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1986 Miami Dolphins

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Record: 8-8-0, AFC East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 430 points (26.9/g), 1st of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 405 points (25.3/g), 26th.
 Differential of 25 points (1.6/g), 12th.
 Expected W-L: 8.6-7.4.

 Record vs. Vegas Line: 7-9-0

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -10 (-0.6/g), 22nd.

Simple Rating System: Total 0.5, Offense: 6.2, Defense: -5.7, SoS: -1.1, versus averages of 0.0.

Coached by Don Shula

 Defensive Coordinator: Chuck Studley

 Defensive Alignment: 3-4

Training Camp: St. Thomas University (Miami Gardens, Florida)

Team Stats and Rankings

Tot Yds & TO Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P TO FL 1stPy 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD
Team Offense 430 6324 1011 6.3 37 14 17 351 392 645 4779 46 23 7.2 250 349 1545 9 4.4 84
Team Defense 405 6050 1058 5.7 27 14 16 337 290 485 3557 22 13 6.9 177 540 2493 23 4.6 144
Lg Rank Offense 1 2 15 11 1 1 1 1 19 2 28 25 23 4
Lg Rank Defense 26 26 26 17 26 8 22 21 25 25 25 27 26 27

Team Games & Schedule

Score Offense Defense
Week Day Date OT Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 7 boxscore L 0-1 @ San Diego Chargers 28 50 20 339 294 45 4 31 500 276 224
2 Sun September 14 boxscore W 1-1 Indianapolis Colts 30 10 21 388 254 134 1 15 253 178 75 2
3 Sun September 21 boxscore L OT 1-2 @ New York Jets 45 51 27 485 435 50 3 32 581 449 132 4
4 Sun September 28 boxscore L 1-3 San Francisco 49ers 16 31 24 437 365 72 4 16 314 168 146 1
5 Sun October 5 boxscore L 1-4 @ New England Patriots 7 34 13 251 152 99 3 25 429 262 167
6 Sun October 12 boxscore W 2-4 Buffalo Bills 27 14 27 447 328 119 3 18 305 197 108 4
7 Sun October 19 boxscore L 2-5 Los Angeles Raiders 28 30 17 330 273 57 4 19 315 101 214
8 Sun October 26 boxscore W 3-5 @ Indianapolis Colts 17 13 21 340 243 97 17 303 121 182 1
9 Sun November 2 boxscore W 4-5 Houston Oilers 28 7 17 345 217 128 3 18 301 137 164 2
10 Mon November 10 boxscore L 4-6 @ Cleveland Browns 16 26 20 353 295 58 2 29 558 390 168 2
11 Sun November 16 boxscore W 5-6 @ Buffalo Bills 34 24 29 474 389 85 14 261 181 80 1
12 Mon November 24 boxscore W 6-6 New York Jets 45 3 31 514 325 189 17 280 191 89 4
13 Sun November 30 boxscore L 6-7 Atlanta Falcons 14 20 16 375 303 72 4 13 362 143 219 1
14 Sun December 7 boxscore W 7-7 @ New Orleans Saints 31 27 25 352 241 111 26 526 269 257 2
15 Sun December 14 boxscore W OT 8-7 @ Los Angeles Rams 37 31 23 506 399 107 2 25 372 230 142 1
16 Mon December 22 boxscore L 8-8 New England Patriots 27 34 20 388 266 122 4 22 390 264 126 2

Passing

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate QBR Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk% 4QC GWD
13 Dan Marino*+ 25 QB 16 16 8-8-0 378 623 60.7 4746 44 7.1 23 3.7 85 7.6 7.4 12.6 296.6 92.5 17 119 7.23 6.99 2.7 1 2
10 Don Strock 36 16 0 14 20 70.0 152 2 10.0 0 0.0 21 7.6 9.6 10.9 9.5 125.4 0 0 7.60 9.60 0.0
11 Jim C. Jensen 28 16 0 0 2 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.0
Team Total 26.7 16 8-8-0 392 645 60.8 4898 46 7.1 23 3.6 85 7.6 7.4 12.5 306.1 93.3 17 119 7.22 7.05 2.6 1 2
Opp Total 16 290 485 59.8 3825 22 4.5 13 2.7 7.9 7.59 13.2 239.1 88.7 33 268 6.9 6.6 6.4

Rushing & Receiving

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Rushing Receiving
No. Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
27 Lorenzo Hampton 24 RB 16 16 186 830 9 54 4.5 51.9 11.6 61 446 7.3 3 19 3.8 27.9 1276 12 4
30 Ron Davenport 24 rb 16 2 75 314 0 35 4.2 19.6 4.7 20 177 8.9 1 27 1.3 11.1 491 1 4
34 Woody Bennett 31 FB 16 14 36 162 0 16 4.5 10.1 2.3 4 33 8.3 0 13 0.3 2.1 195 0 1
22 Tony Nathan 30 16 0 27 203 0 20 7.5 12.7 1.7 48 457 9.5 2 23 3.0 28.6 660 2 0
13 Dan Marino*+ 25 QB 16 16 12 -3 0 13 -0.3 -0.2 0.8 -3 0 8
23 Joe Carter 24 7 0 4 18 0 9 4.5 2.6 0.6 1 6 6.0 0 6 0.1 0.9 24 0 2
33 Craig Ellis 25 KR/PR 9 0 3 6 0 2 2.0 0.7 0.3 6 0 1
83 Mark Clayton* 25 WR 15 14 2 33 0 22 16.5 2.2 0.1 60 1150 19.2 10 68 4.0 76.7 1183 10 1
4 Reggie Roby 25 P 15 0 2 -8 0 0 -4.0 -0.5 0.1 -8 0 2
85 Mark Duper* 27 WR 16 16 1 -10 0 -10 -10.0 -0.6 0.1 67 1313 19.6 11 85 4.2 82.1 1303 11 0
10 Don Strock 36 16 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0 0 1
84 Bruce Hardy 30 TE 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 54 430 8.0 5 18 3.4 26.9 430 5 2
89 Nat Moore 35 wr 16 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 38 431 11.3 7 38 2.4 26.9 431 7 0
87 Dan Johnson 26 te 15 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 19 170 8.9 4 20 1.3 11.3 170 4 0
82 James Pruitt 22 16 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 15 235 15.7 2 27 0.9 14.7 235 2 4
11 Jim C. Jensen 28 16 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 5 50 10.0 1 20 0.3 3.1 50 1 0
Team Total 26.7 16 349 1545 9 54 4.4 96.6 21.8 392 4898 12.5 46 85 24.5 306.1 6443 55 37
Opp Total 16 540 2493 23 4.6 155.8 33.8 290 3557 12.3 22 18.1 222.3 6050 45 32

Kick & Punt Returns

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
33 Craig Ellis 25 KR/PR 9 0 24 149 0 17 6.2 25 541 0 41 21.6 696
30 Ron Davenport 24 rb 16 2 16 285 0 37 17.8 776
82 James Pruitt 22 16 0 11 150 1 71 13.6 385
23 Joe Carter 24 7 0 9 133 0 22 14.8 157
27 Lorenzo Hampton 24 RB 16 16 9 182 0 25 20.2 1458
84 Bruce Hardy 30 TE 16 16 3 39 0 16 13.0 469
47 Glenn Blackwood 29 SS 10 10 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
42 Lyle Blackwood 35 db 5 4 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
83 Mark Clayton* 25 WR 15 14 1 0 0 0 0.0 1183
87 Dan Johnson 26 te 15 1 1 0 0 0 0.0 170
66 Larry Lee 27 rg 16 5 1 5 0 5 5.0 5
89 Nat Moore 35 wr 16 1 1 -2 0 -2 -2.0 429
19 Reyna Thompson 23 db 16 4 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
76 Tom Toth 24 13 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Team Total 26.7 16 40 297 1 71 7.4 65 1185 0 41 18.2 7925
Opp Total 16 23 0 53 997 0 18.8

Kicking & Punting

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
No. Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
7 Fuad Reveiz 23 K 16 0 1 1 5 5 6 4 8 3 2 1 22 14 63.6% 55 52 94.5%
4 Reggie Roby 25 P 15 0 56 2476 73 0 44.2
Team Total 26.7 16 1 1 5 5 6 4 8 3 2 1 22 14 63.6% 55 52 94.5% 56 2476 73 0 44.2
Opp Total 16 31 26 83.9% 46 45 97.8% 64 2650 41.4

Defense & Fumbles

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
13 Dan Marino*+ 25 QB 16 16 0 8 4 -12 0
51 Mark Brown 25 ROLB 14 11 5.0 0 0 4 11 0
47 Glenn Blackwood 29 SS 10 10 2 10 0 7 0 0 2 2 0 0
82 James Pruitt 22 16 0 0 4 2 0 0
30 Ron Davenport 24 rb 16 2 0 4 1 0 0
27 Lorenzo Hampton 24 RB 16 16 0 4 1 0 0
99 George Little 23 RDE 16 16 4.0 0 0 1 4 0
75 Doug Betters 30 de 16 1 4.0
42 Lyle Blackwood 35 db 5 4 1 14 0 14 0 0 1 2 0 0
43 Bud Brown 25 FS 16 15 1 3 0 3 0 0 1 2 6 0
78 Jerome Foster 26 14 0 3.0 0 0 1 0 0
55 Hugh Green 27 lb 3 3 4.0
4 Reggie Roby 25 P 15 0 0 2 2 -11 0
59 Bob Brudzinski 31 LOLB 16 16 2.0 0 0 1 0 0
56 John Offerdahl* 22 RILB 15 15 2.0 1 14 0 14 0
23 Joe Carter 24 7 0 0 2 0 0 0
33 Craig Ellis 25 KR/PR 9 0 0 1 1 0 0
61 Roy Foster* 26 LG 16 16 0 0 2 0 0
84 Bruce Hardy 30 TE 16 16 0 2 0 0 0
49 William Judson 27 LCB 16 16 2 0 0 0 0
28 Don McNeal 28 db 15 1 2 46 0 29 0
91 Fred Robinson 25 4 0 2.0
26 Donovan Rose 29 db 12 2 2 63 0 36 0
50 Jackie Shipp 24 LILB 16 14 1.0 0 0 1 0 0
18 Mike Smith 24 14 0 1.0 0 0 1 0 0
10 Don Strock 36 16 0 0 1 1 -4 0
95 T.J. Turner 23 LDE 16 15 2.0
73 Bob Baumhower 31 NT 12 12 1.0
34 Woody Bennett 31 FB 16 14 0 1 0 0 0
71 Mike Charles 24 nt 9 4 1 2 0 2 0
83 Mark Clayton* 25 WR 15 14 0 1 0 0 0
53 David Frye 25 lb 9 2 0 0 1 0 0
94 Larry Kolic 23 lb 2 2 0 0 1 4 0
40 Mike Kozlowski 30 15 0 1 0 0 0 0
44 Paul Lankford 28 RCB 12 12 0 0 1 0 0
66 Larry Lee 27 rg 16 5 0 1 0 0 0
91 Mack Moore 27 7 0 1.0
70 Brian Sochia 25 6 0 1.0
57 Dwight Stephenson*+ 29 C 16 16 0 0 1 0 0
19 Reyna Thompson 23 db 16 4 0 1 0 0 0
76 Tom Toth 24 13 0 0 1 0 0 0
Team Total 26.7 16 33.0 13 152 0 36 0 0 37 33 -2 0
Opp Total 16 17 32 18

Scoring Summary

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
7 Fuad Reveiz 23 K 16 0 52 14 94
27 Lorenzo Hampton 24 RB 16 16 9 3 12 72
85 Mark Duper* 27 WR 16 16 11 11 66
83 Mark Clayton* 25 WR 15 14 10 10 60
89 Nat Moore 35 wr 16 1 7 7 42
84 Bruce Hardy 30 TE 16 16 5 5 30
87 Dan Johnson 26 te 15 1 4 4 24
82 James Pruitt 22 16 0 2 1 3 18
22 Tony Nathan 30 16 0 2 2 12
30 Ron Davenport 24 rb 16 2 1 1 6
11 Jim C. Jensen 28 16 0 1 1 6
Team Total 26.7 16 9 46 1 56 52 14 430
Opp Total 16 23 22 45 26 405