1971 Miami Dolphins (NFL) |
| 1st place • American Football Conference • Eastern Division • 10-3-1 .769 |
| Playoff Statistics |
| Head Coach: Don Shula |
| Bill Arnsparger | Defense/Linebackers |
| Monte Clark | Offensive Line |
| Tom Keane | Defensive Backs |
| Mike Scarry | Defensive Line |
| Howard Schnellenberger | Offense/Receivers |
| Carl Taseff | Offensive Backs |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/7/1971 | H | Cincinnati Bengals | 10-27 | L | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 64005 | |
| Fri | 8/13/1971 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 17-17 | T | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 57008 | |
| Sat | 8/21/1971 | A | Green Bay Packers | 7-10 | L | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 46464 | |
| Sat | 8/28/1971 | H | Detroit Lions | 28-24 | W | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 59567 | |
| Sat | 9/4/1971 | H | Washington Redskins | 27-10 | W | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 57173 | |
| Sat | 9/11/1971 | A | Minnesota Vikings | 0-24 | L | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 47990 | |
| Sun | 9/19/1971 | A | Denver Broncos | 10-10 | T | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 51228 | |
| Sun | 9/26/1971 | A | Buffalo Bills | 29-14 | W | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 45139 | |
| Sun | 10/3/1971 | H | New York Jets | 10-14 | L | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 70670 | |
| Sun | 10/10/1971 | A | Cincinnati Bengals | 23-13 | W | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 60099 | |
| Sun | 10/17/1971 | H | New England Patriots | 41-3 | W | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 58822 | |
| Sun | 10/24/1971 | A | New York Jets | 30-14 | W | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 62130 | |
| Sun | 10/31/1971 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 20-14 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 72903 | |
| Sun | 11/7/1971 | H | Buffalo Bills | 34-0 | W | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 61016 | |
| Sun | 11/14/1971 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 24-21 | W | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 66435 | |
| Sun | 11/21/1971 | H | Baltimore Colts | 17-14 | W | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 75312 | |
| Mon | 11/29/1971 | H | Chicago Bears | 34-3 | W | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 75312 | |
| Sun | 12/5/1971 | A | New England Patriots | 13-34 | L | Foxborough, MA | Schaefer Stadium | 61457 | |
| Sat | 12/11/1971 | A | Baltimore Colts | 3-14 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 60238 | |
| Sun | 12/19/1971 | H | Green Bay Packers | 27-6 | W | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 76812 | |
| AFC Divisional Playoff | |||||||||
| Sat | 12/25/1971 | A | Kansas City Chiefs | 27-24 | W | OT2 | Kansas City, MO | Municipal Stadium | 45822 |
| AFC Championship | |||||||||
| Sun | 1/2/1972 | H | Baltimore Colts | 21-0 | W | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 76622 | |
| Super Bowl VI | |||||||||
| Sun | 1/16/1972 | H | Dallas Cowboys | 3-24 | L | New Orleans, LA | Tulane Stadium | 80591 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Dick Anderson | 40 | LS | 6-2 | 202 | 25 | Colorado | 14 | 14 |
| Nick Buoniconti | 85 | MLB | 5-11 | 220 | 31 | Notre Dame | 14 | 14 |
| Terry Cole | 31 | LB | 6-1 | 220 | 26 | Indiana | 4 | 0 |
| Frank Cornish | 71 | RDT | 6-6 | 285 | 27 | Grambling State | 10 | 2 |
| Doug Crusan | 77 | LOT | 6-5 | 253 | 25 | Indiana | 14 | 14 |
| Larry Csonka | 39 | RB | 6-3 | 238 | 25 | Syracuse | 14 | 14 |
| Bob DeMarco | 61 | C | 6-3 | 243 | 33 | Indiana; Dayton | 14 | 14 |
| Vern Den Herder | 86 | DE | 6-6 | 251 | 23 | Central (Iowa) | 14 | 0 |
| Norm Evans | 73 | ROT | 6-5 | 248 | 29 | Texas Christian | 14 | 14 |
| Dale Farley | 58 | LB | 6-4 | 235 | 22 | West Virginia | 4 | 0 |
| Manny Fernandez | 75 | LDT | 6-2 | 250 | 25 | Chabot JC; Utah | 14 | 14 |
| Marv Fleming | 80 | TE | 6-4 | 233 | 29 | Utah | 14 | 13 |
| Tim Foley | 25 | LCB | 6-0 | 194 | 23 | Purdue | 14 | 14 |
| Hubie Ginn | 33 | RB | 5-11 | 187 | 24 | Florida A&M | 14 | 10 |
| Bob Griese | 12 | QB | 6-1 | 190 | 26 | Purdue | 14 | 13 |
| Bob Heinz | 72 | RDT-RDE-LDE | 6-6 | 263 | 24 | San Joaquin Delta JC; Pacific | 14 | 10 |
| Curtis Johnson | 45 | RCB | 6-2 | 196 | 23 | Toledo | 14 | 10 |
| Ray Jones | 49 | CB | 6-0 | 187 | 24 | Southern University | 2 | 0 |
| Jim Kiick | 21 | RB | 5-11 | 215 | 25 | Wyoming | 13 | 11 |
| Mike Kolen | 57 | RLB | 6-2 | 220 | 23 | Auburn | 14 | 10 |
| Bob Kuechenberg | 67 | LOG | 6-2 | 255 | 24 | Notre Dame | 14 | 14 |
| Jim Langer | 62 | OG | 6-2 | 253 | 23 | South Dakota State | 14 | 0 |
| Charlie Leigh | 15 | RB | 5-11 | 203 | 26 | none | 14 | 0 |
| Larry Little | 66 | ROG | 6-1 | 270 | 26 | Bethune-Cookman | 14 | 14 |
| Jim Mandich | 88 | TE | 6-2 | 214 | 23 | Michigan | 11 | 1 |
| Wayne Mass | 78 | OT | 6-4 | 245 | 25 | Clemson | 11 | 0 |
| Bob Matheson | 53 | RLB | 6-4 | 241 | 27 | Duke | 14 | 1 |
| George Mira | 10 | QB | 5-11 | 190 | 29 | Miami (Florida) | 6 | 1 |
| Wayne Moore | 79 | OT | 6-6 | 265 | 26 | Lamar | 1 | 0 |
| Mercury Morris | 22 | RB | 5-10 | 190 | 24 | West Texas A&M | 14 | 3 |
| Lloyd Mumphord | 26 | RCB | 5-11 | 180 | 25 | Texas Southern | 14 | 4 |
| Karl Noonan | 89 | WR | 6-3 | 193 | 27 | Iowa | 14 | 0 |
| Bob Petrella | 48 | S | 6-0 | 186 | 27 | Tennessee | 12 | 0 |
| Jesse Powell | 56 | RLB | 6-3 | 212 | 24 | West Texas A&M | 14 | 3 |
| John Richardson | 74 | RDT | 6-2 | 260 | 26 | UCLA | 10 | 5 |
| Jim Riley | 70 | LDE | 6-4 | 252 | 26 | Oklahoma | 13 | 13 |
| Jake Scott | 13 | RS | 6-0 | 188 | 26 | Georgia | 14 | 14 |
| Larry Seiple | 20 | P-TE | 6-0 | 213 | 26 | Kentucky | 14 | 0 |
| Bill Stanfill | 84 | RDE | 6-5 | 250 | 24 | Georgia | 13 | 13 |
| Otto Stowe | 82 | WR | 6-2 | 188 | 22 | Iowa State | 12 | 2 |
| Doug Swift | 59 | LLB | 6-3 | 228 | 23 | Amherst | 14 | 14 |
| Howard Twilley | 81 | WR | 5-10 | 183 | 28 | Tulsa | 14 | 12 |
| Paul Warfield | 42 | WR | 6-0 | 188 | 29 | Ohio State | 14 | 14 |
| Garo Yepremian | 1 | K | 5-8 | 172 | 27 | none | 14 | 0 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 2 | 47 | Otto Stowe | WR | Iowa State |
| 3 | 74 | Dale Farley | LB | West Virginia |
| 4 | 99 | Joe Theismann | QB | Notre Dame |
| 6 | 151 | Dennis Coleman | LB | Mississippi |
| 7 | 178 | Ron Dickerson | DB | Kansas State |
| 9 | 230 | Vern Den Herder | DE | Central (Iowa) |
| 10 | 255 | Ron Maree | DT | Purdue |
| 11 | 282 | Vic Surma | T | Penn State |
| 12 | 307 | Leroy Byars | RB | Alcorn State |
| 13 | 333 | Lonnie Hepburn | DB | Texas Southern |
| 14 | 359 | David Vaughn | TE | Memphis |
| 15 | 386 | Bob Richards | G | California |
| 16 | 410 | Chris Myers | WR | Kenyon |
| 17 | 437 | Curt Mark | LB | Mayville State |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 81 | 76 | 79 | 79 | 315 |
| Opponents Totals | 65 | 23 | 44 | 42 | 174 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 232 | 121 | 94 | 17 | / % | / % | 65 | 632 | |
| Opponents Totals | 214 | 93 | 111 | 10 | / % | / % | 62 | 569 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garo Yepremian | 0 | 33 | 33 | 100.0 | 28 | 40 | 70.0 | 0 | 117 |
| Paul Warfield | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | ||
| Larry Csonka | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Howard Twilley | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Jim Kiick | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Marv Fleming | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Mercury Morris | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Curtis Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jim Mandich | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Otto Stowe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 33 | 33 | 33 | 100.0 | 28 | 40 | 70.0 | 0 | 315 |
| Opponents Totals | 21 | 21 | 21 | 100.0 | 9 | 21 | 42.9 | 0 | 174 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garo Yepremian | 28 | 40 | 70.0 | 2 | 48 | 7/7 | 8/8 | 6/11 | 7/12 | 0/2 |
| Team Totals | 28 | 40 | 70.0 | 2 | 48 | 7/7 | 8/8 | 6/11 | 7/12 | 0/2 |
| Opponents Totals | 9 | 21 | 42.9 | 5/5 | 1/4 | 2/2 | 0/6 | 1/4 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Csonka | 195 | 1051 | 5.4 | 28 | 7 |
| Jim Kiick | 162 | 738 | 4.6 | 34 | 3 |
| Mercury Morris | 57 | 315 | 5.5 | 51 | 1 |
| Paul Warfield | 9 | 115 | 12.8 | 39 | 0 |
| Hubie Ginn | 22 | 97 | 4.4 | 46 | 0 |
| Bob Griese | 26 | 82 | 3.2 | 21 | 0 |
| Charlie Leigh | 5 | 15 | 3.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Larry Seiple | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Terry Cole | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 4 | 0 |
| George Mira | 6 | -9 | -1.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 486 | 2429 | 5.0 | 51 | 11 |
| Opponents Totals | 403 | 1661 | 4.1 | 46 | 10 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Griese | 263 | 145 | 55.1 | 109 | 2089 | 7.9 | 14.4 | 86t | 19 | 7.2 | 9 | 3.4 | 23 | 248 | 1841 | 90.9 |
| George Mira | 30 | 11 | 36.7 | 18 | 159 | 5.3 | 14.5 | 43 | 1 | 3.3 | 1 | 3.3 | 2 | 17 | 142 | 51.9 |
| Team Totals | 293 | 156 | 53.2 | 127 | 2248 | 7.7 | 14.4 | 86t | 20 | 6.8 | 10 | 3.4 | 25 | 265 | 1983 | 87.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 363 | 206 | 56.7 | 140 | 2293 | 6.3 | 11.1 | 51 | 10 | 2.8 | 17 | 4.7 | 34 | 293 | 2000 | 65.4 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Warfield | 43 | 996 | 23.2 | 86t | 11 |
| Jim Kiick | 40 | 338 | 8.5 | 27 | 0 |
| Howard Twilley | 23 | 349 | 15.2 | 41 | 4 |
| Marv Fleming | 13 | 137 | 10.5 | 23 | 2 |
| Larry Csonka | 13 | 113 | 8.7 | 25 | 1 |
| Karl Noonan | 10 | 180 | 18.0 | 43 | 0 |
| Otto Stowe | 5 | 68 | 13.6 | 21 | 1 |
| Mercury Morris | 5 | 16 | 3.2 | 11 | 0 |
| Jim Mandich | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 10t | 1 |
| Larry Seiple | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 156 | 2248 | 14.4 | 86t | 20 |
| Opponents Totals | 206 | 2293 | 11.1 | 51 | 10 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Scott | 7 | 34 | 4.9 | 21 | 0 |
| Tim Foley | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Curtis Johnson | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 34 | 0 |
| Dick Anderson | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 33 | 0 |
| Nick Buoniconti | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Doug Swift | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 17 | 143 | 8.4 | 34 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 10 | 166 | 16.6 | 53t | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Seiple | 52 | 2087 | 40.1 | 73 | 1 | 106 | ||||
| Team Totals | 52 | 2087 | 40.1 | 73 | 1 | 106 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 72 | 2930 | 40.7 | 58 | 0 | 432 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Scott | 33 | 18 | 318 | 9.6 | 31 | 0 |
| Dick Anderson | 8 | 3 | 114 | 14.3 | 47 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 41 | 21 | 432 | 10.5 | 47 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 26 | 14 | 106 | 4.1 | 29 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury Morris | 15 | 423 | 28.2 | 94t | 1 | |
| Hubie Ginn | 10 | 252 | 25.2 | 35 | 0 | |
| Charlie Leigh | 4 | 99 | 24.8 | 31 | 0 | |
| Bob Matheson | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 16 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 32 | 806 | 25.2 | 94t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 59 | 1180 | 20.0 | 35 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Manny Fernandez | 8.0 | |
| Jim Riley | 7.5 | |
| Bill Stanfill | 6.5 | |
| Bob Heinz | 5.0 | |
| Frank Cornish | 2.0 | |
| Doug Swift | 2.0 | |
| Dick Anderson | 1.0 | |
| Nick Buoniconti | 1.0 | |
| Vern Den Herder | 1.0 | |
| Jesse Powell | 1.0 | |
| Team Totals IND=35 | 34.0 | 293.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 25.0 | 265.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Anderson | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 0 | |
| Nick Buoniconti | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Manny Fernandez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hubie Ginn | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Griese | 9 | 6 | 0 | 6 | -37 | 0 | |
| Curtis Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Jim Kiick | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Langer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Leigh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Little | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Matheson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| George Mira | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mercury Morris | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Riley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| Jake Scott | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Stanfill | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| Paul Warfield | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 22 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 23 | -6 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 38 | 14 | 22 | 13 | 35 | 0 |
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