1974 Miami Dolphins (NFL)

1st place American Football Conference Eastern Division 11-3-0 .786

Head Coach: Don Shula

Monte Clark	Offensive Line
Vince Costello	Linebackers
Tom Keane	Defensive Backs
Mike Scarry	Defensive Line
Bob Schnelker	Receivers
Carl Taseff	Offensive Backs

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Fri	7/26/1974	A	College All-Stars		-	Chicago, IL	Soldier Field
Sat	8/3/1974	A	Cincinnati Bengals	13-19	L	Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	37925
Sat	8/10/1974	H	New Orleans Saints	45-20	W	Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	41524
Mon	8/19/1974	H	Minnesota Vikings	21-9	W	Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	67693
Sat	8/24/1974	A	Los Angeles Rams	13-31	L	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	64663
Fri	8/30/1974	H	Green Bay Packers	21-10	W	Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	54666
Sat	9/7/1974	A	Chicago Bears	30-7	W	Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	55093
Sun	9/15/1974	A	New England Patriots	24-34	L	Foxborough, MA	Schaefer Stadium	51508
Sun	9/22/1974	A	Buffalo Bills	24-16	W	Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	78990
Sun	9/29/1974	A	San Diego Chargers	28-21	W	San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	44706
Mon	10/7/1974	H	New York Jets	21-17	W	Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	61527
Sun	10/13/1974	A	Washington Redskins	17-20	L	Washington, DC	RFK Stadium	54395
Sun	10/20/1974	H	Kansas City Chiefs	9-3	W	Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	67779
Sun	10/27/1974	H	Baltimore Colts	17-7	W	Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	65868
Sun	11/3/1974	H	Atlanta Falcons	42-7	W	Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	64399
Sun	11/10/1974	A	New Orleans Saints	21-0	W	New Orleans, LA	Tulane Stadium	68339
Sun	11/17/1974	H	Buffalo Bills	35-28	W	Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	68313
Sun	11/24/1974	A	New York Jets	14-17	L	New York, NY	Shea Stadium	57162
Mon	12/2/1974	H	Cincinnati Bengals	24-3	W	Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	71962
Sun	12/8/1974	A	Baltimore Colts	17-16	W	Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	33320
Sun	12/15/1974	H	New England Patriots	34-27	W	Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	56920
AFC Divisional Playoff
Sat	12/21/1974	A	Oakland Raiders	26-28	L	Oakland, CA	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	52817

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

Game Score Notes
7/26/1974	College All-Stars	Canceled

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
40	Dick Anderson	LS	6-2	202	28	Colorado	14	14
49	Charlie Babb	S	6-0	190	24	Memphis	14	0
82	Mel Baker	WR	6-0	189	24	Texas Southern	9	0
51	Larry Ball	LB	6-6	235	25	Louisville	14	0
58	Bruce Bannon	LB	6-3	225	23	Penn State	14	0
86	Marlin Briscoe	WR	5-10	178	29	Nebraska-Omaha	14	3
85	Nick Buoniconti	MLB	5-11	220	34	Notre Dame	13	13
74	Randy Crowder	DT	6-2	252	22	Penn State	12	0
77	Doug Crusan	OT	6-5	253	28	Indiana	1	1
39	Larry Csonka	RB	6-3	238	28	Syracuse	12	11
83	Vern Den Herder	LDE	6-6	251	26	Central (Iowa)	14	14
73	Norm Evans	ROT	6-5	248	32	Texas Christian	14	14
75	Manny Fernandez	LDT	6-2	250	28	Chabot JC; Utah	12	11
80	Marv Fleming	TE	6-4	233	32	Utah	14	5
25	Tim Foley	LCB	6-0	194	26	Purdue	13	11
70	Tom Funchess	LOT	6-5	264	30	Jackson State	8	3
33	Hubie Ginn	RB	5-11	187	27	Florida A&M	9	0
55	Irv Goode	C	6-5	255	34	Kentucky	14	0
12	Bob Griese	QB	6-1	190	29	Purdue	13	13
72	Bob Heinz	RDT	6-6	263	27	San Joaquin Delta JC; Pacific	14	13
45	Curtis Johnson	RCB	6-2	196	26	Toledo	13	12
21	Jim Kiick	RB	5-11	215	28	Wyoming	14	8
57	Mike Kolen	RLB-MLB	6-2	220	26	Auburn	14	14
67	Bob Kuechenberg	LOG-LOT	6-2	255	27	Notre Dame	14	14
62	Jim Langer	C	6-2	253	26	South Dakota State	14	14
23	Charlie Leigh	RB	5-11	203	29	none	1	0
66	Larry Little	ROG	6-1	270	29	Bethune-Cookman	14	14
32	Benny Malone	RB	5-10	193	22	Arizona State	13	3
88	Jim Mandich	TE	6-2	214	26	Michigan	14	10
53	Bob Matheson	LLB-RLB	6-4	241	30	Duke	14	8
65	Maulty Moore	LDT	6-5	265	28	Bethune-Cookman	14	2
89	Nat Moore	WR	5-9	188	23	Tennessee-Martin; Miami-Dade JC; Florida	13	7
79	Wayne Moore	LOT	6-6	265	29	Lamar	3	3
15	Earl Morrall	QB	6-2	205	40	Michigan State	14	1
22	Mercury Morris	RB	5-10	190	27	West Texas A&M	5	3
26	Lloyd Mumphord	LCB	5-11	180	28	Texas Southern	13	3
64	Ed Newman	LOG	6-2	240	23	Duke	14	4
36	Don Nottingham	RB	5-10	210	25	Kent State	14	2
75	Don Reese	DE-DT	6-6	255	23	Jackson State	13	0
13	Jake Scott	RS	6-0	188	29	Georgia	14	14
20	Larry Seiple	P-TE	6-0	213	29	Kentucky	14	0
84	Bill Stanfill	RDE	6-5	250	27	Georgia	14	14
10	Don Strock	QB	6-5	230	24	Virginia Tech	1	0
48	Henry Stuckey	RCB-LCB	6-1	180	24	Merritt JC; Missouri	14	2
59	Doug Swift	LLB-RDE	6-3	228	26	Amherst	8	7
81	Howard Twilley	WR	5-10	183	31	Tulsa	13	4
42	Paul Warfield	WR	6-0	188	32	Ohio State	9	9
41	Jeris White	CB	5-11	180	22	Hawaii	14	0
60	Tom Wickert	LOT	6-4	252	22	Washington State	13	3
1	Garo Yepremian	K	5-8	172	30	none	14	0

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	26	Don Reese	DE	Jackson State
2	38	Andre Tillman	TE	Texas Tech
2	47	Benny Malone	RB	Arizona State
2	52	Jeris White	DB	Hawaii
3	78	Nat Moore	WR	Florida
4	104	Bill Stevenson	DT	Drake
5	130	Cleveland Vann	LB	Oklahoma State
6	136	Randy Crowder	DE	Penn State
6	156	Bob Wolfe	T	Nebraska
7	164	Carl Swierc	WR	Rice
7	182	Joe Sullivan	G	Boston College
8	208	Mel Baker	WR	Texas Southern
9	212	Tom Wickert	G	Washington State
9	234	Bob Lally	LB	Cornell
10	260	Gary Valbuena	QB	Tennessee
11	286	Gerry Roberts	DE	UCLA
12	312	Jim Revels	DB	Florida
13	338	Clayton Heath	RB	Wake Forest
14	364	Sam Johnson	LB	Arizona State
15	390	Larry Cates	DB	Western Michigan
16	416	Jessie Wolf	DT	Prairie View A&M
17	442	Ken Dickerson	DB	Tuskegee

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	35	105	76	111
Opponents Totals	31	50	57	78

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		272	134	118	20	97/195 49.7%	/ %	69	556
Opponents Totals		208	83	117	8	73/188 38.8%	/ %	67	525

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Garo Yepremian	0	43	43	100.0	8	15	53.3	0	67
Larry Csonka	9	0	0		0	0		0	54
Don Nottingham	8	0	0		0	0		0	48
Jim Mandich	6	0	0		0	0		0	36
Benny Malone	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Mel Baker	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Hubie Ginn	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Jim Kiick	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Nat Moore	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Mercury Morris	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Howard Twilley	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Paul Warfield	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Marlin Briscoe	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Marv Fleming	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Bob Griese	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Tim Foley	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
Team Totals	43	43	43	100.0	8	15	53.3	1	327
Opponents Totals	25	24	25	96.0	14	21	66.7	0	216

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Garo Yepremian	8	15	53.3	0/1	4/5	2/3	2/4	0/2
Team Totals	8	15	53.3	0/1	4/5	2/3	2/4	0/2
Opponents Totals	14	21	66.7	0/0	7/9	2/5	5/6	0/1

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Larry Csonka	197	749	3.8	24	9
Benny Malone	117	479	4.1	23t	3
Jim Kiick	86	274	3.2	15	1
Don Nottingham	66	273	4.1	24	8
Mercury Morris	56	214	3.8	17t	1
Hubie Ginn	26	99	3.8	41t	2
Bob Griese	16	66	4.1	22	1
Marlin Briscoe	1	17	17.0	17	0
Nat Moore	3	16	5.3	15	0
Earl Morrall	1	11	11.0	11	0
Don Strock	1	-7	-7.0	-7	0
Team Totals	570	2191	3.8	41t	25
Opponents Totals	404	1624	4.0	56t	7

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Bob Griese	253	152	60.1	86	1968	7.8	12.9	54	16	6.3	15	5.9	27	202	1766	80.9
Earl Morrall	27	17	63.0	7	301	11.1	17.7	46t	2	7.4	3	11.1	3	16	285	86.1
Nat Moore	1	1	100.0	0	31	31.0	31.0	31	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	31	118.8
Jim Kiick	1	1	100.0	0	13	13.0	13.0	13	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	11	2	118.8
Marlin Briscoe	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Team Totals	283	171	60.4	94	2313	8.2	13.5	54	18	6.4	18	6.4	31	229	2084	81.2
Opponents Totals	372	200	53.8	156	2452	6.6	12.3	89t	14	3.8	16	4.3	31	270	2182	69.0

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Nat Moore	37	605	16.4	48	2
Jim Mandich	33	374	11.3	44	6
Paul Warfield	27	536	19.9	54	2
Howard Twilley	24	256	10.7	21	2
Jim Kiick	18	155	8.6	19	1
Marlin Briscoe	11	132	12.0	20	1
Larry Csonka	7	35	5.0	11	0
Mel Baker	4	121	30.3	46t	2
Don Nottingham	3	40	13.3	20	0
Mercury Morris	2	27	13.5	23	1
Benny Malone	2	26	13.0	13	0
Hubie Ginn	2	3	1.5	3	0
Marv Fleming	1	3	3.0	3t	1
Team Totals	171	2313	13.5	54	18
Opponents Totals	200	2452	12.3	89t	14

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Jake Scott	8	75	9.4	30	0
Nick Buoniconti	2	29	14.5	16	0
Tim Foley	2	-2	-1.0	0	0
Henry Stuckey	1	21	21.0	21	0
Bob Matheson	1	10	10.0	10	0
Dick Anderson	1	3	3.0	3	0
Mike Kolen	1	3	3.0	3	0
Team Totals	16	139	8.7	30	0
Opponents Totals	18	320	17.8	40	1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	RYDS
Larry Seiple	65	2511	38.6	60	0	259
Team Totals	65	2511	38.6	60	0	259
Opponents Totals	70	2743	39.2	63	1	520

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Jake Scott	31	3	346	11.2	30
Nat Moore	9	0	136	15.1	42
Dick Anderson	3	0	9	3.0	6
Charlie Babb	2	0	29	14.5	20
Henry Stuckey	1	0	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	46	3	520	11.3	42
Opponents Totals	42	8	259	6.2	23

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Nat Moore	22	587	26.7	40
Hubie Ginn	12	235	19.6	30
Benny Malone	6	159	26.5	73
Bob Matheson	5	65	13.0	25
Charlie Leigh	2	50	25.0	26
Mel Baker	1	22	22.0	22
Charlie Babb	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	49	1118	22.8	73
Opponents Totals	64	1222	19.1	57

SACKS	NO	YDS
Bill Stanfill	10.0
Vern Den Herder	7.0
Larry Ball	3.0
Randy Crowder	3.0
Manny Fernandez	3.0
Bob Matheson	3.0
Mike Kolen	1.0
Don Reese	1.0
Team Totals	31.0	270.0
Opponents Totals	31.0	229.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Dick Anderson	0	0	0	1	1	36	0
Charlie Babb	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Mel Baker	1		0	0	0	0	0
Larry Ball	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Larry Csonka	2		0	0	0	0	0
Vern Den Herder	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Manny Fernandez	0	0	0	1	1	1	0
Tim Foley	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Hubie Ginn	2		1	0	1	0	0
Irv Goode	1		0	0	0	-27	0
Bob Griese	5		3	0	3	-8	0
Curtis Johnson	0	0	0	1	1	2	0
Mike Kolen	1		0	0	0	0	0
Bob Kuechenberg	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Charlie Leigh	1		0	0	0	0	0
Benny Malone	2		2	0	2	0	0
Bob Matheson	1		0	0	0	0	0
Maulty Moore	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Nat Moore	1		1	0	1	0	0
Mercury Morris	4		1	0	1	0	0
Lloyd Mumphord	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Ed Newman	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Don Nottingham	2		0	1	1	0	0
Jake Scott	2		0	1	1	14	0
Bill Stanfill	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Doug Swift	0	0	1	2	3	0	0
Team Totals	25	15	10	17	27	18	0
Opponents Totals	33	17	15	13	28		3