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1979 Miami Dolphins Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 10-6-0, 1st in AFC East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Don Shula (10-6-0)

Points For: 341 (21.3/g) 11th of 28

Points Against: 257 (16.1/g) 4th of 28

Expected W-L: 10.6-5.4

SRS: 4.33 (5th of 28), SOS: -0.92

Playoffs:
Lost Divisional Round 14-34 vs. Pittsburgh Steelers

Defensive Coordinator: Bill Arnsparger

Other Notable Asst.: Steve Crosby (Special Teams), Dan Henning (Quarterbacks), 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 +900

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	341	4950	1006	4.9	37	15	297	235	416	2763	20	22	6.2	140	561	2187	19	3.9	126	79	651	31
Opp. Stats	257	4439	938	4.7	38	15	238	230	418	2737	17	23	6.0	135	484	1702	9	3.5	87	107	834	16
Lg Rank Offense	11	16			12	8	17		21	14	9	12	9		12	17	9	17
Lg Rank Defense	4	4			14	20	1		4	12	9	10	19		2	2	2	5

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 2	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0	@	Buffalo Bills	9	7	20	293	118	175	1	5	121	76	45	1
2	Sun	September 9	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-0		Seattle Seahawks	19	10	15	315	198	117	2	19	345	226	119	4
3	Sun	September 16	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-0	@	Minnesota Vikings	27	12	22	319	183	136	3	14	243	106	137	4
4	Sun	September 23	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-0		Chicago Bears	31	16	23	389	196	193	1	16	240	155	85	2
5	Sun	September 30	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-1	@	New York Jets	27	33	21	354	286	68	1	16	354	186	168	1
6	Mon	October 8	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-2	@	Oakland Raiders	3	13	18	226	57	169	3	13	209	112	97
7	Sun	October 14	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-2		Buffalo Bills	17	7	14	279	101	178	1	11	178	108	70	1
8	Sun	October 21	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-3	@	New England Patriots	13	28	13	204	69	135	5	17	299	170	129	1
9	Sun	October 28	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-3		Green Bay Packers	27	7	28	475	280	195	1	9	196	143	53	3
10	Mon	November 5	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		6-4		Houston Oilers	6	9	13	240	138	102	4	10	190	11	179
11	Sun	November 11	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-4		Baltimore Colts	19	0	13	247	123	124	3	11	231	149	82	3
12	Sun	November 18	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L	OT	7-5	@	Cleveland Browns	24	30	15	317	196	121	3	25	493	345	148	2
13	Sun	November 25	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-5	@	Baltimore Colts	28	24	16	265	165	100	1	27	416	297	119	3
14	Thu	November 29	8:30PM ET	boxscore	W		9-5		New England Patriots	39	24	22	322	152	170	2	21	420	327	93	6
15	Sun	December 9	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		10-5	@	Detroit Lions	28	10	22	321	179	142	2	10	182	100	82	3
16	Sat	December 15	12:30PM ET	boxscore	L		10-6		New York Jets	24	27	22	384	322	62	4	14	322	226	96	4
		Playoffs
Division	Sun	December 30	12:30PM ET	boxscore	L		10-7	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	14	34	16	249	224	25	2	27	379	220	159	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	Bob Griese	34	QB	14	12	7-5-0	176	310	56.8	2160	14	4.5	16	5.2	51	7.0	5.55	12.3	154.3	72.0	26	223	7.74	5.76	4.46	1	1
2	Don Strock	29	QB	16	4	3-1-0	56	100	56.0	830	6	6.0	6	6.0	53	8.3	6.80	14.8	51.9	78.3	2	22	1.96	7.92	6.45	1	1
3	Guy Benjamin	24	QB	4	0		3	4	75.0	28	0	0.0	0	0.0	17	7.0	7.00	9.3	7.0	93.7	1	10	20.00	3.60	3.60	0	0
4	Bruce Hardy	23	TE	16	14		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
5	Delvin Williams	28	RB	14	13		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
	Team Totals			16	16	10-6-0	235	416	56.5	2763	20	4.8	22	5.3	53	7.3	5.22	12.8	172.7	73.4	29	255	6.52	6.21	4.88	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	Don Strock	29	QB	1	0		8	14	57.1	125	0	0.0	1	7.1	33	8.9	5.71	15.6	125.0	57.1	0	0	0.00	8.93	5.71	0	0
2	Bob Griese	34	QB	1	1	0-1-0	14	26	53.8	118	1	3.8	1	3.8	40	4.5	3.58	8.4	118.0	62.7	3	19	10.34	3.41	2.55	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	0-1-0	22	40	55.0	224	1	2.5	2	5.0	28	6.1	3.85	11.0	224.0	60.7	3	19	6.98	5.21	3.58

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	Larry Csonka	33	FB	16	16	220	837	12	22	3.8	52.3	13.8	16	75	4.7	1	18	1.0	4.7	236	3.9	912	13	4
2	Delvin Williams	28	RB	14	13	184	703	3	39	3.8	50.2	13.1	21	175	8.3	1	38	1.5	12.5	205	4.3	878	4	4
3	Nat Moore	28	WR	16	14	3	22	0	18	7.3	1.4	0.2	48	840	17.5	6	53	3.0	52.5	51	16.9	862	6	1
4	Duriel Harris	25	WR	15	14	1	20	0	20	20.0	1.3	0.1	42	798	19.0	3	51	2.8	53.2	43	19.0	818	3	0
5	Gary Davis	25	RB	16	3	98	383	1	42	3.9	23.9	6.1	34	215	6.3	0	18	2.1	13.4	132	4.5	598	1	2
6	Bruce Hardy	23	TE	16	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	30	386	12.9	3	28	1.9	24.1	30	12.9	386	3	0
7	Tony Nathan	23	RB	16	0	16	68	0	18	4.3	4.3	1.0	17	213	12.5	2	35	1.1	13.3	33	8.5	281	2	8	AP-1
8	Jimmy Cefalo	23	WR	16	3	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	12	223	18.6	3	30	0.8	13.9	12	18.6	223	3	0
9	Norm Bulaich	33	RB	9	0	9	37	2	9	4.1	4.1	1.0	8	53	6.6	1	13	0.9	5.9	17	5.3	90	3	1
10	Bob Torrey	22	RB	7	0	13	61	1	17	4.7	8.7	1.9	2	3	1.5	0	8	0.3	0.4	15	4.3	64	1	0
11	Steve Howell	23	FB	16	0	3	8	0	5	2.7	0.5	0.2	3	23	7.7	0	11	0.2	1.4	6	5.2	31	0	0
12	Bob Griese	34	QB	14	12	11	30	0	18	2.7	2.1	0.8	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	11	2.7	30	0	4
13	Don Strock	29	QB	16	4	3	18	0	11	6.0	1.1	0.2	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	3	6.0	18	0	3
14	Ronnie Lee	23	TE	16	3	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	14	7.0	0	10	0.1	0.9	2	7.0	14	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	561	2187	19	42	3.9	136.7	35.1	235	3018	12.8	20	53	14.7	188.6	796	6.5	5205	39	27

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	Nat Moore	28	WR	1	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	5	93	18.6	0	40	5.0	93.0	5	18.6	93	0	0
2	Duriel Harris	25	WR	1	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	3	61	20.3	1	33	3.0	61.0	3	20.3	61	1	0
3	Gary Davis	25	RB	1	0	2	12	0	9	6.0	12.0	2.0	2	24	12.0	0	14	2.0	24.0	4	9.0	36	0	0
4	Tony Nathan	23	RB	1	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	3	27	9.0	0	14	3.0	27.0	3	9.0	27	0	0
5	Delvin Williams	28	RB	1	1	8	1	0	3	0.1	1.0	8.0	6	26	4.3	0	6	6.0	26.0	14	1.9	27	0	0
6	Larry Csonka	33	FB	1	1	10	20	1	6	2.0	20.0	10.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	10	2.0	20	1	0
7	Bruce Hardy	23	TE	1	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	12	6.0	0	10	2.0	12.0	2	6.0	12	0	0
8	Bob Griese	34	QB	1	1	1	1	0	1	1.0	1.0	1.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	1.0	1	0	0
9	Bob Torrey	22	RB	1	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	0	0.0	0		1.0	0.0	1	0.0	0	0	0
10	George Roberts	24	P	1	0	1	-9	0	-9	-9.0	-9.0	1.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	-9.0	-9	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	22	25	1	16	1.1	25.0	22.0	22	243	11.0	1	40	22.0	243.0	44	6.1	268	2	0

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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	24	NT	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.5	0	PB,AP-2
2	Rusty Chambers	26	RILB	16	16	1	4	0	4	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
3	Neal Colzie	25	FS	16	16	5	86	0	56	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
4	Larry Csonka	33	FB	16	16	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0.0	0
5	Mike Current	34	RT	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
6	Vern Den Herder	31	LDE	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	9.0	0
7	Larry Gordon	25	ROLB	16	16	2	33	0	33	0	3	12	0	3.0	0
8	Gerald Small	23	RCB	16	16	5	74	0	40	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
9	Norris Thomas	25	LCB	16	16	2	29	0	24	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
10	Steve Towle	26	LILB	16	16	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.5	0
11	Tim Foley	31	SS	15	15	2	8	0	8	0	2	2	0	0.0	0	PB
12	Doug Betters	23	RDE	16	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.0	0
13	Larry Little	34	RG	15	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
14	Nat Moore	28	WR	16	14	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.0	0
15	Kim Bokamper	25	LOLB	14	13	1	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	4.5	0	PB
16	Delvin Williams	28	RB	14	13	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0.0	0
17	Bob Griese	34	QB	14	12	0	0	0	0	4	2	-2	0	0.0	0
18	Jim Langer	31	C	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
19	Mark Dennard	24	C	16	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
20	Don Strock	29	QB	16	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
21	Gary Davis	25	RB	16	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
22	Bob Matheson	35	LB	16	3	1	28	0	28	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
23	A.J. Duhe	24	DE	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0
24	Mike Kozlowski	23	DB	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
25	Charlie Babb	29	DB	5	0	1	3	0	3	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
26	Carl Barisich	28	NT	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	0
27	Norm Bulaich	33	RB	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
28	Steve Howell	23	FB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
29	Mel Land	24	LB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
30	Tony Nathan	23	RB	16	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0.0	0	AP-1
31	Earnest Rhone	26	LB	16	0	2	17	0	10	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	23	0	0		27	12	12	0	36	1

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	Vern Den Herder	31	LDE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0	0
2	Larry Gordon	25	ROLB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0.0	0	0
3	Carl Barisich	28	NT	1	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	0	0.5	0	0
4	Don Bessillieu	23	DB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1						0	0	0	0	1		0

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