1976 Miami Dolphins (NFL) Scores, Roster, Stats , Coaches, Draft

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Result			Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	7/31/1976	H	Minnesota Vikings	16-3	W		Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	39939
Sun	8/8/1976	A	Detroit Lions	30-21	W		Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	53036
Sat	8/14/1976	H	Philadelphia Eagles	24-16	W		Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	51869
Sat	8/21/1976	A	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	28-21	W		Tampa, FL	Tampa Stadium	67466
Sat	8/28/1976	A	Houston Oilers	10-6	W		Houston, TX	Astrodome	43146
Sat	9/4/1976	A	New Orleans Saints	20-7	W		New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome	63383
Mon	9/13/1976	A	Buffalo Bills	30-21	W		Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	77683
Sun	9/19/1976	A	New England Patriots	14-30	L		Foxborough, MA	Schaefer Stadium	41879
Sun	9/26/1976	H	New York Jets	16-0	W		Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	49754
Sun	10/3/1976	H	Los Angeles Rams	28-31	L		Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	60753
Sun	10/10/1976	A	Baltimore Colts	14-28	L		Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	58832
Sun	10/17/1976	H	Kansas City Chiefs	17-20	L	OT	Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	43325
Sun	10/24/1976	A	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	23-20	W		Tampa, FL	Tampa Stadium	59115
Sun	10/31/1976	H	New England Patriots	10-3	W		Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	52863
Sun	11/7/1976	A	New York Jets	27-7	W		New York, NY	Shea Stadium	53344
Sun	11/14/1976	A	Pittsburgh Steelers	3-14	L		Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	48945
Mon	11/22/1976	H	Baltimore Colts	16-17	L		Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	62104
Sun	11/28/1976	A	Cleveland Browns	13-17	L		Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	74715
Sun	12/5/1976	H	Buffalo Bills	45-27	W		Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	43475
Sat	12/11/1976	H	Minnesota Vikings	7-29	L		Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	45583

ROSTER
Player	No	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
Dick Anderson	40	SS-FS	6-2	202	30	Colorado	9	0
John Andrews	70	RDE-LDE	6-6	250	25	Morgan State	14	4
Charlie Babb	49	SS	6-0	190	26	Memphis	14	14
Ted Bachman	47	RCB	6-0	190	25	Porterville JC; New Mexico State	8	0
Norm Bulaich	31	RB	6-1	217	30	Texas Christian	11	6
Nick Buoniconti	85	MLB-LILB	5-11	220	36	Notre Dame	11	4
Darryl Carlton	71	ROT	6-6	260	23	Tampa	14	8
Rusty Chambers	51	LOLB-ROLB	6-1	218	23	Tulane	10	0
Randy Crowder	74	LDT-NT	6-2	252	24	Penn State	14	14
Gary Davis	27	RB	5-10	200	22	Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo)	14	1
Vern Den Herder	83	LDE	6-6	251	28	Central (Iowa)	14	14
Mike Dennery	51	LB	6-0	224	26	Southern Mississippi	3	0
Tom Drougas	78	ROT-LOT	6-4	257	27	Oregon	14	2
Ken Ellis	48	RCB	5-11	190	29	Southern University	12	5
Tim Foley	25	RCB-LCB	6-0	194	28	Purdue	2	2
Larry Gordon	50	LLB-LOLB	6-4	230	22	Arizona State	14	14
Bob Griese	12	QB	6-1	190	31	Purdue	13	13
Duriel Harris	26	WR	5-11	176	22	New Mexico State	12	2
Clayton Heath	35	RB	5-11	195	25	Nassau CC; Wake Forest	6	0
Bob Heinz	72	RDT-NT	6-6	263	29	San Joaquin Delta JC; Pacific	14	5
Barry Hill	44	FS	6-3	185	23	Iowa State	6	6
Ike Hill	82	WR	5-10	185	29	Catawba	2	0
Mike Holmes	43	WR	6-2	195	26	Texas Southern	3	0
Curtis Johnson	45	RCB	6-2	196	28	Toledo	13	9
Bob Kuechenberg	67	LOG	6-2	255	29	Notre Dame	10	10
Jim Langer	62	C	6-2	253	28	South Dakota State	14	14
Larry Little	66	ROG-ROT	6-1	270	31	Bethune-Cookman	14	14
Benny Malone	32	HB	5-10	193	24	Arizona State	14	12
Jim Mandich	88	TE	6-2	214	28	Michigan	14	3
Bob Matheson	53	RLB-ROLB	6-4	241	32	Duke	13	11
Loaird McCreary	80	TE	6-5	227	23	Tennessee State	14	0
Mel Mitchell	68	OG	6-2	260	23	Tennessee State	12	0
Nat Moore	89	WR	5-9	188	25	Tennessee-Martin; Miami-Dade JC; Florida	9	9
Wayne Moore	79	LOT	6-6	265	31	Lamar	14	14
Earl Morrall	15	QB	6-2	205	42	Michigan State	14	0
Ed Newman	64	ROG-LOG	6-2	240	25	Duke	14	8
Don Nottingham	36	RB	5-10	210	27	Kent State	14	8
Morris Owens	82	WR	6-0	192	23	Arizona State	2	0
Don Reese	60	RDT-RDE	6-6	255	25	Jackson State	14	9
Bryant Salter	30	FS	6-4	196	26	Pittsburgh	12	6
Larry Seiple	20	P	6-0	213	31	Kentucky	14	0
Andy Selfridge	51	LB	6-3	220	27	Virginia	1	0
Freddie Solomon	86	WR	5-11	185	23	Tampa	10	8
Bill Stanfill	84	DE	6-5	250	29	Georgia	14	7
Don Strock	10	QB	6-5	230	26	Virginia Tech	4	1
Andre Tillman	87	TE	6-5	230	24	Texas Tech	14	14
Steve Towle	56	MLB-RLB-RILB	6-2	230	23	Kansas	14	14
Howard Twilley	81	WR	5-10	183	33	Tulsa	8	6
Jeris White	41	LCB	5-11	180	24	Hawaii	14	14
Stan Winfrey	33	RB	5-11	223	23	Arkansas State	14	0
Garo Yepremian	1	K	5-8	172	32	none	14	0

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	17	Larry Gordon	LB	Arizona State
1	19	Kim Bokamper	LB	San Jose State
2	49	Loaird McCreary	TE	Tennessee State
3	80	Duriel Harris	WR	New Mexico State
4	98	Mel Mitchell	G	Tennessee State
6	174	Gary Davis	RB	Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo)
7	185	Joe Ingersoll	G	Nevada-Las Vegas
7	200	Johnny Owens	DE	Tennessee State
8	230	Bob Simpson	T	Colorado
9	257	Norris Thomas	DB	Southern Mississippi
10	281	Gary Fencik	DB	Yale
10	282	Don Testerman	RB	Clemson
11	312	Dexter Pride	RB	Minnesota
12	338	Randy Young	T	Iowa State
12	341	Darryl Brandford	DT	Northwestern
13	366	Bernie Head	C	Tulsa
14	396	Bob Gissler	LB	South Dakota State
15	423	Ron Holmes	RB	Utah State
16	450	Mike Green	K	Ohio University
17	480	Jeff Grantz	QB	South Carolina

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	PTS
Team Totals	27	98	64	74	0	263
Opponents Totals	31	93	62	75	3	264

TEAM STATS	TOP	1st Downs	FDR	FDP	FDX	3rd Down Efficiency	4th Down Efficiency	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		267	122	125	20	75/184 40.8%	/ %	70	582
Opponents Totals		268	125	131	12	91/193 47.2%	/ %	94	716

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	PTS
Garo Yepremian	0	29	31	93.5	16	23	69.6	77
Norm Bulaich	4	0	0		0	0		24
Benny Malone	4	0	0		0	0		24
Jim Mandich	4	0	0		0	0		24
Nat Moore	4	0	0		0	0		24
Freddie Solomon	4	0	0		0	0		24
Don Nottingham	3	0	0		0	0		18
Stan Winfrey	2	0	0		0	0		12
Gary Davis	1	0	0		0	0		6
Duriel Harris	1	0	0		0	0		6
Larry Seiple	1	0	0		0	0		6
Don Strock	1	0	0		0	0		6
Andre Tillman	1	0	0		0	0		6
Howard Twilley	1	0	0		0	0		6
Team Totals	31	29	31	93.5	16	23	69.6	263
Opponents Totals	34	30	34	88.2	10	21	47.6	264

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	BL	LG	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Garo Yepremian	16	23	69.6	1	53	0/0	9/10	2/4	4/8	1/1
Team Totals	16	23	69.6	1	53	0/0	9/10	2/4	4/8	1/1
Opponents Totals	10	21	47.6			2/2	4/8	2/5	2/6	0/0

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Benny Malone	186	797	4.3	31	4
Norm Bulaich	122	540	4.4	35	4
Stan Winfrey	52	205	3.9	13	1
Don Nottingham	63	185	2.9	13	3
Gary Davis	31	160	5.2	57	1
Bob Griese	23	108	4.7	26	0
Freddie Solomon	4	60	15.0	59t	1
Nat Moore	4	36	9.0	21	0
Larry Seiple	3	14	4.7	7	0
Don Strock	2	13	6.5	11	1
Clayton Heath	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	491	2118	4.3	59t	15
Opponents Totals	525	2411	4.6	75t	14

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Bob Griese	272	162	59.6	98	2097	7.7	12.9	47t	11	4.0	12	4.4	30	266	1831	78.9
Don Strock	47	21	44.7	24	359	7.6	17.1	53t	3	6.4	2	4.3	4	41	318	74.7
Earl Morrall	26	10	38.5	15	148	5.7	14.8	67t	1	3.8	1	3.8	3	29	119	54.6
Freddie Solomon	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Team Totals	346	193	55.8	138	2604	7.5	13.5	67t	15	4.3	15	4.3	37	336	2268	76.3
Opponents Totals	347	195	56.2	141	2863	8.3	14.7	64	20	5.8	11	3.2	20	193	2670	89.3

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Nat Moore	33	625	18.9	67t	4
Norm Bulaich	28	151	5.4	25	0		0
Freddie Solomon	27	453	16.8	53t	2			0
Duriel Harris	22	372	16.9	44	1
Jim Mandich	22	260	11.8	31	4		0	0
Howard Twilley	14	214	15.3	39	1		0	0
Andre Tillman	13	130	10.0	16	1	0	0	0
Larry Seiple	10	138	13.8	25	1		0	0
Benny Malone	9	103	11.4	36	0		0
Stan Winfrey	6	55	9.2	16	1	0	0
Don Nottingham	4	33	8.3	29	0		0
Loaird McCreary	2	51	25.5	30	0	2	0	0
Gary Davis	2	8	4.0	6	0	0	0
Mike Holmes	1	11	11.0	11	0	0	0
Team Totals	193	2604	13.5	67t	15
Opponents Totals	195	2863	14.7	64	20

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG
Ken Ellis	2	40	20.0	40
Bob Matheson	2	34	17.0	34
Charlie Babb	2	20	10.0	20
Jeris White	2	4	2.0	4
Dick Anderson	1	32	32.0	32
Curtis Johnson	1	14	14.0	14
Bryant Salter	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	11	144	13.1	40
Opponents Totals	15	128	8.5	33

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Larry Seiple	62	2366	38.2	56	5	14	272	1994	32.2
Team Totals	62	2366	38.2	56	5	14	272	1994	32.2
Opponents Totals	63	2593	41.2	56			415

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Freddie Solomon	13	0	205	15.8	79t	1
Duriel Harris	9	0	79	8.8	16	0
Nat Moore	8	3	72	9.0	23	0
Charlie Babb	3	1	38	12.7	25	0
Dick Anderson	2	1	21	10.5	11	0
Team Totals	35	5	415	11.9	79t	1
Opponents Totals	34	6	272	8.0	28	0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Duriel Harris	17	559	32.9	69
Gary Davis	26	617	23.7	47
Don Nottingham	6	107	17.8	21
Nat Moore	2	28	14.0	28
Stan Winfrey	2	24	12.0	13
Freddie Solomon	1	12	12.0	12
Andre Tillman	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	55	1347	24.5	69
Opponents Totals	57	1246	21.9	79

SACKS	NO	YDS
Don Reese	4.0
Bill Stanfill	4.0
Vern Den Herder	3.0
John Andrews	2.0
Randy Crowder	2.0
Nick Buoniconti	1.0
Bob Heinz	1.0
Bob Matheson	1.0
Andre Tillman	1.0
Charlie Babb	0.5
Larry Gordon	0.5
Team Totals	20.0	193.0
Opponents Totals	37.0	336.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS
John Andrews	0	0	0	3	3	0
Charlie Babb	0	0	0	2	2	0
Norm Bulaich	1		0	0	0	0
Gary Davis	1		0	1	1	0
Vern Den Herder	0	0	0	2	2	0
Tom Drougas	0	0	1	0	1	0
Ken Ellis	0	0	0	1	1	0
Larry Gordon	0	0	0	1	1	0
Bob Griese	3		2	0	2	-5
Duriel Harris	1		0	0	0	0
Barry Hill	0	0	1	0	1	0
Mike Holmes	1		0	0	0	0
Larry Little	0	0	1	0	1	0
Benny Malone	3		0	0	0	0
Bob Matheson	0	0	0	1	1	0
Mel Mitchell	0	0	0	1	1	0
Nat Moore	1		0	0	0	0
Ed Newman	0	0	1	0	1	0
Don Nottingham	1		0	0	0	0
Bill Stanfill	0	0	0	1	1	0
Don Strock	1		0	0	0	0
Steve Towle	0	0	0	1	1	0
Jeris White	0	0	0	4	4	0
Stan Winfrey	1		0	0	0	0
Team Totals	14	8	6	18	24	-5
Opponents Totals	31	18	13	8	21

Don Doll	Linebackers
Tom Keane	Defensive Backs
John Sandusky	Offensive Line
Mike Scarry	Defensive Line
Howard Schnellenberger	Quarterbacks/Receivers/Offensive Game
Carl Taseff	Offensive Backs