1985 Miami Dolphins - Pro Football Archives

1985 Miami Dolphins (NFL)

1st place American Football Conference Eastern Division 12-4-0 .750

Head Coach: Don Shula

Tom Keane	Special Teams
Bob Matheson	Linebackers
Mel Phillips	Defensive Backs
John Sandusky	Offensive Line
Mike Scarry	Defensive Line
Dave Shula	Receivers/Quarterbacjks
Chuck Studley	Defense
Carl Taseff	Offensive Backs
Junior Wade	Strength-Conditioning

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score			Location	Venue	Attendance	Notes
Sat	8/10/1985	H	Minnesota Vikings	13-16	L	OT	Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	41129
Sat	8/17/1985	H	Buffalo Bills	27-17	W		Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	37557
Sat	8/24/1985	A	Los Angeles Raiders	23-17	W		Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	55414
Fri	8/30/1985	A	Atlanta Falcons	17-19	L		Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	32768
Sun	9/8/1985	A	Houston Oilers	23-26	L		Houston, TX	Astrodome	47656
Sun	9/15/1985	H	Indianapolis Colts	30-13	W		Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	53693
Sun	9/22/1985	H	Kansas City Chiefs	31-0	W		Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	69791
Sun	9/29/1985	A	Denver Broncos	30-26	W		Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	73614
Sun	10/6/1985	H	Pittsburgh Steelers	24-20	W		Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	72820
Mon	10/14/1985	A	New York Jets	7-23	L		East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	73807
Sun	10/20/1985	H	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	41-38	W		Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	62335
Sun	10/27/1985	A	Detroit Lions	21-31	L		Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	75291
Sun	11/3/1985	A	New England Patriots	13-17	L		Foxborough, MA	Sullivan Stadium	58811
Sun	11/10/1985	H	New York Jets	21-17	W		Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	73965
Sun	11/17/1985	A	Indianapolis Colts	34-20	W		Indianapolis, IN	Hoosier Dome	59666
Sun	11/24/1985	A	Buffalo Bills	23-14	W		Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	50474
Mon	12/2/1985	H	Chicago Bears	38-24	W		Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	75594
Sun	12/8/1985	A	Green Bay Packers	34-24	W		Green Bay, WI	Lambeau Field	52671
Mon	12/16/1985	H	New England Patriots	30-27	W		Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	69489
Sun	12/22/1985	H	Buffalo Bills	28-0	W		Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	64811
Sat	1/4/1986	H	Cleveland Browns	24-21	W		Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	75128	AFC Divisional Playoff
Sun	1/12/1986	H	New England Patriots	14-31	L		Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	74978	AFC Championship

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
70	Bill Barnett	NT	6-4	256	29	Nebraska	16	1
34	Woody Bennett	FB	6-2	220	30	Miami (Florida)	16	13
75	Doug Betters	LDE	6-7	260	29	Montana; Nevada-Reno	14	14
47	Glenn Blackwood	SS	6-0	190	28	Texas	14	14
42	Lyle Blackwood	FS	6-1	189	34	Blinn JC; Texas Christian	16	0
59	Kim Bokamper	RDE	6-6	250	31	Concordia (Moorhead); San Jose CC; San Jose State	16	12
56	Charles Bowser	ROLB	6-3	232	26	Duke	2	2
53	Jay Brophy	LILB	6-3	233	25	Miami (Florida)	16	6
43	Bud Brown	FS	6-0	194	24	Southern Mississippi	16	16
51	Mark Brown	RILB	6-2	235	24	Los Angeles Southwest JC; Purdue	15	15
59	Bob Brudzinski	LOLB	6-4	225	30	Ohio State	14	13
23	Joe Carter	RB	5-11	198	23	Alabama	10	0
71	Mike Charles	NT-RDE	6-4	291	23	Syracuse	16	16
76	Steve Clark	ROG	6-4	260	25	Utah	16	5
83	Mark Clayton	WR	5-9	181	24	Louisville	16	16
30	Ron Davenport	FB	6-2	231	23	Louisville	16	1
65	Jeff Dellenbach	LOT	6-6	291	22	Wisconsin	11	1
85	Mark Duper	WR	5-9	190	26	Northwestern State (Louisiana)	9	8
61	Roy Foster	LOG	6-4	280	25	Southern California	16	16
79	Jon Giesler	LOT	6-5	265	29	Michigan	13	13
74	Cleveland Green	ROT0LOT	6-3	262	28	Southern University	12	11
55	Hugh Green	ROLB	6-2	226	26	Pittsburgh	11	11
27	Lorenzo Hampton	FB	5-11	211	23	Florida	16	1
84	Bruce Hardy	TE	6-4	234	29	Arizona State	16	16
82	Duriel Harris	WR	5-11	176	31	New Mexico State	6	0
88	Vince Heflin	WR	6-0	185	26	Central State (Ohio)	5	0
11	Jim Jensen	WR	6-4	221	27	Boston University	16	1
87	Dan Johnson	TE	6-3	240	25	Golden Valley Lutheran JC; Iowa State	12	1
49	William Judson	RCB	6-1	191	26	South Carolina State	16	16
40	Mike Kozlowski	SS	6-1	198	29	San Diego State; Brigham Young; MiraCosta JC; Colorado	5	2
44	Paul Lankford	LCB	6-1	187	27	Penn State	16	15
63	Larry Lee	OL	6-2	263	26	UCLA	5	0
72	Ronnie Lee	ROT-ROG-LOT	6-3	272	29	Baylor	15	13
99	George Little	RDE	6-4	278	22	Iowa	14	3
81	Frank Lockett	WR	5-11	192	28	Contra Costa JC; Nebraska	3	0
13	Dan Marino	QB	6-4	224	24	Pittsburgh	16	16
28	Don McNeal	CB	5-11	193	27	Alabama	10	0
91	Mack Moore	LDE	6-4	258	26	Texas A&M	16	2
89	Nat Moore	WR	5-9	188	34	Tennessee-Martin; Miami-Dade JC; Florida	15	7
54	Alex Moyer	LB	6-1	221	22	Northwestern	10	0
22	Tony Nathan	RB	6-0	206	29	Alabama	16	15
7	Fuad Reveiz	K	5-11	224	22	Tennessee	16	0
4	Reggie Roby	P	6-2	250	24	Iowa	16	0
80	Joe Rose	TE	6-3	228	28	California	16	1
52	Robin Sendlein	LOLB	6-3	225	27	Texas	16	3
50	Jackie Shipp	LILB-RILB	6-2	238	23	Oklahoma	16	11
96	Sanders Shiver	ROLB	6-2	227	30	Carson-Newman	6	3
18	Mike Smith	CB-S	6-0	171	23	Texas-El Paso	7	0
45	Robert Sowell	LCB	5-11	175	24	Howard	10	1
57	Dwight Stephenson	C	6-2	255	28	Alabama	16	16
10	Don Strock	QB	6-5	230	35	Virginia Tech	16	0
29	John Swain	CB	6-1	197	26	Miami (Florida)	6	0
60	Jeff Toews	ROG	6-3	255	28	Washington	11	5
32	Tommy Vigorito	RB	5-10	190	26	Virginia	9	0
41	Fulton Walker	CB	5-11	193	27	West Virginia	2	0

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College	Notes
1	27	Lorenzo Hampton	RB	Florida
3	65	George Little	DT	Iowa
3	83	Alex Moyer	LB	Northwestern
4	91	Mike Smith	DB	Texas-El Paso
4	111	Jeff Dellenbach	T	Wisconsin
6	145	George Shorthose	WR	Missouri
6	167	Ron Davenport	RB	Louisville
7	195	Fuad Reveiz	K	Tennessee
8	223	Dan Sharp	TE	Texas Christian
9	251	Adam Hinds	DB	Oklahoma State
10	279	Mike Pendleton	DB	Indiana
11	307	Mike Jones	RB	Tulane
12	335	Ray Noble	DB	California

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	88	136	95	109
Opponents Totals	44	96	78	102

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	Rushing	Passing	Penalty	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	YDS
Team Totals	30:17	361	116	218	27	88/193 45.6%	8/11 72.7%	77	637
Opponents Totals	29:43	314	135	160	19	88/216 40.7%	8/13 61.5%	112	854

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	PTS
Fuad Reveiz	0	50	52	96.2	22	27	81.5	116
Ron Davenport	13	0	0		0	0		78
Nat Moore	7	0	0		0	0		42
Tony Nathan	6	0	0		0	0		36
Mark Clayton	4	0	0		0	0		24
Bruce Hardy	4	0	0		0	0		24
Joe Rose	4	0	0		0	0		24
Mark Duper	3	0	0		0	0		18
Lorenzo Hampton	3	0	0		0	0		18
Dan Johnson	3	0	0		0	0		18
Woody Bennett	1	0	0		0	0		6
Bob Brudzinski	1	0	0		0	0		6
Vince Heflin	1	0	0		0	0		6
Jim Jensen	1	0	0		0	0		6
William Judson	1	0	0		0	0		6
Team Totals	52	50	52	96.2	22	27	81.5	428
Opponents Totals	38	35	38	92.1	19	28	67.9	320

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Fuad Reveiz	22	27	81.5	0/0	8/9	5/6	9/9	0/3
Team Totals	22	27	81.5	0/0	8/9	5/6	9/9	0/3
Opponents Totals	19	28	67.9	2/2	5/5	7/9	4/10	1/2

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Tony Nathan	143	667	4.7	22	5
Ron Davenport	98	370	3.8	33	11
Lorenzo Hampton	105	369	3.5	15	3
Woody Bennett	54	256	4.7	17	0
Joe Carter	14	76	5.4	19	0
Nat Moore	1	11	11.0	11	0
Mark Clayton	1	10	10.0	10	0
Don Strock	2	-6	-3.0	-3	0
Dan Marino	26	-24	-0.9	6	0
Team Totals	444	1729	3.9	33	19
Opponents Totals	509	2256	4.4	32	15

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Dan Marino	567	336	59.3	210	4137	7.3	12.3	73	30	5.3	21	3.7	18	157	3980	84.1
Don Strock	9	7	77.8	2	141	15.7	20.1	67t	1	11.1	0	0.0	0	0	141	155.8
Mark Clayton	0	0			0				0		0		1	7	-7
Team Totals	576	343	59.5	212	4278	7.4	12.5	73	31	5.4	21	3.6	19	164	4114	85.4
Opponents Totals	487	257	52.8	207	3789	7.8	14.7	80t	21	4.3	23	4.7	38	278	3511	73.2

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Tony Nathan	72	651	9.0	73	1
Mark Clayton	70	996	14.2	45	4
Nat Moore	51	701	13.7	69t	7
Bruce Hardy	39	409	10.5	31	4
Mark Duper	35	650	18.6	67t	3
Joe Rose	19	306	16.1	42	4
Dan Johnson	13	192	14.8	61t	3
Ron Davenport	13	74	5.7	17t	2
Woody Bennett	10	101	10.1	27t	1
Lorenzo Hampton	8	56	7.0	15	0
Vince Heflin	6	98	16.3	46t	1
Duriel Harris	3	24	8.0	11	0
Joe Carter	2	7	3.5	4	0
Tommy Vigorito	1	9	9.0	9	0
Jim Jensen	1	4	4.0	4t	1
Team Totals	343	4278	12.5	73	31
Opponents Totals	257	3789	14.7	80t	21

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Glenn Blackwood	6	36	6.0	17	0
William Judson	4	88	22.0	61t	1
Paul Lankford	4	10	2.5	6	0
Bud Brown	2	40	20.0	26	0
Jay Brophy	1	41	41.0	41	0
Hugh Green	1	28	28.0	28	0
Jackie Shipp	1	7	7.0	7	0
Bob Brudzinski	1	6	6.0	6	0
Mark Brown	1	5	5.0	5	0
Alex Moyer	1	4	4.0	4	0
Lyle Blackwood	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	23	265	11.5	61t	1
Opponents Totals	21	100	4.8	40	0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Reggie Roby	59	2576	43.7	63	0	8	19	371	2045	34.7
Team Totals	59	2576	43.7	63	0	8	19	371	2045	34.7
Opponents Totals	73	2972	40.7	67	1	8	13	319	2493	34.2

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Tommy Vigorito	22	5	197	9.0	21	0
Mike Kozlowski	7	2	65	9.3	17	0
Frank Lockett	5	0	23	4.6	8	0
Glenn Blackwood	3	3	20	6.7	18	0
Mark Clayton	2	0	14	7.0	11	0
Lyle Blackwood	0	4	0			0
Team Totals	39	14	319	8.2	21	0
Opponents Totals	27	6	371	13.7	70t	1

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Lorenzo Hampton	45	1020	22.7	46
Joe Carter	4	82	20.5	25
Lyle Blackwood	2	32	16.0	17
Bruce Hardy	1	11	11.0	11
Mike Kozlowski	0	32		32L
Team Totals	52	1177	22.6	46
Opponents Totals	63	1370	21.7	50

SACKS	NO	YDS
Mike Charles	7.0
Mack Moore	5.5
Doug Betters	5.5
Hugh Green	5.0
Bob Brudzinski	3.0
Charles Bowser	2.5
Kim Bokamper	2.5
Robert Sowell	1.0
Sanders Shiver	1.0
George Little	1.0
Paul Lankford	1.0
Mark Brown	1.0
Jay Brophy	1.0
Team Totals	38.0	278.0
Opponents Totals	19.0	164.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Bill Barnett	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Glenn Blackwood	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Jay Brophy	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Bud Brown	0	0	0	5	5	6	0
Mark Brown	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Bob Brudzinski	0	0	0	2	2	7	1
Joe Carter	2		0	1	1	0	0
Steve Clark	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Mark Clayton	2		1	0	1	0	0
Ron Davenport	2		0	0	0	0	0
Mark Duper	1		1	0	1	3	0
Jon Giesler	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Hugh Green	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Lorenzo Hampton	3		1	0	1	0	0
Bruce Hardy	1		0	0	0	0	0
Duriel Harris	1		0	0	0	0	0
Dan Marino	9		2	0	2	-4	0
Alex Moyer	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Tony Nathan	7		1	0	1	0	0
Jackie Shipp	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Jeff Toews	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Tommy Vigorito	3		2	0	2	0	0
Team Totals	31	21	10	18	28	12	1
Opponents Totals	36	18	14	20	34		1