1972 Miami Dolphins: 14-0-0
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Home record: 7-0-0 (209 points scored, 80 allowed) Road record: 7-0-0 (176 points scored, 91 allowed) Head Coach: Don Shula
385 points scored (1st of 26 teams), 171 points allowed (1st) NFL Averages: 20.3 points/game (283.5 points/team)
Team stats and rankings:
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Cmp Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Int Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Yards (Rank) Turnovers
Offense: 144 259 2,076 (16) 7.41 17 12 613 2,960 ( 1) 4.8 26 5,036 ( 1) 28
Defense: 178 348 1,749 ( 5) 4.59 10 26 389 1,548 ( 3) 4.0 8 3,297 ( 1) 46
Team roster (starters in bold):
# Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 1 Garo Yepremian K 14 5'8 172 28 5 None 7 Billy Lothridge P 2 6'1 200 30 9 Georgia Tech 11 Jim Del Gaizo QB 4 6'1 198 25 1 Syracuse 12 Bob Griese QB 6 6'1 190 27 6 Purdue 13 Jake Scott DB 14 6'0 188 27 3 Georgia 15 Earl Morrall QB 14 6'1 206 38 17 Michigan State 20 Larry Seiple P 11 6'0 215 27 6 Kentucky 21 Jim Kiick RB 14 5'11 215 26 5 Wyoming 22 Mercury Morris RB 14 5'10 190 25 4 West Texas State 25 Tim Foley DB 14 6'0 194 24 3 Purdue 26 Lloyd Mumphord DB 14 5'11 180 25 4 Texas Southern 28 Ed Jenkins RB 3 6'2 210 22 R Holy Cross 32 Hubert Ginn RB 14 5'11 188 25 3 Florida A&M 36 Charlie Leigh RB 14 5'11 205 27 4 None 39 Larry Csonka RB 14 6'3 237 25 5 Syracuse 40 Dick Anderson DB 14 6'2 196 26 5 Colorado 42 Paul Warfield WR 12 6'0 185 29 9 Ohio State 44 Mike Howell DB 1 6'1 190 29 8 Grambling 45 Curtis Johnson DB 14 6'2 196 24 3 Toledo 48 Henry Stuckey DB 0 6'1 190 22 R Missouri 49 Charlie Babb DB 14 6'0 190 22 R Memphis 51 Larry Ball LB 10 6'6 225 23 R Louisville 53 Bob Matheson LB 14 6'4 240 27 6 Duke 54 Howard Kindig OT 14 6'6 260 31 8 Los Angeles State 56 Jesse Powell LB 14 6'1 215 25 4 West Texas State 57 Mike Kolen LB 13 6'2 220 24 3 Auburn 58 Al Jenkins OG 14 6'2 245 26 3 Tulsa 59 Doug Swift LB 14 6'3 228 24 3 Amherst 62 Jim Langer C 14 6'2 250 24 3 South Dakota State 65 Maulty Moore DT 14 6'5 265 26 1 Bethune-Cookman 66 Larry Little OG 14 6'1 265 26 6 Bethune-Cookman 67 Bob Kuechenberg OG 14 6'3 247 25 3 Notre Dame 72 Bob Heinz DT 11 6'6 270 25 4 Pacific 73 Norm Evans OT 14 6'5 252 30 8 Texas Christian 75 Manny Fernandez DT 14 6'2 248 26 5 Utah 77 Doug Crusan OT 11 6'5 250 26 5 Indiana 78 Jim Dunaway DT 6 6'4 277 31 10 Mississippi 79 Wayne Moore OT 9 6'6 265 27 3 Lamar 80 Marv Fleming TE 14 6'4 235 30 10 Utah 81 Howard Twilley WR 13 5'10 185 28 7 Tulsa 82 Otto Stowe WR 9 6'2 188 23 2 Iowa State 83 Vern Den Herder DE 14 6'6 250 23 2 Central College (IA) 84 Bill Stanfill DE 14 6'5 250 25 4 Georgia 85 Nick Buoniconti LB 14 5'11 220 31 11 Notre Dame 86 Marlin Briscoe WR 10 5'10 178 27 5 Nebraska-Omaha 88 Jim Mandich TE 14 6'3 224 24 3 Michigan
Per Per
Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating
Earl Morrall 150 83 55.3 1,360 9.07 16.4 11 7.3 7 4.7 14 114 91.0
Bob Griese 97 53 54.6 638 6.58 12.0 4 4.1 4 4.1 7 45 71.6
Jim Del Gaizo 9 5 55.6 165 18.33 33.0 2 22.2 1 11.1 0 0 100.5
Marlin Briscoe 3 3 100.0 72 24.00 24.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 118.8
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Paul Warfield 29 606 20.9 3 Jim Kiick 21 147 7.0 1 Howard Twilley 20 364 18.2 3 Marlin Briscoe 16 279 17.4 4 Mercury Morris 15 168 11.2 0 Otto Stowe 13 276 21.2 2 Marv Fleming 13 156 12.0 1 Jim Mandich 11 168 15.3 3 Larry Csonka 5 48 9.6 0 Hubert Ginn 1 23 23.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Larry Csonka 213 1,117 5.2 6 Mercury Morris 190 1,000 5.3 12 Jim Kiick 137 521 3.8 5 Hubert Ginn 27 142 5.3 1 Charlie Leigh 21 79 3.8 0 Earl Morrall 17 67 3.9 1 Paul Warfield 4 23 5.8 0 Bob Griese 3 11 3.7 1 Jim Del Gaizo 1 0 0.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Mercury Morris 14 334 23.9 0 Charlie Leigh 6 153 25.5 0 Bob Matheson 2 34 17.0 0 Hubert Ginn 1 25 25.0 0 Marlin Briscoe 1 0 0.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Charlie Leigh 22 210 9.5 5 0 Jake Scott 13 100 7.7 3 0 Dick Anderson 5 19 3.8 3 0 |
1972 Draft:NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 25 DT Mike Kadish 127 Notre Dame 3 77 RB Gary Kosins 40 Dayton 4 91 DE Larry Ball 79 Louisville [pick acquired from SD] 4 103 OT Al Benton Ohio 5 129 DB Charlie Babb 97 Memphis 6 155 LB Ray Nettles Tennessee 7 161 OG Bill Adams 46 Holy Cross [pick acquired from DEN] 7 180 RB Calvin Harrell Arkansas State 8 207 QB Craig Curry Minnesota 9 233 DB Greg Johnson Wisconsin 11 285 WR Ed Jenkins 15 Holy Cross 12 311 TE Ashley Bell Purdue 13 337 DB Archie Robinson Hillsdale 14 362 LB Willie Jones Tampa 15 389 DT Bill Davis William & Mary 16 415 WR Al Hannah Wisconsin 17 441 DB Vern Brown Western Michigan
Traded draft picks: #2 to CLE (Lester Sims), #10 to HOU (Jimmy Butler)
Transactions:
| 04-25-1972 | claimed Earl Morrall on waivers from Colts |
| 06-07-1972 | traded Dale Farley to Bills for Jim Dunaway |
| 06-07-1972 | traded Miami's #1 pick in the 1973 draft to Bills for Marlin Briscoe |
| 07-11-1972 | traded John Richardson to Chargers for a #6 pick in the 1973 draft |
| 08-04-1972 | claimed Ron Gardin on waivers from Steelers |
| 08-07-1972 | traded Les Shy to Bengals for Ron Lamb |
| 08-17-1972 | claimed Julian Nunamaker on waivers from Bills |
| 08-17-1972 | claimed Tom Curtis on waivers from Rams |
| 08-22-1972 | traded Frank Cornish to Bills for Howard Kindig and Buffalo's #5 pick in the 1973 draft |
| 08-28-1972 | traded Wayne Mass to Patriots for New England's #7 pick in the 1973 draft |
| 09-13-1972 | Bears claimed Gary Kosins on waivers |
| 09-15-1972 | placed Wendell Tucker on injured reserve |
| 09-26-1972 | traded Bob DeMarco to Browns for Cleveland's #7 pick in the 1973 draft |
| 09-26-1972 | traded Bill Griffin to Patriots for San Diego's #7 pick in the 1973 draft |
Playoff Results: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result 12/24/72 vs Cleveland Browns W 20-14 12/31/72 at Pittsburgh Steelers W 21-17 Super Bowl VII 01/14/73 vs Washington Redskins W 14-7
1972 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/17/72 at Kansas City Chiefs W 20-10 1-0-0 09/24/72 vs Houston Oilers W 34-13 2-0-0 10/01/72 at Minnesota Vikings W 16-14 3-0-0 10/08/72 at New York Jets W 27-17 4-0-0 10/15/72 vs San Diego Chargers W 24-10 5-0-0 10/22/72 vs Buffalo Bills W 24-23 6-0-0 10/29/72 at Baltimore Colts W 23-0 7-0-0 11/05/72 at Buffalo Bills W 30-16 8-0-0 11/12/72 vs New England Patriots W 52-0 9-0-0 11/19/72 vs New York Jets W 28-24 10-0-0 11/27/72 vs St. Louis Cardinals W 31-10 11-0-0 12/03/72 at New England Patriots W 37-21 12-0-0 12/10/72 at New York Giants W 23-13 13-0-0 12/16/72 vs Baltimore Colts W 16-0 14-0-0
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