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