1977 Miami Dolphins: 10-4-0
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Home record: 6-1-0 (157 points scored, 76 allowed) Road record: 4-3-0 (156 points scored, 121 allowed) Head Coach: Don Shula
313 points scored (3rd of 28 teams), 197 points allowed (5th) NFL Averages: 17.2 points/game (240.5 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: 182 311 1,961 (16) 5.65 22 14 519 2,366 ( 5) 4.6 18 4,327 (10) 27
Defense: 226 414 2,233 (24) 5.15 10 15 467 1,749 ( 6) 3.7 12 3,982 (16) 33
Team roster (starters in bold):
# Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 1 Garo Yepremian K 14 5'8 175 33 10 None 10 Don Strock QB 4 6'5 218 26 4 Virginia Tech 12 Bob Griese QB 14 6'1 190 32 11 Purdue 17 Mike Michel P 13 5'10 177 23 R Stanford 20 Larry Seiple P 13 6'0 214 32 11 Kentucky 21 Rick Volk DB 3 6'3 195 32 11 Michigan 25 Tim Foley DB 14 6'0 194 29 8 Purdue 27 Gary Davis RB 14 5'10 202 23 2 Cal Poly-S.L.O. 31 Norm Bulaich RB 14 6'1 218 30 8 Texas Christian 32 Benny Malone RB 14 5'10 193 25 4 Arizona State 33 Stan Winfrey RB 3 5'11 223 24 3 Arkansas State 36 Don Nottingham RB 14 5'10 210 28 7 Kent State 38 Leroy Harris RB 11 5'9 220 23 R Arkansas State 40 Dick Anderson DB 14 6'2 196 31 9 Colorado 41 Norris Thomas DB 14 5'11 170 23 1 Southern Mississippi 42 Vern Roberson DB 14 6'1 195 25 1 Grambling 44 Charles Cornelius DB 13 5'9 176 25 1 Bethune-Cookman 45 Curtis Johnson DB 14 6'2 196 29 8 Toledo 48 Wade Bosarge DB 5 5'10 175 22 R Tulsa 49 Charlie Babb DB 6 6'0 190 27 6 Memphis 50 Larry Gordon LB 14 6'4 230 24 2 Arizona State 51 Rusty Chambers LB 14 6'1 220 23 3 Tulane 52 Larry Ball LB 8 6'6 235 28 6 Louisville 53 Bob Matheson LB 14 6'4 235 32 11 Duke 55 Earnest Rhone LB 4 6'2 212 24 2 Henderson State 56 Steve Towle LB 12 6'2 233 24 3 Kansas 57 Mike Kolen LB 6 6'2 222 29 7 Auburn 58 Kim Bokamper DE 14 6'6 245 23 1 San Jose State 59 Guy Roberts LB 4 6'1 220 27 6 Maryland 60 Mel Mitchell OG 3 6'3 260 24 2 Tennessee State 62 Jim Langer C 14 6'2 253 29 8 South Dakota State 64 Ed Newman OG 14 6'2 245 26 5 Duke 65 Wally Pesuit OG 14 6'4 250 23 2 Kentucky 66 Larry Little OG 14 6'1 265 31 11 Bethune-Cookman 67 Bob Kuechenberg OG 14 6'3 255 30 8 Notre Dame 71 Mike Current OT 14 6'4 270 32 11 Ohio State 72 Bob Heinz DT 14 6'6 260 30 8 Pacific 73 Bob Baumhower DT 14 6'5 258 22 R Alabama 74 Steve Young OT 14 6'8 270 24 2 Colorado 75 Rick Dvorak DE 1 6'4 245 25 4 Wichita State 76 John Alexander DE 4 6'2 250 21 R Rutgers 77 A.J. Duhe LB 14 6'4 247 21 R Louisiana State 78 Carl Barisich DT 3 6'4 255 26 5 Princeton 79 Wayne Moore OT 14 6'6 265 32 8 Lamar 80 Loaird McCreary TE 14 6'5 227 24 2 Tennessee State 82 Duriel Harris WR 14 5'11 175 22 2 New Mexico State 83 Vern Den Herder DE 11 6'6 252 28 7 Central College (IA) 85 Terry Anderson WR 11 5'9 182 22 R Bethune-Cookman 86 Freddie Solomon WR 13 5'11 181 24 3 Tampa 87 Andre Tillman TE 14 6'5 230 24 3 Texas Tech 88 Jim Mandich TE 14 6'3 214 29 8 Michigan 89 Nat Moore WR 14 5'9 180 26 4 Florida
Per Per
Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating
Bob Griese 307 180 58.6 2,252 7.34 12.5 22 7.2 13 4.2 36 303 87.8
Don Strock 4 2 50.0 12 3.00 6.0 0 0.0 1 25.0 0 0 16.7
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Nat Moore 52 765 14.7 12 Duriel Harris 34 601 17.7 5 Norm Bulaich 25 180 7.2 0 Andre Tillman 17 169 9.9 2 Gary Davis 14 151 10.8 1 Freddie Solomon 12 181 15.1 1 Don Nottingham 8 58 7.2 0 Leroy Harris 7 29 4.1 0 Jim Mandich 6 63 10.5 0 Benny Malone 4 58 14.5 0 Loaird McCreary 2 10 5.0 1 Larry Seiple 1 -1 -1.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Benny Malone 129 615 4.8 5 Gary Davis 126 533 4.2 2 Leroy Harris 91 417 4.6 4 Norm Bulaich 91 416 4.6 4 Don Nottingham 44 214 4.9 2 Nat Moore 14 89 6.4 1 Freddie Solomon 6 43 7.2 0 Bob Griese 16 30 1.9 0 Terry Anderson 1 11 11.0 0 Mike Michel 1 -2 -2.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Gary Davis 14 414 29.6 0 Freddie Solomon 10 273 27.3 1 Terry Anderson 7 167 23.9 0 Duriel Harris 4 91 22.8 0 Don Nottingham 2 36 18.0 0 Loaird McCreary 1 30 30.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Freddie Solomon 32 285 8.9 1 0 Dick Anderson 4 3 0.8 1 0 Charlie Babb 2 10 5.0 1 0 Gary Davis 1 11 11.0 3 0 Terry Anderson 1 6 6.0 0 0 |
1977 Draft:NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 13 DE A.J. Duhe 108 LSU 2 40 DT Bob Baumhower 130 Alabama State 3 71 OT Mike Watson Miami (Ohio) [pick acquired from CHI] 5 113 K Mike Michel 23 Stanford [pick acquired from TB] 5 123 RB Leroy Harris 63 Arkansas State 7 180 LB Bruce Herron 71 New Mexico 8 207 DB Horace Perkins 16 Colorado 9 237 RB Robert Turner 4 Oklahoma State 10 264 TE Mark Carter Eastern Michigan 11 291 DE John Alexander 12 Rutgers 12 321 WR Terry Anderson 29 Bethune-Cookman
Traded draft picks: #3 to HOU (Jimmy Giles), #4 to WAS (Duncan McColl), #6 to NYG (Emery Moorehead)
Transactions:
| 01-21-1977 | traded the rights to Ray Nettles to Buccaneers for Tampa's #5 pick and a #6 pick in the 1977 draft |
| 02-07-1977 | traded a #6 pick in the 1977 draft to Buccaneers for Barry Smith and Randy Young |
| 05-17-1977 | Earl Morrall retired |
| 07-1977 | traded Miami's #11 pick in the 1978 draft to Seahawks for Carl Barisich |
| 07-14-1977 | traded a conditional #10 pick in the 1978 draft to Chargers for the rights to Jim Stansik |
| 08-08-1977 | traded Darryl Carlton to Buccaneers for Mike Current and Tampa's #5 pick in the 1978 draft |
| 08-08-1977 | traded Tampa's #5 pick in the 1978 draft to Buccaneers for Steve Young |
| 09-05-1977 | traded Jeris White to Buccaneers for Tampa's #5 pick in the 1978 draft |
1977 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/18/77 at Buffalo Bills W 13-0 1-0-0 09/25/77 at San Francisco 49ers W 19-15 2-0-0 10/02/77 vs Houston Oilers W 27-7 3-0-0 10/09/77 at Baltimore Colts L 28-45 3-1-0 10/16/77 vs New York Jets W 21-17 4-1-0 10/23/77 vs Seattle Seahawks W 31-13 5-1-0 10/30/77 vs San Diego Chargers L 13-14 5-2-0 11/06/77 at New York Jets W 14-10 6-2-0 11/13/77 vs New England Patriots W 17-5 7-2-0 11/20/77 at Cincinnati Bengals L 17-23 7-3-0 11/24/77 at St. Louis Cardinals W 55-14 8-3-0 12/05/77 vs Baltimore Colts W 17-6 9-3-0 12/11/77 at New England Patriots L 10-14 9-4-0 12/17/77 vs Buffalo Bills W 31-14 10-4-0
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