1981 Miami Dolphins roster and stats

1981 Miami Dolphins: 11-4-1
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Home record: 6-1-1 (168 points scored, 121 allowed) Road record: 5-3-0 (177 points scored, 154 allowed) Head Coach: Don Shula 345 points scored (11th of 28 teams), 275 points allowed (5th) NFL Averages: 20.7 points/game (330.8 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: 271 498 3,149 (16) 5.96 18 21 535 2,173 (10) 4.1 18 5,322 (16) 31 Defense: 297 509 3,331 (19) 6.09 23 18 492 2,032 (14) 4.1 10 5,363 (15) 33

Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 3 Tom Orosz P 16 6'1 204 22 R Ohio State 5 Uwe Von Schamann K 16 6'0 188 25 3 Oklahoma 10 Don Strock QB 16 6'5 220 30 8 Virginia Tech 11 Jim Jensen WR 16 6'4 212 22 R Boston University 16 David Woodley QB 15 6'2 204 23 2 Louisiana State 22 Tony Nathan RB 13 6'0 206 24 3 Alabama 28 Don McNeal DB 12 5'11 192 23 2 Alabama 31 Eddie Hill RB 11 6'2 210 24 3 Memphis 32 Tommy Vigorito RB 16 5'10 197 22 R Virginia 33 Bo Matthews RB 3 6'4 222 29 8 Colorado 34 Woody Bennett RB 3 6'2 222 26 3 Miami 35 Nick Giaquinto RB 8 5'11 204 26 2 Connecticut 36 Steve Howell RB 10 6'2 230 24 3 Baylor 37 Andra Franklin RB 16 5'10 225 22 R Nebraska 38 Terry Robiskie RB 1 6'1 210 26 5 Louisiana State 40 Mike Kozlowski DB 14 6'0 197 25 2 Colorado 41 Fulton Walker DB 16 5'10 193 23 R West Virginia 42 Lyle Blackwood DB 12 6'0 188 30 9 Texas Christian 43 Ricky Ray DB 8 5'11 180 24 3 Norfolk State 45 Ed Taylor DB 6 6'0 175 28 7 Memphis 46 Don Bessillieu DB 16 6'1 200 25 3 Georgia Tech 47 Glenn Blackwood DB 16 6'0 183 24 3 Texas 48 Gerald Small DB 16 5'11 192 25 4 San Jose State 50 Larry Gordon LB 16 6'4 230 28 6 Arizona State 52 Steve Shull LB 16 6'1 218 23 2 William & Mary 53 Rodell Thomas LB 3 6'2 227 23 R Alabama State 54 Steve Potter LB 16 6'3 235 23 1 Virginia 55 Earnest Rhone LB 16 6'2 224 28 6 Henderson State 57 Dwight Stephenson C 16 6'2 255 23 2 Alabama 58 Kim Bokamper DE 16 6'6 247 27 5 San Jose State 59 Bob Brudzinski LB 16 6'4 230 26 5 Ohio State 60 Jeff Toews OG 9 6'3 255 23 3 Washington 63 Mark Dennard C 11 6'1 252 25 3 Texas A&M 64 Ed Newman OG 16 6'2 255 30 9 Duke 67 Bob Kuechenberg OG 16 6'3 255 34 12 Notre Dame 68 Eric Laakso OT 16 6'4 265 24 4 Tulane 70 Bill Barnett DE 9 6'4 255 25 2 Nebraska 72 Ronnie Lee OT 16 6'3 235 24 3 Baylor 72 Mike Fultz DT 4 6'5 278 27 5 Nebraska 73 Bob Baumhower DT 16 6'5 260 26 5 Alabama 74 Cleveland Green OT 6 6'3 265 24 3 Southern 75 Doug Betters DE 15 6'7 260 25 4 Nevada-Reno 77 A.J. Duhe LB 16 6'4 252 25 5 Louisiana State 78 Ken Poole DE 16 6'3 251 23 R Northeast Louisiana 79 Jon Giesler OT 16 6'5 260 24 3 Michigan 80 Joe Rose TE 16 6'3 225 24 2 California 81 Jimmy Cefalo WR 16 5'11 188 25 4 Penn State 82 Duriel Harris WR 15 5'11 184 26 6 New Mexico State 83 Vern Den Herder DE 16 6'6 252 32 11 Central College (IA) 84 Bruce Hardy TE 16 6'5 230 25 4 Arizona State 88 Elmer Bailey WR 16 6'0 195 23 2 Minnesota 89 Nat Moore WR 13 5'9 188 30 8 Florida

Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating David Woodley 366 191 52.2 2,470 6.75 12.9 12 3.3 13 3.6 24 191 69.8 Don Strock 130 79 60.8 901 6.93 11.4 6 4.6 8 6.2 6 45 71.3 Eddie Hill 1 1 100.0 14 14.00 14.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 118.8 Tony Nathan 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6

Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Duriel Harris          53    911   17.2    2
Tony Nathan            50    452    9.0    3
Tommy Vigorito         33    237    7.2    2
Jimmy Cefalo           29    631   21.8    3
Nat Moore              26    452   17.4    2
Joe Rose               23    316   13.7    2
Bruce Hardy            15    174   11.6    0
Ronnie Lee             14     64    4.6    1
Eddie Hill             12     73    6.1    1
Nick Giaquinto          7     38    5.4    1
Woody Bennett           4     22    5.5    0
Andra Franklin          3      6    2.0    1
Steve Howell            2      9    4.5    0

Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Tony Nathan           147    782    5.3    5
Andra Franklin        201    711    3.5    7
David Woodley          63    272    4.3    4
Eddie Hill             37    146    3.9    1
Tommy Vigorito         35    116    3.3    1
Woody Bennett          28    104    3.7    0
Nick Giaquinto          3     31   10.3    0
Steve Howell            5     21    4.2    0
Tom Orosz               1     13   13.0    0
Nat Moore               1      3    3.0    0
Don Strock             14    -26   -1.9    0

Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Fulton Walker          38    932   24.5    1
Don Bessillieu          7    114   16.3    0
Tommy Vigorito          4     84   21.0    0
Mike Kozlowski          1     40   40.0    0
Nick Giaquinto          1     22   22.0    0
Duriel Harris           1     20   20.0    0
Eddie Hill              1     11   11.0    0
Joe Rose                1      5    5.0    0

Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Tommy Vigorito         36    379   10.5   12    1
Fulton Walker           5     50   10.0    1    0
Glenn Blackwood         2      8    4.0    2    0
Don Bessillieu          1     12   12.0    1    0
Mike Kozlowski          1      9    9.0    1    0

Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Tom Orosz 83 3,386 40.8 11 21 0 45 286 34.7 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Uwe Von Schamann 0/0 9/9 11/12 4/10 0/0 24/31 37/38 109 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Bob Baumhower 9.0 Don Bessillieu 1 0 0 Doug Betters 5.0 Glenn Blackwood 1.0 4 124 0 Lyle Blackwood 3 12 0 Kim Bokamper 7.5 Bob Brudzinski 2 35 0 Vern Den Herder 1.0 A.J. Duhe 7.5 1 11 0 Larry Gordon 1.0 Mike Kozlowski 3 37 0 Earnest Rhone 6.0 3 35 0 Fulton Walker 1 0 0

1981 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 13 RB David Overstreet 14 Oklahoma 2 56 RB Andra Franklin 42 Nebraska [pick acquired from OAK via LA] 4 84 WR Sam Greene Nevada-Las Vegas [pick acquired from NO] 4 96 QB Brad Wright New Mexico 5 126 DE Ken Poole 16 N.W. Louisiana 5 138 RB Tommy Vigorito 35 Virginia [pick acquired from PHI] 6 152 DE Mack Moore 26 Texas A&M 6 154 DB Fulton Walker 81 West Virginia [pick acquired from MIN] 7 179 OT Mike Daum Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo 8 208 DB William Judson 115 South Carolina State 9 235 WR John Noonan Nebraska 10 261 TE Steve Folsom 45 Utah 11 291 QB Jim Jensen 164 Boston University 12 318 DT John Alford South Carolina State

Traded draft picks: #2 to LA (Jim Collins), #3 to WAS via LA (Russ Grimm)

Transactions:

04-15-1981	Tim Foley retired
04-28-1981	traded Miami's #2 and #3 picks in the 1981 draft and Tampa's #2 pick in the 1982 draft to Rams for Bob Brudzinski and Oakland's #2 pick in the 1981 draft
07-13-1981	traded Steve Towle to Lions for Detroit's #9 pick in the 1982 draft
07-22-1981	traded Miami's #4 pick in the 1982 draft to Rams for Eddie Hill
08-12-1981	traded Miami's #12 pick in the 1982 draft to Lions for Bill Searcey
08-18-1981	traded Steve Howell to Eagles for Philadelphia's #10 pick in the 1982 draft
08-31-1981	traded George Roberts to Chargers for San Diego's #6 pick in the 1982 draft
10-22-1981	Chargers claimed Doug Beaudoin on waivers

Playoff Results:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result
01/02/82    vs San Diego Chargers      L 38-41 (OT)

1981 Regular Season Game Log:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result        Record
09/06/81    at St. Louis Cardinals     W 20-7        1-0-0
09/10/81    vs Pittsburgh Steelers     W 30-10       2-0-0
09/20/81    at Houston Oilers          W 16-10       3-0-0
09/27/81    at Baltimore Colts         W 31-28       4-0-0
10/04/81    vs New York Jets           T 28-28 (OT)  4-0-1
10/12/81    at Buffalo Bills           L 21-31       4-1-1
10/18/81    vs Washington Redskins     W 13-10       5-1-1
10/25/81    at Dallas Cowboys          L 27-28       5-2-1
11/01/81    vs Baltimore Colts         W 27-10       6-2-1
11/08/81    at New England Patriots    W 30-27 (OT)  7-2-1
11/15/81    vs Oakland Raiders         L 17-33       7-3-1
11/22/81    at New York Jets           L 15-16       7-4-1
11/30/81    vs Philadelphia Eagles     W 13-10       8-4-1
12/06/81    vs New England Patriots    W 24-14       9-4-1
12/13/81    at Kansas City Chiefs      W 17-7        10-4-1
12/19/81    vs Buffalo Bills           W 16-6        11-4-1

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