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1980 Miami Dolphins: 8-8-0
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Home record: 5-3-0 (146 points scored, 153 allowed) Road record: 3-5-0 (120 points scored, 152 allowed) Head Coach: Don Shula 266 points scored (24th of 28 teams), 305 points allowed (9th) NFL Averages: 20.5 points/game (327.8 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: 267 492 2,688 (24) 5.14 21 26 492 1,876 (17) 3.8 9 4,564 (26) 42 Defense: 290 505 3,206 (15) 6.03 21 28 530 2,018 (15) 3.8 13 5,224 (14) 45


Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 4 George Roberts P 16 6'0 184 25 3 Virginia Tech 5 Uwe Von Schamann K 16 6'0 188 24 2 Oklahoma 10 Don Strock QB 16 6'5 220 29 7 Virginia Tech 12 Bob Griese QB 5 6'1 190 35 14 Purdue 16 David Woodley QB 13 6'2 196 22 R Louisiana State 22 Tony Nathan RB 16 6'0 206 23 2 Alabama 24 Delvin Williams RB 15 6'0 200 29 7 Kansas 25 Tim Foley DB 7 6'0 198 32 11 Purdue 28 Don McNeal DB 13 5'11 192 22 R Alabama 31 Rick Moser RB 4 6'0 210 23 3 Rhode Island 33 Billy Cesare DB 2 5'11 195 25 3 Miami 34 Don Testerman RB 5 6'2 230 27 4 Clemson 34 Woody Bennett RB 4 6'2 222 25 2 Miami 35 Nick Giaquinto RB 16 5'11 204 25 1 Connecticut 36 Steve Howell RB 16 6'2 230 23 2 Baylor 38 Terry Robiskie RB 8 6'1 210 25 4 Louisiana State 43 Jeff Allen DB 16 5'11 185 23 R California-Davis 44 Doug Beaudoin DB 10 6'1 190 26 5 Minnesota 45 Ed Taylor DB 16 6'0 175 27 6 Memphis 46 Don Bessillieu DB 16 6'1 200 24 2 Georgia Tech 47 Glenn Blackwood DB 16 6'0 183 23 2 Texas 48 Gerald Small DB 16 5'11 192 24 3 San Jose State 50 Larry Gordon LB 15 6'4 230 27 5 Arizona State 51 Rusty Chambers LB 16 6'1 220 26 6 Tulane 54 Ralph Ortega LB 16 6'2 225 27 6 Florida 55 Earnest Rhone LB 14 6'2 224 27 5 Henderson State 56 Steve Towle LB 9 6'2 230 27 6 Kansas 57 Dwight Stephenson C 16 6'2 255 22 R Alabama 58 Kim Bokamper LB 16 6'6 247 26 4 San Jose State 59 Steve Shull LB 16 6'1 218 22 R William & Mary 60 Jeff Toews OG 7 6'3 255 22 2 Washington 61 Thom Dornbrook OG 4 6'2 240 23 2 Kentucky 63 Mark Dennard C 16 6'1 252 24 2 Texas A&M 64 Ed Newman OG 16 6'2 255 29 8 Duke 66 Larry Little OG 5 6'1 260 34 14 Bethune-Cookman 67 Bob Kuechenberg OG 16 6'3 255 33 11 Notre Dame 68 Eric Laakso OT 16 6'4 265 23 3 Tulane 70 Bill Barnett DE 16 6'4 255 24 R Nebraska 72 Ronnie Lee OT 16 6'3 235 23 2 Baylor 73 Bob Baumhower DT 16 6'5 260 25 4 Alabama 74 Cleveland Green OT 12 6'3 265 23 2 Southern 75 Doug Betters DE 16 6'7 260 24 3 Nevada-Reno 76 Rod Walters OG 1 6'3 258 26 5 Iowa 77 A.J. Duhe LB 16 6'4 252 24 4 Louisiana State 78 Carl Barisich DT 15 6'4 255 29 8 Princeton 79 Jon Giesler OT 10 6'5 260 23 2 Michigan 80 Joe Rose TE 16 6'3 225 23 R California 81 Jimmy Cefalo WR 16 5'11 188 24 3 Penn State 82 Duriel Harris WR 12 5'11 184 25 5 New Mexico State 83 Vern Den Herder DE 16 6'6 252 31 10 Central College (IA) 84 Bruce Hardy TE 16 6'5 230 24 3 Arizona State 88 Elmer Bailey WR 14 6'0 195 22 R Minnesota 89 Nat Moore WR 16 5'9 188 29 7 Florida
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating David Woodley 327 176 53.8 1,850 5.66 10.5 14 4.3 17 5.2 17 127 63.1 Bob Griese 100 61 61.0 790 7.90 13.0 6 6.0 4 4.0 9 89 89.2 Don Strock 62 30 48.4 313 5.05 10.4 1 1.6 5 8.1 5 49 35.2 Nat Moore 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6 Tony Nathan 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
Tony Nathan            57    588   10.3    5
Nat Moore              47    564   12.0    7
Duriel Harris          33    583   17.7    2
Delvin Williams        31    207    6.7    0
Nick Giaquinto         24    192    8.0    1
Bruce Hardy            19    159    8.4    2
Joe Rose               13    149   11.5    0
Terry Robiskie         13     60    4.6    0
Jimmy Cefalo           11    199   18.1    1
Ronnie Lee              7     83   11.9    2
Steve Howell            5     38    7.6    0
Elmer Bailey            4    105   26.2    0
Woody Bennett           3     26    8.7    1
Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Delvin Williams       187    671    3.6    2
Tony Nathan            60    327    5.5    1
Terry Robiskie         78    250    3.2    2
David Woodley          55    214    3.9    3
Steve Howell           60    206    3.4    1
Woody Bennett          43    187    4.3    0
Nick Giaquinto          5     16    3.2    0
Don Testerman           1      5    5.0    0
Nat Moore               1      3    3.0    0
Bob Griese              1      0    0.0    0
Don Strock              1     -3   -3.0    0
Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Don Bessillieu         40    890   22.2    0
Nick Giaquinto          9    146   16.2    0
Tony Nathan             5    102   20.4    0
Duriel Harris           5     89   17.8    0
Bill Barnett            1      7    7.0    0
Jeff Allen              1      0    0.0    0
Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Tony Nathan            23    178    7.7   11    0
Nick Giaquinto          7     35    5.0    1    0
Don Bessillieu          1      0    0.0    0    0
Glenn Blackwood         1      0    0.0    3    0
Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net George Roberts 77 3,279 42.6 8 18 2 42 339 35.2 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Uwe Von Schamann 0/0 9/10 3/5 2/5 0/3 14/23 32/32 74 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Bob Baumhower 4.0 Don Bessillieu 2.0 4 13 0 Doug Betters 4.0 Glenn Blackwood 3 0 0 Kim Bokamper 5.5 1 6 0 Vern Den Herder 2.0 A.J. Duhe 5.5 Larry Gordon 3.0 1 11 0 Don McNeal 5 17 0 Ralph Ortega 1 17 0 Earnest Rhone 1.0 3 33 0 Gerald Small 7 46 0 Ed Taylor 3 55 0
1980 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 21 DB Don McNeal 110 Alabama 2 48 C Dwight Stephenson 114 Alabama 3 75 DE Bill Barnett 77 Nebraska 4 100 WR Elmer Bailey 31 Minnesota 6 158 WR Eugene Byrd Michigan State 7 185 TE Joe Rose 83 California 8 212 DB Jeff Allen 25 California-Davis 8 214 QB David Woodley 58 LSU [pick acquired from WAS] 9 239 OT Mark Goodspeed 3 Nebraska 10 271 C Doug Lantz Miami (Ohio) 10 272 LB Ben Long South Dakota [pick acquired from PHI] 11 279 DE Phil Driscoll Mankato State [pick acquired from SF] 12 325 OG Chuck Stone North Carolina State

Traded draft picks: #5 to SEA via WAS (Daniel Jacobs), #11 to PHI (Lee Jukes)


Transactions:
01-1980traded Miami's #11 pick in the 1980 draft to Eagles for past considerations
01-23-1980Mike Current retired
04-1980traded Miami's #11 pick in the 1980 draft to Eagles for Philadelphia's #10 pick in the 1980 draft
08-25-1980traded Gary Davis and Norris Thomas to Buccaneers for Jimmy DuBose and Tampa's #2 pick in the 1982 draft
08-28-1980traded Guy Benjamin to Saints for New Orleans' #4 pick in the 1981 draft and #7 pick in the 1982 draft
09-24-1980traded Jim Langer to Vikings for Minnesota's #6 pick in the 1981 draft and #5 pick in the 1982 draft
10-08-1980traded Bill Simpson to Bills for Buffalo's #6 pick in the 1983 draft
10-16-1980traded an undisclosed draft pick to Chiefs for Rod Walters
11-18-1980claimed Woody Bennett on waivers from Jets


1980 Regular Season Game Log:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result        Record
09/07/80    at Buffalo Bills           L 7-17        0-1-0
09/14/80    vs Cincinnati Bengals      W 17-16       1-1-0
09/21/80    at Atlanta Falcons         W 20-17       2-1-0
09/28/80    vs New Orleans Saints      W 21-16       3-1-0
10/05/80    vs Baltimore Colts         L 17-30       3-2-0
10/12/80    at New England Patriots    L 0-34        3-3-0
10/19/80    vs Buffalo Bills           W 17-14       4-3-0
10/27/80    at New York Jets           L 14-17       4-4-0
11/02/80    at Oakland Raiders         L 10-16       4-5-0
11/09/80    at Los Angeles Rams        W 35-14       5-5-0
11/16/80    vs San Francisco 49ers     W 17-13       6-5-0
11/20/80    vs San Diego Chargers      L 24-27 (OT)  6-6-0
11/30/80    at Pittsburgh Steelers     L 10-23       6-7-0
12/08/80    vs New England Patriots    W 16-13 (OT)  7-7-0
12/14/80    at Baltimore Colts         W 24-14       8-7-0
12/20/80    vs New York Jets           L 17-24       8-8-0

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