1972 Miami Dolphins (NFL) Scores, Roster, Stats , Coaches, Draft

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/5/1972	A	Detroit Lions	23-31	L	Detroit, MI	Tiger Stadium	53194
Sat	8/12/1972	H	Green Bay Packers	13-14	L	Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	75332
Sat	8/19/1972	A	Cincinnati Bengals	35-17	W	Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	55808
Fri	8/25/1972	H	Atlanta Falcons	24-10	W	Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	75372
Thu	8/31/1972	A	Washington Redskins	24-27	L	Washington, DC	RFK Stadium	52098
Sun	9/10/1972	H	Minnesota Vikings	21-19	W	Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	74298
Sun	9/17/1972	A	Kansas City Chiefs	20-10	W	Kansas City, MO	Arrowhead Stadium	79829
Sun	9/24/1972	H	Houston Oilers	34-13	W	Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	77821
Sun	10/1/1972	A	Minnesota Vikings	16-14	W	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	47900
Sun	10/8/1972	A	New York Jets	27-17	W	New York, NY	Shea Stadium	63841
Sun	10/15/1972	H	San Diego Chargers	24-10	W	Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	80010
Sun	10/22/1972	H	Buffalo Bills	24-23	W	Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	80010
Sun	10/29/1972	A	Baltimore Colts	23-0	W	Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	60000
Sun	11/5/1972	A	Buffalo Bills	30-16	W	Buffalo, NY	War Memorial Stadium	46206
Sun	11/12/1972	H	New England Patriots	52-0	W	Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	80010
Sun	11/19/1972	H	New York Jets	28-24	W	Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	80010
Mon	11/27/1972	H	St. Louis Cardinals	31-10	W	Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	80010
Sun	12/3/1972	A	New England Patriots	37-21	W	Foxborough, MA	Schaefer Stadium	60999
Sun	12/10/1972	A	New York Giants	23-13	W	New York, NY	Yankee Stadium	62728
Sat	12/16/1972	H	Baltimore Colts	16-0	W	Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	80010
AFC Divisional Playoff
Sun	12/24/1972	H	Cleveland Browns	20-14	W	Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	80010
AFC Championship
Sun	12/31/1972	A	Pittsburgh Steelers	21-17	W	Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	50350
Super Bowl VII
Sun	1/14/1973	A	Washington Redskins	14-7	W	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	90192

ROSTER
Player	No	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
Dick Anderson	40	RS-P	6-2	202	26	Colorado	14	14
Charlie Babb	49	DB	6-0	190	22	Memphis	14	0
Larry Ball	51	LB	6-6	235	23	Louisville	10	0
Marlin Briscoe	86	WR	5-10	178	27	Nebraska-Omaha	10	3
Nick Buoniconti	86	MLB	5-11	220	32	Notre Dame	14	14
Doug Crusan	77	LOT	6-5	253	26	Indiana	11	9
Larry Csonka	39	FB	6-3	238	26	Syracuse	14	14
Jim Del Gaizo	11	QB	6-1	198	25	Syracuse; Tampa	4	0
Vern Den Herder	83	LDE	6-6	251	24	Central (Iowa)	14	14
Jim Dunaway	78	RDT	6-4	278	31	Mississippi	6	6
Norm Evans	73	ROT	6-5	248	30	Texas Christian	14	14
Manny Fernandez	75	LDT	6-2	250	26	Chabot JC; Utah	14	14
Marv Fleming	80	TE	6-4	233	30	Utah	14	14
Tim Foley	25	LCB	6-0	194	24	Purdue	14	13
Hubie Ginn	32	RB	5-11	187	25	Florida A&M	14	0
Bob Griese	12	QB	6-1	190	27	Purdue	6	5
Bob Heinz	84	RDT	6-6	263	25	San Joaquin Delta JC; Pacific	11	8
Mike Howell	43	S	6-1	189	29	Grambling State	1	0
Al Jenkins	60	OT	6-2	245	26	Southern Illinois; Tulsa	14	0
Ed Jenkins	28	WR	6-2	210	22	Holy Cross	3	0
Curtis Johnson	45	RCB	6-2	196	24	Toledo	14	14
Jim Kiick	21	RB	5-11	215	26	Wyoming	14	3
Howard Kindig	54	C	6-6	260	31	Moberly JC; Los Angeles State	14	0
Mike Kolen	57	RLB	6-2	220	24	Auburn	13	13
Bob Kuechenberg	67	LOG	6-2	255	25	Notre Dame	14	14
Jim Langer	62	C	6-2	253	24	South Dakota State	14	14
Charlie Leigh	23	RB	5-11	203	27	none	14	0
Larry Little	66	ROG	6-1	270	27	Bethune-Cookman	14	14
Billy Lothridge	7	P	6-1	194	30	Georgia Tech	2	0
Jim Mandich	88	TE	6-2	214	24	Michigan	14	0
Bob Matheson	53	RLB	6-4	241	28	Duke	14	1
Maulty Moore	65	DT	6-5	265	26	Bethune-Cookman	14	0
Wayne Moore	79	LOT	6-6	265	27	Lamar	9	5
Earl Morrall	15	QB	6-2	205	38	Michigan State	14	9
Mercury Morris	22	RB	5-10	190	25	West Texas A&M	14	11
Lloyd Mumphord	26	CB	5-11	180	26	Texas Southern	14	0
Jesse Powell	56	LB	6-3	212	25	West Texas A&M	14	0
Jake Scott	13	LS	6-0	188	27	Georgia	14	14
Larry Seiple	20	P-TE	6-0	213	27	Kentucky	11	0
Bill Stanfill	84	RDE	6-5	250	25	Georgia	14	14
Otto Stowe	82	WR	6-2	188	23	Iowa State	9	3
Doug Swift	59	LLB	6-3	228	24	Amherst	14	14
Howard Twilley	81	WR	5-10	183	29	Tulsa	13	11
Paul Warfield	42	WR	6-0	188	30	Ohio State	12	11
Garo Yepremian	1	K	5-8	172	28	none	14	0

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	25	Mike Kadish	DT	Notre Dame
3	77	Gary Kosins	RB	Dayton
4	91	Larry Ball	DE	Louisville
4	103	Al Benton	T	Ohio University
5	129	Charlie Babb	DB	Memphis
6	155	Ray Nettles	LB	Tennessee
7	161	Bill Adams	G	Holy Cross
7	180	Calvin Harrell	RB	Arkansas State
8	207	Craig Curry	QB	Minnesota
9	233	Greg Johnson	DB	Wisconsin
11	285	Ed Jenkins	WR	Holy Cross
12	311	Ashley Bell	TE	Purdue
13	337	Archy Robinson	DB	Hillsdale
14	362	Willie Lee Jones	LB	Tampa
15	389	Bill Davis	DT	William & Mary
16	415	Al Hannah	WR	Wisconsin
17	441	Vern Brown	DB	Western Michigan

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	PTS
Team Totals	94	108	98	85	385
Opponents Totals	36	47	29	59	171

TEAM STATS	TOP	1st Downs	FDR	FDP	FDX	3rd Down Efficiency	4th Down Efficiency	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		291	170	102	19	82/175 46.9%	/ %	68	714
Opponents Totals		186	76	96	14	59/172 34.3%	/ %	70	659

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	PTS
Garo Yepremian	0	43	45	95.6	24	37	64.9	115
Mercury Morris	12	0	0		0	0		72
Larry Csonka	6	0	0		0	0		36
Jim Kiick	6	0	0		0	0		36
Marlin Briscoe	4	0	0		0	0		24
Jim Mandich	3	0	0		0	0		18
Howard Twilley	3	0	0		0	0		18
Paul Warfield	3	0	0		0	0		18
Otto Stowe	2	0	0		0	0		12
Dick Anderson	1	0	0		0	0		6
Marv Fleming	1	0	0		0	0		6
Hubie Ginn	1	0	0		0	0		6
Bob Griese	1	0	0		0	0		6
Earl Morrall	1	0	0		0	0		6
Lloyd Mumphord	1	0	0		0	0		6
Team Totals	45	43	45	95.6	24	37	64.9	385
Opponents Totals	21	18	21	85.7	9	19	47.4	171

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	BL	LG	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Garo Yepremian	24	37	64.9	3	54	7/7	3/3	7/8	4/11	3/8
Team Totals	24	37	64.9	3	54	7/7	3/3	7/8	4/11	3/8
Opponents Totals	9	19	47.4			3/3	2/4	3/3	1/4	0/2

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Larry Csonka	213	1117	5.2	45	6
Mercury Morris	190	1000	5.3	33	12
Jim Kiick	137	521	3.8	26	5
Hubie Ginn	27	142	5.3	22	1
Charlie Leigh	21	79	3.8	10	0
Earl Morrall	17	67	3.9	31t	1
Paul Warfield	4	23	5.8	21	0
Bob Griese	3	11	3.7	5	1
Jim Del Gaizo	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	613	2960	4.8	45	26
Opponents Totals	389	1548	4.0	40	8

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Earl Morrall	150	83	55.3	60	1360	9.1	16.4	49	11	7.3	7	4.7	14	114	1246	91.0
Bob Griese	97	53	54.6	40	638	6.6	12.0	39	4	4.1	4	4.1	7	45	593	71.6
Jim Del Gaizo	9	5	55.6	3	165	18.3	33.0	51t	2	22.2	1	11.1	0	0	165	100.5
Marlin Briscoe	3	3	100.0	0	72	24.0	24.0	26	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	72	118.8
Team Totals	259	144	55.6	103	2235	8.6	15.5	51t	17	6.6	12	4.6	21	159	2076	86.9
Opponents Totals	348	178	51.1	144	2029	5.8	11.4	82t	10	2.9	26	7.5	33	280	1749	47.4

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Paul Warfield	29	606	20.9	47	3
Jim Kiick	21	147	7.0	15	1
Howard Twilley	20	364	18.2	44	3
Marlin Briscoe	16	279	17.4	51t	4
Mercury Morris	15	168	11.2	34	0
Otto Stowe	13	276	21.2	49	2
Marv Fleming	13	156	12.0	31	1
Jim Mandich	11	168	15.3	39	3
Larry Csonka	5	48	9.6	14	0
Hubie Ginn	1	23	23.0	23	0
Team Totals	144	2235	15.5	51t	17
Opponents Totals	178	2029	11.4	82t	10

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Jake Scott	5	73	14.6	31	0
Lloyd Mumphord	4	50	12.5	28t	1
Dick Anderson	3	34	11.3	22	0
Tim Foley	3	25	8.3	15	0
Curtis Johnson	3	20	6.7	13	0
Doug Swift	3	5	1.7	4	0
Nick Buoniconti	2	17	8.5	10	0
Charlie Babb	1	24	24.0	24	0
Vern Den Herder	1	24	24.0	24	0
Mike Kolen	1	14	14.0	14	0
Team Totals	26	286	11.0	31	1
Opponents Totals	12	249	20.8	43	2

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	RYDS
Larry Seiple	36	1437	39.9	54	0
Billy Lothridge	4	150	37.5	42	0
Dick Anderson	4	147	36.8	45	0
Team Totals	44	1734	39.4	54	0	67
Opponents Totals	68	2794	41.1	67	2	329

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Charlie Leigh	22	5	210	9.5	27
Jake Scott	13	3	100	7.7	15
Dick Anderson	5	3	19	3.8	17
Team Totals	40	11	329	8.2	27
Opponents Totals	17	11	67	3.9	13

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Mercury Morris	14	334	23.9	33
Charlie Leigh	6	153	25.5	45
Bob Matheson	2	34	17.0	17
Hubie Ginn	1	25	25.0	25
Marlin Briscoe	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	24	546	22.8	45
Opponents Totals	56	1283	22.9	39

SACKS	NO	YDS
Vern Den Herder	10.5
Bill Stanfill	10.0
Manny Fernandez	5.0
Bob Matheson	2.5
Bob Heinz	2.0
Nick Buoniconti	1.0
Jim Dunaway	1.0
Maulty Moore	1.0
Doug Swift	1.0
Team Totals IND=34	33.0	280.0
Opponents Totals	21.0	159.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Dick Anderson	1		0	5	5	35	1
Larry Ball	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Larry Csonka	2		0	0	0	0	0
Jim Del Gaizo	1		0	0	0	0	0
Vern Den Herder	0	0	0	1	1	8	0
Manny Fernandez	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Marv Fleming	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Hubie Ginn	1		0	1	1	0	0
Bob Heinz	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Jim Kiick	3		0	0	0	0	0
Bob Kuechenberg	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Charlie Leigh	4		2	1	3	0	0
Jim Mandich	0	0	1	1	2	0	0
Wayne Moore	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Earl Morrall	3		1	0	1	-9	0
Mercury Morris	8		1	0	1	0	0
Jake Scott	1		0	2	2	20	0
Bill Stanfill	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Otto Stowe	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Doug Swift	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Howard Twilley	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Paul Warfield	1		1	0	1	0	0
Team Totals	25	16	9	20	29	54	1
Opponents Totals	32	20	10	16	26		1

Bill Arnsparger	Defense/Linebackers
Monte Clark	Offensive Line
Tom Keane	Defensive Backs
Mike Scarry	Defensive Line
Howard Schnellenberger	Offense/Receivers
Carl Taseff	Offensive Backs