1973 Miami Dolphins (NFL) |
| 1st place • American Football Conference • Eastern Division • 12-2-0 .857 |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| AFC Divisional Playoff | |||||||||
| Sun | 12/23/1973 | H | Cincinnati Bengals | 34-16 | W | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 74651 | |
| AFC Championship | |||||||||
| Sun | 12/30/1973 | H | Oakland Raiders | 27-10 | W | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 74384 | |
| Super Bowl VIII | |||||||||
| Sun | 1/13/1974 | H | Minnesota Vikings | 24-7 | W | Houston, TX | Rice Stadium | 68142 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Dick Anderson | 40 | LS | 6-2 | 202 | 27 | Colorado | 3 | 3 |
| Charlie Babb | 49 | DB | 6-0 | 190 | 23 | Memphis | 3 | 0 |
| Larry Ball | 51 | LB | 6-6 | 235 | 24 | Louisville | 3 | 0 |
| Bruce Bannon | 58 | LB | 6-3 | 225 | 22 | Penn State | 3 | 0 |
| Marlin Briscoe | 86 | WR | 5-10 | 178 | 28 | Nebraska-Omaha | 3 | 3 |
| Nick Buoniconti | 85 | MLB | 5-11 | 220 | 33 | Notre Dame | 3 | 3 |
| Doug Crusan | 77 | OL | 6-5 | 253 | 27 | Indiana | 3 | 0 |
| Larry Csonka | 39 | RB | 6-3 | 238 | 27 | Syracuse | 3 | 3 |
| Vern Den Herder | 83 | LDE | 6-6 | 251 | 25 | Central (Iowa) | 3 | 3 |
| Norm Evans | 73 | ROT | 6-5 | 248 | 31 | Texas Christian | 3 | 3 |
| Manny Fernandez | 75 | LDT | 6-2 | 250 | 27 | Chabot JC; Utah | 2 | 2 |
| Marv Fleming | 80 | TE | 6-4 | 233 | 31 | Utah | 2 | 0 |
| Tim Foley | 25 | DB | 6-0 | 194 | 25 | Purdue | 2 | 0 |
| Irv Goode | 55 | OL | 6-5 | 255 | 33 | Kentucky | 3 | 0 |
| Bob Griese | 12 | QB | 6-1 | 190 | 28 | Purdue | 3 | 3 |
| Bob Heinz | 72 | RDT | 6-6 | 263 | 26 | San Joaquin Delta JC; Pacific | 3 | 3 |
| Curtis Johnson | 45 | RCB | 6-2 | 196 | 25 | Toledo | 3 | 3 |
| Jim Kiick | 21 | RB | 5-11 | 215 | 27 | Wyoming | 3 | 0 |
| Mike Kolen | 57 | RLB | 6-2 | 220 | 25 | Auburn | 3 | 3 |
| Bob Kuechenberg | 67 | LOG | 6-2 | 255 | 26 | Notre Dame | 3 | 3 |
| Jim Langer | 62 | C | 6-2 | 253 | 25 | South Dakota State | 3 | 3 |
| Charlie Leigh | 23 | RB | 5-11 | 203 | 28 | none | 2 | 0 |
| Larry Little | 66 | ROG | 6-1 | 270 | 28 | Bethune-Cookman | 3 | 3 |
| Jim Mandich | 88 | TE | 6-2 | 214 | 25 | Michigan | 3 | 3 |
| Bob Matheson | 53 | LB | 6-4 | 241 | 29 | Duke | 3 | 0 |
| Maulty Moore | 65 | LDT | 6-5 | 265 | 27 | Bethune-Cookman | 3 | 1 |
| Wayne Moore | 79 | LOT | 6-6 | 265 | 28 | Lamar | 3 | 3 |
| Earl Morrall | 15 | QB | 6-2 | 205 | 39 | Michigan State | 3 | 0 |
| Mercury Morris | 22 | RB | 5-10 | 190 | 26 | West Texas A&M | 3 | 3 |
| Lloyd Mumphord | 26 | LCB | 5-11 | 180 | 27 | Texas Southern | 3 | 3 |
| Ed Newman | 64 | OL | 6-2 | 240 | 22 | Duke | 3 | 0 |
| Don Nottingham | 36 | RB | 5-10 | 210 | 24 | Kent State | 3 | 0 |
| Jake Scott | 13 | RS | 6-0 | 188 | 28 | Georgia | 3 | 3 |
| Larry Seiple | 20 | P | 6-0 | 213 | 28 | Kentucky | 3 | 0 |
| Ron Sellers | 34 | WR | 6-4 | 195 | 26 | Florida State | 2 | 0 |
| Bill Stanfill | 84 | RDE | 6-5 | 250 | 26 | Georgia | 3 | 3 |
| Henry Stuckey | 48 | DB | 6-1 | 180 | 23 | Merritt JC; Missouri | 2 | 0 |
| Doug Swift | 59 | LLB | 6-3 | 228 | 25 | Amherst | 3 | 3 |
| Howard Twilley | 81 | WR | 5-10 | 183 | 30 | Tulsa | 3 | 0 |
| Paul Warfield | 42 | WR | 6-0 | 188 | 31 | Ohio State | 3 | 3 |
| Garo Yepremian | 1 | K | 5-8 | 172 | 29 | none | 3 | 0 |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 35 | 17 | 20 | 13 | 85 |
| Opponents Totals | 3 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 33 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1ST DOWNS | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY | 4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 69 | 49 | 15 | 5 | 28/41 68.3% | 1/1 100.0% | 1 | 5 | |
| Opponents Totals | 40 | 14 | 23 | 3 | 17/39 43.6% | 0/1 0.0% | 12 | 119 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Csonka | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Garo Yepremian | 0 | 10 | 10 | 100.0 | 5 | 5 | 100.0 | 0 | 25 |
| Jim Kiick | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jim Mandich | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Mercury Morris | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Paul Warfield | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 10 | 10 | 10 | 100.0 | 5 | 5 | 100.0 | 0 | 85 |
| Opponents Totals | 3 | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 4 | 5 | 80.0 | 0 | 33 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garo Yepremian | 5 | 5 | 100.0 | 0/0 | 2/2 | 0/0 | 2/2 | 1/1 |
| OWN | 5 | 5 | 100.0 | 0/0 | 2/2 | 0/0 | 2/2 | 1/1 |
| OPP | 4 | 5 | 80.0 | 1/1 | 2/2 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 0/0 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Csonka | 82 | 333 | 4.1 | 16 | 6 |
| Mercury Morris | 45 | 226 | 5.0 | 27 | 1 |
| Jim Kiick | 23 | 73 | 3.2 | 27 | 1 |
| Bob Griese | 5 | 46 | 9.2 | 27 | 0 |
| Don Nottingham | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Charlie Leigh | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 158 | 706 | 4.5 | 27 | 8 |
| Opponents Totals | 70 | 276 | 3.9 | 22 | 1 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Griese | 31 | 20 | 64.5 | 9 | 266 | 8.6 | 13.3 | 48 | 2 | 6.5 | 2 | 6.5 | 2 | 18 | 248 | 86.2 |
| Marlin Briscoe | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Team Totals | 32 | 20 | 62.5 | 9 | 266 | 8.3 | 13.3 | 48 | 2 | 6.3 | 3 | 9.4 | 2 | 18 | 248 | 70.6 |
| Opponents Totals | 78 | 47 | 60.3 | 28 | 424 | 5.4 | 9.0 | 30 | 1 | 1.3 | 3 | 3.8 | 5 | 32 | 392 | 63.2 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Warfield | 7 | 155 | 22.1 | 48 | 1 | ||
| Jim Mandich | 5 | 49 | 9.8 | 13 | 1 | ||
| Marlin Briscoe | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 17 | 0 | ||
| Jim Kiick | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 20 | 266 | 13.3 | 48 | 2 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 47 | 424 | 9.0 | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Matheson | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Dick Anderson | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Curtis Johnson | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 29 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 45 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Seiple | 6 | 256 | 42.7 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 230 | 38.3 |
| Team Totals | 6 | 256 | 42.7 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 230 | 38.3 |
| Opponents Totals | 14 | 567 | 40.5 | 63 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 36 | 511 | 36.5 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Scott | 6 | 5 | 34 | 5.7 | 12 | 0 |
| Dick Anderson | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 7 | 5 | 36 | 5.1 | 12 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 3 | 1 | 26 | 8.7 | 15 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Scott | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 31 | 0 | |
| Mercury Morris | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 19 | 0 | |
| Charlie Leigh | 1 | 52 | 52.0 | 52 | 0 | |
| Don Nottingham | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Dick Anderson | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 7 | 151 | 21.6 | 52 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 10 | 200 | 20.0 | 28 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Bob Matheson | 2.0 | 11.0 |
| Vern Den Herder | 1.0 | 10.0 |
| Manny Fernandez | 1.0 | 6.0 |
| Bill Stanfill | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| Team Totals | 5.0 | 32.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 2.0 | 18.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Csonka | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Little | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mercury Morris | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Scott | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
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