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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
Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net George Roberts 69 2,772 40.2 11 13 1 25 131 34.6 Uwe Von Schamann 1 31 31.0 1 0 0 0 0 11.0 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Uwe Von Schamann 0/0 8/8 9/14 2/4 2/3 21/29 36/40 99 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Charlie Babb 1 3 0 Carl Barisich 1.5 Bob Baumhower 6.5 Doug Betters 8.0 Kim Bokamper 4.5 1 3 0 Rusty Chambers 1 4 0 Neal Colzie 5 86 0 Vern Den Herder 9.0 A.J. Duhe 2.0 Tim Foley 2 8 0 Larry Gordon 3.0 2 33 0 Bob Matheson 1 28 0 Earnest Rhone 2 17 0 Gerald Small 5 74 0 Norris Thomas 1.0 2 29 0 Steve Towle 0.5 1 0 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:
03-22-1979traded Los Angeles' #3 pick in the 1979 draft to Raiders for Neal Colzie
04-18-1979traded Miami's #3 pick in the 1979 draft to Falcons for Ralph Ortega
08-21-1979traded Charles Cornelius to 49ers for San Francisco's #11 pick in the 1980 draft
08-27-1979traded Leroy Harris to Eagles for Philadelphia's #5 pick in the 1981 draft
08-28-1979placed Eric Laakso on injured reserve
08-28-1979placed Guy Benjamin on injured reserve
08-28-1979Falcons claimed Joel Williams on waivers
08-29-1979Norm Bulaich unretired
11-12-1979placed 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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