1971 Miami Dolphins (NFL) Scores, Roster, Stats , Coaches, Draft

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score			Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/7/1971	H	Cincinnati Bengals	10-27	L		Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	64005
Fri	8/13/1971	H	San Francisco 49ers	17-17	T		Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	57008
Sat	8/21/1971	A	Green Bay Packers	7-10	L		Milwaukee, WI	County Stadium	46464
Sat	8/28/1971	H	Detroit Lions	28-24	W		Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	59567
Sat	9/4/1971	H	Washington Redskins	27-10	W		Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	57173
Sat	9/11/1971	A	Minnesota Vikings	0-24	L		Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	47990
Sun	9/19/1971	A	Denver Broncos	10-10	T		Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	51228
Sun	9/26/1971	A	Buffalo Bills	29-14	W		Buffalo, NY	War Memorial Stadium	45139
Sun	10/3/1971	H	New York Jets	10-14	L		Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	70670
Sun	10/10/1971	A	Cincinnati Bengals	23-13	W		Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	60099
Sun	10/17/1971	H	New England Patriots	41-3	W		Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	58822
Sun	10/24/1971	A	New York Jets	30-14	W		New York, NY	Shea Stadium	62130
Sun	10/31/1971	A	Los Angeles Rams	20-14	W		Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	72903
Sun	11/7/1971	H	Buffalo Bills	34-0	W		Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	61016
Sun	11/14/1971	H	Pittsburgh Steelers	24-21	W		Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	66435
Sun	11/21/1971	H	Baltimore Colts	17-14	W		Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	75312
Mon	11/29/1971	H	Chicago Bears	34-3	W		Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	75312
Sun	12/5/1971	A	New England Patriots	13-34	L		Foxborough, MA	Schaefer Stadium	61457
Sat	12/11/1971	A	Baltimore Colts	3-14	L		Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	60238
Sun	12/19/1971	H	Green Bay Packers	27-6	W		Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	76812
AFC Divisional Playoff
Sat	12/25/1971	A	Kansas City Chiefs	27-24	W	OT2	Kansas City, MO	Municipal Stadium	45822
AFC Championship
Sun	1/2/1972	H	Baltimore Colts	21-0	W		Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	76622
Super Bowl VI
Sun	1/16/1972	H	Dallas Cowboys	3-24	L		New Orleans, LA	Tulane Stadium	80591

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
40	Dick Anderson	LS	6-2	202	25	Colorado	14	14
85	Nick Buoniconti	MLB	5-11	220	31	Notre Dame	14	14
31	Terry Cole	LB	6-1	220	26	Indiana	4	0
71	Frank Cornish	RDT	6-6	285	27	Grambling State	10	2
77	Doug Crusan	LOT	6-5	253	25	Indiana	14	14
39	Larry Csonka	RB	6-3	238	25	Syracuse	14	14
61	Bob DeMarco	C	6-3	243	33	Indiana; Dayton	14	14
86	Vern Den Herder	DE	6-6	251	23	Central (Iowa)	14	0
73	Norm Evans	ROT	6-5	248	29	Texas Christian	14	14
58	Dale Farley	LB	6-4	235	22	West Virginia	4	0
75	Manny Fernandez	LDT	6-2	250	25	Chabot JC; Utah	14	14
80	Marv Fleming	TE	6-4	233	29	Utah	14	13
25	Tim Foley	LCB	6-0	194	23	Purdue	14	14
33	Hubie Ginn	RB	5-11	187	24	Florida A&M	14	10
12	Bob Griese	QB	6-1	190	26	Purdue	14	13
72	Bob Heinz	RDT-RDE-LDE	6-6	263	24	San Joaquin Delta JC; Pacific	14	10
45	Curtis Johnson	RCB	6-2	196	23	Toledo	14	10
49	Ray Jones	CB	6-0	187	24	Southern University	2	0
21	Jim Kiick	RB	5-11	215	25	Wyoming	13	11
57	Mike Kolen	RLB	6-2	220	23	Auburn	14	10
67	Bob Kuechenberg	LOG	6-2	255	24	Notre Dame	14	14
62	Jim Langer	OG	6-2	253	23	South Dakota State	14	0
15	Charlie Leigh	RB	5-11	203	26	none	14	0
66	Larry Little	ROG	6-1	270	26	Bethune-Cookman	14	14
88	Jim Mandich	TE	6-2	214	23	Michigan	11	1
78	Wayne Mass	OT	6-4	245	25	Clemson	11	0
53	Bob Matheson	RLB	6-4	241	27	Duke	14	1
10	George Mira	QB	5-11	190	29	Miami (Florida)	6	1
79	Wayne Moore	OT	6-6	265	26	Lamar	1	0
22	Mercury Morris	RB	5-10	190	24	West Texas A&M	14	3
26	Lloyd Mumphord	RCB	5-11	180	25	Texas Southern	14	4
89	Karl Noonan	WR	6-3	193	27	Iowa	14	0
48	Bob Petrella	S	6-0	186	27	Tennessee	12	0
56	Jesse Powell	RLB	6-3	212	24	West Texas A&M	14	3
74	John Richardson	RDT	6-2	260	26	UCLA	10	5
70	Jim Riley	LDE	6-4	252	26	Oklahoma	13	13
13	Jake Scott	RS	6-0	188	26	Georgia	14	14
20	Larry Seiple	P-TE	6-0	213	26	Kentucky	14	0
84	Bill Stanfill	RDE	6-5	250	24	Georgia	13	13
82	Otto Stowe	WR	6-2	188	22	Iowa State	12	2
59	Doug Swift	LLB	6-3	228	23	Amherst	14	14
81	Howard Twilley	WR	5-10	183	28	Tulsa	14	12
42	Paul Warfield	WR	6-0	188	29	Ohio State	14	14
1	Garo Yepremian	K	5-8	172	27	none	14	0

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
2	47	Otto Stowe	WR	Iowa State
3	74	Dale Farley	LB	West Virginia
4	99	Joe Theismann	QB	Notre Dame
6	151	Dennis Coleman	LB	Mississippi
7	178	Ron Dickerson	DB	Kansas State
9	230	Vern Den Herder	DE	Central (Iowa)
10	255	Ron Maree	DT	Purdue
11	282	Vic Surma	T	Penn State
12	307	Leroy Byars	RB	Alcorn State
13	333	Lonnie Hepburn	DB	Texas Southern
14	359	David Vaughn	TE	Memphis
15	386	Bob Richards	G	California
16	410	Chris Myers	WR	Kenyon
17	437	Curt Mark	LB	Mayville State

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	81	76	79	79
Opponents Totals	65	23	44	42

TEAM STATS	TOP	1st Downs	FDR	FDP	FDX	3rd Down Efficiency	4th Down Efficiency	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		232	121	94	17	/ %	/ %	65	632
Opponents Totals		214	93	111	10	/ %	/ %	62	569

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	PTS
Garo Yepremian	0	33	33	100.0	28	40	70.0	117
Paul Warfield	11	0	0		0	0		66
Larry Csonka	8	0	0		0	0		48
Howard Twilley	4	0	0		0	0		24
Jim Kiick	3	0	0		0	0		18
Marv Fleming	2	0	0		0	0		12
Mercury Morris	2	0	0		0	0		12
Curtis Johnson	1	0	0		0	0		6
Jim Mandich	1	0	0		0	0		6
Otto Stowe	1	0	0		0	0		6
Team Totals	33	33	33	100.0	28	40	70.0	315
Opponents Totals	21	21	21	100.0	9	21	42.9	174

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	BL	LG	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Garo Yepremian	28	40	70.0	2	48	7/7	8/8	6/11	7/12	0/2
Team Totals	28	40	70.0	2	48	7/7	8/8	6/11	7/12	0/2
Opponents Totals	9	21	42.9			5/5	1/4	2/2	0/6	1/4

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Larry Csonka	195	1051	5.4	28	7
Jim Kiick	162	738	4.6	34	3
Mercury Morris	57	315	5.5	51	1
Paul Warfield	9	115	12.8	39	0
Hubie Ginn	22	97	4.4	46	0
Bob Griese	26	82	3.2	21	0
Charlie Leigh	5	15	3.0	7	0
Larry Seiple	1	14	14.0	14	0
Terry Cole	3	11	3.7	4	0
George Mira	6	-9	-1.5	3	0
Team Totals	486	2429	5.0	51	11
Opponents Totals	403	1661	4.1	46	10

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Bob Griese	263	145	145	109	2089	7.9	14.4	86t	19	7.2	9	3.4	23	248	1841	90.9
George Mira	30	11	11	18	159	5.3	14.5	43	1	3.3	1	3.3	2	17	142	51.9
Team Totals	293	156	156	127	2248	7.7	14.4	86t	20	6.8	10	3.4	25	265	1983	87.0
Opponents Totals	363	206	206	140	2293	6.3	11.1	51	10	2.8	17	4.7	34	293	2000	65.4

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Paul Warfield	43	996	23.2	86t	11
Jim Kiick	40	338	8.5	27	0
Howard Twilley	23	349	15.2	41	4
Marv Fleming	13	137	10.5	23	2
Larry Csonka	13	113	8.7	25	1
Karl Noonan	10	180	18.0	43	0
Otto Stowe	5	68	13.6	21	1
Mercury Morris	5	16	3.2	11	0
Jim Mandich	3	19	6.3	10t	1
Larry Seiple	1	32	32.0	32	0
Team Totals	156	2248	14.4	86t	20
Opponents Totals	206	2293	11.1	51	10

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Jake Scott	7	34	4.9	21	0
Tim Foley	4	14	3.5	18	0
Curtis Johnson	2	34	17.0	34	0
Dick Anderson	2	33	16.5	33	0
Nick Buoniconti	1	16	16.0	16	0
Doug Swift	1	12	12.0	12	0
Team Totals	17	143	8.4	34	0
Opponents Totals	10	166	16.6	53t	1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	RYDS
Larry Seiple	52	2087	40.1	73	1	106
Team Totals	52	2087	40.1	73	1	106
Opponents Totals	72	2930	40.7	58	0	432

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Jake Scott	33	18	318	9.6	31
Dick Anderson	8	3	114	14.3	47
Team Totals	41	21	432	10.5	47
Opponents Totals	26	14	106	4.1	29

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Mercury Morris	15	423	28.2	94t	1
Hubie Ginn	10	252	25.2	35	0
Charlie Leigh	4	99	24.8	31	0
Bob Matheson	3	32	10.7	16	0
Team Totals	32	806	25.2	94t	1
Opponents Totals	59	1180	20.0	35	0

SACKS	NO	YDS
Manny Fernandez	8.0
Jim Riley	7.5
Bill Stanfill	6.5
Bob Heinz	5.0
Frank Cornish	2.0
Doug Swift	2.0
Dick Anderson	1.0
Nick Buoniconti	1.0
Vern Den Herder	1.0
Jesse Powell	1.0
Team Totals IND=35	34.0	293.0
Opponents Totals	25.0	265.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS
Dick Anderson	1		0	4	4	16
Nick Buoniconti	1		0	0	0	0
Manny Fernandez	0	0	0	1	1	0
Hubie Ginn	2		0	0	0	0
Bob Griese	9		6	0	6	-37
Curtis Johnson	0	0	0	1	1	2
Jim Kiick	1		0	0	0	0
Jim Langer	0	0	0	1	1	0
Charlie Leigh	0	0	0	1	1	0
Larry Little	0	0	1	0	1	0
Bob Matheson	0	0	0	1	1	0
George Mira	1		0	0	0	0
Mercury Morris	1		0	0	0	0
Jim Riley	0	0	0	2	2	8
Jake Scott	3		2	0	2	0
Bill Stanfill	0	0	0	3	3	5
Paul Warfield	3		0	0	0	0
Team Totals	22	13	9	14	23	-6
Opponents Totals	38	14	22	13	35

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