sun	September 24	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-2	@	Philadelphia Eagles	3	17	9	143	61	82	3	20	337	115	222	1
5	Sun	October 1	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-2		St. Louis Cardinals	24	10	16	267	144	123	1	19	351	211	140	1
6	Mon	October 9	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-2		Cincinnati Bengals	21	0	18	335	152	183	3	15	247	153	94	5
7	Sun	October 15	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-2	@	San Diego Chargers	28	21	17	261	122	139	1	20	404	287	117	5
8	Sun	October 22	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-3	@	New England Patriots	24	33	20	333	189	144	2	24	393	168	225	2
9	Sun	October 29	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-3		Baltimore Colts	26	8	14	309	189	120	2	13	231	39	192	6
10	Sun	November 5	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-3		Dallas Cowboys	23	16	13	206	152	54		19	328	239	89	5
11	Sun	November 12	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-3	@	Buffalo Bills	25	24	20	289	96	193	2	16	284	114	170	2
12	Mon	November 20	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		8-4	@	Houston Oilers	30	35	27	454	327	127	2	23	406	141	265	1
13	Sun	November 26	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		8-5		New York Jets	13	24	18	256	150	106	4	18	307	222	85	1
14	Sun	December 3	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		9-5	@	Washington Redskins	16	0	19	295	142	153	1	16	290	167	123	4
15	Sun	December 10	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		10-5		Oakland Raiders	23	6	13	260	163	97	3	21	319	234	85	7
16	Mon	December 18	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		11-5		New England Patriots	23	3	12	285	171	114	1	16	296	219	77	4
		Playoffs
Wild Card	Sun	December 24	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		11-6		Houston Oilers	9	17	14	209	118	91	5	23	455	290	165	1

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	Bob Griese	33	QB	11	9	6-3-0	148	235	63.0	1791	11	4.7	11	4.7	63	7.6	6.45	12.1	162.8	82.4	18	165	7.11	6.43	5.34	0	1	PB
2	Don Strock	28	QB	16	7	5-2-0	72	135	53.3	825	12	8.9	6	4.4	57	6.1	5.89	11.5	51.6	83.1	9	73	6.25	5.22	5.01	0	0
3	Guy Benjamin	23	QB	3	0		6	8	75.0	91	1	12.5	1	12.5	43	11.4	8.25	15.2	30.3	112.0	0	0	0.00	11.38	8.25	0	0
4	Delvin Williams	27	RB	16	15		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.00		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0	PB,AP-1
	Team Totals			16	16	11-5-0	226	379	59.6	2469	24	6.3	18	4.7	63	7.1	5.64	12.0	154.3	82.9	27	238	6.65	6.08	5.27	0	1

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	33	QB	1	1	0-1-0	11	28	39.3	114	1	3.6	2	7.1	21	4.1	1.57	10.4	114.0	33.9	0	0	0.00	4.07	1.57	0	0
2	Don Strock	28	QB	1	0		1	2	50.0	23	0	0.0	1	50.0	23	11.5	-11.00	23.0	23.0	52.1	2	19	50.00	1.00	-10.25	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	0-1-0	12	30	40.0	118	1	3.3	3	10.0	40	4.6	0.10	11.4	118.0	26.0	2	19	6.25	3.69	0.09

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	Delvin Williams	27	RB	16	15	272	1258	8	58	4.6	78.6	17.0	18	192	10.7	0	42	1.1	12.0	290	5.0	1450	8	4	PB,AP-1
2	Leroy Harris	24	FB	15	11	123	512	2	51	4.2	34.1	8.2	25	211	8.4	0	57	1.7	14.1	148	4.9	723	2	5
3	Duriel Harris	24	WR	16	15	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	45	654	14.5	3	63	2.8	40.9	45	14.5	654	3	0
4	Nat Moore	27	WR	16	15	4	-3	0	3	-0.8	-0.2	0.3	48	645	13.4	10	47	3.0	40.3	52	12.3	642	10	1
5	Gary Davis	24	RB	14	1	62	313	3	65	5.0	22.4	4.4	24	218	9.1	0	34	1.7	15.6	86	6.2	531	3	3
6	Andre Tillman	26	TE	16	16	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	31	398	12.8	3	33	1.9	24.9	31	12.8	398	3	0
7	Norm Bulaich	32	RB	16	3	40	196	2	63	4.9	12.3	2.5	16	92	5.8	0	22	1.0	5.8	56	5.1	288	2	0
8	Jimmy Cefalo	22	WR	16	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	6	145	24.2	3	43	0.4	9.1	6	24.2	145	3	3
9	Jim Braxton	29	RB	10	2	20	48	2	15	2.4	4.8	2.0	4	47	11.8	0	19	0.4	4.7	24	4.0	95	2	0
10	Bo Rather	28	WR	3	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	39	39.0	0	39	0.3	13.0	1	39.0	39	0	0
11	Bruce Hardy	22	TE	16	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	4	32	8.0	2	15	0.3	2.0	4	8.0	32	2	0
12	Loaird McCreary	25	TE	16	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	3	27	9.0	2	12	0.2	1.7	3	9.0	27	2	0
13	Don Strock	28	QB	16	7	10	23	0	12	2.3	1.4	0.6	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	10	2.3	23	0	4
14	Benny Malone	26	RB	6	0	6	18	1	7	3.0	3.0	1.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	6	3.0	18	1	0
15	Bob Griese	33	QB	11	9	9	10	0	9	1.1	0.9	0.8	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	9	1.1	10	0	3	PB
16	Vern Den Herder	30	LDE	16	16	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	7	7.0	1	7	0.1	0.4	1	7.0	7	1	0
17	Guy Benjamin	23	QB	3	0	1	-2	0	-2	-2.0	-0.7	0.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	-2.0	-2	0	0
18	George Roberts	23	P	16	0	1	-7	0	-7	-7.0	-0.4	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	-7.0	-7	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	548	2366	18	65	4.3	147.9	34.3	226	2707	12.0	24	63	14.1	169.2	774	6.6	5073	42	24

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	Leroy Harris	24	FB	1	1	9	43	0	9	4.8	43.0	9.0	1	21	21.0	0	21	1.0	21.0	10	6.4	64	0	2
2	Delvin Williams	27	RB	1	1	13	41	0	9	3.2	41.0	13.0	1	8	8.0	0	8	1.0	8.0	14	3.5	49	0	0
3	Duriel Harris	24	WR	1	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	4	42	10.5	0	19	4.0	42.0	4	10.5	42	0	0
4	Nat Moore	27	WR	1	1	1	7	0	7	7.0	7.0	1.0	2	28	14.0	0	23	2.0	28.0	3	11.7	35	0	0
5	Andre Tillman	26	TE	1	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	24	12.0	1	13	2.0	24.0	2	12.0	24	1	0
6	Norm Bulaich	32	RB	1	0	2	0	0		0.0	0.0	2.0	2	14	7.0	0	9	2.0	14.0	4	3.5	14	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	25	91	0	18	3.6	91.0	25.0	12	137	11.4	1	23	12.0	137.0	37	6.2	228	1	2

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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	Bob Baumhower	23	NT	16	16	1	0	0	0	0	2	13	1	1.5	0
2	Kim Bokamper	24	LOLB	16	16	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	8.0	1
3	Vern Den Herder	30	LDE	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	0	9.0	0
4	Tim Foley	30	SS	16	16	6	12	0	8	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
5	Norris Thomas	24	LCB	16	16	2	63	1	53	0	1	9	0	0.0	0
6	Rusty Chambers	25	RILB	16	15	1	49	0	49	1	2	0	0	1.5	0
7	Mike Current	33	RT	16	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
8	Larry Gordon	24	ROLB	16	15	3	35	0	22	0	2	0	0	4.5	0
9	Bob Kuechenberg	31	LG/LT	16	15	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
10	Nat Moore	27	WR	16	15	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
11	Delvin Williams	27	RB	16	15	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
12	Steve Towle	25	LILB	13	13	1	14	0	14	0	3	0	0	0.0	0
13	Rick Volk	33	FS	16	13	4	42	0	24	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
14	Curtis Johnson	30	RCB	15	12	3	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
15	Leroy Harris	24	FB	15	11	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0.0	0
16	A.J. Duhe	23	RDE	13	10	0	0	0	0	0	2	75	0	8.0	1
17	Bob Griese	33	QB	11	9	0	0	0	0	3	0	-10	0	0.0	0	PB
18	Ed Newman	27	LG	12	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
19	Don Strock	28	QB	16	7	0	0	0	0	4	1	-5	0	0.0	0
20	Doug Betters	22	RDE	16	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	0
21	Gerald Small	22	DB	16	4	4	157	1	46	0	3	0	0	0.0	0
22	Charlie Babb	28	DB	16	3	3	61	0	36	0	2	0	0	1.0	0
23	Bob Matheson	34	LB	12	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.5	0
24	Earnest Rhone	25	LB	16	2	2	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
25	Jimmy Cefalo	22	WR	16	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0
26	Gary Davis	24	RB	14	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
27	Carl Barisich	27	NT	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
28	Charles Cornelius	26	DB	16	0	1	21	0	21	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
29	Bo Rather	28	WR	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
30	Bob Simpson	24	DE	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	32	0	2		24	12	91	1	41	2

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	Kim Bokamper	24	LOLB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0
2	Leroy Harris	24	FB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
3	Earnest Rhone	25	LB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1						2	0	0	0	2		1

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