1971 Miami Dolphins 10-4 Score By Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Tot Miami 61 113 91 137 0 402 Opponent 52 81 58 53 0 244 Team Opp W/L Game Scores Points 402 244 1-0 31 @Denver 23 First Downs 310 250 2-0 36 @Buffalo 17 Rush 163 98 3-0 38 New York(A) 10 Pass 123 137 3-1 17 @Cincinnati 20 Pen 24 15 4-1 38 New England 16 Penalties 65 82 5-1 35 @New York(A) 3 Yards 599 742 5-2 24 @Los Angeles 30 6-2 47 Buffalo 10 Rushing Att 597 436 7-2 20 Pittsburgh 19 Yards 2612 1968 8-2 31 Baltimore 19 Ave 4.4 4.5 9-2 31 Chicago 17 TD 29 9 10-2 23 @New England 20 10-3 10 @Baltimore 17 Passing Att 288 341 10-4 21 Green Bay 23 Comp 171 186 % 59.4 54.5 Int 11 13 % 3.8 3.8 TD 16 15 % 5.6 4.4 Yards 2367 2551 Sacked 14 27 Punt Return 30 25 Yards 226 5 Ave 7.5 0.2 Kick Return 59 80 Yards 1162 1381 Ave 19.7 17.3 Punts 44 60 Yards 1735 2423 Ave 39.4 40.4 FG Att 25 28 Made 22 23 % 88.0 82.1 Third Downs 179 170 Made 85 67 % 47.5 39.4 Fourth Downs 17 9 Made 11 4 % 64.7 44.4 Safeties 0 0 Fumbles 13 23 Lost 7 12 Turnovers 18 25 Net Offense 4894 4337 Per Play 5.4 5.4 1971 Miami Dolphins Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Csonka 259 1091 4.2 27 77 28 24 Kiick 49 3 508 10.4 2 33 31 3 Kiick 199 789 4.0 12 44 34 1 Warfield 46 3 848 18.4 9 34 67 6 Morris 75 449 6.0 19 29 26 4 Twilley 28 4 405 14.5 3 21 51 4 Ginn 19 89 4.7 2 5 23 0 Fleming 17 1 188 11.1 0 14 23 2 Warfield 8 82 10.3 4 3 39 0 Csonka 12 1 117 9.8 0 7 24 0 Griese 31 73 2.4 1 1 10 0 Noonan 12 2 186 15.5 2 7 27 0 Seiple 3 33 11.0 2 1 17 0 Stowe 3 0 65 21.7 1 2 41 0 Leigh 1 5 5.0 0 1 5 0 Mandich 2 0 22 11.0 0 2 20 1 Cole 2 1 0.5 0 0 3 0 Morris 2 2 28 14.0 0 2 16 0 597 2612 4.4 67 163 39 29 171 16 2367 13.8 17123 67 16 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Griese 288 171 59.4 2367 13.8 67 24 17 11 3.8 14 16 5.6 88.4 288 171 59.4 2367 13.8 67 24 17 11 3.8 14 16 5.6 88.4 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Yepremian 48 48 100.0 25 22 88.0 100.0 0.0 48 114 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Seiple 44 1735 57 1 0 16 25 5 38.9 39.4 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Ginn 11 303 27.5 38 0 Scott 30 18 226 7.5 18 0 Leigh 5 106 21.2 36 0 30 18 226 7.5 18 0 Morris 42 748 17.8 97 1 DeMarco 1 5 5.0 5 0 59 1162 19.7 97 1 Fumbles Griese 4 Ginn 3 Morris 2 Scott 2 Fleming 1 Warfield 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Fernande 11 Fernande 14 Fernande 18 Scott 11 Buonicon 5 Matheson 3 Stanfill 8 Stanfill 9 Stanfill 16 Fernande 6 Scott 4 Johnson, 2 Den Herd 3 Riley,J 1 Buonicon 15 Johnson, 6 Matheson 2 Kolen 2 Buonicon 2 Den Herd 1 Den Herd 12 Anderson 6 Anderson 2 Buonicon 2 Matheson 1 Matheson 6 Foley 5 Stanfill 2 Stanfill 2 Riley,J 1 Heinz 4 Kolen 4 Kolen 1 Den Herd 1 Heinz 1 Kolen 4 Stanfill 4 Den Herd 1 Evans 1 Johnson, 1 Den Herd 3 Mumphord 1 Fleming 1 Riley,J 1 Buonicon 3 Petrella 1 Riley,J 1 Anderson 1 Matheson 2 Richards 1 Griese 1 Mumphord 2 Riley,J 1 Swift 1 Fernande 1 Twilley 1 Heinz 1 Tackles Buonicon 91 Matheson 49 Foley 37 Jones,R 19 Richards 16 Farley 5 Scott 77 Anderson 49 Den Herd 36 Petrella 19 Powell 16 Stowe 4 Fernande 75 Kolen 49 Heinz 24 Noonan 18 Riley,J 10 Stanfill 63 Johnson, 44 Cornish 24 Swift 17 Mumphord 6 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Scott 4 27 6.8 25 0 Foley 3 18 6.0 14 0 Anderson 2 17 8.5 11 0 Johnson,C 2 34 17.0 23 0 Buonicont 2 4 2.0 4 0 13 100 7.7 25 0 1971 Miami Dolphins Coach:Don Shula Quarterbacks Dur Run Sho Bkwy QB Griese,Bob 5 O 2 1 QB Mira,George 2 O 2 1 Offense Bk-R Bk-P Dur Run Sho Bkwy RB Cole,Terry 1 0 2 B 3 3 RB Csonka,Larry 2 0 5 I 3 4 RB Ginn,Hubert 1 0 5 B 3 3 KR RB Kiick,Jim 1 0 5 B 3 3 RB Leigh,Charlie 1 0 5 B 3 3 KR RB Morris,Mercury 1 0 5 O 3 5 KR WR Noonan,Karl 0 0 5 O 1 1 WR Stowe,Otto 0 0 4 O 1 1 WR Twilley,Howard 0 0 5 O 1 1 WR Warfield,Paul 0 0 5 O 1 3 TE Fleming,Marv 3 0 5 O 1 1 TE Mandich,Jim 2 0 3 O 1 1 TE Seiple,Larry 2 0 5 O 1 3 P Lineman Bk-R Bk-P Dur G Kuechenberg,Bob 6 6 5 G Little,Larry 10 10 5 T Crusan,Doug 6 6 5 T Evans,Norm 7 7 5 T Mass,Wayne 4 4 4 T Moore,Wayne 4 4 2 C DeMarco,Bob 8 8 5 C-G Langer,Jim 4 4 5 Defense Total Run Pass Rush Dur DT Cornish,Frank 4 3 0 1 3 DT Fernandez,Manny 8 5 0 3 5 DT Richardson,John 4 3 0 1 3 DL Heinz,Bob 5 4 0 1 5 DE Den Herder,Vern 5 4 0 1 5 DE Riley,Jim 5 4 0 1 4 DE Stanfill,Bill 8 6 0 2 5 DE-LB Matheson,Bob 5 3 1 1 5 KR ILB Buoniconti,Nick 8 4 3 1 5 LB Farley,Dale 3 2 1 0 2 LB Powell,Jesse 3 2 1 0 5 OLB Kolen,Mike 5 2 2 1 5 OLB Swift,Doug 5 2 3 0 5 CB Foley,Tim 6 0 6 0 5 CB Johnson,Curtis 5 0 5 0 5 CB Mumphord,Lloyd 5 0 5 0 5 DB Jones,Ray 3 0 3 0 2 DB Petrella,Bob 4 0 4 0 4 S Anderson,Dick 7 1 6 0 5 PR S Scott,Jake 9 1 8 0 5 PR Special Teams K Yepremian,Garo