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1973 Miami Dolphins Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 12-2-0, 1st in AFC East Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Don Shula (12-2-0)

Points For: 343 (24.5/g) 5th of 26

Points Against: 150 (10.7/g) 1st of 26

Expected W-L: 12.3-1.7

SRS: 13.31 (2nd of 26), SOS: -0.47

Playoffs:
Won Divisional Round 34-16 vs. Cincinnati Bengals
Won Conference Championship 27-10 vs. Oakland Raiders
Won Super Bowl 24-7 vs. Minnesota Vikings

Offensive Coordinator: Bill McPeak

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)

1973 Super Bowl 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	343	4103	776	5.3	28	16	215	133	256	1582	17	12	5.9	91	507	2521	16	5.0	111	52	416	13
Opp. Stats	150	3281	878	3.7	29	8	195	151	322	1290	5	21	3.5	78	511	1991	10	3.9	109	61	616	8
Lg Rank Offense	5	9			5	14	19		24	21	8	3	6		12	3	6	2
Lg Rank Defense	1	3			22	26	3		6	1	1	5	1		16	12	8	7

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 16	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0		San Francisco 49ers	21	13	15	279	108	171	4	16	252	154	98
2	Sun	September 23	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-1	@	Oakland Raiders	7	12	10	195	90	105	2	12	250	63	187	1
3	Sun	September 30	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-1		New England Patriots	44	23	16	354	53	301	1	21	356	213	143	3
4	Sun	October 7	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-1		New York Jets	31	3	18	370	219	151	2	12	198	42	156	5
5	Mon	October 15	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-1	@	Cleveland Browns	17	9	11	250	38	212	2	12	211	57	154	1
6	Sun	October 21	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-1		Buffalo Bills	27	6	18	310	127	183	5	8	76	1	75	2
7	Sun	October 28	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-1	@	New England Patriots	30	14	19	311	73	238	1	12	236	142	94
8	Sun	November 4	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-1	@	New York Jets	24	14	21	346	193	153	2	16	281	168	113	2
9	Sun	November 11	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-1		Baltimore Colts	44	0	17	412	97	315	3	4	132	20	112	3
10	Sun	November 18	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		9-1	@	Buffalo Bills	17	0	17	277	123	154		15	309	71	238	2
11	Thu	November 22	3:30PM ET	boxscore	W		10-1	@	Dallas Cowboys	14	7	16	260	103	157	1	16	267	136	131	1
12	Mon	December 3	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		11-1		Pittsburgh Steelers	30	26	8	189	66	123	2	19	268	90	178	6
13	Sun	December 9	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		11-2	@	Baltimore Colts	3	16	11	228	135	93	3	15	201	35	166
14	Sat	December 15	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		12-2		Detroit Lions	34	7	18	322	157	165		17	244	98	146	3
		Playoffs
Division	Sun	December 23	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		13-2		Cincinnati Bengals	34	16	27	400	159	241	3	11	194	97	97	1
Conf. Champ.	Sun	December 30	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		14-2		Oakland Raiders	27	10	21	292	26	266	1	15	236	129	107	1
SuperBowl	Sun	January 13	3:50PM ET	boxscore	W		15-2	N	Minnesota Vikings	24	7	21	259	63	196		14	238	166	72	2

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	28	QB	13	13	12-1-0	116	218	53.2	1422	17	7.8	8	3.7	46	6.5	6.43	12.3	109.4	84.3	11	75	4.80	5.88	5.79	1	1	PB
2	Earl Morrall	39	QB	14	1	0-1-0	17	38	44.7	253	0	0.0	4	10.5	53	6.7	1.92	14.9	18.1	27.5	2	18	5.00	5.88	1.38	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	12-2-0	133	256	52.0	1582	17	6.6	12	4.7	53	6.5	5.76	12.6	113.0	75.2	13	93	4.83	5.88	5.14	1	1

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	28	QB	3	3	3-0-0	20	31	64.5	266	2	6.5	2	6.5	48	8.6	6.97	13.3	88.7	86.2	2	18	6.06	7.52	6.00	0	0
2	Marlin Briscoe	28	WR	1	1		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	100.0		0.0	-45.00		0.0	0.0	0	0	0.00	0.00	-45.00	0	0
	Team Totals			3	3	3-0-0	20	32	62.5	248	2	6.3	3	9.4	48	5.7	5.34	13.3	82.7	27.8	2	18	5.88	3.71	-2.71	0	0

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	27	FB	14	14	219	1003	5	25	4.6	71.6	15.6	7	22	3.1	0	9	0.5	1.6	226	4.5	1025	5	3	PB,AP-1
2	Mercury Morris	26	RB	13	10	149	954	10	70	6.4	73.4	11.5	4	51	12.8	0	36	0.3	3.9	153	6.6	1005	10	3	PB
3	Paul Warfield	31	WR	14	14	1	15	0	15	15.0	1.1	0.1	29	514	17.7	11	45	2.1	36.7	30	17.6	529	11	1	PB,AP-1
4	Jim Kiick	27	RB	14	4	76	257	0	32	3.4	18.4	5.4	27	208	7.7	0	22	1.9	14.9	103	4.5	465	0	3
5	Marlin Briscoe	28	WR	14	14	2	-5	0	2	-2.5	-0.4	0.1	30	447	14.9	2	53	2.1	31.9	32	13.8	442	2	0
6	Jim Mandich	25	TE	14	3	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	24	302	12.6	4	28	1.7	21.6	24	12.6	302	4	0
7	Don Nottingham	24	RB	11	0	24	134	0	30	5.6	12.2	2.2	1	16	16.0	0	16	0.1	1.5	25	6.0	150	0	1
8	Charlie Leigh	28	RB	14	0	22	134	1	34	6.1	9.6	1.6	4	9	2.3	0	7	0.3	0.6	26	5.5	143	1	3
9	Ron Sellers	26	WR	3	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	54	27.0	0	42	0.7	18.0	2	27.0	54	0	1
10	Howard Twilley	30	WR	6	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	30	15.0	0	19	0.3	5.0	2	15.0	30	0	0
11	Marv Fleming	31	TE	11	11	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	3	22	7.3	0	15	0.3	2.0	3	7.3	22	0	0
12	Bob Griese	28	QB	13	13	13	20	0	21	1.5	1.5	1.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	13	1.5	20	0	5	PB
13	Earl Morrall	39	QB	14	1	1	9	0	9	9.0	0.6	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	9.0	9	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	507	2521	16	70	5.0	180.1	36.2	133	1675	12.6	17	53	9.5	119.6	640	6.6	4196	33	20

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	27	FB	3	3	82	333	6	16	4.1	111.0	27.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	82	4.1	333	6	1	SB MVP
2	Mercury Morris	26	RB	3	3	45	226	1	18	5.0	75.3	15.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	45	5.0	226	1	2
3	Paul Warfield	31	WR	3	3	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	7	155	22.1	1	48	2.3	51.7	7	22.1	155	1	0
4	Jim Kiick	27	RB	3	0	23	73	1	27	3.2	24.3	7.7	4	20	5.0	0	8	1.3	6.7	27	3.4	93	1	0
5	Jim Mandich	25	TE	2	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	5	49	9.8	1	13	2.5	24.5	5	9.8	49	1	0
6	Bob Griese	28	QB	2	2	5	46	0	27	9.2	23.0	2.5	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	5	9.2	46	0	0
7	Marlin Briscoe	28	WR	3	3	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	4	42	10.5	0	17	1.3	14.0	4	10.5	42	0	0
8	Don Nottingham	24	RB	2	0	2	17	0	12	8.5	8.5	1.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	8.5	17	0	0
9	Charlie Leigh	28	RB	1	0	1	8	0	8	8.0	8.0	1.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	8.0	8	0	0
	Team Totals			3	3	158	703	8	27	4.4	234.3	52.7	20	266	13.3	2	48	6.7	88.7	178	5.4	969	10	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	27	SS	14	14	8	163	2	38	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1,AP DPoY-1
2	Marlin Briscoe	28	WR	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
3	Larry Csonka	27	FB	14	14	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
4	Vern Den Herder	25	LDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	10.0	0
5	Bob Heinz	26	RDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.5	0
6	Curtis Johnson	25	RCB	14	14	2	19	0	17	0	1	0	0	0.0	1
7	Jake Scott	28	FS	14	14	4	71	0	29	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
8	Doug Swift	25	LLB	14	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0
9	Paul Warfield	31	WR	14	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
10	Nick Buoniconti	33	MLB	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	3	13	1	1.0	0	PB
11	Manny Fernandez	27	LDT	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.5	0
12	Bob Griese	28	QB	13	13	0	0	0	0	5	3	-16	0	0.0	0	PB
13	Mike Kolen	25	RLB	14	13	2	54	0	29	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
14	Bill Stanfill	26	RDE	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	18.5	0	PB
15	Marv Fleming	31	TE	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
16	Tim Foley	25	LCB	11	11	2	22	0	15	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
17	Mercury Morris	26	RB	13	10	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB
18	Jim Kiick	27	RB	14	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
19	Doug Crusan	27	T	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
20	Bob Matheson	29	LB	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	0
21	Maulty Moore	27	DT	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
22	Charlie Babb	23	DB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
23	Larry Ball	24	LB	14	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2.0	0
24	Bruce Bannon	22	LB	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
25	Charlie Leigh	28	RB	14	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
26	Don Nottingham	24	RB	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
27	Ron Sellers	26	WR	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
28	Henry Stuckey	23	DB	6	0	1	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	21	335	2	38	22	13	-3	1	45.0	1

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	Mercury Morris	26	RB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
2	Dick Anderson	27	SS	1	1	1	19	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
3	Larry Csonka	27	FB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	SB MVP
4	Vern Den Herder	25	LDE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0
5	Manny Fernandez	27	LDT	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	4	0
6	Curtis Johnson	25	RCB	1	1	1	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	0
7	Larry Little	28	RG	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
8	Jake Scott	28	FS	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.0	3	0
9	Bill Stanfill	26	RDE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0
10	Bob Matheson	29	LB	2	0	1	29	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0
	Team Totals			3	3	3	58	0	29	0	4	4	0	0	5.0	9	0

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