1970 Miami Dolphins (NFL)

2nd place American Football Conference Eastern Division 10-4-0 .714

Head Coach: Don Shula

Bill Arnsparger	Defense/Linebackers
Monte Clark	Offensive Line
Tom Keane	Backfield
Mike Scarry	Defensive Line
Howard Schnellenberger	Offense/Receivers
Carl Taseff	Offensive Backs

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/8/1970	N	Pittsburgh Steelers	16-10	W	Jacksonville, FL	Gator Bowl	11800
Sat	8/15/1970	H	Cincinnati Bengals	20-10	W	Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	56739
Sat	8/22/1970	H	San Francisco 49ers	17-7	W	Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	52812
Sat	8/29/1970	H	Baltimore Colts	20-13	W	Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	73533
Sat	9/5/1970	N	Washington Redskins	21-26	L	Tampa, FL	Tampa Stadium	32601
Sat	9/12/1970	H	Atlanta Falcons	17-20	L	Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	50259
Sun	9/20/1970	A	Boston Patriots	14-27	L	Cambridge, MA	Harvard Stadium	32607
Sun	9/27/1970	A	Houston Oilers	20-10	W	Houston, TX	Astrodome	39840
Sat	10/3/1970	H	Oakland Raiders	20-13	W	Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	57140
Sat	10/10/1970	A	New York Jets	20-6	W	New York, NY	Shea Stadium	62712
Sun	10/18/1970	A	Buffalo Bills	33-14	W	Buffalo, NY	War Memorial Stadium	41312
Sun	10/25/1970	H	Cleveland Browns	0-28	L	Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	75313
Sun	11/1/1970	A	Baltimore Colts	0-35	L	Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	60240
Sun	11/8/1970	A	Philadelphia Eagles	17-24	L	Philadelphia, PA	Franklin Field	58171
Sun	11/15/1970	H	New Orleans Saints	21-10	W	Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	42866
Sun	11/22/1970	H	Baltimore Colts	34-17	W	Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	67699
Mon	11/30/1970	A	Atlanta Falcons	20-7	W	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	54036
Sun	12/6/1970	H	Boston Patriots	37-20	W	Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	51032
Sun	12/13/1970	H	New York Jets	16-10	W	Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	75099
Sun	12/20/1970	H	Buffalo Bills	45-7	W	Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	70990
AFC Divisional Playoff
Sun	12/27/1970	A	Oakland Raiders	14-21	L	Oakland, CA	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	54401

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
40	Dick Anderson	LS	6-2	202	24	Colorado	14	14
44	Dean Brown	S	5-10	170	26	Fort Valley State	5	0
85	Nick Buoniconti	MLB	5-11	220	30	Notre Dame	14	14
71	Frank Cornish	LDT	6-6	285	26	Grambling State	11	1
77	Doug Crusan	LOT	6-5	253	24	Indiana	14	14
39	Larry Csonka	RB	6-3	238	24	Syracuse	14	14
54	Ted Davis	LB	6-1	230	28	Georgia Tech	14	6
61	Bob DeMarco	C	6-3	243	32	Indiana; Dayton	11	11
73	Norm Evans	ROT	6-5	248	28	Texas Christian	14	14
75	Manny Fernandez	LDT	6-2	250	24	Chabot JC; Utah	13	12
80	Marv Fleming	TE	6-4	233	28	Utah	14	14
25	Tim Foley	DB	6-0	194	22	Purdue	14	0
32	Hubie Ginn	RB	5-11	187	23	Florida A&M	12	0
12	Bob Griese	QB	6-1	190	25	Purdue	14	14
72	Bob Heinz	DT	6-6	263	23	San Joaquin Delta JC; Pacific	14	1
45	Curtis Johnson	LCB	6-2	196	22	Toledo	14	14
21	Jim Kiick	RB	5-11	215	24	Wyoming	14	14
57	Mike Kolen	RLB	6-2	220	22	Auburn	14	14
15	Karl Kremser	K	6-0	180	25	Army; Tennessee	1	0
67	Bob Kuechenberg	LOG	6-2	255	23	Notre Dame	14	5
62	Jim Langer	OG	6-2	253	22	South Dakota State	6	0
66	Larry Little	ROG	6-1	270	25	Bethune-Cookman	14	14
88	Jim Mandich	TE	6-2	214	22	Michigan	14	0
60	Carl Mauck	C	6-3	242	23	Southern Illinois	3	3
53	Norm McBride	DE	6-3	235	23	East Los Angeles JC; Utah	2	0
35	Stan Mitchell	RB	6-2	220	26	Tennessee	14	0
79	Wayne Moore	OT	6-6	265	25	Lamar	14	0
22	Mercury Morris	RB	5-10	190	23	West Texas A&M	12	1
26	Lloyd Mumphord	RCB	5-11	180	24	Texas Southern	14	14
89	Karl Noonan	WR	6-3	193	26	Iowa	14	3
50	Dick Palmer	LB	6-2	226	23	Kentucky	9	0
48	Bob Petrella	S	6-0	186	26	Tennessee	14	0
56	Jesse Powell	LB	6-3	212	23	West Texas A&M	11	0
31	Barry Pryor	RB	5-11	208	24	Boston University	2	0
74	John Richardson	RDT	6-2	260	25	UCLA	14	14
87	Willie Richardson	WR	6-2	198	31	Jackson State	10	4
70	Jim Riley	LDE	6-4	252	25	Oklahoma	14	14
13	Jake Scott	RS	6-0	188	25	Georgia	14	13
20	Larry Seiple	P	6-0	213	25	Kentucky	14	0
84	Bill Stanfill	RDE	6-5	250	23	Georgia	14	14
5	John Stofa	QB	6-3	210	28	Buffalo	8	0
59	Doug Swift	LLB	6-3	228	22	Amherst	14	8
81	Howard Twilley	WR	5-10	183	27	Tulsa	14	13
42	Paul Warfield	WR	6-0	188	28	Ohio State	11	11
51	Ed Weisacosky	LB	6-0	223	26	Miami (Florida)	3	0
78	Maxie Williams	LOG	6-4	247	30	Southeastern Louisiana	13	9
1	Garo Yepremian	K	5-8	172	26	none	13	0

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
2	29	Jim Mandich	TE	Michigan
3	55	Tim Foley	DB	Purdue
4	81	Curtis Johnson	DB	Toledo
6	132	Dave Campbell	DE	Auburn
7	159	Jake Scott	DB	Georgia
8	185	Narvel Chavers	RB	Jackson State
9	211	Hubie Ginn	RB	Florida A&M
10	237	Dick Nittenger	G	Tampa
11	263	Brownie Wheless	T	Rice
12	289	Mike Kolen	LB	Auburn
13	315	Dave Buddington	RB	Springfield
14	341	Gary Brackett	G	Holy Cross
15	367	Pat Hauser	WR	East Tennessee State
16	393	Charlie Williams	G	Tennessee State
17	419	George Myles	DT	Morris Brown

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	82	84	45	86
Opponents Totals	35	85	45	63

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		228	106	100	22	/ %	/ %	77	834
Opponents Totals		226	82	128	16	/ %	/ %	68	704

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	PTS
Garo Yepremian	0	31	31	100.0	22	29	75.9	97
Larry Csonka	6	0	0		0	0		36
Jim Kiick	6	0	0		0	0		36
Paul Warfield	6	0	0		0	0		36
Howard Twilley	5	0	0		0	0		30
Bob Griese	2	0	0		0	0		12
Lloyd Mumphord	2	0	0		0	0		12
Jim Mandich	1	0	0		0	0		6
Stan Mitchell	1	0	0		0	0		6
Mercury Morris	1	0	0		0	0		6
Karl Noonan	1	0	0		0	0		6
Willie Richardson	1	0	0		0	0		6
Jake Scott	1	0	0		0	0		6
Karl Kremser	0	2	2	100.0	0	1	0.0	2
Team Totals	33	33	33	100.0	22	30	73.3	297
Opponents Totals	28	27	28	96.4	11	22	50.0	228

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Karl Kremser	0	1	0.0	0/0	0/1	0/0	0/0	0/0
Garo Yepremian	22	29	75.9	4/4	2/3	5/6	11/15	0/1
Team Totals	22	30	73.3	4/4	2/4	5/6	11/15	0/1
Opponents Totals	11	22	50.0	5/5	3/4	2/3	1/8	0/3

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Larry Csonka	193	874	4.5	53	6
Jim Kiick	191	658	3.4	56	6
Mercury Morris	60	409	6.8	40	0
Bob Griese	26	89	3.4	16	2
Stan Mitchell	8	23	2.9	9	0
Larry Seiple	2	21	10.5	24	0
Paul Warfield	2	13	6.5	16	0
John Stofa	2	5	2.5	4	0
Barry Pryor	2	0	0.0	5	0
Hubie Ginn	5	-1	-0.2	8	0
Karl Noonan	1	-9	-9.0	-9	0
Team Totals	492	2082	4.2	56	14
Opponents Totals	387	1453	3.8	26	8

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Bob Griese	245	142	58.0	86	2019	8.2	14.2	54	12	4.9	17	6.9	31	282	1737	72.1
John Stofa	53	16	30.2	35	240	4.5	15.0	52t	3	5.7	2	3.8	5	45	195	49.3
Jim Kiick	1	1	100.0	0	25	25.0	25.0	25	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	25	118.8
Team Totals	299	159	53.2	121	2284	7.6	14.4	54	15	5.0	19	6.4	36	327	1957	68.5
Opponents Totals	403	234	58.1	146	2708	6.7	11.6	46	17	4.2	23	5.7	18	157	2551	68.8

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Jim Kiick	42	497	11.8	47	0
Paul Warfield	28	703	25.1	54	6
Howard Twilley	22	281	12.8	23t	5
Marv Fleming	18	205	11.4	36	0
Mercury Morris	12	149	12.4	50	0
Larry Csonka	11	94	8.5	54	0
Karl Noonan	10	186	18.6	51t	1
Willie Richardson	7	67	9.6	27	1
Stan Mitchell	6	85	14.2	36t	1
Larry Seiple	2	14	7.0	7	0
Jim Mandich	1	3	3.0	3t	1
Team Totals	159	2284	14.4	54	15
Opponents Totals	234	2708	11.6	46	17

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Dick Anderson	8	191	23.9	86	0
Jake Scott	5	112	22.4	47	0
Lloyd Mumphord	5	35	7.0	32t	1
Curtis Johnson	3	29	9.7	21	0
Dean Brown	1	32	32.0	32	0
Ted Davis	1	15	15.0	15	0
Team Totals	23	414	18.0	86	1
Opponents Totals	19	258	13.6	56t	1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	RYDS
Larry Seiple	58	2392	41.2	67	241
Team Totals	58	2392	41.2	67	241
Opponents Totals	63	2624	41.7	62	295

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Jake Scott	27	15	290	10.7	77t	1
Mercury Morris	2	0	-1	-.5.0	0	0
Dick Anderson	1	0	6	6.0	6	0
Team Totals	30	15	295	9.8	77t	1
Opponents Totals	20	25	241	12.1	80t	1

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Mercury Morris	28	812	29.0	96t	1
Hubie Ginn	5	59	11.8	26	0
Jake Scott	4	117	29.3	42	0
Stan Mitchell	4	35	8.8	17	0
Larry Seiple	2	5	2.5	3	0
Jim Mandich	2	0	0.0	0	0
Dick Anderson	1	8	8.0	8	0
Dean Brown	1	0	0.0	0	0
Tim Foley	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	48	1036	21.6	96t	1
Opponents Totals	55	1142	20.8	99t	1

SACKS	NO	YDS
Bill Stanfill	6.0
Manny Fernandez	4.5
John Richardson	2.5
Jim Riley	2.0
Dick Anderson	1.0
(Team)	2.0
Team Totals	18.0	157.0
Opponents Totals	36.0	327.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS
Dick Anderson	1		0	2	2	0
Dean Brown	0	0	0	1	1	0
Frank Cornish	0	0	0	1	1	0
Larry Csonka	3		0	0	0	0
Hubie Ginn	2		2	0	2	3
Bob Griese	5		2	0	2	-3
Curtis Johnson	0	0	0	4	4	8
Jim Kiick	4		3	0	3	0
Bob Kuechenberg	0	0	1	0	1	0
Jim Mandich	1		2	0	2	2
Mercury Morris	6		1	0	1	0
Lloyd Mumphord	0	0	0	2	2	9
Karl Noonan	1		0	0	0	0
Bob Petrella	0	0	0	1	1	0
Jesse Powell	0	0	0	2	2	0
John Richardson	0	0	0	1	1	0
Jake Scott	1		1	0	1	0
Larry Seiple	0	0	0	1	1	0
Garo Yepremian	0	0	1	0	1	0
Team Totals	24	11	13	15	28	19
Opponents Totals	24	15	9	11	20