1976 Miami Dolphins Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 6-8
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Don Shula (6-8)
Location: Miami, Florida
1976 Miami Dolphins RosterTeam Record: 6-8
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Don Shula (6-8)
Location: Miami, Florida
1976 Miami Dolphins Results
The Miami Dolphins of the National Football League ended the 1976 season with a record of 6 wins and 8 losses, finishing third in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference.
The Dolphins scored 263 points, but the defensive squad surrendered 264. Benny Malone ran for a team-best 797 yards for Miami.
Bob Griese threw for 2,097 yards. Nat Moore paced all receivers, hauling in 33 passes for 625 yards. Freddie Solomon contributed to the receiving game also.
Ken Ellis, Bob Matheson, Charlie Babb and Jeris White each intercepted 2 opponent throws.
Don Shula coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Griese | 272 | 162 | 59.6 | 2097 | 7.7 | 11 | 4.0 | 12 | 4.4 | 47 | 30 | 266 | 78.9 |
| Don Strock | 47 | 21 | 44.7 | 359 | 7.6 | 3 | 6.4 | 2 | 4.3 | 53 | 4 | 41 | 74.7 |
| Earl Morrall | 26 | 10 | 38.5 | 148 | 5.7 | 1 | 3.8 | 1 | 3.8 | 67 | 3 | 29 | 54.6 |
| Freddie Solomon | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 346 | 193 | 55.8 | 2604 | 7.5 | 15 | 4.3 | 15 | 4.3 | 67 | 37 | 336 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benny Malone | 186 | 797 | 4.3 | 31 | 4 |
| Norm Bulaich | 122 | 540 | 4.4 | 35 | 4 |
| Stan Winfrey | 52 | 205 | 3.9 | 13 | 1 |
| Don Nottingham | 63 | 185 | 2.9 | 13 | 3 |
| Gary Davis | 31 | 160 | 5.2 | 57 | 1 |
| Bob Griese | 23 | 108 | 4.7 | 26 | 0 |
| Freddie Solomon | 4 | 60 | 15.0 | 59 | 1 |
| Nat Moore | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Larry Seiple | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 7 | 0 |
| Don Strock | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 11 | 1 |
| Clayton Heath | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 491 | 2118 | 4.3 | 59 | 15 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nat Moore | 33 | 625 | 18.9 | 67 | 4 |
| Norm Bulaich | 28 | 151 | 5.4 | 25 | 0 |
| Freddie Solomon | 27 | 453 | 16.8 | 53 | 2 |
| Duriel Harris | 22 | 372 | 16.9 | 44 | 1 |
| Jim Mandich | 22 | 260 | 11.8 | 31 | 4 |
| Howard Twilley | 14 | 214 | 15.3 | 39 | 1 |
| Andre Tillman | 13 | 130 | 10.0 | 16 | 1 |
| Larry Seiple | 10 | 138 | 13.8 | 25 | 1 |
| Benny Malone | 9 | 103 | 11.4 | 36 | 0 |
| Stan Winfrey | 6 | 55 | 9.2 | 16 | 1 |
| Don Nottingham | 4 | 33 | 8.2 | 29 | 0 |
| Loaird McCreary | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 30 | 0 |
| Gary Davis | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Mike Holmes | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Totals | 193 | 2604 | 13.5 | 67 | 15 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Seiple | 62 | 2366 | 38.2 | 56 |
| Totals | 62 | 2366 | 38.2 | 56 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freddie Solomon | 13 | 205 | 15.8 | 79 | 1 |
| Duriel Harris | 9 | 79 | 8.8 | 16 | 0 |
| Nat Moore | 8 | 72 | 9.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Charlie Babb | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 25 | 0 |
| Dick Anderson | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Totals | 35 | 415 | 11.9 | 79 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Davis | 26 | 617 | 23.7 | 47 | 0 |
| Duriel Harris | 17 | 559 | 32.9 | 69 | 0 |
| Don Nottingham | 6 | 107 | 17.8 | 21 | 0 |
| Nat Moore | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Stan Winfrey | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Freddie Solomon | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Andre Tillman | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 55 | 1347 | 24.5 | 69 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Ellis | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 40 | 0 |
| Bob Matheson | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 34 | 0 |
| Charlie Babb | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Jeris White | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Dick Anderson | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Curtis Johnson | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Bryant Salter | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 11 | 144 | 13.1 | 40 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeris White | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Andrews | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Griese | 3 | 2 | -5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Babb | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vern Den Herder | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Barry Hill | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Matheson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Melvin Mitchell | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Towle | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Ellis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Stanfill | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Gordon | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Drougas | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Little | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Newman | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Davis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bryant Salter | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Norm Bulaich | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Don Nottingham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mike Holmes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Strock | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Benny Malone | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Stan Winfrey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Nat Moore | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Duriel Harris | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 14 | 25 | -5 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Garo Yepremian | 16 | 29 | 0 | 77 | ||||||||||
| Freddie Solomon | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||
| Jim Mandich | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
| Norm Bulaich | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| Nat Moore | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||
| Benny Malone | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| Don Nottingham | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| Stan Winfrey | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Duriel Harris | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Andre Tillman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Don Strock | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Howard Twilley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Gary Davis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Larry Seiple | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Totals | 15 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 263 |
