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:
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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 |
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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