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1981 Miami Dolphins Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 11-4-1, 1st in AFC East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Don Shula (11-4-1)

Points For: 345 (21.6/g) 11th of 28

Points Against: 275 (17.2/g) 5th of 28

Expected W-L: 10.1-5.9

SRS: 2.87 (11th of 28), SOS: -1.50

Playoffs:
Lost Divisional Round 38-41 vs. San Diego Chargers

Defensive Coordinator: Bill Arnsparger

Other Notable Asst.: Steve Crosby (Special Teams), John Sandusky (Offensive Line) and Mike Scarry (Defensive Line)

Stadium: Orange Bowl

Founder/Principal Owner: Joe Robbie

General Manager: Mike Robbie

Head Coach/Player Personnel: Don Shula

Defensive Alignment: 3-4

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +1200

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

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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	345	5322	1063	5.0	31	10	306	271	498	3149	18	21	6.0	157	535	2173	18	4.1	123	71	541	26
Opp. Stats	275	5363	1039	5.2	33	15	296	297	509	3331	23	18	6.1	160	492	2032	10	4.1	124	104	886	12
Lg Rank Offense	11	16			4	1	16		14	16	19	11	16		11	10	9	14
Lg Rank Defense	5	15			23	22	10		17	19	18	18	13		10	14	2	20

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense					Expected Points
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	Offense	Defense	Sp. Tms
1	Sun	September 6	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0	@	St. Louis Cardinals	20	7	14	292	141	151	3	14	203	142	61	2	-14.43	27.78	-2.14
2	Thu	September 10	8:30PM ET	boxscore	W		2-0		Pittsburgh Steelers	30	10	25	346	161	185	1	15	300	183	117	2	7.89	13.06	-0.42
3	Sun	September 20	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-0	@	Houston Oilers	16	10	16	257	133	124	1	9	202	117	85	1	-12.08	14.46	6.44
4	Sun	September 27	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-0	@	Baltimore Colts	31	28	22	428	309	119		20	514	348	166	1	22.23	-23.75	0.85
5	Sun	October 4	4:00PM ET	boxscore	T	OT	4-0-1		New York Jets	28	28	17	399	301	98		32	546	304	242	3	8.28	-14.58	7.91
6	Mon	October 12	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-1-1	@	Buffalo Bills	21	31	22	324	225	99	4	22	454	338	116	1	-4.35	-17.86	13.03
7	Sun	October 18	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-1-1		Washington Redskins	13	10	20	445	296	149	2	20	301	139	162	2	6.94	-0.24	-0.95
8	Sun	October 25	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-2-1	@	Dallas Cowboys	27	28	25	529	381	148	5	23	466	327	139	2	4.36	-6.84	7.53
9	Sun	November 1	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-2-1		Baltimore Colts	27	10	19	310	164	146		19	308	240	68	3	11.20	7.26	-3.03
10	Sun	November 8	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W	OT	7-2-1	@	New England Patriots	30	27	24	419	216	203	4	23	492	351	141	5	-2.16	0.35	4.49
11	Sun	November 15	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		7-3-1		Oakland Raiders	17	33	22	306	236	70	2	19	304	161	143		-4.85	-2.65	-5.46
12	Sun	November 22	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		7-4-1	@	New York Jets	15	16	13	187	41	146	2	21	285	165	120	2	-13.15	5.57	2.63
13	Mon	November 30	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-4-1		Philadelphia Eagles	13	10	14	205	132	73	1	11	216	80	136	2	-15.38	9.28	8.06
14	Sun	December 6	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		9-4-1		New England Patriots	24	14	19	340	128	212	2	17	256	122	134	2	1.87	6.71	1.32
15	Sun	December 13	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		10-4-1	@	Kansas City Chiefs	17	7	16	253	160	93	3	16	276	185	91	2	-13.33	18.66	3.77
16	Sat	December 19	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		11-4-1		Buffalo Bills	16	6	18	282	125	157	1	15	240	129	111	3	-5.61	17.60	0.72
		Playoffs
Division	Sat	January 2	5:00PM ET	boxscore	L	OT	11-5-1		San Diego Chargers	38	41	25	472	394	78	3	34	564	415	149	4	11.40	-15.47	1.07

Passing

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	David Woodley	23	QB	15	15	11-3-1	191	366	52.2	2470	12	3.3	13	3.6	111	38.7	69	6.7	5.8	12.9	164.7	69.8	24	191	6.15	5.84	5.0	1	2
2	Don Strock	31	QB	16	1	0-1-0	79	130	60.8	901	6	4.6	8	6.2	46	48.5	52	6.9	5.1	11.4	56.3	71.3	6	45	4.41	6.29	4.5	2	2
3	Eddie Hill	24	RB	11	3		1	1	100.0	14	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	100.0	14	14.0	14.0	14.0	1.3	118.7	0	0	0.00	14.00	14.0	0	0
4	Tony Nathan	25	RB	13	11		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0			0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.0	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	11-4-1	271	498	54.4	3149	18	3.6	21	4.2	158	41.3	69	6.8	5.6	12.5	196.8	70.2	30	236	5.68	5.96	4.86	3	4

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Don Strock	31	QB	1	0		29	43	67.4	403	4	9.3	1	2.3	20	58.1	50	9.4	10.2	13.9	403.0	118.7	0	0	0.00	9.37	10.2	0	0
2	David Woodley	23	QB	1	1	0-1-0	2	5	40.0	20	0	0.0	1	20.0	1	25.0	15	4.0	-5.0	10.0	20.0	12.5	3	29	37.50	-1.13	-6.8	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	0-1-0	31	48	64.6	394	4	8.3	2	4.2	21	52.9	50	8.8	8.6	13.6	394.0	103.0	3	29	5.88	7.73	7.53	0	0

Rushing & Receiving

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing									Receiving												Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Tony Nathan	25	RB	13	11	147	782	5	41	55.8	46	5.3	60.2	11.3	78	50	452	9.0	3	24	53.8	31	3.8	34.8	64.1	5.8	197	6.3	1234	8	2
2	Duriel Harris	27	WR	15	12	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	100	53	911	17.2	2	38	47.0	55	3.5	60.7	53.0	9.1	53	17.2	911	2	0
3	Andra Franklin	22	FB	16	11	201	711	7	40	47.8	29	3.5	44.4	12.6	4	3	6	2.0	1	1	25.0	3	0.2	0.4	75.0	1.5	204	3.5	717	8	5
4	Jimmy Cefalo	25	WR	16	6	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	75	29	631	21.8	3	25	37.3	69	1.8	39.4	38.7	8.4	29	21.8	631	3	0
5	Nat Moore	30	WR	13	11	1	3	0	1	100.0	3	3.0	0.2	0.1	63	26	452	17.4	2	19	34.9	52	2.0	34.8	41.3	7.2	27	16.9	455	2	0
6	Tommy Vigorito	22	RB	16	1	35	116	1	7	34.3	30	3.3	7.3	2.2	45	33	237	7.2	2	14	46.7	31	2.1	14.8	73.3	5.3	68	5.2	353	3	1
7	Joe Rose	24	TE	16	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	38	23	316	13.7	2	18	55.3	50	1.4	19.8	60.5	8.3	23	13.7	316	2	0
8	David Woodley	23	QB	15	15	63	272	4	20	46.0	26	4.3	18.1	4.2	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			63	4.3	272	4	9
9	Eddie Hill	24	RB	11	3	37	146	1	4	43.2	24	3.9	13.3	3.4	17	12	73	6.1	1	5	52.9	16	1.1	6.6	70.6	4.3	49	4.5	219	2	2
10	Bruce Hardy	25	TE	16	4	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	23	15	174	11.6	0	9	60.9	21	0.9	10.9	65.2	7.6	15	11.6	174	0	1
11	Woody Bennett	26	RB	3	3	28	104	0	7	46.4	12	3.7	34.7	9.3	4	4	22	5.5	0	1	50.0	10	1.3	7.3	100.0	5.5	32	3.9	126	0	1
12	Nick Giaquinto	26	RB	8	0	3	31	0	1	66.7	20	10.3	3.9	0.4	8	7	38	5.4	1	1	50.0	16	0.9	4.8	87.5	4.8	10	6.9	69	1	0
13	Ronnie Lee	25	TE	16	16	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	25	14	64	4.6	1	3	24.0	11	0.9	4.0	56.0	2.6	14	4.6	64	1	0
14	Steve Howell	25	FB	10	2	5	21	0	1	60.0	9	4.2	2.1	0.5	2	2	9	4.5	0	0	50.0	5	0.2	0.9	100.0	4.5	7	4.3	30	0	0
15	Tom Orosz	22	P	16	0	1	13	0	1	100.0	13	13.0	0.8	0.1	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			1	13.0	13	0	0
16	Elmer Bailey	24	WR	16	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	3	0	0		0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0		0	0	0
17	Don Strock	31	QB	16	1	14	-26	0	0	7.1	9	-1.9	-1.6	0.9	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			14	-1.9	-26	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	535	2173	18	123	47.9	46	4.1	135.8	33.4	485	271	3385	12.5	18	158	44.9	69	16.9	211.6	55.9	7.0	806	6.9	5558	36	21

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing									Receiving												Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Tony Nathan	25	RB	1	0	14	48	1	2	42.9	12	3.4	48.0	14.0	12	9	114	12.7	1	4	58.3	27	9.0	114.0	75.0	9.5	23	7.0	162	2	0
2	Duriel Harris	27	WR	1	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	9	6	106	17.7	0	5	66.7	30	6.0	106.0	66.7	11.8	6	17.7	106	0	0
3	Bruce Hardy	25	TE	1	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	7	5	89	17.8	1	4	71.4	50	5.0	89.0	71.4	12.7	5	17.8	89	1	0
4	Jimmy Cefalo	25	WR	1	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	4	3	62	20.7	0	3	75.0	23	3.0	62.0	75.0	15.5	3	20.7	62	0	0
5	Joe Rose	24	TE	1	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	6	4	37	9.3	2	4	66.7	15	4.0	37.0	66.7	6.2	4	9.3	37	2	0
6	Tommy Vigorito	22	RB	1	0	1	6	0	0	100.0	6	6.0	6.0	1.0	5	2	12	6.0	0	1	40.0	8	2.0	12.0	40.0	2.4	3	6.0	18	0	0
7	Eddie Hill	24	RB	1	0	3	8	0	0	33.3	4	2.7	8.0	3.0	3	2	3	1.5	0	0	0.0	2	2.0	3.0	66.7	1.0	5	2.2	11	0	0
8	David Woodley	23	QB	1	1	1	10	0	0	100.0	10	10.0	10.0	1.0		0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			1	10.0	10	0	1
9	Andra Franklin	22	FB	1	1	9	6	0	1	11.1	3	0.7	6.0	9.0		0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			9	0.7	6	0	1
10	Nat Moore	30	WR	1	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	2	0	0		0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0		0	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	28	78	1	3	35.7	12	2.8	78.0	28.0	48	31	423	13.6	4	21	56.3	50	31.0	423.0	64.6	8.8	59	8.5	501	5	2

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Defense & Fumbles

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles						Tackles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	Sfty	Awards
1	Bob Baumhower	26	NT	16	16	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	10	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	PB,AP-2
2	Glenn Blackwood	24	SS	16	16	4	124	0	39	0	0	1	5	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
3	Bob Brudzinski	26	LOLB	16	16	2	35	0	19	5	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
4	A.J. Duhe	26	LILB	16	16	1	11	0	11	1	0	1	0	0	7.5	0	0	0	0
5	Jon Giesler	25	LT	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
6	Larry Gordon	27	ROLB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	1
7	Eric Laakso	25	RT	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
8	Earnest Rhone	28	RILB	16	16	3	35	0	16	3	0	1	0	0	6.0	0	0	0	0
9	Gerald Small	25	RCB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
10	Doug Betters	25	LDE	15	15	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	5.0	0	0	0	0
11	David Woodley	23	QB	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	9	2	-21	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
12	Vern Den Herder	33	RDE	16	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
13	Don McNeal	23	LCB	12	12	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
14	Andra Franklin	22	FB	16	11	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
15	Tony Nathan	25	RB	13	11	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
16	Lyle Blackwood	30	FS	12	10	3	12	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
17	Don Bessillieu	25	FS	16	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
18	Bruce Hardy	25	TE	16	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
19	Woody Bennett	26	RB	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
20	Eddie Hill	24	RB	11	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
21	Steve Howell	25	FB	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
22	Fulton Walker	23	DB	16	2	1	0	0	0	1	4	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
23	Kim Bokamper	27	DE	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.5	0	0	0	0
24	Tommy Vigorito	22	RB	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
25	Mike Kozlowski	25	DB	14	0	3	37	0	29	0	0	1	25	1	0.0	0	0	0	0
26	Tom Orosz	22	P	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
27	Joe Rose	24	TE	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
28	Steve Shull	23	LB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	18	254	0	39	16	26	28	19	1	38.0	0	0	0	1

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Sfty	Awards
1	Bob Baumhower	26	NT	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
2	Doug Betters	25	LDE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
3	Lyle Blackwood	30	FS	1	1	1	8	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
4	Andra Franklin	22	FB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
5	Eric Laakso	25	RT	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
6	David Woodley	23	QB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
7	Tommy Vigorito	22	RB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
8	Kim Bokamper	27	DE	1		0	0	0			1	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	1	8	0	8	0	1	2	4	0	0	2.0	0	0

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