1981 Miami Dolphins (NFL) |
1st place American Football Conference Eastern Division 11-4-1 .719 |
Head Coach: Don Shula |
Bill Arnsparger | Assistant Head Coach/Defense |
Steve Crosby | Special Teams |
Wally English | Quarterbacks/Receivers/Passing Game |
Tom Keane | Defensive Backs/Punters |
John Sandusky | Offensive Line/Running Game |
Mike Scarry | Defensive Line/Run Defense |
Carl Taseff | Offensive Backs/Special Teams |
SCORES | |||||||||
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Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
Sat | 8/8/1981 | A | Minnesota Vikings | 20-6 | W | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 45165 | |
Sat | 8/15/1981 | H | Denver Broncos | 24-14 | W | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 41502 | |
Sat | 8/22/1981 | A | Detroit Lions | 31-27 | W | Pontiac, MI | Pontiac Silverdome | 54676 | |
Fri | 8/28/1981 | H | Kansas City Chiefs | 31-7 | W | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 41290 | |
Sun | 9/6/1981 | A | St. Louis Cardinals | 20-7 | W | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 50351 | |
Thu | 9/10/1981 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 30-10 | W | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 74190 | |
Sun | 9/20/1981 | A | Houston Oilers | 16-10 | W | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 47379 | |
Sun | 9/27/1981 | A | Baltimore Colts | 31-28 | W | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 41630 | |
Sun | 10/4/1981 | H | New York Jets | 28-28 | T | OT | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 68723 |
Mon | 10/12/1981 | A | Buffalo Bills | 21-31 | L | Orchard Park, NY | Rich Stadium | 78576 | |
Sun | 10/18/1981 | H | Washington Redskins | 13-10 | W | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 47367 | |
Sun | 10/25/1981 | A | Dallas Cowboys | 27-28 | L | Irving, TX | Texas Stadium | 64221 | |
Sun | 11/1/1981 | H | Baltimore Colts | 27-10 | W | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 46061 | |
Sun | 11/8/1981 | A | New England Patriots | 30-27 | W | OT | Foxborough, MA | Schaefer Stadium | 60436 |
Sun | 11/15/1981 | H | Oakland Raiders | 17-33 | L | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 67531 | |
Sun | 11/22/1981 | A | New York Jets | 15-16 | L | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 59962 | |
Mon | 11/30/1981 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 13-10 | W | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 67797 | |
Sun | 12/6/1981 | H | New England Patriots | 24-14 | W | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 50421 | |
Sun | 12/13/1981 | A | Kansas City Chiefs | 17-7 | W | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 57407 | |
Sat | 12/19/1981 | H | Buffalo Bills | 16-6 | W | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 72956 | |
AFC Divisional Playoff | |||||||||
Sat | 1/2/1982 | H | San Diego Chargers | 38-41 | L | OT | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 73735 |
ROSTER | ||||||||
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No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
88 | Elmer Bailey | WR | 6-0 | 195 | 24 | Macalester; Minnesota | 16 | 0 |
70 | Bill Barnett | RDE | 6-4 | 256 | 25 | Nebraska | 9 | 2 |
73 | Bob Baumhower | NT | 6-5 | 265 | 26 | Alabama | 16 | 16 |
34 | Woody Bennett | FB | 6-2 | 220 | 26 | Miami (Florida) | 3 | 3 |
46 | Don Bessillieu | FS | 6-1 | 200 | 25 | Georgia Tech | 16 | 6 |
75 | Doug Betters | LDE | 6-7 | 260 | 25 | Montana; Nevada-Reno | 15 | 15 |
47 | Glenn Blackwood | SS | 6-0 | 190 | 24 | Texas | 16 | 16 |
42 | Lyle Blackwood | FS | 6-1 | 189 | 30 | Blinn JC; Texas Christian | 12 | 10 |
58 | Kim Bokamper | RDE | 6-6 | 250 | 27 | Concordia (Moorhead); San Jose CC; San Jose State | 16 | 1 |
59 | Bob Brudzinski | LOLB | 6-4 | 225 | 26 | Ohio State | 16 | 16 |
81 | Jimmy Cefalo | WR | 5-11 | 189 | 25 | Penn State | 16 | 6 |
83 | Vern Den Herder | RDE-LDE | 6-6 | 251 | 33 | Central (Iowa) | 16 | 14 |
63 | Mark Dennard | C | 6-1 | 250 | 26 | Texas A&M | 11 | 11 |
77 | A.J. Duhe | RILB | 6-4 | 249 | 26 | Louisiana State | 16 | 16 |
37 | Andra Franklin | FB-HB | 5-10 | 225 | 22 | Nebraska | 16 | 11 |
72 | Mike Fultz | NT | 6-5 | 278 | 27 | Nebraska | 4 | 0 |
35 | Nick Giaquinto | RB | 5-11 | 207 | 26 | Bridgeport; Connecticut | 8 | 0 |
79 | Jon Giesler | LOT | 6-5 | 265 | 25 | Michigan | 16 | 16 |
50 | Larry Gordon | ROLB | 6-4 | 230 | 27 | Arizona State | 16 | 16 |
74 | Cleveland Green | OT | 6-3 | 262 | 24 | Southern University | 7 | 0 |
84 | Bruce Hardy | TE | 6-4 | 234 | 25 | Arizona State | 16 | 4 |
82 | Duriel Harris | WR | 5-11 | 176 | 27 | New Mexico State | 15 | 12 |
31 | Eddie Hill | HB-FB | 6-2 | 210 | 24 | Memphis | 11 | 3 |
36 | Steve Howell | HB-FB | 6-2 | 230 | 25 | Baylor | 10 | 2 |
11 | Jim Jensen | QB | 6-4 | 221 | 23 | Boston University | 16 | 0 |
40 | Mike Kozlowski | SS | 6-1 | 198 | 25 | San Diego State; Brigham Young; MiraCosta JC; Colorado | 14 | 0 |
67 | Bob Kuechenberg | LOG | 6-2 | 255 | 34 | Notre Dame | 16 | 9 |
68 | Eric Laakso | ROT | 6-4 | 260 | 25 | Tulane | 16 | 16 |
86 | Ronnie Lee | TE | 6-3 | 272 | 25 | Baylor | 16 | 16 |
33 | Bo Matthews | RB | 6-3 | 222 | 30 | Colorado | 3 | 0 |
28 | Don McNeal | LCB | 5-11 | 193 | 23 | Alabama | 12 | 12 |
89 | Nat Moore | WR | 5-9 | 188 | 30 | Tennessee-Martin; Miami-Dade JC; Florida | 13 | 11 |
22 | Tony Nathan | HB | 6-0 | 206 | 25 | Alabama | 13 | 11 |
54 | Ed Newman | ROG | 6-2 | 240 | 30 | Duke | 16 | 16 |
3 | Tom Orosz | P | 6-1 | 204 | 22 | Ohio State | 16 | 0 |
78 | Ken Poole | DE | 6-3 | 251 | 23 | Louisiana-Monroe | 16 | 0 |
54 | Steve Potter | LB | 6-3 | 235 | 24 | Virginia | 16 | 0 |
43 | Ricky Ray | CB | 5-11 | 185 | 24 | Norfolk State | 8 | 0 |
55 | Earnie Rhone | LILB | 6-2 | 224 | 28 | Henderson State | 16 | 16 |
38 | Terry Robiskie | FB | 6-1 | 210 | 27 | Louisiana State | 1 | 0 |
80 | Joe Rose | TE | 6-3 | 228 | 24 | California | 16 | 0 |
52 | Steve Shull | LB | 6-1 | 220 | 23 | William & Mary | 16 | 0 |
48 | Gerald Small | RCB | 5-11 | 192 | 25 | San Jose State | 16 | 16 |
57 | Dwight Stephenson | C | 6-2 | 255 | 24 | Alabama | 16 | 5 |
10 | Don Strock | QB | 6-5 | 230 | 31 | Virginia Tech | 16 | 1 |
45 | Ed Taylor | LCB | 6-0 | 175 | 26 | Memphis | 6 | 2 |
53 | Rodell Thomas | LOLB | 6-1 | 226 | 23 | Alabama State | 3 | 0 |
60 | Jeff Toews | LOG | 6-3 | 255 | 24 | Washington | 9 | 7 |
32 | Tommy Vigorito | HB | 5-10 | 190 | 22 | Virginia | 16 | 1 |
5 | Uwe von Schamann | K | 6-1 | 188 | 25 | Oklahoma | 16 | 0 |
41 | Fulton Walker | LCB | 5-11 | 193 | 23 | West Virginia | 16 | 2 |
16 | David Woodley | QB | 6-2 | 211 | 23 | Louisiana State | 15 | 15 |
DRAFT LIST | ||||
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Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
1 | 13 | David Overstreet | RB | Oklahoma |
2 | 56 | Andra Franklin | RB | Nebraska |
4 | 84 | Sammy Greene | WR | Nevada-Las Vegas |
4 | 96 | Brad Wright | QB | New Mexico |
5 | 126 | Ken Poole | DE | Louisiana-Monroe |
5 | 138 | Tommy Vigorito | RB | Virginia |
6 | 152 | Mack Moore | DE | Texas A&M |
6 | 154 | Fulton Walker | DB | West Virginia |
7 | 179 | Mike Daum | T | Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo) |
8 | 208 | William Judson | DB | South Carolina State |
9 | 235 | John Noonan | WR | Nebraska |
10 | 261 | Steve Folsom | TE | Utah |
11 | 291 | Jim Jensen | QB | Boston University |
12 | 318 | John Alford | DT | South Carolina State |
SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 41 | 110 | 97 | 94 | 3 |
Opponents Totals | 72 | 92 | 30 | 81 | 0 |
TEAM STATS | TOP | 1ST DOWNS | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY | 4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY | PEN | PENY |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 30:14 | 306 | 113 | 167 | 26 | 86/225 38.2% | / % | 71 | 541 |
Opponents Totals | 29:46 | 296 | 124 | 160 | 12 | 81/214 37.9% | / % | 104 | 886 |
SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Uwe von Schamann | 0 | 37 | 38 | 97.4 | 24 | 31 | 77.4 | 0 | 109 |
Andra Franklin | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
Tony Nathan | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
Tommy Vigorito | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
David Woodley | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
Jimmy Cefalo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
Duriel Harris | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Eddie Hill | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Nat Moore | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Joe Rose | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Nick Giaquinto | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Mike Kozlowski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Ronnie Lee | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Fulton Walker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Larry Gordon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
(Team) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Team Totals | 39 | 37 | 39 | 94.9 | 24 | 31 | 77.4 | 1 | 345 |
Opponents Totals | 33 | 33 | 33 | 100.0 | 14 | 21 | 66.7 | 1 | 275 |
FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Uwe von Schamann | 24 | 31 | 77.4 | 0/0 | 9/9 | 11/12 | 4/10 | 0/0 |
Team Totals | 24 | 31 | 77.4 | 0/0 | 9/9 | 11/12 | 4/10 | 0/0 |
Opponents Totals | 14 | 21 | 66.7 | 0/0 | 4/6 | 5/5 | 5/8 | 0/2 |
RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tony Nathan | 147 | 782 | 5.3 | 46 | 5 |
Andra Franklin | 201 | 711 | 3.5 | 29 | 7 |
David Woodley | 63 | 272 | 4.3 | 26 | 4 |
Eddie Hill | 37 | 146 | 3.9 | 24 | 1 |
Tommy Vigorito | 35 | 116 | 3.3 | 30t | 1 |
Woody Bennett | 28 | 104 | 3.7 | 12 | 0 |
Nick Giaquinto | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 20 | 0 |
Steve Howell | 5 | 21 | 4.2 | 9 | 0 |
Tom Orosz | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
Nat Moore | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
Don Strock | 14 | -26 | -1.9 | 9 | 0 |
Team Totals | 535 | 2173 | 4.1 | 46 | 18 |
Opponents Totals | 492 | 2032 | 4.1 | 28 | 10 |
PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
David Woodley | 366 | 191 | 52.2 | 162 | 2470 | 6.7 | 12.9 | 69t | 12 | 3.3 | 13 | 3.6 | 24 | 191 | 2279 | 69.8 |
Don Strock | 130 | 79 | 60.8 | 43 | 901 | 6.9 | 11.4 | 52 | 6 | 4.6 | 8 | 6.2 | 6 | 45 | 856 | 71.3 |
Eddie Hill | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 118.8 |
Tony Nathan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
Team Totals | 498 | 271 | 54.4 | 206 | 3385 | 6.8 | 12.5 | 69t | 18 | 3.6 | 21 | 4.2 | 30 | 236 | 3149 | 70.2 |
Opponents Totals | 509 | 297 | 58.3 | 194 | 3645 | 7.2 | 12.3 | 76t | 23 | 4.5 | 18 | 3.5 | 38 | 314 | 3331 | 80.9 |
RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Duriel Harris | 53 | 911 | 17.2 | 55 | 2 |
Tony Nathan | 50 | 452 | 9.0 | 31 | 3 |
Tommy Vigorito | 33 | 237 | 7.2 | 31t | 2 |
Jimmy Cefalo | 29 | 631 | 21.8 | 69t | 3 |
Nat Moore | 26 | 452 | 17.4 | 52 | 2 |
Joe Rose | 23 | 316 | 13.7 | 50 | 2 |
Bruce Hardy | 15 | 174 | 11.6 | 21 | 0 |
Ronnie Lee | 14 | 64 | 4.6 | 11 | 1 |
Eddie Hill | 12 | 73 | 6.1 | 16 | 1 |
Nick Giaquinto | 7 | 38 | 5.4 | 16 | 1 |
Woody Bennett | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 10 | 0 |
Andra Franklin | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 3t | 1 |
Steve Howell | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 5 | 0 |
Team Totals | 271 | 3385 | 12.5 | 69t | 18 |
Opponents Totals | 297 | 3645 | 12.3 | 76t | 23 |
INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Glenn Blackwood | 4 | 124 | 31.0 | 39 | 0 |
Mike Kozlowski | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 29 | 0 |
Earnie Rhone | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 16 | 0 |
Lyle Blackwood | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 11 | 0 |
Bob Brudzinski | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 19 | 0 |
A.J. Duhe | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
Don Bessillieu | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Fulton Walker | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 18 | 254 | 14.1 | 39 | 0 |
Opponents Totals | 21 | 288 | 13.7 | 39 | 0 |
PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tom Orosz | 83 | 3386 | 40.8 | 61 | 0 | 11 | 21 | 286 | 2880 | 34.7 |
Team Totals | 83 | 3386 | 40.8 | 61 | 0 | 11 | 21 | 286 | 2880 | 34.7 |
Opponents Totals | 87 | 3565 | 41.0 | 59 | 0 | 6 | 19 | 458 | 2987 | 34.3 |
PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tommy Vigorito | 36 | 12 | 379 | 10.5 | 87t | 1 |
Fulton Walker | 5 | 1 | 50 | 10.0 | 17 | 0 |
Glenn Blackwood | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 6 | 0 |
Don Bessillieu | 1 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
Mike Kozlowski | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
Team Totals | 45 | 17 | 458 | 10.2 | 87t | 1 |
Opponents Totals | 45 | 9 | 286 | 6.4 | 22 | 0 |
KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fulton Walker | 38 | 0 | 932 | 24.5 | 90t | 1 |
Don Bessillieu | 7 | 0 | 114 | 16.3 | 30 | 0 |
Tommy Vigorito | 4 | 0 | 84 | 21.0 | 25 | 0 |
Mike Kozlowski | 1 | 0 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 | 0 |
Nick Giaquinto | 1 | 0 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
Duriel Harris | 1 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
Eddie Hill | 1 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
Joe Rose | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
Team Totals | 54 | 0 | 1228 | 22.7 | 90t | 1 |
Opponents Totals | 60 | 1218 | 20.3 | 41 | 0 |
SACKS | NO | YDS |
---|---|---|
Bob Baumhower | 9.5 | |
A.J. Duhe | 8.0 | |
Kim Bokamper | 7.0 | |
Earnie Rhone | 6.0 | |
Doug Betters | 4.5 | |
Larry Gordon | 1.0 | |
Vern Den Herder | 1.0 | |
Glenn Blackwood | 1.0 | |
Team Totals | 38.0 | 314.0 |
Opponents Totals | 30.0 | 236.0 |
FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bob Baumhower | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 0 |
Woody Bennett | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Don Bessillieu | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Glenn Blackwood | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
A.J. Duhe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Andra Franklin | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Jon Giesler | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Larry Gordon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Bruce Hardy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Eddie Hill | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Steve Howell | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Kozlowski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 1 |
Eric Laakso | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Don McNeal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Tony Nathan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Tom Orosz | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Earnie Rhone | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Joe Rose | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Steve Shull | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Gerald Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Tommy Vigorito | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Fulton Walker | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
David Woodley | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -21 | 0 | |
Team Totals | 26 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 28 | 19 | 1 |
Opponents Totals | 30 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 24 | 0 |
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