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1971 Miami Dolphins: 10-3-1
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Home 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
Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Larry Seiple 52 2,087 40.1 0 0 1 0 0 39.4 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Garo Yepremian 7/7 8/8 6/11 7/12 0/2 28/40 33/33 117 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Dick Anderson 1.0 2 33 0 Nick Buoniconti 1.0 1 16 0 Frank Cornish 2.0 Vern Den Herder 1.0 Manny Fernandez 8.0 Tim Foley 4 14 0 Bob Heinz 3.5 Curtis Johnson 2 34 0 Jesse Powell 1.0 Jim Riley 7.5 Jake Scott 7 34 0 Bill Stanfill 6.5 Doug Swift 2.0 1 12 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:

06-05-1971Saints claimed Jim Cox on waivers
07-24-1971traded a draft pick to Giants for Wes Grant
08-24-1971traded an undisclosed draft pick to Oilers for Russell Price
08-26-1971claimed Dick Daniels on waivers from Bears
09-01-1971traded Miami's #2 pick in the 1972 draft to Browns for Bob Matheson
09-08-1971traded Carl Mauck to Chargers for Tony Liscio and San Diego's #4 pick in the 1972 draft
11-23-1971traded John Stofa to Broncos for Denver's #7 pick in the 1972 draft
11-23-1971traded 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

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