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