1979 Miami Dolphins 11-5 Score By Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Tot 1979 Miami 65 89 103 90 0 347 Opponent 42 91 42 102 3 280 Team Opp W/L Game Scores Points 347 280 1-0 17 @Buffalo 14 60ø 15-25 First Downs 301 262 1-1 16 Seattle 17 81ø Rush 119 96 2-1 19 @Minnesota 17 67ø Pass 173 150 3-1 19 Chicago 7 82ø Pen 9 16 4-1 34 @New York (A) 26 48ø 10-20 Penalties 75 90 4-2 16 @Oakland 19 67ø 0-10 Yards 534 624 4-3 16 Buffalo 27 80ø 5-3 28 @New England 24 49ø 10-20 Rushing Att 591 486 6-3 37 Green Bay 20 73ø 0-5 Light Rain Yards 2375 1895 7-3 16 Houston 13 82ø Ave 4.0 3.9 8-3 27 Baltimore 15 89ø 0-5 TD 9 6 8-4 28 @Cleveland 31 45ø 0-10 9-4 20 @Baltimore 13 39ø 0-10 Passing Att 414 471 10-4 24 New England 20 68ø Comp 250 248 11-4 17 @Detroit 3 70ø % 60.4 52.7 11-5 13 New York (A) 14 77ø Int 21 21 % 5.1 4.5 TD 26 24 % 6.3 5.1 Yards 3066 3224 Sacked 18 40 Punt Return 33 31 Yards 371 104 Ave 11.2 3.4 Kick Return 66 77 Yards 1352 1775 Ave 20.5 23.1 Punts 65 83 Yards 2680 3253 Ave 41.2 39.2 FG Att 37 27 Made 28 20 % 75.7 74.1 Third Downs 221 230 Made 92 79 % 41.6 34.3 Fourth Downs 16 32 Made 6 16 % 37.5 50.0 Safeties 0 0 Fumbles 31 29 Lost 16 9 Turnovers 37 30 Net Offense 5336 4865 Per Play 5.2 4.9 1979 Miami Dolphins Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Csonka 228 991 4.3 23 50 22 6 Moore 51 1 873 17.1 11 42 46 7 WilliamsD. 189 696 3.7 16 30 34 1 Harris 45 4 748 16.6 7 40 40 4 Davis, G. 104 438 4.2 11 21 15 1 Davis 36 0 246 6.8 0 11 17 0 Nathan 17 74 4.4 1 3 16 1 Hardy 34 4 424 12.5 0 30 24 4 Torrey 14 73 5.2 3 4 17 0 Williams 24 0 238 9.9 1 16 33 4 Griese 15 38 2.5 0 4 8 0 Nathan 17 0 150 8.8 0 13 16 3 Moore, N. 2 33 16.5 2 2 18 0 Csonka 17 0 127 7.5 0 7 16 1 Harris, D. 1 27 27.0 1 1 27 0 Cefalo 13 2 189 14.5 1 11 25 3 Bulaich 8 19 2.4 0 2 8 0 Bulaich 7 0 47 6.7 0 2 11 0 Strock 4 13 3.3 1 2 12 0 Lee 2 0 15 7.5 0 1 9 0 Howell 2 3 1.5 0 0 3 0 Howell 2 0 6 3.0 0 0 6 0 Benjamin 5 -4 -0.8 0 0 0 0 Torrey 2 0 3 1.5 0 0 3 0 Roberts 2 -26-13.0 0 0 0 0 250 11 3066 12.3 20 173 46 26 591 2375 4.0 58 119 34 9 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Benjamin 3 3 100.0 39 13.0 24 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 118.8 Strock 115 68 59.1 867 12.8 46 8 6 5 4.3 1 8 7.0 87.8 Griese 296 179 60.5 2160 12.1 40 32 14 16 5.4 17 18 6.1 80.6 414 250 60.4 3066 12.3 46 40 20 21 5.1 18 26 6.3 83.1 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts von Schama 38 35 92.1 37 28 75.7 54.5 100.0 50 119 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Roberts 65 2680 57 4 0 26 31 104 38.4 41.2 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Nathan 56 1207 21.6 44 0 Kozlowski 3 5 21 7.0 8 0 Kozlowski 6 99 16.5 27 0 Cefalo 1 2 1 1.0 1 0 Davis, G. 3 42 14.0 19 0 Nathan 29 25 349 12.0 85 1 Howell 1 4 4.0 4 0 33 32 371 11.2 85 1 WilliamsD. 1 0 0.0 0 0 66 1352 20.5 44 0 Fumbles Csonka 6 Nathan 5 Bulaich 3 Roberts 2 Cefalo 1 1 Griese 5 Davis, G 4 Strock 3 Moore, N 1 Williams 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Den Herd 12 Den Herd 19 Bokamper 10 Betters 12 Den Herd 5 Nathan 3 Betters 11 Baumhowe 11 Baumhowe 8 Small 9 Bokamper 4 Hardy 2 Baumhowe 10 Betters 7 Den Herd 8 Thomas, 9 Ortega 3 Dennard 2 Bokamper 5 Chambers 3 Chambers 8 Gordon 3 Betters 2 Gordon 2 Gordon 2 Colzie 8 Chambers 2 Current 2 Barisich 1 Taylor 5 Foley 2 Towle 2 Betters 1 Gordon 5 Betters 2 Den Herd 1 Colzie 1 Baumhowe 5 Colzie 2 Griese 1 Towle 1 Bokamper 5 Rhone 1 Baumhowe 1 Babb 1 Foley 4 Small 1 Davis, G 1 Rhone 1 Thomas, 1 Chambers 1 Den Herd 1 Duhe 1 Gordon 1 Duhe 1 Babb 1 Thomas, 1 Towle 1 Kozlowsk 1 Csonka 1 Lee 1 Little 1 Harris, 1 Tackles Foley 90 Bokamper 71 Thomas, 53 Babb 24 Kozlowsk 11 Land 8 Small 80 Gordon 71 Betters 51 Rhone 18 Toews 9 Duhe 7 Baumhowe 78 Den Herd 68 Towle 39 Ortega 15 Barisich 8 Matheson 5 Chambers 75 Colzie 54 Taylor 26 Blackwoo 15 Bessilli 8 von Scha 1 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Small 6 151 25.2 65 0 Colzie 5 15 3.0 15 0 Foley 2 21 10.5 21 0 Gordon 2 3 1.5 3 0 Thomas, N 2 28 14.0 28 0 Bokamper 2 0 0.0 0 0 Chambers 1 2 2.0 2 0 Towle 1 0 0.0 0 0 21 220 10.5 65 0 1979 Miami Dolphins Coach: Don Shula Quarterbacks Dur Run Sho Bkwy Special QB Griese, Bob 3 B 1 3 QB Strock, Don 5 B 1 3 QB Benjamin, Guy 2 B 1 3 Skill Players BkR BkP Dur Att Yds Lg Ave Rec No Yds Lg Ave Special RB Csonka, Larry 2 1 5 220 837 22 3.8 2 16 75 18 4.7 RB Williams, Delvin 2 1 4 184 703 39 3.8 4 21 175 38 8.3 RB Davis, Gary 2 1 5 98 383 42 3.9 5 34 215 18 6.3 KR RB Nathan, Tony 3 1 5 16 68 18 4.3 3 17 213 35 12.5 RET RB Torrey, Bob 2 1 4 13 61 17 4.7 1 2 3 8 1.5 RB Bulaich, Norm 2 1 2 9 37 9 4.1 2 8 53 13 6.6 RB Howell, Steve 2 1 5 3 8 5 2.7 1 3 23 11 7.7 WR Moore, Nat 0 0 5 3 22 18 7.3 7 48 840 53 17.5 WR Harris, Duriel 0 0 4 1 20 20 20.0 6 42 798 51 19.0 WR Cefalo, Jimmy 0 0 5 0 0 0 0.0 2 12 223 30 18.6 PR TE Hardy, Bruce 4 2 5 0 0 0 0.0 5 30 386 28 12.9 TE Lee, Ronnie 4 2 5 0 0 0 0.0 1 2 14 10 7.0 Lineman BkR BkP Dur Special C Dennard, Mark 5 5 5 C Langer, Jim 5 5 2 G Newman, Ed 7 7 5 T Current, Mike 5 5 5 T Giesler, Jon 4 4 5 T Green, Cleveland 4 4 5 G-T Kuechenberg, Bob 7 7 5 G-T Little, Larry 5 5 4 G-T Laakso, Eric 3 3 3 C-G Toews, Jeff 3 3 3 LS Defense Overall Run Pass Rush Dur Sacks Int Special DT Baumhower, Bob 9 9 0 3 5 6 0 DT Barisich, Carl 4 4 0 1 3 2 0 DE Betters, Doug 6 5 0 4 5 8 0 DE Duhe, A.J. 5 5 0 2 4 2 0 DL Den Herder, Vern 7 6 0 5 5 9 0 ILB Chambers, Rusty 6 5 2 0 5 0 1 ILB Ortega, Ralph 3 2 1 0 2 0 0 OLB Bokamper, Kim 6 5 2 2 4 4 1 OLB Gordon, Larry 6 5 2 1 5 3 2 OLB Rhone, Earnest 5 3 2 0 5 0 2 LB Towle, Steve 5 5 1 0 5 1 1 LB Matheson, Bob 4 3 1 0 5 0 1 LB Land, Mel 3 2 1 0 5 0 0 CB Small, Gerald 6 0 6 0 5 0 5 CB Thomas, Norris 5 0 5 0 5 1 2 CB Taylor, Ed 4 0 4 0 2 0 0 S Foley, Tim 8 2 6 0 4 0 2 S Colzie, Neal 4 1 3 0 5 0 5 S Babb, Charlie 4 1 3 0 2 0 1 S Bessillieu, Don 3 1 2 0 5 0 0 KR DB Blackwood, Glenn 4 1 3 0 3 0 0 DB Kozlowski, Mike 3 1 2 0 5 0 0 RET Special Teams K-P von Schamann, Uwe P Roberts, George