. . . where the 1970s live forever!


1970 Miami Dolphins: 10-4-0
Previous Season Next Season

Home record: 6-1-0 (173 points scored, 105 allowed) Road record: 4-3-0 (124 points scored, 123 allowed) Head Coach: Don Shula

297 points scored (11th of 26 teams), 228 points allowed (5th) NFL Averages: 19.3 points/game (269.6 points/team)

Team stats and rankings:
           ---------------- PASSING ----------------    ----------- RUSHING ----------    --- TOTAL ---
           Cmp   Att   Yards  (Rank) Yd/Att  TD  Int    Att   Yards  (Rank) Yd/Att  TD    Yards   (Rank)  Turnovers
Offense:   159   299   1,957   (20)   5.84   15   19    492   2,082   ( 3)    4.2   14    4,039    (11)      30
Defense:   234   403   2,551   (22)   6.06   17   23    387   1,453   ( 7)    3.8    8    4,004    (15)      38

Team roster (starters in bold):
 #   Player              Pos   GP   Hgt   Wgt  Age  Exp   College
 1  Garo Yepremian       K     13   5'8   172   26    3   None
 5  John Stofa           QB     8   6'3   210   28    5   Buffalo State
12  Bob Griese           QB    14   6'1   190   25    4   Purdue
13  Jake Scott           DB    14   6'0   188   25    R   Georgia
15  Karl Kremser         K      1   6'0   175   25    2   Tennessee
20  Larry Seiple         P     14   6'0   220   25    4   Kentucky
21  Jim Kiick            RB    14   5'11  220   24    3   Wyoming
22  Mercury Morris       RB    12   5'10  190   23    2   West Texas State
25  Tim Foley            DB    14   6'0   195   22    R   Purdue
26  Lloyd Mumphord       DB    14   5'11  180   23    2   Texas Southern
31  Barry Pryor          RB     2   6'0   215   24    2   Boston University
32  Hubert Ginn          RB    12   5'11  190   23    R   Florida A&M
35  Stan Mitchell        RB    14   6'2   210   26    5   Tennessee
39  Larry Csonka         RB    14   6'3   250   23    3   Syracuse
40  Dick Anderson        DB    14   6'2   200   24    3   Colorado
42  Paul Warfield        WR    11   6'0   190   27    7   Ohio State
44  Dean Brown           DB     5   5'10  170   24    2   Fort Valley State
45  Curtis Johnson       DB    14   6'2   200   22    R   Toledo
48  Bob Petrella         DB    14   6'0   185   25    5   Tennessee
50  Dick Palmer          LB     9   6'2   220   23    R   Kentucky
51  Ed Weisacosky        LB     3   6'0   230   26    4   Miami
53  Norm McBride         DE     8   6'3   245   23    2   Utah
54  Ted Davis            LB    14   6'1   232   28    7   Georgia Tech
56  Jesse Powell         LB    11   6'1   215   23    2   West Texas State
57  Mike Kolen           LB    14   6'2   215   22    R   Auburn
59  Doug Swift           LB    14   6'3   230   22    R   Amherst
60  Carl Mauck           C      3   6'3   240   23    2   Southern Illinois
61  Bob DeMarco          C     11   6'3   245   32   10   Dayton
62  Jim Langer           OG     6   6'2   240   22    R   South Dakota State
66  Larry Little         OG    14   6'1   270   24    4   Bethune-Cookman
67  Bob Kuechenberg      OG    14   6'3   255   23    1   Notre Dame
70  Jim Riley            DE    14   6'4   260   25    4   Oklahoma
71  Frank Cornish        DT    11   6'6   285   26    5   Grambling
72  Bob Heinz            DT    14   6'6   290   23    2   Pacific
73  Norm Evans           OT    14   6'5   250   28    6   Texas Christian
74  John Richardson      DT    14   6'2   260   25    4   UCLA
75  Manny Fernandez      DT    13   6'2   250   24    3   Utah
77  Doug Crusan          OT    14   6'5   260   24    3   Indiana
78  Maxie Williams       OG    13   6'4   250   30    6   Southeastern Louisiana
79  Wayne Moore          OT    14   6'6   265   25    1   Lamar
80  Marv Fleming         TE    14   6'4   235   28    8   Utah
81  Howard Twilley       WR    14   5'10  180   26    5   Tulsa
84  Bill Stanfill        DE    14   6'5   250   23    2   Georgia
85  Nick Buoniconti      LB    14   5'11  220   29    9   Notre Dame
87  Willie Richardson    WR    10   6'2   188   30    8   Jackson State
88  Jim Mandich          TE    14   6'3   225   22    R   Michigan
89  Karl Noonan          WR    14   6'3   205   26    5   Iowa

                                               Per   Per
Passing              Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Sack  Loss  Rating
Bob Griese           245  142   58.0  2,019   8.24  14.2  12   4.9   17   6.9    31   282    72.1
John Stofa            53   16   30.2    240   4.53  15.0   3   5.7    2   3.8     5    45    49.3
Jim Kiick              1    1  100.0     25  25.00  25.0   0   0.0    0   0.0     0     0   118.8
Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Jim Kiick              42    497   11.8    0
Paul Warfield          28    703   25.1    6
Howard Twilley         22    281   12.8    5
Marv Fleming           18    205   11.4    0
Mercury Morris         12    149   12.4    0
Larry Csonka           11     94    8.5    0
Karl Noonan            10    186   18.6    1
Willie Richardson       7     67    9.6    1
Stan Mitchell           6     85   14.2    1
Larry Seiple            2     14    7.0    0
Jim Mandich             1      3    3.0    1
Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Larry Csonka          193    874    4.5    6
Jim Kiick             191    658    3.4    6
Mercury Morris         60    409    6.8    0
Bob Griese             26     89    3.4    2
Stan Mitchell           8     23    2.9    0
Larry Seiple            2     21   10.5    0
Paul Warfield           2     13    6.5    0
John Stofa              2      5    2.5    0
Barry Pryor             2      0    0.0    0
Hubert Ginn             5     -1   -0.2    0
Karl Noonan             1     -9   -9.0    0
Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Mercury Morris         28    812   29.0    1
Hubert Ginn             5     59   11.8    0
Jake Scott              4    117   29.2    0
Stan Mitchell           4     35    8.8    0
Larry Seiple            2      5    2.5    0
Jim Mandich             2      0    0.0    0
Dick Anderson           1      8    8.0    0
Dean Brown              1      0    0.0    0
Tim Foley               1      0    0.0    0
Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Jake Scott             27    290   10.7   15    1
Mercury Morris          2     -1   -0.5    0    0
Dick Anderson           1      6    6.0    0    0
Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Larry Seiple 58 2,392 41.2 0 0 0 0 0 41.2 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Garo Yepremian 4/4 2/3 5/6 11/15 0/1 22/29 31/31 97 Karl Kremser 0/0 0/1 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/ 1 2/ 2 2 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Dick Anderson 1.0 8 191 0 Dean Brown 1 32 0 Frank Cornish 2.0 Ted Davis 1 15 0 Manny Fernandez 4.5 Curtis Johnson 3 29 0 Lloyd Mumphord 5 35 1 John Richardson 2.5 Jim Riley 2.0 Jake Scott 5 112 0 Bill Stanfill 6.0

1970 Draft:
NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 2 29 TE Jim Mandich 119 Michigan 3 55 DB Tim Foley 134 Purdue 4 81 DB Curtis Johnson 125 Toledo 6 132 DE Dave Campbell Auburn 7 159 DB Jake Scott 126 Georgia 8 185 RB Narvel Chavers Jackson State 9 211 RB Hubert Ginn 90 Florida A&M 10 237 OG Dick Nittenger Tampa 11 263 OT Brownie Wheless Rice 12 289 LB Mike Kolen 84 Auburn 13 315 RB Dave Buddington Springfield (Mass.) 14 341 OG Gary Brackett Holy Cross 15 367 WR Pat Hauser East Tennessee State 16 393 OG Charlie Williams Tennessee State 17 419 DT George Myles Morris Brown

Traded draft picks: #1 to CLE (Mike Phipps), #5 to BOS (Bob Olson)


Transactions:

01-27-1970traded Miami's #1 pick in the 1970 draft to Browns for Paul Warfield
04-13-1970sent Miami's #1 pick in the 1971 draft to Colts as compensation for hiring head coach Don Shula
05-01-1970traded Tom Beier to 49ers for Lance Olssen
05-01-1970traded Dick Westmoreland to Vikings for Bookie Bolin
05-18-1970sent Jack Clancy to Packers as compensation for Marv Fleming
07-02-1970claimed Ted Davis on waivers from ?
08-25-1970Raiders claimed Gene Milton on waivers
08-31-1970placed Randy Edmunds on injured reserve
08-31-1970placed Tom Goode on injured reserve
08-31-1970traded Miami's #8 pick in the 1971 draft to Steelers for Bob DeMarco
09-07-1970placed Pat Hauser on injured reserve
09-14-1970placed Jim Cox on injured reserve
09-14-1970placed Tom Goode on injured reserve
09-15-1970sent Miami's #5 pick in the 1971 draft to Steelers as compensation for Willie Richardson
10-01-1970claimed Frank Cornish on waivers from Bengals


Playoff Results:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result
12/27/70    at Oakland Raiders         L 14-21


1970 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record
09/20/70 at Boston Patriots L 14-27 0-1-0 09/27/70 at Houston Oilers W 20-10 1-1-0 10/03/70 vs Oakland Raiders W 20-13 2-1-0 10/10/70 at New York Jets W 20-6 3-1-0 10/18/70 at Buffalo Bills W 33-14 4-1-0 10/25/70 vs Cleveland Browns L 0-28 4-2-0 11/01/70 at Baltimore Colts L 0-35 4-3-0 11/08/70 at Philadelphia Eagles L 17-24 4-4-0 11/15/70 vs New Orleans Saints W 21-10 5-4-0 11/22/70 vs Baltimore Colts W 34-17 6-4-0 11/30/70 at Atlanta Falcons W 20-7 7-4-0 12/06/70 vs Boston Patriots W 37-20 8-4-0 12/13/70 vs New York Jets W 16-10 9-4-0 12/20/70 vs Buffalo Bills W 45-7 10-4-0

Logos shown here are the property of their respective leagues and teams.


  Copyright © 2014-2024, All Rights Reserved   •   Privacy Policy   •   Contact Us