1975 Miami Dolphins: 10-4-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 5-2-0 (154 points scored, 128 allowed) Road record: 5-2-0 (203 points scored, 94 allowed) Head Coach: Don Shula 357 points scored (6th of 26 teams), 222 points allowed (4th) NFL Averages: 20.6 points/game (288.3 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: 170 279 2,009 (20) 6.65 19 17 594 2,500 ( 4) 4.2 26 4,509 (11) 26 Defense: 200 375 2,021 ( 7) 4.87 9 21 443 1,768 ( 5) 4.0 14 3,789 ( 7) 30
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 1 Garo Yepremian K 14 5'8 175 31 8 None 10 Don Strock QB 6 6'5 216 24 2 Virginia Tech 12 Bob Griese QB 10 6'1 190 30 9 Purdue 13 Jake Scott DB 14 6'0 188 30 6 Georgia 15 Earl Morrall QB 13 6'1 210 41 20 Michigan State 20 Larry Seiple P 14 6'0 214 30 9 Kentucky 22 Mercury Morris RB 14 5'10 192 28 7 West Texas State 25 Tim Foley DB 14 6'0 194 27 6 Purdue 28 Hubert Ginn RB 11 5'11 185 28 6 Florida A&M 31 Norm Bulaich RB 14 6'1 220 28 6 Texas Christian 32 Benny Malone RB 10 5'10 193 23 2 Arizona State 33 Stan Winfrey RB 11 5'11 223 22 R Arkansas State 36 Don Nottingham RB 14 5'10 210 26 5 Kent State 41 Jeris White DB 14 5'11 180 23 2 Hawaii 44 Barry Hill DB 14 6'3 185 22 R Iowa State 45 Curtis Johnson DB 14 6'2 196 27 6 Toledo 49 Charlie Babb DB 14 6'0 190 25 4 Memphis 50 Bruce Elia LB 14 6'1 222 22 R Ohio State 51 Rodrigo Barnes LB 5 6'1 215 25 3 Rice 53 Bob Matheson LB 14 6'4 235 30 9 Duke 55 Earnest Rhone LB 14 6'2 212 22 R Henderson State 56 Steve Towle LB 14 6'2 233 22 R Kansas 57 Mike Kolen LB 9 6'2 232 27 6 Auburn 59 Doug Swift LB 14 6'3 226 27 6 Amherst 62 Jim Langer C 14 6'2 253 27 6 South Dakota State 64 Ed Newman OG 14 6'2 245 24 3 Duke 66 Larry Little OG 14 6'1 265 29 9 Bethune-Cookman 67 Bob Kuechenberg OG 14 6'3 252 28 6 Notre Dame 70 John Andrews DE 14 6'6 250 23 1 Morgan State 71 Darryl Carlton OT 14 6'6 260 22 R Tampa 73 Norm Evans OT 14 6'5 250 33 11 Texas Christian 74 Randy Crowder DT 13 6'2 236 22 2 Penn State 75 Manny Fernandez DT 10 6'2 250 29 8 Utah 76 Don Reese DE 14 6'6 255 24 2 Jackson State 78 Tom Drougas OT 14 6'4 255 25 4 Oregon 79 Wayne Moore OT 14 6'6 265 30 6 Lamar 80 Jim McFarland TE 6 6'5 225 28 6 Nebraska 81 Howard Twilley WR 14 5'10 185 31 10 Tulsa 82 Cotton Speyrer WR 4 6'0 175 26 4 Texas 82 Morris Owens WR 2 6'0 190 22 R Arizona State 83 Vern Den Herder DE 14 6'6 252 26 5 Central College (IA) 84 Bill Stanfill DE 13 6'5 252 28 7 Georgia 86 Freddie Solomon WR 14 5'11 180 22 R Tampa 87 Andre Tillman TE 14 6'5 230 22 1 Texas Tech 88 Jim Mandich TE 14 6'3 224 27 6 Michigan 89 Nat Moore WR 14 5'9 180 24 2 Florida
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Bob Griese 191 118 61.8 1,693 8.86 14.3 14 7.3 13 6.8 16 131 86.6 Don Strock 45 26 57.8 230 5.11 8.8 2 4.4 2 4.4 3 29 67.8 Earl Morrall 43 26 60.5 273 6.35 10.5 3 7.0 2 4.7 4 27 82.8
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Nat Moore 40 705 17.6 4 Norm Bulaich 32 276 8.6 5 Howard Twilley 24 366 15.2 4 Freddie Solomon 22 339 15.4 2 Jim Mandich 21 217 10.3 4 Larry Seiple 10 84 8.4 0 Don Nottingham 9 66 7.3 0 Andre Tillman 5 60 12.0 0 Hubert Ginn 3 21 7.0 0 Benny Malone 2 47 23.5 0 Mercury Morris 2 15 7.5 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Mercury Morris 219 875 4.0 4 Don Nottingham 168 718 4.3 12 Norm Bulaich 78 309 4.0 5 Benny Malone 65 220 3.4 3 Freddie Solomon 4 87 21.8 0 Hubert Ginn 21 78 3.7 0 Nat Moore 8 69 8.6 0 Bob Griese 17 59 3.5 1 Don Strock 6 38 6.3 1 Earl Morrall 4 33 8.2 0 Stan Winfrey 3 10 3.3 0 Larry Seiple 1 4 4.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Freddie Solomon 17 348 20.5 0 Nat Moore 9 243 27.0 0 Hubert Ginn 9 235 26.1 0 Don Nottingham 3 80 26.7 0 Stan Winfrey 1 25 25.0 0 Benny Malone 1 18 18.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Freddie Solomon 26 320 12.3 4 1 Nat Moore 8 80 10.0 2 0 Charlie Babb 7 95 13.6 4 0 Jake Scott 1 10 10.0 0 0 Hubert Ginn 1 4 4.0 0 0 |
1975 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 23 OT Darryl Carlton 71 Tampa 2 36 WR Freddie Solomon 151 Tampa [pick acquired from GB] 2 49 RB Stan Winfrey 30 Arkansas State 3 75 LB Gerald Hill Houston 4 100 LB Bruce Elia 55 Ohio State 5 106 WR Morris Owens 62 Arizona State [pick acquired from NYG] 5 127 DB Barry Hill 20 Iowa State 6 143 LB Steve Towle 78 Kansas [pick acquired from NYJ] 7 179 RB Phillip Kent Baylor 8 205 DT Barney Crawford Harding 9 231 OG James Wilson Clark Atlanta 10 239 RB Clyde Russell Oklahoma [pick acquired from CHI] 10 256 TE Joe Jackson Penn State [pick acquired from WAS] 10 257 K Joe Danelo 136 Washington State 11 283 DB John Dilworth N.W. Louisiana 12 309 OT Joe Yancey Henderson State 13 334 WR Leonard Isabell Tulsa 14 339 DB James Lewis Tennessee State [pick acquired from NYG] 14 361 QB John Graham Colorado State 15 387 RB Skip Johns Carson-Newman 16 413 C Vernon Smith Georgia 17 439 RB Dwaine Copeland Middle Tennessee State
Traded draft picks: #6 to NYJ (Tom Alward)
Transactions:
| 01-28-1975 | traded Henry Stuckey to Giants for the Giants' #5 pick in the 1975 draft |
| 01-29-1975 | traded the rights to Karl Lorch to Redskins for Washington's #10 pick in the 1976 draft |
| 05-06-1975 | traded Marlin Briscoe and Hubie Ginn to Cardinals for Donny Anderson |
| 07-09-1975 | traded Miami's #4 pick in the 1976 draft to Eagles for Norm Bulaich |
| 07-22-1975 | traded Bruce Bannon to Chargers for Pete Lazetich |
| 07-28-1975 | Irv Goode retired |
| 08-13-1975 | Chiefs claimed Clyde Russell on waivers |
| 08-21-1975 | traded an undisclosed draft pick to Redskins for Cotton Speyrer |
| 09-07-1975 | traded Larry Ball and Miami's #5 pick in the 1976 draft to Lions for Detroit's #4 pick in the 1976 draft |
| 09-09-1975 | placed Dick Anderson on injured reserve |
| 09-09-1975 | placed Nick Buoniconti on injured reserve |
| 09-09-1975 | traded Melvin Baker to Saints for New Orleans' #7 pick in the 1976 draft |
1975 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/22/75 vs Oakland Raiders L 21-31 0-1-0 09/28/75 at New England Patriots W 22-14 1-1-0 10/05/75 at Green Bay Packers W 31-7 2-1-0 10/12/75 vs Philadelphia Eagles W 24-16 3-1-0 10/19/75 at New York Jets W 43-0 4-1-0 10/26/75 at Buffalo Bills W 35-30 5-1-0 11/02/75 at Chicago Bears W 46-13 6-1-0 11/09/75 vs New York Jets W 27-7 7-1-0 11/16/75 at Houston Oilers L 19-20 7-2-0 11/23/75 vs Baltimore Colts L 17-33 7-3-0 12/01/75 vs New England Patriots W 20-7 8-3-0 12/07/75 vs Buffalo Bills W 31-21 9-3-0 12/14/75 at Baltimore Colts L 7-10 (OT) 9-4-0 12/20/75 vs Denver Broncos W 14-13 10-4-0