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1985 Miami Dolphins Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 12-4-0, 1st in AFC East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Don Shula (12-4-0)

Points For: 428 (26.8/g) 4th of 28

Points Against: 320 (20.0/g) 12th of 28

Expected W-L: 10.7-5.3

SRS: 7.02 (4th of 28), SOS: .27

Playoffs:
Won Divisional Round 24-21 vs. Cleveland Browns
Lost Conference Championship 14-31 vs. New England Patriots

Defensive Coordinator: Chuck Studley

Other Notable Asst.: John Sandusky (Offensive Line), Mike Scarry (Defensive Line) and David Shula (Wide Receivers/QB)

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 +800

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	428	5843	1039	5.6	41	20	361	343	576	4114	31	21	6.9	218	444	1729	19	3.9	116	77	637	27
Opp. Stats	320	5767	1034	5.6	41	18	314	257	487	3511	21	23	6.7	160	509	2256	15	4.4	135	112	854	19
Lg Rank Offense	4	6			19	20	2		4	2	2	11	2		19	18	9	18
Lg Rank Defense	12	23			9	10	16		8	22	15	9	26		19	23	12	24

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 8	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-1	@	Houston Oilers	23	26	17	360	291	69	3	21	394	229	165	4	-2.89	3.24	-1.70
2	Sun	September 15	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-1		Indianapolis Colts	30	13	33	486	329	157	1	17	298	202	96	1	21.53	-3.80	1.00
3	Sun	September 22	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-1		Kansas City Chiefs	31	0	27	391	258	133	2	15	284	187	97	2	13.24	15.63	3.07
4	Sun	September 29	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-1	@	Denver Broncos	30	26	19	418	365	53	1	23	395	226	169	2	6.39	-0.64	-1.75
5	Sun	October 6	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-1		Pittsburgh Steelers	24	20	24	399	277	122	4	15	282	145	137	1	-0.58	6.60	-1.07
6	Mon	October 14	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-2	@	New York Jets	7	23	13	200	126	74	1	27	476	231	245		-4.08	-17.94	7.68
7	Sun	October 20	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-2		Tampa Bay Buccaneers	41	38	30	446	302	144	2	24	476	365	111	1	16.43	-14.71	0.65
8	Sun	October 27	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-3	@	Detroit Lions	21	31	20	341	239	102	3	21	355	203	152	1	3.40	-6.04	-6.31
9	Sun	November 3	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-4	@	New England Patriots	13	17	19	236	145	91	4	22	380	177	203	4	-10.13	8.63	0.56
10	Sun	November 10	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-4		New York Jets	21	17	19	400	347	53	5	27	491	371	120	2	0.26	-6.41	7.97
11	Sun	November 17	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-4	@	Indianapolis Colts	34	20	25	458	323	135	2	17	352	210	142	4	10.40	10.69	-10.42
12	Sun	November 24	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-4	@	Buffalo Bills	23	14	28	388	216	172	2	12	255	161	94	1	5.20	-0.76	4.60
13	Mon	December 2	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		9-4		Chicago Bears	38	24	17	335	245	90	2	23	343	176	167	4	7.96	2.86	-2.88
14	Sun	December 8	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		10-4	@	Green Bay Packers	34	24	24	408	345	63	3	20	366	241	125	4	8.55	-0.24	2.96
15	Mon	December 16	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		11-4		New England Patriots	30	27	22	269	177	92	4	19	321	199	122	4	2.83	5.87	-6.63
16	Sun	December 22	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		12-4		Buffalo Bills	28	0	24	308	129	179	2	11	299	188	111	6	2.34	27.05	-4.70
		Playoffs
Division	Sat	January 4	12:30PM ET	boxscore	W		13-4		Cleveland Browns	24	21	20	330	238	92	1	17	313	62	251	1	6.37	-4.16	2.19
Conf. Champ.	Sun	January 12	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		13-5		New England Patriots	14	31	18	302	234	68	6	21	326	71	255	2	-14.34	-7.57	2.65

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	Dan Marino	24	QB	16	16	12-4-0	336	567	59.3	4137	30	5.3	21	3.7	214	50.9	73	7.3	6.7	12.3	258.6	84.1	18	157	3.08	6.80	6.2	3	5	PB,AP-1
2	Don Strock	35	QB	16	0		7	9	77.8	141	1	11.1	0	0.0	5	55.6	67	15.7	17.9	20.1	8.8	155.8	0	0	0.00	15.67	17.9	0	0
3	Mark Clayton	24	WR	16	16		0	0		0	0		0		0						0.0		1	7	100.00	-7.00	-7.0	0	0	PB
	Team Totals			16	16	12-4-0	343	576	59.5	4114	31	5.4	21	3.6	219	50.9	73	7.4	6.9	12.5	257.1	85.4	19	164	3.19	6.91	6.37	3	5

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	Dan Marino	24	QB	2	2	1-1-0	45	93	48.4	486	3	3.2	3	3.2	28	43.6	39	5.2	4.4	10.8	243.0	61.5	1	14	1.06	5.02	4.2	1	1
	Team Totals			2	2	1-1-0	45	93	48.4	472	3	3.2	3	3.2	28	43.6	39	5.2	4.4	10.8	236.0	54.9	1	14	1.06	4.78	3.76	1	1

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	29	RB	16	15	143	667	5	41	50.3	22	4.7	41.7	8.9	102	72	651	9.0	1	32	56.9	73	4.5	40.7	70.6	6.4	215	6.1	1318	6	7
2	Mark Clayton	24	WR	16	16	1	10	0	1	100.0	10	10.0	0.6	0.1	145	70	996	14.2	4	49	42.8	45	4.4	62.3	48.3	6.9	71	14.2	1006	4	2	PB
3	Nat Moore	34	WR	15	7	1	11	0	1	100.0	11	11.0	0.7	0.1	73	51	701	13.7	7	42	65.8	69	3.4	46.7	69.9	9.6	52	13.7	712	7	0
4	Mark Duper	26	WR	9	8	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	54	35	650	18.6	3	26	63.0	67	3.9	72.2	64.8	12.0	35	18.6	650	3	1
5	Ron Davenport	23	RB	16	1	98	370	11	33	57.1	33	3.8	23.1	6.1	16	13	74	5.7	2	6	62.5	17	0.8	4.6	81.3	4.6	111	4.0	444	13	2
6	Lorenzo Hampton	23	RB	16	1	105	369	3	27	49.5	15	3.5	23.1	6.6	9	8	56	7.0	0	4	66.7	15	0.5	3.5	88.9	6.2	113	3.8	425	3	3
7	Bruce Hardy	29	TE	16	16	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	54	39	409	10.5	4	20	70.4	31	2.4	25.6	72.2	7.6	39	10.5	409	4	1
8	Woody Bennett	30	FB	16	13	54	256	0	12	53.7	17	4.7	16.0	3.4	21	10	101	10.1	1	5	28.6	27	0.6	6.3	47.6	4.8	64	5.6	357	1	0
9	Joe Rose	28	TE	16	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	41	19	306	16.1	4	17	43.9	42	1.2	19.1	46.3	7.5	19	16.1	306	4	0
10	Dan Johnson	25	TE	12	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	23	13	192	14.8	3	9	52.2	61	1.1	16.0	56.5	8.3	13	14.8	192	3	0
11	Vince Heflin	26	WR	5	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	12	6	98	16.3	1	5	50.0	46	1.2	19.6	50.0	8.2	6	16.3	98	1	0
12	Joe Carter	23	RB	10	0	14	76	0	2	71.4	19	5.4	7.6	1.4	3	2	7	3.5	0	0	0.0	4	0.2	0.7	66.7	2.3	16	5.2	83	0	2
13	Duriel Harris	31	WR	6	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	10	3	24	8.0	0	2	30.0	11	0.5	4.0	30.0	2.4	3	8.0	24	0	1
14	Tommy Vigorito	26	PR	9	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	4	1	9	9.0	0	1	25.0	9	0.1	1.0	25.0	2.3	1	9.0	9	0	3
15	Jim Jensen	27	WR	16	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	3	1	4	4.0	1	1	33.3	4	0.1	0.3	33.3	1.3	1	4.0	4	1	0
16	William Judson	26	RCB	16	16	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	0	0		0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0		0	0	0
17	Don Strock	35	QB	16	0	2	-6	0	0	0.0	-3	-3.0	-0.4	0.1	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			2	-3.0	-6	0	0
18	Dan Marino	24	QB	16	16	26	-24	0	0	3.8	6	-0.9	-1.5	1.6	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			26	-0.9	-24	0	9	PB,AP-1
	Team Totals			16	16	444	1729	19	117	50.0	33	3.9	108.1	27.8	571	343	4278	12.5	31	219	53.1	73	21.4	267.4	60.1	7.5	787	7.6	6007	50	31

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	29	RB	2	2	9	25	0	3	33.3	12	2.8	12.5	4.5	19	15	158	10.5	1	7	68.4	39	7.5	79.0	78.9	8.3	24	7.6	183	1	1
2	Bruce Hardy	29	TE	2	2	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	10	8	103	12.9	0	6	70.0	29	4.0	51.5	80.0	10.3	8	12.9	103	0	0
3	Ron Davenport	23	RB	2	0	9	54	2	3	55.6	31	6.0	27.0	4.5	3	3	23	7.7	0	0	100.0	9	1.5	11.5	100.0	7.7	12	6.4	77	2	0
4	Joe Carter	23	RB	2	0	8	62	0	3	75.0	19	7.8	31.0	4.0	2	1	2	2.0	0	0	0.0	2	0.5	1.0	50.0	1.0	9	7.1	64	0	1
5	Mark Clayton	24	WR	2	2	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	17	4	56	14.0	0	4	23.5	16	2.0	28.0	23.5	3.3	4	14.0	56	0	0
6	Mark Duper	26	WR	2	2	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	19	3	45	15.0	0	3	15.8	18	1.5	22.5	15.8	2.4	3	15.0	45	0	0
7	Nat Moore	34	WR	2	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	11	5	39	7.8	1	4	45.5	10	2.5	19.5	45.5	3.5	5	7.8	39	1	0
8	Dan Johnson	25	TE	2	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	4	3	27	9.0	1	2	75.0	10	1.5	13.5	75.0	6.8	3	9.0	27	1	0
9	Joe Rose	28	TE	2	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	4	2	27	13.5	0	2	50.0	17	1.0	13.5	50.0	6.8	2	13.5	27	0	0
10	Woody Bennett	30	FB	2	1	5	19	0	1	20.0	17	3.8	9.5	2.5	2	1	6	6.0	0	0	50.0	6	0.5	3.0	50.0	3.0	6	4.2	25	0	0
11	Dan Marino	24	QB	1	1	1	0	0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	1.0		0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			1	0.0	0	0	1
	Team Totals			2	2	32	160	2	10	46.9	31	5.0	80.0	16.0	91	45	486	10.8	3	28	45.1	39	22.5	243.0	49.5	5.3	77	8.4	646	5	3

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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	Bud Brown	24	FS	16	16	2	40	0	26	2	0	5	6	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
2	Mike Charles	23	NT	16	16	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	7.0	0	0	0	0
3	Mark Clayton	24	WR	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB
4	Bruce Hardy	29	TE	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
5	William Judson	26	RCB	16	16	4	88	1	61	2	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
6	Dan Marino	24	QB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	9	2	-4	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB,AP-1
7	Mark Brown	24	RILB	15	15	1	5	0	5	1	0	2	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
8	Paul Lankford	27	LCB	16	15	4	10	0	6	4	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
9	Tony Nathan	29	RB	16	15	0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
10	Doug Betters	29	LDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	5.5	0	0	0	0
11	Glenn Blackwood	28	SS	14	14	6	36	0	17	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
12	Bob Brudzinski	30	LOLB	14	13	1	6	0	6	1	0	2	7	1	3.0	0	0	0	0
13	Jon Giesler	29	LT	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
14	Kim Bokamper	31	RDE	16	12	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2.5	0	0	0	0
15	Hugh Green	26	ROLB	11	11	1	28	0	28	1	0	1	0	0	5.0	0	0	0	0
16	Jackie Shipp	23	LILB	16	11	1	7	0	7	1	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
17	Mark Duper	26	WR	9	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
18	Jay Brophy	25	LILB	16	6	1	41	0	41	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
19	Steve Clark	25	RG	16	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
20	Jeff Toews	28	RT	11	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
21	George Little	22	NT	14	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
22	Sanders Shiver	31	LB	6	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
23	Charles Bowser	26	LB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.5	0	0	0	0
24	Mack Moore	26	DE	16	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	5.5	0	0	0	0
25	Bill Barnett	29	DE	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
26	Ron Davenport	23	RB	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
27	Lorenzo Hampton	23	RB	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
28	Robert Sowell	24	DB	10	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
29	Lyle Blackwood	34	DB	16	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
30	Joe Carter	23	RB	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
31	Duriel Harris	31	WR	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
32	Alex Moyer	22	LB	10	0	1	4	0	4	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
33	Tommy Vigorito	26	PR	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	23	265	1	61	23	31	28	12	1	37.0	0	0	0	0

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	Bud Brown	24	FS	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
2	Paul Lankford	27	LCB	1	1	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
3	Dan Marino	24	QB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
4	Tony Nathan	29	RB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
5	Joe Carter	23	RB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
6	Lorenzo Hampton	23	RB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
7	Mike Kozlowski	29	DB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
8	Don McNeal	27	DB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
9	Mack Moore	26	DE	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0
10	Tommy Vigorito	26	PR	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
	Team Totals			2	2	1	2	0	2	0	0	6	4	0	0	1.0	0	0

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