1977 Miami Dolphins roster and stats

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

Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Mike Michel 35 1,338 38.2 0 9 0 22 202 32.5 Larry Seiple 22 801 36.4 1 5 1 7 65 31.1 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Garo Yepremian 0/0 3/4 5/7 2/9 0/2 10/22 37/40 67 Mike Michel 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/ 0 0/ 1 0 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Charlie Babb 1.0 1 15 0 Bob Baumhower 4.0 Kim Bokamper 2.5 Vern Den Herder 1.5 A.J. Duhe 7.0 Tim Foley 3 17 0 Larry Gordon 2.0 1 27 0 Curtis Johnson 4 35 0 Bob Matheson 2.0 1 7 0 Vern Roberson 1 0 0 Norris Thomas 3 23 0 Rick Volk 1 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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