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1983 Miami Dolphins Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 12-4-0, 1st in AFC East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Don Shula (12-4-0)

Points For: 389 (24.3/g) 7th of 28

Points Against: 250 (15.6/g) 1st of 28

Expected W-L: 11.8-4.2

SRS: 7.72 (4th of 28), SOS: -0.97

Playoffs:
Lost Divisional Round 20-27 vs. Seattle Seahawks

Defensive Coordinator: Bill Arnsparger

Other Notable Asst.: John Sandusky (Offensive Line), Mike Scarry (Defensive Line) and David Shula (Wide Receivers)

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 +1200

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	389	5195	1033	5.0	27	16	314	254	442	3045	28	11	6.5	151	568	2150	16	3.8	132	64	567	31
Opp. Stats	250	5039	989	5.1	43	17	288	277	480	3002	19	26	5.7	147	460	2037	11	4.4	122	95	837	19
Lg Rank Offense	7	16			2	10	12		24	19	8	2	5		6	13	14	23
Lg Rank Defense	1	7			10	13	7		7	8	6	7	8		7	13	5	25

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 4	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0	@	Buffalo Bills	12	0	13	177	26	151	1	14	258	172	86	2
2	Sun	September 11	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-0		New England Patriots	34	24	21	396	195	201	1	19	314	187	127	2
3	Mon	September 19	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-1	@	Los Angeles Raiders	14	27	19	308	207	101	2	21	271	119	152	1
4	Sun	September 25	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-1		Kansas City Chiefs	14	6	20	279	100	179	7	8	155	92	63	5
5	Sun	October 2	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-2	@	New Orleans Saints	7	17	19	244	178	66	2	21	323	124	199	1
6	Sun	October 9	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L	OT	3-3		Buffalo Bills	35	38	31	488	335	153	2	28	483	407	76	2
7	Sun	October 16	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-3	@	New York Jets	32	14	12	266	215	51	1	23	342	221	121	6
8	Sun	October 23	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-3	@	Baltimore Colts	21	7	14	272	157	115	1	17	311	173	138	4
9	Sun	October 30	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-3		Los Angeles Rams	30	14	20	452	279	173	1	19	309	204	105	4
10	Sun	November 6	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-3	@	San Francisco 49ers	20	17	18	316	183	133	1	20	394	210	184	2
11	Sun	November 13	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		7-4	@	New England Patriots	6	17	13	207	126	81	1	20	386	162	224	1
12	Sun	November 20	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-4		Baltimore Colts	37	0	23	409	240	169		9	159	70	89	2
13	Mon	November 28	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		9-4		Cincinnati Bengals	38	14	21	359	236	123	1	17	373	325	48	4
14	Sun	December 4	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		10-4	@	Houston Oilers	24	17	23	343	195	148	2	17	328	160	168	1
15	Sat	December 10	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		11-4		Atlanta Falcons	31	24	22	353	229	124	2	21	365	179	186	2
16	Fri	December 16	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		12-4		New York Jets	34	14	25	326	144	182	2	14	268	197	71	4
		Playoffs
Division	Sat	December 31	12:30PM ET	boxscore	L		12-5		Seattle Seahawks	20	27	21	321	193	128	5	21	334	183	151	1

Passing

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	Dan Marino	22	QB	11	9	7-2-0	173	296	58.4	2210	20	6.8	6	2.0	85	7.5	7.91	12.8	200.9	96.0	10	80	3.27	6.96	7.39	1	2	PB,AP-2,AP MVP-3,AP OPoY-3,AP ORoY-2
2	David Woodley	25	QB	5	5	3-2-0	43	89	48.3	528	3	3.4	4	4.5	64	5.9	4.58	12.3	105.6	59.6	10	80	10.10	4.53	3.31	0	0
3	Don Strock	33	QB	15	2	2-0-0	34	52	65.4	403	4	7.7	1	1.9	47	7.8	8.42	11.9	26.9	106.5	3	30	5.45	6.78	7.42	0	1
4	Mark Clayton	22	WR	14	0		1	1	100.0	48	1	100.0	0	0.0	48	48.0	68.00	48.0	3.4	158.3	0	0	0.00	48.00	68.00	0	0
5	Tony Nathan	27	RB	16	12		3	4	75.0	46	0	0.0	0	0.0	22	11.5	11.50	15.3	2.9	112.5	0	0	0.00	11.50	11.50	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	12-4-0	254	442	57.5	3045	28	6.3	11	2.5	85	7.3	7.47	12.7	190.3	91.2	23	190	4.95	6.55	6.69	1	3

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	Dan Marino	22	QB	1	1	0-1-0	15	25	60.0	193	2	8.0	2	8.0	32	7.7	5.72	12.9	193.0	77.6	0	0	0.00	7.72	5.72	0	0
2	Mark Clayton	22	WR	1	0		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			1	1	0-1-0	15	26	57.7	193	2	7.7	2	7.7	32	7.4	5.50	12.9	193.0	74.7	0	0	0.00	7.42	5.50	0	0

Rushing & Receiving

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	Tony Nathan	27	RB	16	12	151	685	3	40	4.5	42.8	9.4	52	461	8.9	1	25	3.3	28.8	203	5.6	1146	4	2
2	Mark Duper	24	WR	16	11	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	51	1003	19.7	10	85	3.2	62.7	51	19.7	1003	10	0	PB
3	Andra Franklin	24	FB	15	12	224	746	8	18	3.3	49.7	14.9	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	224	3.3	746	8	6
4	Nat Moore	32	WR	16	15	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	39	558	14.3	6	66	2.4	34.9	39	14.3	558	6	1
5	David Overstreet	25	RB	14	0	85	392	1	44	4.6	28.0	6.1	8	55	6.9	2	20	0.6	3.9	93	4.8	447	3	2
6	Joe Rose	26	TE	16	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	29	345	11.9	3	37	1.8	21.6	29	11.9	345	3	0
7	Duriel Harris	29	WR	12	3	1	0	0		0.0	0.0	0.1	15	260	17.3	1	64	1.3	21.7	16	16.3	260	1	0
8	Woody Bennett	28	RB	16	2	49	197	2	25	4.0	12.3	3.1	6	35	5.8	0	9	0.4	2.2	55	4.2	232	2	1
9	Bruce Hardy	27	TE	15	8	1	2	0	2	2.0	0.1	0.1	22	202	9.2	0	25	1.5	13.5	23	8.9	204	0	0
10	Dan Johnson	23	TE	16	16	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	24	189	7.9	4	33	1.5	11.8	24	7.9	189	4	1
11	Mark Clayton	22	WR	14	0	2	9	0	9	4.5	0.6	0.1	6	114	19.0	1	39	0.4	8.1	8	15.4	123	1	3
12	David Woodley	25	QB	5	5	19	78	0	15	4.1	15.6	3.8	1	6	6.0	0	6	0.2	1.2	20	4.2	84	0	4
13	Dan Marino	22	QB	11	9	28	45	2	15	1.6	4.1	2.5	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	28	1.6	45	2	5	PB,AP-2,AP MVP-3,AP OPoY-3,AP ORoY-2
14	Eddie Hill	26	RB	16	0	2	12	0	10	6.0	0.8	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	6.0	12	0	0
15	Tommy Vigorito	24	RB	1	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	7	7.0	0	7	1.0	7.0	1	7.0	7	0	0
16	Don Strock	33	QB	15	2	6	-16	0		-2.7	-1.1	0.4	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	6	-2.7	-16	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	568	2150	16	44	3.8	134.4	35.5	254	3235	12.7	28	85	15.9	202.2	822	6.6	5385	44	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	Mark Duper	24	WR	1	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	9	117	13.0	1	32	9.0	117.0	9	13.0	117	1	0
2	David Overstreet	25	RB	1	0	9	50	0	10	5.6	50.0	9.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	9	5.6	50	0	1
3	Woody Bennett	28	RB	1	0	7	31	1	8	4.4	31.0	7.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	7	4.4	31	1	0
4	Dan Johnson	23	TE	1	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	29	14.5	1	19	2.0	29.0	2	14.5	29	1	0
5	Andra Franklin	24	FB	1	1	6	28	0	9	4.7	28.0	6.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	6	4.7	28	0	0
6	Nat Moore	32	WR	1	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	26	13.0	0	13	2.0	26.0	2	13.0	26	0	0
7	Tony Nathan	27	RB	1	0	8	19	0	9	2.4	19.0	8.0	1	6	6.0	0	6	1.0	6.0	9	2.8	25	0	0
8	Joe Rose	26	TE	1	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	15	15.0	0	15	1.0	15.0	1	15.0	15	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	30	128	1	10	4.3	128.0	30.0	15	193	12.9	2	32	15.0	193.0	45	7.1	321	3	1

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Defense & Fumbles

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	28	NT	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	8.0	0	PB,AP-1
2	Doug Betters	27	LDE	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	16.0	0	PB,AP-1,AP DPoY-1
3	Glenn Blackwood	26	SS	16	16	3	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1.0	0
4	Lyle Blackwood	32	FS	16	16	4	77	0	45	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
5	Charles Bowser	24	ROLB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.5	0
6	Bob Brudzinski	28	LOLB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	0
7	Dan Johnson	23	TE	16	16	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
8	William Judson	24	LCB	16	16	6	60	0	29	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
9	Kim Bokamper	29	RDE	15	15	2	43	1	24	1	1	0	0	2.0	0
10	A.J. Duhe	28	LILB	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.5	0	AP DPoY-8
11	Bob Kuechenberg	36	LG	16	15	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB
12	Nat Moore	32	WR	16	15	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
13	Gerald Small	27	RCB	15	15	5	60	0	28	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
14	Andra Franklin	24	FB	15	12	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0.0	0
15	Tony Nathan	27	RB	16	12	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
16	Earnest Rhone	30	RILB	12	12	1	15	0	15	0	2	9	0	3.0	0
17	Dan Marino	22	QB	11	9	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-2,AP MVP-3,AP OPoY-3,AP ORoY-2
18	David Woodley	25	QB	5	5	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0.0	0
19	Mike Charles	21	DE	16	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.0	1
20	Woody Bennett	28	RB	16	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
21	Don Strock	33	QB	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
22	Rodell Thomas	25	LB	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
23	Mark Brown	22	LB	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.0	0
24	Paul Lankford	25	DB	16	1	1	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
25	Mark Clayton	22	WR	14	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0
26	Eddie Hill	26	RB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
27	Mike Kozlowski	27	DB	16	0	2	73	2	38	2	1	0	0	1.0	0
28	David Overstreet	25	RB	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
29	Robert Sowell	22	DB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
30	Fulton Walker	25	DB	15	0	1	7	0	7	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	26	345	3	45	30	28	9	0	49.0	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	Bob Baumhower	28	NT	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0
2	Gerald Small	27	RCB	1	1	1	18	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
3	David Overstreet	25	RB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
4	Fulton Walker	25	DB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	1	18	0	18	0	3	0	0	0	1.0	0	0

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