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1971 Miami Dolphins Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 10-3-1, 1st in AFC East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Don Shula (10-3-1)

Points For: 315 (22.5/g) 4th of 26

Points Against: 174 (12.4/g) 3rd of 26

Expected W-L: 11.2-2.8

SRS: 7.69 (3rd of 26), SOS: -2.38

Playoffs:
Won Divisional Round 27-24 vs. Kansas City Chiefs
Won Conference Championship 21-0 vs. Baltimore Colts
Lost Super Bowl 3-24 vs. Dallas Cowboys

Offensive Coordinator: Howard Schnellenberger

Defensive Coordinator: Bill Arnsparger

Other Notable Asst.: Monte Clark (Offensive Line) and Mike Scarry (Defensive Line)

Stadium: Orange Bowl

Founder/Principal Owner: Joe Robbie

Head Coach/de facto General Manager: Don Shula

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Training Camp: St. Thomas University (Miami Gardens, Florida)

1971 AFC Champion

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	315	4412	804	5.5	23	13	232	156	293	1983	20	10	6.2	94	486	2429	11	5.0	121	65	632	17
Opp. Stats	174	3661	800	4.6	31	14	214	206	363	2000	10	17	5.0	111	403	1661	10	4.1	93	62	569	10
Lg Rank Offense	4	5			1	7	12		23	19	4	1	8		9	1	15	1
Lg Rank Defense	3	5			21	15	9		18	6	3	18	7		4	8	8	15

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 19	4:00PM ET	boxscore	T		0-0-1	@	Denver Broncos	10	10	15	239	121	118	5	13	261	157	104	1
2	Sun	September 26	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0-1	@	Buffalo Bills	29	14	20	376	150	226		14	267	136	131	3
3	Sun	October 3	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-1-1		New York Jets	10	14	14	297	134	163	3	13	221	87	134	1
4	Sun	October 10	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-1-1	@	Cincinnati Bengals	23	13	16	312	181	131	1	19	330	116	214	1
5	Sun	October 17	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-1-1		New England Patriots	41	3	19	431	216	215		11	117	82	35	3
6	Sun	October 24	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-1-1	@	New York Jets	30	14	19	361	59	302		16	233	101	132	1
7	Sun	October 31	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-1-1	@	Los Angeles Rams	20	14	13	312	185	127		22	359	245	114	2
8	Sun	November 7	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-1-1		Buffalo Bills	34	0	23	391	89	302		19	364	158	206	5
9	Sun	November 14	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-1-1		Pittsburgh Steelers	24	21	11	309	189	120	4	17	288	219	69	4
10	Sun	November 21	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-1-1		Baltimore Colts	17	14	16	249	81	168	1	14	268	168	100	3
11	Mon	November 29	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		9-1-1		Chicago Bears	34	3	23	446	238	208	1	9	197	101	96	4
12	Sun	December 5	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		9-2-1	@	New England Patriots	13	34	12	197	99	98	5	14	308	223	85
13	Sat	December 11	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		9-3-1	@	Baltimore Colts	3	14	14	247	151	96	2	19	225	121	104
14	Sun	December 19	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		10-3-1		Green Bay Packers	27	6	17	245	90	155	1	14	223	86	137	2
		Playoffs
Division	Sat	December 25	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W	OT	11-3-1	@	Kansas City Chiefs	27	24	22	407	263	144	2	23	451	238	213	4
Conf. Champ.	Sun	January 2	4:30PM ET	boxscore	W		12-3-1		Baltimore Colts	21	0	13	286	142	144	1	16	298	209	89	3
SuperBowl	Sun	January 16	2:50PM ET	boxscore	L		12-4-1	N	Dallas Cowboys	3	24	10	185	105	80	3	23	352	100	252	1

Passing

Passing Table
Rk	Player	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	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Bob Griese	26	QB	14	13	9-3-1	145	263	55.1	2089	19	7.2	9	3.4	86	7.9	7.8	14.4	149.2	90.9	23	248	8.04	6.44	6.3	2	2	PB,AP-1,AP MVP-4
2	George Mira	29	QB	6	1	1-0-0	11	30	36.7	159	1	3.3	1	3.3	43	5.3	4.5	14.5	26.5	51.9	2	17	6.25	4.44	3.7	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	10-3-1	156	293	53.2	1983	20	6.8	10	3.4	86	7.7	7.5	14.4	141.6	87.0	25	265	7.86	6.24	6.08	2	2

Passing Table
Rk	Player	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	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Bob Griese	26	QB	3	3	2-1-0	36	66	54.5	555	2	3.0	4	6.1	75	8.4	6.3	15.4	185.0	67.4	3	45	4.35	7.39	5.4	1	1
	Team Totals			3	3	2-1-0	36	66	54.5	510	2	3.0	4	6.1	75	19.8	6.3	15.4	170.0	95.8	3	45	4.35	14.20	11.70	1	1

Rushing & Receiving

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Larry Csonka	25	FB	14	14	195	1051	7	28	5.4	75.1	13.9	13	113	8.7	1	25	0.9	8.1	208	5.6	1164	8	0	PB,AP-1,AP MVP-6
2	Paul Warfield	29	WR	14	14	9	115	0	39	12.8	8.2	0.6	43	996	23.2	11	86	3.1	71.1	52	21.4	1111	11	3	PB,AP-1,AP MVP-6
3	Jim Kiick	25	RB	13	11	162	738	3	34	4.6	56.8	12.5	40	338	8.5	0	27	3.1	26.0	202	5.3	1076	3	1
4	Howard Twilley	28	WR	14	12	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	23	349	15.2	4	41	1.6	24.9	23	15.2	349	4	0
5	Mercury Morris	24	RB	14	3	57	315	1	51	5.5	22.5	4.1	5	16	3.2	0	11	0.4	1.1	62	5.3	331	1	1	PB
6	Karl Noonan	27	WR	14	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	10	180	18.0	0	43	0.7	12.9	10	18.0	180	0	0
7	Marv Fleming	29	TE	14	13	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	13	137	10.5	2	23	0.9	9.8	13	10.5	137	2	0
8	Hubert Ginn	24	RB	14	0	22	97	0	46	4.4	6.9	1.6	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	22	4.4	97	0	2
9	Bob Griese	26	QB	14	13	26	82	0	21	3.2	5.9	1.9	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	26	3.2	82	0	9	PB,AP-1,AP MVP-4
10	Otto Stowe	22	WR	12	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	5	68	13.6	1	21	0.4	5.7	5	13.6	68	1	0
11	Larry Seiple	26	P	14	0	1	14	0	14	14.0	1.0	0.1	1	32	32.0	0	32	0.1	2.3	2	23.0	46	0	0
12	Jim Mandich	23	TE	11	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	3	19	6.3	1	10	0.3	1.7	3	6.3	19	1	0
13	Charlie Leigh	26	RB	14	0	5	15	0	7	3.0	1.1	0.4	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	5	3.0	15	0	0
14	Terry Cole	26	RB	4	0	3	11	0	4	3.7	2.8	0.8	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	3	3.7	11	0	0
15	George Mira	29	QB	6	1	6	-9	0	3	-1.5	-1.5	1.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	6	-1.5	-9	0	1
	Team Totals			14	14	486	2429	11	51	5.0	173.5	34.7	156	2248	14.4	20	86	11.1	160.6	642	7.3	4677	31	17

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Paul Warfield	29	WR	3	3	2	-7	0	-3	-3.5	-2.3	0.7	13	304	23.4	1	75	4.3	101.3	15	19.8	297	1	1
2	Larry Csonka	25	FB	3	3	48	189	2	29	3.9	63.0	16.0	2	18	9.0	0	16	0.7	6.0	50	4.1	207	2	1
3	Jim Kiick	25	RB	3	3	43	162	1	15	3.8	54.0	14.3	6	45	7.5	0	11	2.0	15.0	49	4.2	207	1	0
4	Howard Twilley	28	WR	3	3	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	8	111	13.9	0	23	2.7	37.0	8	13.9	111	0	0
5	Marv Fleming	29	TE	2	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	5	64	12.8	1	27	2.5	32.0	5	12.8	64	1	0
6	Bob Griese	26	QB	3	3	4	21	0	12	5.3	7.0	1.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	4	5.3	21	0	1
7	Jim Mandich	23	TE	2	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	13	6.5	0	9	1.0	6.5	2	6.5	13	0	0
8	Mercury Morris	24	RB	1	0	1	3	0	3	3.0	3.0	1.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	3.0	3	0	0
	Team Totals			3	3	98	368	3	29	3.8	122.7	32.7	36	555	15.4	2	75	12.0	185.0	134	6.9	923	5	3

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Defense & Fumbles

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Dick Anderson	25	SS	14	14	2	33	0	33	1	4	16	0	1.0	0
2	Nick Buoniconti	31	MLB	14	14	1	16	0	16	1	0	0	0	1.0	0
3	Manny Fernandez	25	LDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	8.0	0
4	Tim Foley	23	LCB	14	14	4	14	0	18	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
5	Larry Little	26	RG	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
6	Jake Scott	26	FS	14	14	7	34	0	21	3	2	0	0	0.0	0	PB
7	Doug Swift	23	LLB	14	14	1	12	0	12	0	0	0	0	2.0	0
8	Paul Warfield	29	WR	14	14	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1,AP MVP-6
9	Bob Griese	26	QB	14	13	0	0	0	0	9	6	-37	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1,AP MVP-4
10	Jim Riley	26	LDE	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	0	7.5	0
11	Bill Stanfill	24	RDE	13	12	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	0	6.5	0	PB
12	Jim Kiick	25	RB	13	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
13	Bob Heinz	24	RDT	14	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.5	0
14	Curtis Johnson	23	RCB	14	10	2	34	0	34	0	1	2	0	0.0	0
15	Mercury Morris	24	RB	14	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB
16	Jesse Powell	24	LB	14	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
17	Frank Cornish	27	DT	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0
18	Bob Matheson	27	LB	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
19	George Mira	29	QB	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
20	Vern Den Herder	23	DE	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
21	Hubert Ginn	24	RB	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
22	Jim Langer	23	C	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
23	Charlie Leigh	26	RB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	17	143	0	34	22	23	-6	0	33.5	0

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	PD	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Sfty	Awards
1	Dick Anderson	25	SS	2	2	1	62	1	62	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
2	Manny Fernandez	25	LDT	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.5	6	0
3	Bob Heinz	24	RDT	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.5	0	0
4	Jake Scott	26	FS	2	2	2	13	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
5	Nick Buoniconti	31	MLB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
6	Larry Csonka	25	FB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-2	0	0.0	0	0
7	Bob DeMarco	33	C	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
8	Bob Griese	26	QB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
9	Curtis Johnson	23	RCB	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
10	Mike Kolen	23	RLB	1	1	1	11	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
11	Jim Riley	26	LDE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	4	0
12	Paul Warfield	29	WR	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
	Team Totals			3	3	5	86	1	62	0	3	4	-2	0	5.0	10	0

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