1982 Miami Dolphins Statistics
Team Record: 7-2
Finishing 1st in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference
Postseason: 3-1 Lost Super Bowl
Coach: Don Shula (7-2)
Location: Miami, Florida
1982 Miami Dolphins Results
The Miami Dolphins of the National Football League ended the 1982 season with a record of 7 wins and 2 losses, finishing first in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 3-1.
Miami netted 198 points, while the miserly defensive unit allowed 131. Andra Franklin ran for a team-best 701 yards for the Dolphins.
David Woodley tossed for 1,080 yards. Tommy Vigorito hauled in 24 passes, while Jimmy Cefalo accumulated 356 receiving yards, while Duriel Harris provided receiving help, too.
The sticky-fingered defense pounced on 27 turnovers. Don McNeal picked off 4 errant tosses from the opposition. Bob Brudzinski topped the defensive unit with 4.5 sacks.
Don Shula coached the team. The 1982 Miami Dolphins lost in the Super Bowl.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Woodley | 179 | 98 | 54.7 | 1080 | 6.0 | 5 | 2.8 | 8 | 4.5 | 46 | 10 | 82 | 63.5 |
| Don Strock | 55 | 30 | 54.5 | 306 | 5.6 | 2 | 3.6 | 5 | 9.1 | 43 | 1 | 5 | 45.0 |
| Tony Nathan | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 15 | 7.5 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 114.6 |
| Jim Jensen | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Eddie Hill | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 238 | 129 | 54.2 | 1401 | 5.9 | 8 | 3.4 | 13 | 5.5 | 46 | 11 | 87 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andra Franklin | 177 | 701 | 4.0 | 25 | 7 |
| Tony Nathan | 66 | 233 | 3.5 | 15 | 1 |
| David Woodley | 36 | 207 | 5.8 | 29 | 2 |
| Tommy Vigorito | 19 | 99 | 5.2 | 33 | 1 |
| Eddie Hill | 13 | 51 | 3.9 | 13 | 0 |
| Rich Diana | 8 | 31 | 3.9 | 7 | 0 |
| Woody Bennett | 9 | 15 | 1.7 | 5 | 0 |
| Duriel Harris | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Larry Cowan | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Don Strock | 3 | -9 | -3.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 333 | 1344 | 4.0 | 33 | 11 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Vigorito | 24 | 186 | 7.8 | 26 | 0 |
| Duriel Harris | 22 | 331 | 15.0 | 45 | 1 |
| Jimmy Cefalo | 17 | 356 | 20.9 | 46 | 1 |
| Joe Rose | 16 | 182 | 11.4 | 44 | 2 |
| Tony Nathan | 16 | 114 | 7.1 | 16 | 0 |
| Bruce Hardy | 12 | 66 | 5.5 | 19 | 2 |
| Nat Moore | 8 | 82 | 10.2 | 23 | 1 |
| Eddie Hill | 6 | 33 | 5.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Andra Franklin | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Rich Diana | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Ronnie Van Lee | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 |
| David Woodley | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 1 |
| Totals | 129 | 1401 | 10.9 | 46 | 8 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uwe von Schamann | 22 | 21 | 95.5 | 20 | 15 | 75.0 | 66 |
| Totals | 22 | 21 | 95.5 | 20 | 15 | 75.0 | 66 |
Punting:
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Vigorito | 20 | 192 | 9.6 | 59 | 1 |
| Glenn Blackwood | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 22 | 194 | 8.8 | 59 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fulton Walker | 20 | 433 | 21.6 | 32 | 0 |
| Vince Heflin | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 31 | 0 |
| Rich Diana | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Mike Kozlowski | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Totals | 24 | 507 | 21.1 | 32 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don McNeal | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 23 | 1 |
| Fulton Walker | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Glenn Blackwood | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 35 | 1 |
| Gerald Small | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Lyle Blackwood | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Mike Kozlowski | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 36 | 0 |
| Larry Gordon | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Bob Brudzinski | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Earnest Rhone | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Kim Bokamper | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| A.J. Duhe | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 19 | 281 | 14.8 | 36 | 2 |
Sacks:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Brudzinski | 4.5 | 0.0 | |
| Doug Betters | 4.0 | 0.0 | |
| Kim Bokamper | 3.5 | 0.0 | |
| Bob Baumhower | 3.5 | 0.0 | |
| Larry Gordon | 3.0 | 0.0 | |
| Charles Bowser | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
| A.J. Duhe | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
| Glenn Blackwood | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
| Earnest Rhone | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Mike Kozlowski | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Ron Hester | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Lyle Blackwood | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
| Bill Barnett | 0.5 | 0.0 | |
| Totals | 29.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Woodley | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mike Kozlowski | 0 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Brudzinski | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lyle Blackwood | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ron Hester | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tommy Vigorito | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bill Barnett | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Glenn Blackwood | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vern Den Herder | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Clark | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eddie Hill | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rich Diana | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Strock | 1 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Andra Franklin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tony Nathan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jimmy Cefalo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 15 | 13 | 43 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Uwe von Schamann | 15 | 21 | 0 | 66 | ||||||||||
| Andra Franklin | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||||||
| David Woodley | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| Joe Rose | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Bruce Hardy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Tommy Vigorito | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Duriel Harris | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Tony Nathan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Glenn Blackwood | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Don McNeal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Jimmy Cefalo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Nat Moore | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Totals | 11 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 198 |
