1970 Miami Dolphins roster and stats

1970 Miami Dolphins: 10-4-0
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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:

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

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