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