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1978 Miami Dolphins: 11-5-0
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Home record: 7-1-0 (184 points scored, 91 allowed) Road record: 4-4-0 (188 points scored, 163 allowed) Head Coach: Don Shula 372 points scored (2nd of 28 teams), 254 points allowed (6th) NFL Averages: 18.3 points/game (293.3 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: 226 379 2,469 (15) 6.08 24 18 548 2,366 (11) 4.3 18 4,835 (13) 30 Defense: 256 437 2,908 (26) 6.08 15 32 543 2,261 (16) 4.2 15 5,169 (23) 53


Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 1 Garo Yepremian K 16 5'8 175 34 11 None 4 George Roberts P 16 6'0 172 23 R Virginia Tech 7 Guy Benjamin QB 3 6'4 210 23 R Stanford 10 Don Strock QB 16 6'5 220 27 5 Virginia Tech 12 Bob Griese QB 11 6'1 190 33 12 Purdue 21 Rick Volk DB 16 6'3 195 33 12 Michigan 24 Delvin Williams RB 16 6'0 195 27 5 Kansas 25 Tim Foley DB 16 6'0 194 30 9 Purdue 27 Gary Davis RB 14 5'10 202 24 3 Cal Poly-S.L.O. 31 Norm Bulaich RB 16 6'1 212 31 9 Texas Christian 32 Benny Malone RB 6 5'10 193 26 5 Arizona State 34 Jim Braxton RB 10 6'2 240 29 8 West Virginia 38 Leroy Harris RB 15 5'9 220 24 2 Arkansas State 41 Norris Thomas DB 16 5'11 175 24 2 Southern Mississippi 44 Charles Cornelius DB 16 5'9 178 26 2 Bethune-Cookman 45 Curtis Johnson DB 15 6'2 196 30 9 Toledo 48 Gerald Small DB 16 5'11 187 22 R San Jose State 49 Charlie Babb DB 16 6'0 190 28 7 Memphis 50 Larry Gordon LB 16 6'4 230 25 3 Arizona State 51 Rusty Chambers LB 16 6'1 220 24 4 Tulane 52 Larry Ball LB 6 6'6 235 29 7 Louisville 53 Bob Matheson LB 12 6'4 235 33 12 Duke 55 Earnest Rhone LB 16 6'2 212 25 3 Henderson State 56 Steve Towle LB 13 6'2 233 25 4 Kansas 57 Sean Clancy LB 16 6'4 218 22 R Amherst 58 Kim Bokamper DE 16 6'6 245 24 2 San Jose State 60 Mel Mitchell OG 4 6'2 260 25 3 Tennessee State 62 Jim Langer C 16 6'2 253 30 9 South Dakota State 64 Ed Newman OG 12 6'2 245 27 6 Duke 65 Wally Pesuit OG 16 6'4 250 24 3 Kentucky 66 Larry Little OG 16 6'1 265 32 12 Bethune-Cookman 67 Bob Kuechenberg OG 16 6'3 255 31 9 Notre Dame 68 Eric Laakso OT 16 6'4 265 21 R Tulane 70 Bob Simpson DE 5 6'5 235 24 1 Colorado 71 Mike Current OT 16 6'4 270 33 12 Ohio State 73 Bob Baumhower DT 16 6'5 258 23 2 Alabama 75 Doug Betters DE 16 6'7 250 22 R Nevada-Reno 76 John Alexander DE 8 6'2 250 22 2 Rutgers 77 A.J. Duhe LB 13 6'4 247 22 2 Louisiana State 78 Carl Barisich DT 16 6'4 255 27 6 Princeton 79 Wayne Moore OT 16 6'6 265 33 9 Lamar 80 Loaird McCreary TE 16 6'5 227 25 3 Tennessee State 81 Jimmy Cefalo WR 16 5'11 190 22 R Penn State 82 Duriel Harris WR 16 5'11 175 23 3 New Mexico State 83 Vern Den Herder DE 16 6'6 252 29 8 Central College (IA) 84 Bruce Hardy TE 16 6'5 235 22 R Arizona State 85 Bo Rather WR 3 6'1 189 28 6 Michigan 85 Terry Anderson WR 4 5'9 182 23 2 Bethune-Cookman 87 Andre Tillman TE 16 6'5 230 25 4 Texas Tech 89 Nat Moore WR 16 5'9 180 27 5 Florida
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Bob Griese 235 148 63.0 1,791 7.62 12.1 11 4.7 11 4.7 18 165 82.4 Don Strock 135 72 53.3 825 6.11 11.5 12 8.9 6 4.4 9 73 83.1 Guy Benjamin 8 6 75.0 91 11.38 15.2 1 12.5 1 12.5 0 0 112.0 Delvin Williams 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              48    645   13.4   10
Duriel Harris          45    654   14.5    3
Andre Tillman          31    398   12.8    3
Leroy Harris           25    211    8.4    0
Gary Davis             24    218    9.1    0
Delvin Williams        18    192   10.7    0
Norm Bulaich           16     92    5.8    0
Jimmy Cefalo            6    145   24.2    3
Jim Braxton             4     47   11.8    0
Bruce Hardy             4     32    8.0    2
Loaird McCreary         3     27    9.0    2
Bo Rather               1     39   39.0    0
Vern Den Herder         1      7    7.0    1
Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Delvin Williams       272  1,258    4.6    8
Leroy Harris          123    512    4.2    2
Gary Davis             62    313    5.0    3
Norm Bulaich           40    196    4.9    2
Jim Braxton            20     48    2.4    2
Don Strock             10     23    2.3    0
Benny Malone            6     18    3.0    1
Bob Griese              9     10    1.1    0
Guy Benjamin            1     -2   -2.0    0
Nat Moore               4     -3   -0.8    0
George Roberts          1     -7   -7.0    0
Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Duriel Harris          29    657   22.7    0
Gary Davis             13    251   19.3    0
Terry Anderson          7    157   22.4    0
Jimmy Cefalo            2     40   20.0    0
Bruce Hardy             2     27   13.5    0
Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Jimmy Cefalo           28    232    8.3    8    0
Charlie Babb            9     57    6.3    2    0
Gary Davis              2     36   18.0    1    0
Nat Moore               1     11   11.0    1    0
Charles Cornelius       1      5    5.0    0    0
Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net George Roberts 81 3,263 40.3 9 22 0 42 303 34.3 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Garo Yepremian 0/0 4/5 10/11 5/7 0/0 19/23 41/45 98 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Charlie Babb 1.0 3 61 0 Carl Barisich 1.0 Bob Baumhower 1.5 1 0 0 Doug Betters 4.0 Kim Bokamper 8.0 1 2 0 Rusty Chambers 1.5 1 49 0 Charles Cornelius 1 21 0 Vern Den Herder 9.0 A.J. Duhe 8.0 Tim Foley 6 12 0 Larry Gordon 4.5 3 35 0 Curtis Johnson 3 -2 0 Bob Matheson 1.5 Earnest Rhone 2 4 0 Bob Simpson 1.0 Gerald Small 4 157 1 Norris Thomas 2 63 1 Steve Towle 1 14 0 Rick Volk 4 42 0
1978 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 2 51 QB Guy Benjamin 19 Stanford 3 64 DT Lyman Smith 11 Duke [pick acquired from NYG] 3 81 WR Jimmy Cefalo 90 Penn State 4 93 DB Gerald Small 104 San Jose State [pick acquired from CLE] 4 106 OT Eric Laakso 86 Tulane 5 111 DB Ted Burgmeier 8 Notre Dame [pick acquired from TB] 6 163 DE Doug Betters 146 Nevada 7 178 OT Karl Baldischwiler 118 Oklahoma [pick acquired from CLE] 7 190 WR Lloyd Henry N.E. Missouri State 8 217 LB Sean Clancy 26 Amherst 9 247 TE Bruce Hardy 151 Arizona State 10 274 C Mark Dennard 91 Texas A&M 12 331 RB Mike Moore Middle Tennessee State 12 333 QB Bill Kenney 106 Northern Colorado [pick acquired from DEN]

Traded draft picks: #1 to SF (Dan Bunz), #5 to SF (Bruce Threadgill), #11 to SEA (George Halas)


Transactions:
04-17-1978traded Vern Roberson, Freddie Solomon and Miami's #1 and #5 picks in the 1978 draft to 49ers for Delvin Williams
05-11-1978traded Jim Mandich to Redskins for Washington's #8 picks in the 1979 and 1980 drafts
07-05-1978traded Miami's #8 pick in the 1979 draft to Buccaneers for Council Rudolph
08-01-1978traded Bill Kenney to Redskins for a #6 pick in the 1979 draft
08-22-1978Saints signed Don Reese as a free agent
08-28-1978placed Larry Seiple on injured reserve
08-28-1978traded Karl Baldischwiler to Lions for Detroit's #10 pick in the 1979 draft
08-29-1978Vikings claimed Lyman Smith on waivers
09-1978received Tampa's #3 pick in the 1979 draft from Buccaneers as compensation for free agent Randy Crowder
09-1978received New Orleans' #3 pick in the 1979 draft from Saints as compensation for free agent Don Reese
10-10-1978traded Benny Malone and Miami's #5 pick in the 1980 draft to Redskins for Jim Braxton and Los Angeles' #3 pick in the 1979 draft
10-13-1978Eagles claimed Mike Michel on waivers


Playoff Results:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result
12/24/78    vs Houston Oilers          L 9-17


1978 Regular Season Game Log:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result        Record
09/03/78    at New York Jets           L 20-33       0-1-0
09/10/78    at Baltimore Colts         W 42-0        1-1-0
09/17/78    vs Buffalo Bills           W 31-24       2-1-0
09/24/78    at Philadelphia Eagles     L 3-17        2-2-0
10/01/78    vs St. Louis Cardinals     W 24-10       3-2-0
10/09/78    vs Cincinnati Bengals      W 21-0        4-2-0
10/15/78    at San Diego Chargers      W 28-21       5-2-0
10/22/78    at New England Patriots    L 24-33       5-3-0
10/29/78    vs Baltimore Colts         W 26-8        6-3-0
11/05/78    vs Dallas Cowboys          W 23-16       7-3-0
11/12/78    at Buffalo Bills           W 25-24       8-3-0
11/20/78    at Houston Oilers          L 30-35       8-4-0
11/26/78    vs New York Jets           L 13-24       8-5-0
12/03/78    at Washington Redskins     W 16-0        9-5-0
12/10/78    vs Oakland Raiders         W 23-6        10-5-0
12/18/78    vs New England Patriots    W 23-3        11-5-0

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