1975 Miami Dolphins (NFL) |
2nd place • American Football Conference • Eastern Division • 10-4-0 .714 |
Head Coach: Don Shula |
Monte Clark | Offensive Line |
Don Doll | Linebackers |
Tom Keane | Defensive Backs |
Mike Scarry | Defensive Line |
Howard Schnellenberger | Quarterbacks |
Carl Taseff | Offensive Backs |
SCORES | |||||||||
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Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
Sat | 8/9/1975 | H | Cincinnati Bengals | 7-3 | W | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 55567 | |
Sat | 8/16/1975 | H | Detroit Lions | 20-14 | W | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 52923 | |
Sat | 8/23/1975 | A | New Orleans Saints | 20-10 | W | New Orleans, LA | Louisiana Superdome | 61253 | |
Mon | 9/1/1975 | A | Minnesota Vikings | 7-20 | L | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 47653 | |
Sat | 9/6/1975 | H | Chicago Bears | 21-10 | W | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 51861 | |
Sat | 9/13/1975 | H | New York Giants | 31-13 | W | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 52835 | |
Mon | 9/22/1975 | H | Oakland Raiders | 21-31 | L | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 78744 | |
Sun | 9/28/1975 | A | New England Patriots | 22-14 | W | Foxborough, MA | Schaefer Stadium | 59967 | |
Sun | 10/5/1975 | A | Green Bay Packers | 31-7 | W | Green Bay, WI | Lambeau Field | 55396 | |
Sun | 10/12/1975 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 24-16 | W | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 60127 | |
Sun | 10/19/1975 | A | New York Jets | 43-0 | W | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 47191 | |
Sun | 10/26/1975 | A | Buffalo Bills | 35-30 | W | Orchard Park, NY | Rich Stadium | 79080 | |
Sun | 11/2/1975 | A | Chicago Bears | 46-13 | W | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 51298 | |
Sun | 11/9/1975 | H | New York Jets | 27-7 | W | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 72896 | |
Sun | 11/16/1975 | A | Houston Oilers | 19-20 | L | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 48892 | |
Sun | 11/23/1975 | H | Baltimore Colts | 17-33 | L | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 61986 | |
Mon | 12/1/1975 | H | New England Patriots | 20-7 | W | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 61963 | |
Sun | 12/7/1975 | H | Buffalo Bills | 31-21 | W | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 74573 | |
Sun | 12/14/1975 | A | Baltimore Colts | 7-10 | L | OT | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 59398 |
Sat | 12/20/1975 | H | Denver Broncos | 14-13 | W | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 43064 |
ROSTER | ||||||||
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Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
John Andrews | 70 | RDE | 6-6 | 250 | 24 | Morgan State | 14 | 1 |
Charlie Babb | 49 | LS | 6-0 | 190 | 25 | Memphis | 14 | 14 |
Rodrigo Barnes | 51 | LB | 6-1 | 215 | 25 | Rice | 5 | 0 |
Norm Bulaich | 31 | RB | 6-1 | 217 | 29 | Texas Christian | 14 | 1 |
Darryl Carlton | 71 | ROT | 6-6 | 260 | 22 | Tampa | 14 | 1 |
Randy Crowder | 74 | LDT | 6-2 | 252 | 23 | Penn State | 13 | 11 |
Vern Den Herder | 83 | LDE | 6-6 | 251 | 27 | Central (Iowa) | 14 | 14 |
Tom Drougas | 78 | OT | 6-4 | 257 | 26 | Oregon | 14 | 0 |
Bruce Elia | 50 | LB | 6-1 | 220 | 22 | Ohio State | 14 | 0 |
Norm Evans | 77 | ROT | 6-5 | 248 | 33 | Texas Christian | 14 | 13 |
Manny Fernandez | 75 | LDT | 6-2 | 250 | 29 | Chabot JC; Utah | 10 | 4 |
Tim Foley | 25 | LCB | 6-0 | 194 | 27 | Purdue | 14 | 9 |
Hubie Ginn | 28 | RB | 5-11 | 187 | 28 | Florida A&M | 11 | 0 |
Bob Griese | 12 | QB | 6-1 | 190 | 30 | Purdue | 10 | 10 |
Barry Hill | 44 | S | 6-3 | 185 | 22 | Iowa State | 14 | 0 |
Curtis Johnson | 45 | RCB | 6-2 | 196 | 27 | Toledo | 14 | 14 |
Mike Kolen | 57 | MLB | 6-2 | 220 | 27 | Auburn | 9 | 9 |
Bob Kuechenberg | 67 | LOG | 6-2 | 255 | 28 | Notre Dame | 14 | 14 |
Jim Langer | 62 | C | 6-2 | 253 | 27 | South Dakota State | 14 | 14 |
Larry Little | 66 | ROG | 6-1 | 270 | 30 | Bethune-Cookman | 14 | 14 |
Benny Malone | 32 | RB | 5-10 | 193 | 23 | Arizona State | 10 | 0 |
Jim Mandich | 88 | TE | 6-2 | 214 | 27 | Michigan | 14 | 6 |
Bob Matheson | 53 | RLB | 6-4 | 241 | 31 | Duke | 14 | 13 |
Jim McFarland | 80 | TE | 6-5 | 225 | 28 | Nebraska | 6 | 0 |
Nat Moore | 89 | WR | 5-9 | 188 | 24 | Tennessee-Martin; Miami-Dade JC; Florida | 14 | 14 |
Wayne Moore | 79 | LOT | 6-6 | 265 | 30 | Lamar | 14 | 14 |
Earl Morrall | 15 | QB | 6-2 | 205 | 41 | Michigan State | 13 | 4 |
Mercury Morris | 22 | RB | 5-10 | 190 | 28 | West Texas A&M | 14 | 14 |
Ed Newman | 64 | OG | 6-2 | 240 | 24 | Duke | 14 | 0 |
Don Nottingham | 36 | RB | 5-10 | 210 | 26 | Kent State | 14 | 13 |
Morris Owens | 82 | WR | 6-0 | 192 | 22 | Arizona State | 2 | 0 |
Don Reese | 76 | RDT | 6-6 | 255 | 24 | Jackson State | 14 | 11 |
Earnie Rhone | 55 | RDT-RLB | 6-2 | 224 | 22 | Henderson State | 14 | 4 |
Jake Scott | 13 | RS | 6-0 | 188 | 30 | Georgia | 14 | 14 |
Larry Seiple | 20 | P | 6-0 | 213 | 30 | Kentucky | 14 | 0 |
Freddie Solomon | 86 | WR | 5-11 | 185 | 22 | Tampa | 14 | 5 |
Cotton Speyrer | 82 | WR | 6-0 | 175 | 26 | Texas | 4 | 0 |
Bill Stanfill | 84 | RDE | 6-5 | 250 | 28 | Georgia | 13 | 8 |
Don Strock | 10 | QB | 6-5 | 230 | 25 | Virginia Tech | 6 | 3 |
Doug Swift | 59 | LLB | 6-3 | 228 | 27 | Amherst | 14 | 13 |
Andre Tillman | 87 | TE | 6-5 | 230 | 23 | Texas Tech | 14 | 8 |
Steve Towle | 56 | MLB-RDE-LLB | 6-2 | 230 | 22 | Kansas | 14 | 5 |
Howard Twilley | 81 | WR | 5-10 | 183 | 32 | Tulsa | 14 | 8 |
Jeris White | 41 | LCB | 5-11 | 180 | 23 | Hawaii | 14 | 5 |
Stan Winfrey | 33 | RB | 5-11 | 223 | 22 | Arkansas State | 11 | 0 |
Garo Yepremian | 1 | K | 5-8 | 172 | 31 | none | 14 | 0 |
DRAFT LIST | ||||
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Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
1 | 23 | Darryl Carlton | T | Tampa |
2 | 36 | Freddie Solomon | QB | Tampa |
2 | 49 | Stan Winfrey | RB | Arkansas State |
3 | 75 | Gerald Hill | LB | Houston |
4 | 100 | Bruce Elia | LB | Ohio State |
5 | 106 | Morris Owens | WR | Arizona State |
5 | 127 | Barry Hill | DB | Iowa State |
6 | 143 | Steve Towle | LB | Kansas |
7 | 179 | Phillip Kent | RB | Baylor |
8 | 205 | Barney Crawford | DT | Harding |
9 | 231 | James Wilson | G | Clark Atlanta |
10 | 239 | Clyde Russell | RB | Oklahoma |
10 | 256 | Joe Jackson | TE | Penn State |
10 | 257 | Joe Danelo | K | Washington State |
11 | 283 | John Dilworth | DB | Northwestern State (Louisiana) |
12 | 309 | Joe Yancey | T | Henderson State |
13 | 335 | Leonard Isabell | WR | Tulsa |
14 | 339 | James Lewis | DB | Tennessee State |
14 | 361 | John Graham | QB | Colorado State |
15 | 387 | Skip Johns | RB | Carson-Newman |
16 | 413 | Vern Smith | C | Georgia |
17 | 439 | Dwaine Copeland | RB | Middle Tennessee State |
SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 44 | 116 | 99 | 98 | 0 | 357 |
Opponents Totals | 48 | 53 | 45 | 73 | 3 | 222 |
TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 266 | 136 | 108 | 22 | 88/191 46.1% | / % | 74 | 575 | |
Opponents Totals | 224 | 92 | 113 | 19 | 75/196 38.3% | / % | 81 | 709 |
SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Garo Yepremian | 0 | 40 | 46 | 87.0 | 13 | 16 | 81.3 | 0 | 79 |
Don Nottingham | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | ||
Norm Bulaich | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||
Jim Mandich | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
Nat Moore | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
Mercury Morris | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
Howard Twilley | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
Benny Malone | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
Freddie Solomon | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
Bob Griese | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Don Strock | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Don Reese | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
Team Totals | 46 | 40 | 46 | 87.0 | 13 | 16 | 81.3 | 1 | 357 |
Opponents Totals | 27 | 25 | 27 | 92.6 | 11 | 20 | 55.0 | 1 | 222 |
FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Garo Yepremian | 13 | 16 | 81.3 | 0 | 40 | 1/1 | 5/5 | 6/7 | 1/2 | 0/1 |
Team Totals | 13 | 16 | 81.3 | 0 | 40 | 1/1 | 5/5 | 6/7 | 1/2 | 0/1 |
Opponents Totals | 11 | 20 | 55.0 | 0/0 | 3/5 | 4/6 | 4/10 | 0/0 |
RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mercury Morris | 219 | 875 | 4.0 | 49 | 4 |
Don Nottingham | 168 | 718 | 4.3 | 56 | 12 |
Norm Bulaich | 78 | 309 | 4.0 | 30 | 5 |
Benny Malone | 65 | 220 | 3.4 | 21 | 3 |
Freddie Solomon | 4 | 87 | 21.8 | 35 | 0 |
Hubie Ginn | 21 | 78 | 3.7 | 14 | 0 |
Nat Moore | 8 | 69 | 8.6 | 36 | 0 |
Bob Griese | 17 | 59 | 3.5 | 17 | 1 |
Don Strock | 6 | 38 | 6.3 | 18 | 1 |
Earl Morrall | 4 | 33 | 8.3 | 16 | 0 |
Stan Winfrey | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 5 | 0 |
Larry Seiple | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
Team Totals | 594 | 2500 | 4.2 | 56 | 26 |
Opponents Totals | 443 | 1768 | 4.0 | 39 | 14 |
PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bob Griese | 191 | 118 | 61.8 | 60 | 1693 | 8.9 | 14.3 | 79t | 14 | 7.3 | 13 | 6.8 | 16 | 131 | 1562 | 86.6 |
Earl Morrall | 43 | 26 | 60.5 | 15 | 273 | 6.3 | 10.5 | 31 | 3 | 7.0 | 2 | 4.7 | 4 | 27 | 246 | 82.8 |
Don Strock | 45 | 26 | 57.8 | 17 | 230 | 5.1 | 8.8 | 25 | 2 | 4.4 | 2 | 4.4 | 3 | 29 | 201 | 67.8 |
Team Totals | 279 | 170 | 60.9 | 92 | 2196 | 7.9 | 12.9 | 79t | 19 | 6.8 | 17 | 6.1 | 23 | 187 | 2009 | 83.0 |
Opponents Totals | 375 | 200 | 53.3 | 154 | 2335 | 6.2 | 11.7 | 62t | 9 | 2.4 | 21 | 5.6 | 40 | 314 | 2021 | 57.1 |
RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nat Moore | 40 | 705 | 17.6 | 79t | 4 |
Norm Bulaich | 32 | 276 | 8.6 | 59t | 5 |
Howard Twilley | 24 | 366 | 15.3 | 32 | 4 |
Freddie Solomon | 22 | 339 | 15.4 | 58t | 2 |
Jim Mandich | 21 | 217 | 10.3 | 32t | 4 |
Larry Seiple | 10 | 84 | 8.4 | 15 | 0 |
Don Nottingham | 9 | 66 | 7.3 | 18 | 0 |
Andre Tillman | 5 | 60 | 12.0 | 16 | 0 |
Hubie Ginn | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 8 | 0 |
Benny Malone | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 43 | 0 |
Mercury Morris | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 10 | 0 |
Team Totals | 170 | 2196 | 12.9 | 79t | 19 |
Opponents Totals | 200 | 2335 | 11.7 | 62t | 9 |
INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jake Scott | 6 | 60 | 10.0 | 38 | 0 |
Curtis Johnson | 4 | 41 | 10.3 | 17 | 0 |
Charlie Babb | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 18 | 0 |
Bob Matheson | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 22 | 0 |
Earnie Rhone | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
Steve Towle | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
Mike Kolen | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
Team Totals | 21 | 183 | 8.7 | 38 | 0 |
Opponents Totals | 17 | 214 | 12.6 | 50 | 1 |
PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Larry Seiple | 65 | 2506 | 38.6 | 61 | 0 | 373 | ||||
Team Totals | 65 | 2506 | 38.6 | 61 | 0 | 373 | ||||
Opponents Totals | 72 | 2916 | 40.5 | 62 | 0 | 509 |
PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Freddie Solomon | 26 | 4 | 320 | 12.3 | 50t | 1 |
Nat Moore | 8 | 2 | 80 | 10.0 | 29 | 0 |
Charlie Babb | 7 | 4 | 95 | 13.6 | 46 | 0 |
Jake Scott | 1 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
Hubie Ginn | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
Team Totals | 43 | 10 | 509 | 11.8 | 50t | 1 |
Opponents Totals | 34 | 7 | 373 | 11.0 | 83t | 1 |
KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Freddie Solomon | 17 | 348 | 20.5 | 31 | 0 | |
Nat Moore | 9 | 243 | 27.0 | 42 | 0 | |
Hubie Ginn | 9 | 235 | 26.1 | 39 | 0 | |
Don Nottingham | 3 | 80 | 26.7 | 27 | 0 | |
Stan Winfrey | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
Benny Malone | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
Team Totals | 40 | 949 | 23.7 | 42 | 0 | |
Opponents Totals | 65 | 1549 | 23.8 | 102t | 1 |
SACKS | NO | YDS |
---|---|---|
Vern Den Herder | 11.0 | |
Randy Crowder | 7.5 | |
Don Reese | 7.5 | |
Bill Stanfill | 6.5 | |
Bob Matheson | 2.0 | |
John Andrews | 1.5 | |
Curtis Johnson | 1.0 | |
Mike Kolen | 1.0 | |
Earnie Rhone | 1.0 | |
Doug Swift | 1.0 | |
Team Totals | 40.0 | 314.0 |
Opponents Totals | 23.0 | 187.0 |
FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
John Andrews | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Charlie Babb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Norm Bulaich | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Randy Crowder | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Vern Den Herder | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Tim Foley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Hubie Ginn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Bob Griese | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -6 | 0 | |
Curtis Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
Larry Little | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Nat Moore | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Earl Morrall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | |
Mercury Morris | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Don Nottingham | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Don Reese | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Jake Scott | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Freddie Solomon | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
Don Strock | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Team Totals | 20 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 2 | 0 |
Opponents Totals | 23 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 22 | 1 |
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