1973 Miami Dolphins (NFL) Scores, Roster, Stats , Coaches, Draft

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Result		Location	Venue	Attendance
Fri	7/27/1973	A	College All-Stars	14-3	W	Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	54103
Sat	8/4/1973	H	Cincinnati Bengals	14-13	W	Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	78091
Sat	8/11/1973	H	New Orleans Saints	14-13	W	Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	80050
Sat	8/18/1973	H	Chicago Bears	9-9	T	Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	78590
Fri	8/24/1973	H	Los Angeles Rams	17-14	W	Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	78618
Fri	8/31/1973	A	Minnesota Vikings	17-20	L	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	46619
Thu	9/6/1973	A	Dallas Cowboys	23-26	L	Irving, TX	Texas Stadium	61378
Sun	9/16/1973	H	San Francisco 49ers	21-13	W	Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	68275
Sun	9/23/1973	A	Oakland Raiders	7-12	L	Berkeley, CA	Memorial Stadium	74121
Sun	9/30/1973	H	New England Patriots	44-23	W	Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	62508
Sun	10/7/1973	H	New York Jets	31-3	W	Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	63850
Mon	10/15/1973	A	Cleveland Browns	17-9	W	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	72070
Sun	10/21/1973	H	Buffalo Bills	27-6	W	Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	65241
Sun	10/28/1973	A	New England Patriots	30-14	W	Foxborough, MA	Schaefer Stadium	57919
Sun	11/4/1973	A	New York Jets	24-14	W	New York, NY	Shea Stadium	57491
Sun	11/11/1973	H	Baltimore Colts	44-0	W	Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	60332
Sun	11/18/1973	A	Buffalo Bills	17-0	W	Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	77138
Thu	11/22/1973	A	Dallas Cowboys	14-7	W	Irving, TX	Texas Stadium	58089
Mon	12/3/1973	H	Pittsburgh Steelers	30-26	W	Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	68901
Sun	12/9/1973	A	Baltimore Colts	3-16	L	Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	41005
Sat	12/15/1973	H	Detroit Lions	34-7	W	Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	53375
AFC Divisional Playoff
Sun	12/23/1973	H	Cincinnati Bengals	34-16	W	Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	74651
AFC Championship
Sun	12/30/1973	H	Oakland Raiders	27-10	W	Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	74384
Super Bowl VIII
Sun	1/13/1974	H	Minnesota Vikings	24-7	W	Houston, TX	Rice Stadium	68142

ROSTER
Player	No	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
Dick Anderson	40	RS	6-2	202	27	Colorado	14	14
Charlie Babb	49	S	6-0	190	23	Memphis	14	0
Larry Ball	51	LB	6-6	235	24	Louisville	14	0
Bruce Bannon	58	LB	6-3	225	22	Penn State	14	0
Marlin Briscoe	86	WR	5-10	178	28	Nebraska-Omaha	14	14
Nick Buoniconti	85	MLB	5-11	220	33	Notre Dame	13	13
Doug Crusan	77	LOT	6-5	253	27	Indiana	14	2
Larry Csonka	39	RB	6-3	238	27	Syracuse	14	14
Vern Den Herder	83	LDE	6-6	251	25	Central (Iowa)	14	14
Norm Evans	73	ROT	6-5	248	31	Texas Christian	14	14
Manny Fernandez	75	LDT	6-2	250	27	Chabot JC; Utah	13	13
Marv Fleming	80	TE	6-4	233	31	Utah	11	11
Tim Foley	25	LCB	6-0	194	25	Purdue	11	11
Hubie Ginn	32	RB	5-11	187	26	Florida A&M	3	0
Irv Goode	55	LOG	6-5	255	33	Kentucky	14	1
Bob Griese	12	QB	6-1	190	28	Purdue	13	13
Bob Heinz	72	RDT	6-6	263	26	San Joaquin Delta JC; Pacific	14	14
Curtis Johnson	45	RCB	6-2	196	25	Toledo	14	14
Jim Kiick	21	RB	5-11	215	27	Wyoming	14	4
Mike Kolen	57	RLB	6-2	220	25	Auburn	14	13
Bob Kuechenberg	67	LOG	6-2	255	26	Notre Dame	13	13
Jim Langer	62	C	6-2	253	25	South Dakota State	14	14
Charlie Leigh	23	RB	5-11	203	28	none	14	0
Larry Little	66	ROG	6-1	270	28	Bethune-Cookman	13	13
Jim Mandich	88	TE	6-2	214	25	Michigan	14	3
Bob Matheson	53	RLB-MLB	6-4	241	29	Duke	14	2
Maulty Moore	65	LDT	6-5	265	27	Bethune-Cookman	12	1
Wayne Moore	79	LOT	6-6	265	28	Lamar	13	12
Earl Morrall	15	QB	6-2	205	39	Michigan State	14	1
Mercury Morris	22	RB	5-10	190	26	West Texas A&M	13	11
Lloyd Mumphord	26	LCB	5-11	180	27	Texas Southern	11	3
Ed Newman	64	ROG	6-2	240	22	Duke	11	1
Don Nottingham	36	RB	5-10	210	24	Kent State	11	0
Jesse Powell	56	LB	6-3	212	26	West Texas A&M	3	0
Bo Rather	82	WR	6-1	182	23	Michigan	6	0
Jake Scott	13	LS	6-0	188	28	Georgia	14	14
Larry Seiple	20	P	6-0	213	28	Kentucky	14	0
Ron Sellers	34	WR	6-4	195	26	Florida State	3	0
Tom Smith	29	RB	6-1	216	24	Iowa; Miami (Florida)	2	0
Bill Stanfill	84	RDE	6-5	250	26	Georgia	14	13
Henry Stuckey	48	CB	6-1	180	23	Merritt JC; Missouri	6	0
Doug Swift	59	LLB	6-3	228	25	Amherst	14	14
Howard Twilley	81	WR	5-10	183	30	Tulsa	6	0
Paul Warfield	42	WR	6-0	188	31	Ohio State	14	14
Larry Woods	70	RDT	6-6	260	25	Tennessee State	3	1
Garo Yepremian	1	K	5-8	172	29	none	14	0
Willie Young	76	OT	6-4	270	26	Alcorn State	1	0

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
2	52	Chuck Bradley	C	Oregon
3	78	Leon Gray	T	Jackson State
4	104	Bo Rather	WR	Michigan
5	111	Don Strock	QB	Virginia Tech
5	130	Dave McCurry	DB	Iowa State
6	156	Ed Newman	G	Duke
7	160	Kevin Reilly	LB	Villanova
7	163	Benny Shepherd	RB	Arkansas Tech
7	178	Willie Hatter	WR	Northern Illinois
7	182	Tom Smith	RB	Miami (Florida)
8	208	Archie Pearmon	DE	Northeastern State
9	234	Karl Lorch	DE	Southern California
10	260	Ron Fernandes	DE	Eastern Michigan
11	286	Chris Kete	C	Boston College
12	312	Mike Mullen	LB	Tulane
13	338	Joe Booker	RB	Miami (Ohio)
14	364	Greg Boyd	RB	Arizona
15	390	Bill Palmer	TE	St. Thomas (Minnesota)
16	416	James Jackson	DE	Norfolk State
17	442	Charlie Wade	WR	Tennessee State

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	PTS
Team Totals	106	117	53	67	343
Opponents Totals	19	50	35	46	150

TEAM STATS	TOP	1st Downs	FDR	FDP	FDX	3rd Down Efficiency	4th Down Efficiency	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		215	111	91	13	67/175 38.3%	/ %	52	416
Opponents Totals		195	109	78	8	85/232 36.6%	/ %	61	616

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Garo Yepremian	0	38	38	100.0	25	37	67.6	0	113
Paul Warfield	11	0	0		0	0		0	66
Mercury Morris	10	0	0		0	0		0	60
Larry Csonka	5	0	0		0	0		0	30
Jim Mandich	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Dick Anderson	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Marlin Briscoe	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Tim Foley	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Nick Buoniconti	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Charlie Leigh	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Curtis Johnson	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
Team Totals	38	38	38	100.0	25	37	67.6	1	343
Opponents Totals	15	13	15	86.7	15	27	55.6	1	150

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	BL	LG	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Garo Yepremian	25	37	67.6	2	53	5/5	8/10	6/9	5/9	1/4
Team Totals	25	37	67.6	2	53	5/5	8/10	6/9	5/9	1/4
Opponents Totals	15	27	55.6			5/5	0/2	6/8	3/8	1/4

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Larry Csonka	219	1003	4.6	25	5
Mercury Morris	149	954	6.4	70t	10
Jim Kiick	76	257	3.4	32	0
Charlie Leigh	22	134	6.1	34t	1
Don Nottingham	24	134	5.6	30	0
Bob Griese	13	20	1.5	21	0
Paul Warfield	1	15	15.0	15	0
Earl Morrall	1	9	9.0	9	0
Marlin Briscoe	2	-5	-2.5	2	0
Team Totals	507	2521	5.0	70t	16
Opponents Totals	511	1991	3.9	36	10

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Bob Griese	218	116	53.2	94	1422	6.5	12.3	46	17	7.8	8	3.7	11	75	1347	84.3
Earl Morrall	38	17	44.7	17	253	6.7	14.9	53	0	0.0	4	10.5	2	18	235	27.5
Team Totals	256	133	52.0	111	1675	6.5	12.6	53	17	6.6	12	4.7	13	93	1582	75.2
Opponents Totals	322	151	46.9	150	1604	5.0	10.6	42	5	1.6	21	6.5	45	314	1290	39.9

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Marlin Briscoe	30	447	14.9	53	2
Paul Warfield	29	514	17.7	45t	11
Jim Kiick	27	208	7.7	22	0
Jim Mandich	24	302	12.6	28t	4
Larry Csonka	7	22	3.1	9	0
Mercury Morris	4	51	12.8	36	0
Charlie Leigh	4	9	2.3	7	0
Marv Fleming	3	22	7.3	15	0
Ron Sellers	2	54	27.0	42	0
Howard Twilley	2	30	15.0	29	0
Don Nottingham	1	16	16.0	16	0
Team Totals	133	1675	12.6	53	17
Opponents Totals	151	1604	10.6	42	5

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Dick Anderson	8	163	20.4	38t	2
Jake Scott	4	71	17.8	29	0
Mike Kolen	2	54	27.0	29	0
Tim Foley	2	22	11.0	15	0
Curtis Johnson	2	19	9.5	17	0
Henry Stuckey	1	4	4.0	4	0
Larry Ball	1	2	2.0	2	0
Doug Swift	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	21	335	16.0	38t	2
Opponents Totals	12	190	15.8	48	0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	RYDS
Larry Seiple	48	2031	42.3	57	0	182
Team Totals	48	2031	42.3	57	0	182
Opponents Totals	76	2925	38.5	60	2	382

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Jake Scott	22	16	266	12.1	33
Charlie Leigh	9	2	64	7.1	26
Dick Anderson	6	0	52	8.7	27
Team Totals	37	18	382	10.3	33
Opponents Totals	28	8	182	6.5	27

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Mercury Morris	11	242	22.0	29
Charlie Leigh	9	251	27.9	51
Jake Scott	2	20	10.0	20
Bruce Bannon	1	10	10.0	10
Larry Seiple	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	24	523	21.8	51
Opponents Totals	56	1202	21.5	42

SACKS	NO	YDS
Bill Stanfill	18.5
Vern Den Herder	10.0
Manny Fernandez	6.5
Bob Matheson	3.0
Bob Heinz	2.5
Larry Ball	2.0
Nick Buoniconti	1.0
Maulty Moore	1.0
Doug Swift	0.5
Team Totals	45.0	314.0
Opponents Totals	13.0	93.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Charlie Babb	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Bruce Bannon	1		0	0	0	0	0
Marlin Briscoe	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Nick Buoniconti	0	0	0	3	3	13	1
Doug Crusan	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Larry Csonka	3		0	0	0	0	0
Vern Den Herder	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Marv Fleming	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Bob Griese	5		3	0	3	-16	0
Curtis Johnson	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Jim Kiick	3		0	0	0	0	0
Charlie Leigh	3		0	0	0	0	0
Mercury Morris	3		0	0	0	0	0
Don Nottingham	1		0	0	0	0	0
Jake Scott	1		0	0	0	0	0
Ron Sellers	1		0	0	0	0	0
Bill Stanfill	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Paul Warfield	1		0	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	22	17	5	8	13	-3	1
Opponents Totals	29	8	16	16	32		0

Bill Arnsparger	Assistant Head Coach
Monte Clark	Offensive Line
Tom Keane	Defensive Backs
Mike Scarry	Defensive Line
Carl Taseff	Offensive Backs