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2005 Miami Dolphins

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Record: 9-7-0, Finished 2nd in AFC East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 318 points (19.9/g), 16th of 32 in the NFL.
 Allowed 317 points (19.8/g), 15th.
 Differential of 1 points (0.1/g), 17th.
 Expected W-L: 8.0-8.0.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +1 (0.1/g), 14th.

Coached by Nick Saban (9-7-0)

2005 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 11 box W 1-0 Denver Broncos 34 10 21 426 275 151 3 19 312 242 70 3
2 Sun September 18 box L 1-1 @ New York Jets 7 17 15 235 169 66 1 20 271 173 98
3 Sun September 25 box W 2-1 Carolina Panthers 27 24 16 315 171 144 1 23 299 238 61 3
4 Bye Week
5 Sun October 9 box L 2-2 @ Buffalo Bills 14 20 16 323 210 113 5 21 236 137 99 1
6 Sun October 16 box L 2-3 @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers 13 27 13 307 243 64 2 15 342 162 180 1
7 Fri October 21 box L 2-4 Kansas City Chiefs 20 30 9 286 192 94 1 24 462 277 185
8 Sun October 30 box W 3-4 @ New Orleans Saints 21 6 20 342 154 188 2 14 203 113 90 2
9 Sun November 6 box L 3-5 Atlanta Falcons 10 17 11 208 103 105 1 27 382 220 162 2
10 Sun November 13 box L 3-6 New England Patriots 16 23 22 437 360 77 2 19 365 274 91 2
11 Sun November 20 box L 3-7 @ Cleveland Browns 0 22 12 194 55 139 2 19 376 195 181 1
12 Sun November 27 box W 4-7 @ Oakland Raiders 33 21 21 394 249 145 3 24 305 185 120 3
13 Sun December 4 box W 5-7 Buffalo Bills 24 23 26 434 361 73 2 16 294 202 92 3
14 Sun December 11 box W 6-7 @ San Diego Chargers 23 21 14 300 229 71 2 27 341 245 96 3
15 Sun December 18 box W 7-7 New York Jets 24 20 14 297 169 128 1 24 397 298 99 3
16 Sat December 24 box W 8-7 Tennessee Titans 24 10 19 322 130 192 2 11 234 142 92 3
17 Sun January 1 box W 9-7 @ New England Patriots 28 26 25 378 230 148 16 259 204 55 1

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 318 5198 1026 5.1 274 291 556 3300 22 16 5.7 159 444 1898 11 4.3 93 30 14 22
Team Defense 317 5078 1078 4.7 544 323 549 3307 23 14 5.5 183 480 1771 11 3.7 319 31 17 42
Lg Rank Offense 16 14 24 10 16 11 17 18 17 12 17 8 20 21
Lg Rank Defense 15 18 30 24 20 24 23 5 22 17 11 7 7 3

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
Gus Frerotte 34 QB 16 15 9-6-0 257 494 52.0 2996 18 3.6 13 2.6 60 6.1 5.2 11.7 187.3 71.9 26 158 5.5 4.7 5.0
Sage Rosenfels 27 4 1 0-1-0 34 61 55.7 462 4 6.6 3 4.9 77 7.6 6.0 13.6 115.5 81.5 0 0 7.6 6.0 0.0
Marty Booker 29 WR 15 11 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Total 27.3 16 9-7-0 291 556 52.3 3458 22 4.0 16 2.9 77 6.2 5.3 11.9 216.1 72.8 26 158 5.7 4.8 4.5
Opp Total 16 323 549 58.8 3307 23 4.2 14 2.6 6.0 5.3 10.2 206.7 79.5 49 375 5.5 4.2

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
Ronnie Brown 24 RB 15 14 207 907 4 65 4.4 60.5 13.8 32 232 7.3 1 38 2.1 15.5 1139 5 4
Ricky Williams 28 rb 12 4 168 743 6 35 4.4 61.9 14.0 17 93 5.5 0 19 1.4 7.8 836 6 1
Gus Frerotte 34 QB 16 15 27 61 0 14 2.3 3.8 1.7 61 0 13
Sammy Morris 28 16 2 16 58 1 9 3.6 3.6 1.0 8 54 6.8 0 18 0.5 3.4 112 1 0
Chris Chambers* 27 WR 16 16 12 92 0 61 7.7 5.8 0.8 82 1118 13.6 11 77 5.1 69.9 1210 11 5
Sage Rosenfels 27 4 1 6 15 0 12 2.5 3.8 1.5 15 0 1
Travis Minor 26 16 0 5 17 0 9 3.4 1.1 0.3 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.1 0.0 17 0 0
Wes Welker 24 RET 16 1 1 5 0 5 5.0 0.3 0.1 29 434 15.0 0 47 1.8 27.1 439 0 5
Heath Evans 27 6 2 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.2 4 17 4.3 0 5 0.7 2.8 17 0 0
Donnie Jones 25 P 16 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0 0 0
Randy McMichael 26 TE 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 60 582 9.7 5 30 3.8 36.4 582 5 1
Marty Booker 29 WR 15 11 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 39 686 17.6 3 60 2.6 45.7 686 3 0
Lorenzo Diamond 26 TE 16 8 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 8 54 6.8 0 18 0.5 3.4 54 0 0
Bryan Gilmore 27 15 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 5 105 21.0 1 44 0.3 7.0 105 1 0
David Boston 27 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 80 20.0 0 54 0.8 16.0 80 0 0
Will Heller 24 7 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 1 1.0 1 1 0.1 0.1 1 1 0
Alex Holmes 24 8 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 2 2.0 0 2 0.1 0.3 2 0 0
Team Total 27.3 16 444 1898 11 65 4.3 118.6 27.8 291 3458 11.9 22 77 18.2 216.1 5356 33 31
Opp Total 16 480 1771 11 3.7 110.7 30.0 323 3307 10.2 23 20.2 206.7 5078 34 35

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Wes Welker 24 RET 16 1 43 390 0 47 9.1 61 1379 0 46 22.6 2208
Bryan Gilmore 27 15 1 3 84 0 29 28.0 189
Travis Minor 26 16 0 2 22 0 19 11.0 39
David Bowens 28 16 0 1 5 0 5 5.0 5
Will Heller 24 7 0 1 11 0 11 11.0 12
Team Total 27.3 16 43 390 0 47 9.1 68 1501 0 46 22.1 7247
Opp Total 16 46 0 56 1425 0 25.4

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Donnie Jones 25 P 16 0 88 3827 63 0 43.5
Olindo Mare 32 K 16 0 10 9 12 9 6 6 2 1 30 25 83.3% 33 33 100.0% 1 8 8 0 8.0
Team Total 27.3 16 10 9 12 9 6 6 2 1 30 25 83.3% 33 33 100.0% 89 3835 63 0 43.1
Opp Total 16 24 24 100.0% 32 31 96.9% 92 3956 43.0

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Gus Frerotte 34 QB 16 15 13 4 -36 0
Jason Taylor* 31 RDE 16 16 12.0 0 0 0 0 10 4 0 2 85 1 52 21 1
Wes Welker 24 RET 16 1 5 4 0 0
Kevin Carter 32 LDE 16 16 6.0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 34 19 1
Chris Chambers* 27 WR 16 16 5 2 -2 0
Vonnie Holliday 30 RDT 16 16 5.0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 2 12 0 36 16
Yeremiah Bell 27 16 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 12 0 21 14
David Bowens 28 16 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 21 3
Ronnie Brown 24 RB 15 14 4 2 0 0
Lance Schulters 30 FS 16 16 2.0 4 78 0 37 6 1 0 0 0 0 57 20
Reggie Howard 28 cb 15 7 2.0 1 5 0 5 5 3 0 1 0 0 40 10 1
Zach Thomas* 32 MLB 14 14 2.0 1 0 0 0 3 4 0 1 0 0 107 55
Travares Tillman 28 SS 16 10 3 38 0 22 5 0 0 1 0 0 37 22
Jeff Zgonina 35 16 3 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 23 20
Channing Crowder 22 RLB 16 13 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 2 0 0 53 32
Travis Daniels 23 LCB 16 14 1 4 0 4 14 0 0 1 0 0 47 15
Tebucky Jones 31 ss 6 6 2.0 24 15
Sam Madison 31 RCB 15 15 2 11 0 11 12 1 0 0 0 0 46 10
Sage Rosenfels 27 4 1 1 1 -11 0
Matt Roth 23 16 0 1.0 0 0 1 0 0 15 5
Donnie Spragan 29 LLB 16 9 1.0 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 38 15
Keith Traylor 36 LDT 13 13 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 22 10
Ricky Williams 28 rb 12 4 1 1 0 0
Vernon Carey 24 RT 16 14 0 1 0 0
John Denney 27 16 0 1 0 -12 0
Eddie Jackson 25 15 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 10 4
Olindo Mare 32 K 16 0 0 1 0 0
Stockar McDougle 28 8 2 0 1 0 0
Randy McMichael 26 TE 16 16 1 0 0 0
Junior Seau 36 llb 7 5 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 18 18
Manuel Wright 21 3 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2
Team Total 27.3 16 48.0 14 136 0 37 84 20 31 33 48 1 758 336 3
Opp Total 16 26 35 18 1

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Olindo Mare 32 K 16 0 33 25 108
Chris Chambers* 27 WR 16 16 11 66
Ricky Williams 28 rb 12 4 6 36
Ronnie Brown 24 RB 15 14 4 1 30
Randy McMichael 26 TE 16 16 5 30
Marty Booker 29 WR 15 11 3 18
Jason Taylor* 31 RDE 16 16 1 1 8
Bryan Gilmore 27 15 1 1 6
Will Heller 24 7 0 1 6
Sammy Morris 28 16 2 1 6
Kevin Carter 32 LDE 16 16 1 2
Reggie Howard 28 cb 15 7 1 2
Team Total 27.3 16 11 22 1 33 25 3 318
Opp Total 16 11 23 1 31 24 1 317