1971 Miami Dolphins (NFL) |
| 1st place American Football Conference Eastern Division 10-3-1 .769 |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| AFC Divisional Playoff | |||||||||
| Sat | 12/25/1971 | A | Kansas City Chiefs | 27-24 | W | 2OT | 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 | 3 | 3 |
| 85 | Nick Buoniconti | MLB | 5-11 | 220 | 31 | Notre Dame | 3 | 3 |
| 31 | Terry Cole | RB | 6-1 | 220 | 26 | Indiana | 3 | 0 |
| 71 | Frank Cornish | DL | 6-6 | 285 | 27 | Grambling State | 3 | 0 |
| 77 | Doug Crusan | LOT | 6-5 | 253 | 25 | Indiana | 3 | 3 |
| 39 | Larry Csonka | RB | 6-3 | 238 | 25 | Syracuse | 3 | 3 |
| 61 | Bob DeMarco | C | 6-3 | 243 | 33 | Indiana; Dayton | 3 | 3 |
| 86 | Vern Den Herder | DL | 6-6 | 251 | 23 | Central (Iowa) | 3 | 0 |
| 73 | Norm Evans | ROT | 6-5 | 248 | 29 | Texas Christian | 3 | 3 |
| 58 | Dale Farley | LB | 6-4 | 235 | 22 | West Virginia | 1 | 0 |
| 75 | Manny Fernandez | LDT | 6-2 | 250 | 25 | Chabot JC; Utah | 3 | 3 |
| 80 | Marv Fleming | TE | 6-4 | 233 | 29 | Utah | 3 | 3 |
| 25 | Tim Foley | LCB | 6-0 | 194 | 23 | Purdue | 3 | 3 |
| 33 | Hubie Ginn | RB | 5-11 | 187 | 24 | Florida A&M | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | Bob Griese | QB | 6-1 | 190 | 26 | Purdue | 3 | 3 |
| 72 | Bob Heinz | RDT | 6-6 | 263 | 24 | San Joaquin Delta JC; Pacific | 3 | 3 |
| 45 | Curtis Johnson | RCB | 6-2 | 196 | 23 | Toledo | 3 | 3 |
| 21 | Jim Kiick | RB | 5-11 | 215 | 25 | Wyoming | 3 | 3 |
| 57 | Mike Kolen | RLB | 6-2 | 220 | 23 | Auburn | 3 | 2 |
| 67 | Bob Kuechenberg | LOG | 6-2 | 255 | 24 | Notre Dame | 3 | 3 |
| 62 | Jim Langer | OL | 6-2 | 253 | 23 | South Dakota State | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | Charlie Leigh | RB | 5-11 | 203 | 26 | none | 2 | 0 |
| 66 | Larry Little | ROG | 6-1 | 270 | 26 | Bethune-Cookman | 3 | 3 |
| 88 | Jim Mandich | TE | 6-2 | 214 | 23 | Michigan | 3 | 0 |
| 53 | Bob Matheson | RLB | 6-4 | 241 | 27 | Duke | 3 | 1 |
| 79 | Wayne Moore | DL | 6-6 | 265 | 26 | Lamar | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | Mercury Morris | RB | 5-10 | 190 | 24 | West Texas A&M | 3 | 0 |
| 26 | Lloyd Mumphord | DB | 5-11 | 180 | 25 | Texas Southern | 3 | 0 |
| 89 | Karl Noonan | WR | 6-3 | 193 | 27 | Iowa | 3 | 0 |
| 48 | Bob Petrella | DB | 6-0 | 186 | 27 | Tennessee | 3 | 0 |
| 56 | Jesse Powell | LB | 6-3 | 212 | 24 | West Texas A&M | 2 | 0 |
| 70 | Jim Riley | LDE | 6-4 | 252 | 26 | Oklahoma | 3 | 3 |
| 13 | Jake Scott | RS | 6-0 | 188 | 26 | Georgia | 3 | 3 |
| 20 | Larry Seiple | P | 6-0 | 213 | 26 | Kentucky | 3 | 0 |
| 84 | Bill Stanfill | RDE | 6-5 | 250 | 24 | Georgia | 3 | 3 |
| 82 | Otto Stowe | WR | 6-2 | 188 | 22 | Iowa State | 1 | 0 |
| 59 | Doug Swift | LLB | 6-3 | 228 | 23 | Amherst | 3 | 3 |
| 81 | Howard Twilley | WR | 5-10 | 183 | 28 | Tulsa | 3 | 3 |
| 42 | Paul Warfield | WR | 6-0 | 188 | 29 | Ohio State | 3 | 3 |
| 1 | Garo Yepremian | K | 5-8 | 172 | 27 | none | 3 | 0 |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT1 | OT2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 7 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 3 |
| Opponents Totals | 13 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1ST DOWNS | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY | 4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 45 | 17 | 25 | 3 | 13/36 36.1% | 0/0 % | 5 | 26 | |
| Opponents Totals | 62 | 34 | 28 | 0 | 18/41 43.9% | 1/1 100.0% | 11 | 79 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garo Yepremian | 0 | 6 | 6 | 100.0 | 3 | 5 | 60.0 | 0 | 15 |
| Larry Csonka | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Dick Anderson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Marv Fleming | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jim Kiick | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Paul Warfield | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 6 | 6 | 6 | 100.0 | 3 | 5 | 60.0 | 0 | 51 |
| Opponents Totals | 6 | 6 | 6 | 100.0 | 2 | 8 | 25.0 | 0 | 48 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garo Yepremian | 3 | 5 | 60.0 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 2/2 | 0/1 | 0/1 |
| Team Totals | 3 | 5 | 60.0 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 2/2 | 0/1 | 0/1 |
| Opponents Totals | 2 | 8 | 25.0 | 2/2 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 0/3 | 0/0 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Csonka | 48 | 189 | 3.9 | 29 | 2 |
| Jim Kiick | 43 | 162 | 3.8 | 15 | 1 |
| Bob Griese | 4 | 21 | 5.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Mercury Morris | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Paul Warfield | 2 | -7 | -3.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 98 | 368 | 3.8 | 29 | 3 |
| Opponents Totals | 121 | 558 | 4.6 | 32 | 3 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Griese | 66 | 36 | 54.5 | 26 | 555 | 8.4 | 15.4 | 75t | 2 | 3.0 | 4 | 6.1 | 3 | 45 | 510 | 67.4 |
| Team Totals | 66 | 36 | 54.5 | 26 | 555 | 8.4 | 15.4 | 75t | 2 | 3.0 | 4 | 6.1 | 3 | 45 | 510 | 67.4 |
| Opponents Totals | 81 | 50 | 61.7 | 26 | 489 | 6.0 | 9.8 | 63 | 3 | 3.7 | 5 | 6.2 | 6 | 42 | 447 | 65.3 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Warfield | 13 | 304 | 23.4 | 75t | 1 |
| Howard Twilley | 8 | 111 | 13.9 | 23 | 0 |
| Jim Kiick | 6 | 45 | 7.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Marv Fleming | 5 | 64 | 12.8 | 27 | 1 |
| Larry Csonka | 2 | 18 | 9 | 16 | 0 |
| Jim Mandich | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 36 | 555 | 15.4 | 75t | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 50 | 489 | 9.8 | 3 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Scott | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Dick Anderson | 1 | 62 | 62.0 | 62t | 1 |
| Mike Kolen | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Curtis Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 5 | 86 | 17.2 | 62t | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 4 | 58 | 14.5 | 41 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Seiple | 17 | 696 | 40.9 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20 | 676 | 39.8 |
| Team Totals | 17 | 696 | 40.9 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20 | 676 | 39.8 |
| Opponents Totals | 10 | 424 | 42.4 | 52 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 59 | 325 | 32.5 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Scott | 4 | 1 | 59 | 14.8 | 21 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 4 | 1 | 59 | 14.8 | 21 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 8 | 8 | 20 | 2.5 | 6 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury Morris | 7 | 173 | 24.7 | 37 | 0 | |
| Hubie Ginn | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 8 | 205 | 25.6 | 37 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 8 | 246 | 30.8 | 78 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Jim Riley | 2.5 | 18.5 |
| Bob Heinz | 2.0 | 13.5 |
| Manny Fernandez | 1.5 | 10.0 |
| Team Totals | 6.0 | 42.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 3.0 | 45.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Anderson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Buoniconti | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Csonka | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob DeMarco | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Manny Fernandez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Griese | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Warfield | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
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