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1976 Miami Dolphins: 6-8-0
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Home record: 3-4-0 (139 points scored, 127 allowed) Road record: 3-4-0 (124 points scored, 137 allowed) Head Coach: Don Shula 263 points scored (15th of 28 teams), 264 points allowed (15th) NFL Averages: 19.2 points/game (268.1 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: 193 346 2,268 (10) 5.92 15 15 491 2,118 (13) 4.3 15 4,386 (13) 23 Defense: 195 347 2,670 (28) 7.28 20 11 525 2,411 (22) 4.6 14 5,081 (26) 29


Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 1 Garo Yepremian K 14 5'8 175 32 9 None 10 Don Strock QB 4 6'5 218 25 3 Virginia Tech 12 Bob Griese QB 13 6'1 190 31 10 Purdue 15 Earl Morrall QB 14 6'1 210 42 21 Michigan State 20 Larry Seiple P 14 6'0 214 31 10 Kentucky 25 Tim Foley DB 2 6'0 194 28 7 Purdue 26 Duriel Harris WR 12 5'11 175 21 R New Mexico State 27 Gary Davis RB 14 5'10 202 22 R Cal Poly-S.L.O. 30 Bryant Salter DB 12 6'4 196 26 6 Pittsburgh 31 Norm Bulaich RB 11 6'1 218 29 7 Texas Christian 32 Benny Malone RB 14 5'10 193 24 3 Arizona State 33 Stan Winfrey RB 14 5'11 223 23 2 Arkansas State 35 Clayton Heath RB 6 5'11 195 25 1 Wake Forest 36 Don Nottingham RB 14 5'10 210 27 6 Kent State 40 Dick Anderson DB 9 6'2 196 30 8 Colorado 41 Jeris White DB 14 5'11 180 24 3 Hawaii 43 Mike Holmes DB 3 6'2 198 25 3 Texas Southern 44 Barry Hill DB 6 6'3 185 23 2 Iowa State 45 Curtis Johnson DB 13 6'2 196 28 7 Toledo 47 Ted Bachman DB 8 6'0 190 24 1 New Mexico State 48 Ken Ellis DB 12 5'10 190 29 7 Southern 49 Charlie Babb DB 14 6'0 190 26 5 Memphis 50 Larry Gordon LB 14 6'4 230 23 R Arizona State 51 Rusty Chambers LB 10 6'1 215 22 2 Tulane 51 Andy Selfridge LB 1 6'4 220 27 4 Virginia 52 Mike Dennery LB 3 6'0 225 26 3 Southern Mississippi 53 Bob Matheson LB 13 6'4 235 31 10 Duke 56 Steve Towle LB 14 6'2 233 23 2 Kansas 60 Don Reese DE 14 6'6 255 25 3 Jackson State 62 Jim Langer C 14 6'2 253 28 7 South Dakota State 64 Ed Newman OG 14 6'2 245 25 4 Duke 66 Larry Little OG 14 6'1 265 30 10 Bethune-Cookman 67 Bob Kuechenberg OG 10 6'3 252 29 7 Notre Dame 68 Mel Mitchell OG 12 6'3 260 23 R Tennessee State 70 John Andrews DE 14 6'6 251 24 2 Morgan State 71 Darryl Carlton OT 14 6'6 260 23 2 Tampa 72 Bob Heinz DT 14 6'6 265 29 7 Pacific 74 Randy Crowder DT 14 6'2 236 23 3 Penn State 78 Tom Drougas OT 14 6'4 255 26 5 Oregon 79 Wayne Moore OT 14 6'6 265 31 7 Lamar 80 Loaird McCreary TE 14 6'5 227 23 R Tennessee State 81 Ike Hill WR 2 5'10 180 29 5 Catawba 81 Howard Twilley WR 8 5'10 185 32 11 Tulsa 82 Morris Owens WR 2 6'0 190 23 2 Arizona State 83 Vern Den Herder DE 14 6'6 252 27 6 Central College (IA) 84 Bill Stanfill DE 14 6'5 252 29 8 Georgia 85 Nick Buoniconti LB 11 5'11 210 35 14 Notre Dame 86 Freddie Solomon WR 10 5'11 181 23 2 Tampa 87 Andre Tillman TE 14 6'5 230 23 2 Texas Tech 88 Jim Mandich TE 14 6'3 224 28 7 Michigan 89 Nat Moore WR 9 5'9 180 25 3 Florida
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Bob Griese 272 162 59.6 2,097 7.71 12.9 11 4.0 12 4.4 30 266 78.9 Don Strock 47 21 44.7 359 7.64 17.1 3 6.4 2 4.3 4 41 74.7 Earl Morrall 26 10 38.5 148 5.69 14.8 1 3.8 1 3.8 3 29 54.6 Freddie Solomon 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6
Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Nat Moore              33    625   18.9    4
Norm Bulaich           28    151    5.4    0
Freddie Solomon        27    453   16.8    2
Duriel Harris          22    372   16.9    1
Jim Mandich            22    260   11.8    4
Howard Twilley         14    214   15.3    1
Andre Tillman          13    130   10.0    1
Larry Seiple           10    138   13.8    1
Benny Malone            9    103   11.4    0
Stan Winfrey            6     55    9.2    1
Don Nottingham          4     33    8.2    0
Loaird McCreary         2     51   25.5    0
Gary Davis              2      8    4.0    0
Mike Holmes             1     11   11.0    0
Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Benny Malone          186    797    4.3    4
Norm Bulaich          122    540    4.4    4
Stan Winfrey           52    205    3.9    1
Don Nottingham         63    185    2.9    3
Gary Davis             31    160    5.2    1
Bob Griese             23    108    4.7    0
Freddie Solomon         4     60   15.0    1
Nat Moore               4     36    9.0    0
Larry Seiple            3     14    4.7    0
Don Strock              2     13    6.5    1
Clayton Heath           1      0    0.0    0
Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Gary Davis             26    617   23.7    0
Duriel Harris          17    559   32.9    0
Don Nottingham          6    107   17.8    0
Nat Moore               2     28   14.0    0
Stan Winfrey            2     24   12.0    0
Freddie Solomon         1     12   12.0    0
Andre Tillman           1      0    0.0    0
Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Freddie Solomon        13    205   15.8    0    1
Duriel Harris           9     79    8.8    0    0
Nat Moore               8     72    9.0    3    0
Charlie Babb            3     38   12.7    1    0
Dick Anderson           2     21   10.5    1    0
Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Larry Seiple 62 2,366 38.2 5 14 0 34 272 32.2 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Garo Yepremian 0/0 9/10 2/4 4/8 1/1 16/23 29/31 77 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Dick Anderson 1 32 0 John Andrews 2.0 Charlie Babb 0.5 2 20 0 Nick Buoniconti 1.0 Randy Crowder 2.0 Vern Den Herder 3.0 Ken Ellis 2 40 0 Larry Gordon 0.5 Bob Heinz 1.0 Curtis Johnson 1 14 0 Bob Matheson 1.0 2 34 0 Don Reese 4.0 Bryant Salter 1 0 0 Bill Stanfill 4.0 Steve Towle 1.0 Jeris White 2 4 0
1976 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 17 LB Larry Gordon 100 Arizona State [pick acquired from WAS] 1 19 DE Kim Bokamper 127 San Jose State 2 49 TE Loaird McCreary 55 Tennessee State 3 80 WR Duriel Harris 127 New Mexico State 4 98 OG Melvin Mitchell 34 Tennessee State [pick acquired from NYJ via CHI] 6 174 RB Gary Davis 80 Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo 7 185 OG Joe Ingersoll Nevada-Las Vegas [pick acquired from NO] 7 200 DE John Owens Tennessee State 8 230 OT Bob Simpson 5 Colorado 9 257 DB Norris Thomas 112 Southern Mississippi 10 281 DB Gary Fencik 164 Yale [pick acquired from WAS] 10 282 RB Don Testerman 49 Clemson 11 312 RB Dexter Pride Minnesota 12 339 OT Randy Young 9 Iowa State 12 342 DT Darryl Brandford Northwestern [pick acquired from STL] 13 366 C Bernie Head Tulsa 14 396 LB Bob Gissler South Dakota State 15 423 RB Ron Holmes Utah State 16 450 P Mike Green Ohio 17 480 QB Jeff Grantz South Carolina

Traded draft picks: #4 to PHI (Mike Smith), #5 to DET (Steadman Scavella)


Transactions:
03-30-1976Buccaneers selected Bruce Elia in expansion draft
03-30-1976Buccaneers selected Doug Swift in expansion draft
03-30-1976Seahawks selected Norm Evans in expansion draft
04-06-1976traded Rodrigo Barnes to Cardinals for St. Louis' #12 pick in the 1976 draft
04-06-1976Browns signed Paul Warfield as a free agent
04-06-1976received the Giants' #3 picks in the 1978 and 1979 drafts from Giants as compensation for Larry Csonka
04-08-1976received Cleveland's #4 and #7 picks in the 1978 draft from Browns as compensation for free agent Paul Warfield
04-10-1976received Denver's #12 pick in the 1978 draft and #8 pick in the 1979 draft from Broncos as compensation for Jim Kiick
08-03-1976placed Dick Anderson on injured reserve
08-03-1976placed Manny Fernandez on injured reserve
08-21-1976placed Freddie Solomon on injured reserve
08-24-1976traded Mercury Morris to Chargers for San Diego's #4 pick in the 1977 draft
08-24-1976traded Jake Scott and Miami's #4 pick in the 1977 draft to Redskins for Bryant Salter
09-02-1976traded Miami's #6 pick in the 1977 draft to Giants for Andy Selfridge
09-21-1976traded Miami's #3 pick and San Diego's #4 pick in the 1977 draft to Oilers for Ken Ellis
12-03-1976Seahawks claimed Bryant Salter on waivers


1976 Regular Season Game Log:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result        Record
09/13/76    at Buffalo Bills           W 30-21       1-0-0
09/19/76    at New England Patriots    L 14-30       1-1-0
09/26/76    vs New York Jets           W 16-0        2-1-0
10/03/76    vs Los Angeles Rams        L 28-31       2-2-0
10/10/76    at Baltimore Colts         L 14-28       2-3-0
10/17/76    vs Kansas City Chiefs      L 17-20 (OT)  2-4-0
10/24/76    at Tampa Bay Buccaneers    W 23-20       3-4-0
10/31/76    vs New England Patriots    W 10-3        4-4-0
11/07/76    at New York Jets           W 27-7        5-4-0
11/14/76    at Pittsburgh Steelers     L 3-14        5-5-0
11/22/76    vs Baltimore Colts         L 16-17       5-6-0
11/28/76    at Cleveland Browns        L 13-17       5-7-0
12/05/76    vs Buffalo Bills           W 45-27       6-7-0
12/11/76    vs Minnesota Vikings       L 7-29        6-8-0

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