1979 Miami Dolphins: 10-6-0
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Home record: 6-2-0 (182 points scored, 100 allowed) Road record: 4-4-0 (159 points scored, 157 allowed) Head Coach: Don Shula
341 points scored (11th of 28 teams), 257 points allowed (4th) NFL Averages: 20.1 points/game (321.0 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: 235 416 2,763 (14) 6.21 20 22 561 2,187 (17) 3.9 19 4,950 (16) 37
Defense: 230 418 2,737 (12) 6.03 17 23 484 1,702 ( 2) 3.5 9 4,439 ( 4) 38
Team roster (starters in bold):
# Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 4 George Roberts P 16 6'0 172 24 2 Virginia Tech 5 Uwe Von Schamann K 16 6'0 200 23 R Oklahoma 7 Guy Benjamin QB 4 6'4 210 24 2 Stanford 10 Don Strock QB 16 6'5 220 28 6 Virginia Tech 12 Bob Griese QB 14 6'1 190 34 13 Purdue 20 Neal Colzie DB 16 6'2 190 25 5 Ohio State 22 Tony Nathan RB 16 6'0 201 22 R Alabama 24 Delvin Williams RB 14 6'0 195 28 6 Kansas 25 Tim Foley DB 15 6'0 194 31 10 Purdue 27 Gary Davis RB 16 5'10 202 25 4 Cal Poly-S.L.O. 31 Norm Bulaich RB 9 6'1 212 32 10 Texas Christian 36 Steve Howell RB 16 6'2 222 22 R Baylor 37 Mike Kozlowski DB 16 6'0 187 23 R Colorado 38 Bob Torrey RB 7 6'4 230 22 R Penn State 39 Larry Csonka RB 16 6'3 235 32 11 Syracuse 41 Norris Thomas DB 16 5'11 175 25 3 Southern Mississippi 45 Ed Taylor DB 5 6'0 175 26 5 Memphis 46 Don Bessillieu DB 16 6'1 199 23 R Georgia Tech 47 Glenn Blackwood DB 11 6'0 183 22 R Texas 48 Gerald Small DB 16 5'11 187 23 2 San Jose State 49 Charlie Babb DB 5 6'0 190 29 8 Memphis 50 Larry Gordon LB 16 6'4 230 26 4 Arizona State 51 Rusty Chambers LB 16 6'1 220 25 5 Tulane 52 Mel Land LB 16 6'3 243 23 R Michigan State 53 Bob Matheson LB 16 6'4 235 34 13 Duke 54 Ralph Ortega LB 8 6'2 220 26 5 Florida 55 Earnest Rhone LB 16 6'2 226 26 4 Henderson State 56 Steve Towle LB 16 6'2 233 26 5 Kansas 58 Kim Bokamper LB 14 6'6 245 25 3 San Jose State 60 Jeff Toews OG 11 6'3 255 21 R Washington 61 Cleveland Green OT 16 6'3 265 22 R Southern 62 Jim Langer C 9 6'2 257 31 10 South Dakota State 63 Mark Dennard C 16 6'1 250 23 1 Texas A&M 64 Ed Newman OG 16 6'2 245 28 7 Duke 66 Larry Little OG 15 6'1 265 33 13 Bethune-Cookman 67 Bob Kuechenberg OT 16 6'3 255 32 10 Notre Dame 68 Eric Laakso OT 10 6'4 265 22 2 Tulane 71 Mike Current OT 16 6'4 270 34 13 Ohio State 72 Ronnie Lee OT 16 6'3 242 22 R Baylor 73 Bob Baumhower DT 16 6'5 258 24 3 Alabama 75 Doug Betters DE 16 6'7 250 23 2 Nevada-Reno 77 A.J. Duhe LB 13 6'4 247 23 3 Louisiana State 78 Carl Barisich DT 11 6'4 255 28 7 Princeton 79 Jon Giesler OT 16 6'5 255 22 R Michigan 81 Jimmy Cefalo WR 16 5'11 190 23 2 Penn State 82 Duriel Harris WR 15 5'11 180 24 4 New Mexico State 83 Vern Den Herder DE 16 6'6 252 30 9 Central College (IA) 84 Bruce Hardy TE 16 6'5 235 23 2 Arizona State 85 Jeff Groth WR 4 5'10 172 22 R Bowling Green 89 Nat Moore WR 16 5'9 180 28 6 Florida
Per Per
Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating
Bob Griese 310 176 56.8 2,160 6.97 12.3 14 4.5 16 5.2 26 223 72.0
Don Strock 100 56 56.0 830 8.30 14.8 6 6.0 6 6.0 2 22 78.3
Guy Benjamin 4 3 75.0 28 7.00 9.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 10 93.8
Bruce Hardy 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6
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 48 840 17.5 6 Duriel Harris 42 798 19.0 3 Gary Davis 34 215 6.3 0 Bruce Hardy 30 386 12.9 3 Delvin Williams 21 175 8.3 1 Tony Nathan 17 213 12.5 2 Larry Csonka 16 75 4.7 1 Jimmy Cefalo 12 223 18.6 3 Norm Bulaich 8 53 6.6 1 Steve Howell 3 23 7.7 0 Ronnie Lee 2 14 7.0 0 Bob Torrey 2 3 1.5 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Larry Csonka 220 837 3.8 12 Delvin Williams 184 703 3.8 3 Gary Davis 98 383 3.9 1 Tony Nathan 16 68 4.2 0 Bob Torrey 13 61 4.7 1 Norm Bulaich 9 37 4.1 2 Bob Griese 11 30 2.7 0 Nat Moore 3 22 7.3 0 Duriel Harris 1 20 20.0 0 Don Strock 3 18 6.0 0 Steve Howell 3 8 2.7 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Tony Nathan 45 1,016 22.6 0 Mike Kozlowski 4 85 21.2 0 Gary Davis 2 27 13.5 0 Don Bessillieu 0 20 ? 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Tony Nathan 28 306 10.9 14 1 Mike Kozlowski 3 21 7.0 4 0 Jimmy Cefalo 2 10 5.0 3 0 Charlie Babb 1 0 0.0 0 0 Nat Moore 0 0 ? 6 0 |
1979 Draft:NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 24 OT Jon Giesler 126 Michigan 2 53 OT Jeff Toews 71 Washington 3 61 RB Tony Nathan 123 Alabama [pick acquired from TB] 3 63 LB Mel Land 19 Michigan State [pick acquired from NYG] 3 65 TE Ronnie Lee 186 Baylor [pick acquired from NO] 4 107 RB Steve Howell 42 Baylor 5 134 DB Don Bessillieu 59 Georgia Tech 6 162 OG Steve Lindquist Nebraska 7 189 K Uwe Von Schamann 89 Oklahoma 8 206 WR Jeff Groth 94 Bowling Green [pick acquired from WAS] 8 215 DB Glenn Blackwood 118 Texas [pick acquired from DEN] 9 244 DT Jeff Weston 37 Notre Dame 10 258 DB Jerome Stanton Michigan State [pick acquired from DET] 10 272 RB Mike Kozlowski 91 Colorado 11 299 DE Mike Blanton Georgia Tech 12 327 QB Larry Fortner Miami (Ohio)
Traded draft picks: #3 to ATL (William Andrews), #8 to TB (Eugene Sanders)
Transactions:
| 03-22-1979 | traded Los Angeles' #3 pick in the 1979 draft to Raiders for Neal Colzie |
| 04-18-1979 | traded Miami's #3 pick in the 1979 draft to Falcons for Ralph Ortega |
| 08-21-1979 | traded Charles Cornelius to 49ers for San Francisco's #11 pick in the 1980 draft |
| 08-27-1979 | traded Leroy Harris to Eagles for Philadelphia's #5 pick in the 1981 draft |
| 08-28-1979 | placed Eric Laakso on injured reserve |
| 08-28-1979 | placed Guy Benjamin on injured reserve |
| 08-28-1979 | Falcons claimed Joel Williams on waivers |
| 08-29-1979 | Norm Bulaich unretired |
| 11-12-1979 | placed Glenn Blackwood on injured reserve |
Playoff Results: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result 12/30/79 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 14-34
1979 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/02/79 at Buffalo Bills W 9-7 1-0-0 09/09/79 vs Seattle Seahawks W 19-10 2-0-0 09/16/79 at Minnesota Vikings W 27-12 3-0-0 09/23/79 vs Chicago Bears W 31-16 4-0-0 09/30/79 at New York Jets L 27-33 4-1-0 10/08/79 at Oakland Raiders L 3-13 4-2-0 10/14/79 vs Buffalo Bills W 17-7 5-2-0 10/21/79 at New England Patriots L 13-28 5-3-0 10/28/79 vs Green Bay Packers W 27-7 6-3-0 11/05/79 vs Houston Oilers L 6-9 6-4-0 11/11/79 vs Baltimore Colts W 19-0 7-4-0 11/18/79 at Cleveland Browns L 24-30 (OT) 7-5-0 11/25/79 at Baltimore Colts W 28-24 8-5-0 11/29/79 vs New England Patriots W 39-24 9-5-0 12/09/79 at Detroit Lions W 28-10 10-5-0 12/15/79 vs New York Jets L 24-27 10-6-0
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