1971 Miami Dolphins: 10-3-1
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 6-1-0 (187 points scored, 61 allowed) Road record: 4-2-1 (128 points scored, 113 allowed) Head Coach: Don Shula 315 points scored (4th of 26 teams), 174 points allowed (3rd) NFL Averages: 19.4 points/game (271.1 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: 156 293 1,983 (19) 6.24 20 10 486 2,429 ( 1) 5.0 11 4,412 ( 5) 23 Defense: 206 363 2,000 ( 6) 5.04 10 17 403 1,661 ( 8) 4.1 10 3,661 ( 5) 31
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 1 Garo Yepremian K 14 5'8 165 27 4 None 10 George Mira QB 6 5'11 192 29 7 Miami 12 Bob Griese QB 14 6'1 190 26 5 Purdue 13 Jake Scott DB 14 6'0 188 26 2 Georgia 15 Charlie Leigh RB 14 5'11 205 26 3 None 20 Larry Seiple P 14 6'0 215 26 5 Kentucky 21 Jim Kiick RB 13 5'11 215 25 4 Wyoming 22 Mercury Morris RB 14 5'10 190 24 3 West Texas State 25 Tim Foley DB 14 6'0 194 23 2 Purdue 26 Lloyd Mumphord DB 14 5'11 180 24 3 Texas Southern 31 Terry Cole RB 4 6'1 220 26 4 Indiana 32 Hubert Ginn RB 14 5'11 188 24 2 Florida A&M 39 Larry Csonka RB 14 6'3 237 24 4 Syracuse 40 Dick Anderson DB 14 6'2 196 25 4 Colorado 42 Paul Warfield WR 14 6'0 185 28 8 Ohio State 45 Curtis Johnson DB 14 6'2 196 23 2 Toledo 48 Bob Petrella DB 12 6'0 190 26 6 Tennessee 49 Ray Jones DB 2 6'0 187 23 2 Southern 53 Bob Matheson LB 14 6'4 240 26 5 Duke 56 Jesse Powell LB 14 6'1 215 24 3 West Texas State 57 Mike Kolen LB 14 6'2 220 23 2 Auburn 58 Dale Farley LB 4 6'3 235 22 R West Virginia 59 Doug Swift LB 14 6'3 228 23 2 Amherst 61 Bob DeMarco C 14 6'3 250 33 11 Dayton 62 Jim Langer OG 14 6'2 250 23 2 South Dakota State 66 Larry Little OG 14 6'1 265 25 5 Bethune-Cookman 67 Bob Kuechenberg OG 14 6'3 247 24 2 Notre Dame 70 Jim Riley DE 13 6'4 250 26 5 Oklahoma 71 Frank Cornish DT 10 6'6 285 27 6 Grambling 72 Bob Heinz DT 14 6'6 270 24 3 Pacific 73 Norm Evans OT 14 6'5 252 29 7 Texas Christian 74 John Richardson DT 10 6'2 248 26 5 UCLA 75 Manny Fernandez DT 14 6'2 248 25 4 Utah 77 Doug Crusan OT 14 6'5 250 25 4 Indiana 78 Wayne Mass OT 11 6'4 240 25 4 Clemson 79 Wayne Moore OT 1 6'6 265 26 2 Lamar 80 Marv Fleming TE 14 6'4 235 29 9 Utah 81 Howard Twilley WR 14 5'10 185 27 6 Tulsa 82 Otto Stowe WR 12 6'2 188 22 R Iowa State 84 Bill Stanfill DE 13 6'5 250 24 3 Georgia 85 Nick Buoniconti LB 14 5'11 220 30 10 Notre Dame 86 Vern Den Herder DE 14 6'6 250 22 R Central College (IA) 88 Jim Mandich TE 11 6'3 224 23 2 Michigan 89 Karl Noonan WR 14 6'3 198 27 6 Iowa
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Bob Griese 263 145 55.1 2,089 7.94 14.4 19 7.2 9 3.4 23 248 90.9 George Mira 30 11 36.7 159 5.30 14.5 1 3.3 1 3.3 2 17 51.9
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Paul Warfield 43 996 23.2 11 Jim Kiick 40 338 8.4 0 Howard Twilley 23 349 15.2 4 Marv Fleming 13 137 10.5 2 Larry Csonka 13 113 8.7 1 Karl Noonan 10 180 18.0 0 Otto Stowe 5 68 13.6 1 Mercury Morris 5 16 3.2 0 Jim Mandich 3 19 6.3 1 Larry Seiple 1 32 32.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Larry Csonka 195 1,051 5.4 7 Jim Kiick 162 738 4.6 3 Mercury Morris 57 315 5.5 1 Paul Warfield 9 115 12.8 0 Hubert Ginn 22 97 4.4 0 Bob Griese 26 82 3.2 0 Charlie Leigh 5 15 3.0 0 Larry Seiple 1 14 14.0 0 Terry Cole 3 11 3.7 0 George Mira 6 -9 -1.5 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Mercury Morris 15 423 28.2 1 Hubert Ginn 10 252 25.2 0 Charlie Leigh 4 99 24.8 0 Bob Matheson 3 32 10.7 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Jake Scott 33 318 9.6 18 0 Dick Anderson 8 114 14.2 3 0 |
1971 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 2 47 WR Otto Stowe 36 Iowa State 3 74 LB Dale Farley 13 West Virginia 4 99 QB Joe Theismann 167 Notre Dame 6 151 LB Dennis Coleman 9 Mississippi 7 178 DB Ron Dickerson Kansas State 9 230 DE Vern Den Herder 166 Central College (Ia.) 10 255 DT Ron Maree Purdue 11 282 OT Vic Surma Penn State 12 307 RB Leroy Byars Alcorn A&M 13 333 DB Lonnie Hepburn 31 Texas Southern 14 359 TE David Vaughn Memphis 15 386 OG Bob Richards California 16 410 WR Chris Myers Kenyon 17 437 LB Curt Mark Mayville State (N.D.)
Traded draft picks: #1 to BAL (Don McCauley), #5 to PIT (Ralph Anderson), #8 to PIT (Ernie Holmes)
Transactions:
| 06-05-1971 | Saints claimed Jim Cox on waivers |
| 07-24-1971 | traded a draft pick to Giants for Wes Grant |
| 08-24-1971 | traded an undisclosed draft pick to Oilers for Russell Price |
| 08-26-1971 | claimed Dick Daniels on waivers from Bears |
| 09-01-1971 | traded Miami's #2 pick in the 1972 draft to Browns for Bob Matheson |
| 09-08-1971 | traded Carl Mauck to Chargers for Tony Liscio and San Diego's #4 pick in the 1972 draft |
| 11-23-1971 | traded John Stofa to Broncos for Denver's #7 pick in the 1972 draft |
| 11-23-1971 | traded Miami's #10 pick in the 1972 draft to Oilers for Russell Price |
Playoff Results: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result 12/25/71 at Kansas City Chiefs W 27-24 (OT) 01/02/72 vs Baltimore Colts W 21-0 Super Bowl VI 01/16/72 at Dallas Cowboys L 3-24
1971 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/19/71 at Denver Broncos T 10-10 0-0-1 09/26/71 at Buffalo Bills W 29-14 1-0-1 10/03/71 vs New York Jets L 10-14 1-1-1 10/10/71 at Cincinnati Bengals W 23-13 2-1-1 10/17/71 vs New England Patriots W 41-3 3-1-1 10/24/71 at New York Jets W 30-14 4-1-1 10/31/71 at Los Angeles Rams W 20-14 5-1-1 11/07/71 vs Buffalo Bills W 34-0 6-1-1 11/14/71 vs Pittsburgh Steelers W 24-21 7-1-1 11/21/71 vs Baltimore Colts W 17-14 8-1-1 11/29/71 vs Chicago Bears W 34-3 9-1-1 12/05/71 at New England Patriots L 13-34 9-2-1 12/11/71 at Baltimore Colts L 3-14 9-3-1 12/19/71 vs Green Bay Packers W 27-6 10-3-1