1971 Miami Dolphins Roster
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 10-3-1
Finishing 1st in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference
Postseason: 2-1 Lost Super Bowl
Coach: Don Shula (10-3-1)
Location: Miami, Florida
1971 Miami Dolphins StatisticsTeam Record: 10-3-1
Finishing 1st in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference
Postseason: 2-1 Lost Super Bowl
Coach: Don Shula (10-3-1)
Location: Miami, Florida
1971 Miami Dolphins Results
The Miami Dolphins of the National Football League ended the 1971 season with a record of 10 wins and 3 losses and 1 ties, finishing first in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-1.
Miami kept the scoreboard humming with 315 points, while the miserly defensive unit surrendered 174. Larry Csonka ran for a team-best 1,051 yards for the Dolphins.
Bob Griese threw for 2,089 yards. Paul Warfield hauled in 43 passes for 996 yards. Jim Kiick was targeted regularly as well.
Jake Scott picked off 7 errant tosses from the opposition.
Don Shula coached the team. The 1971 Miami Dolphins lost in the Super Bowl.
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| # | Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College | Hometown | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | Dick Anderson | SS | February 10, 1946 | 6'2" | 196 | Colorado | Midland, MI USA | 14 | 14 |
| 85 | Nick Buoniconti | MLB | December 15, 1940 | 5'11" | 220 | Notre Dame | Springfield, MA USA | 14 | 14 |
| 31 | Terry Cole | RB | July 7, 1945 | 6'2" | 220 | Indiana | Dallas, TX USA | 4 | 0 |
| 71 | Frank Cornish | DT | June 20, 1944 | 6'4" | 282 | Grambling St. | New Orleans, LA USA | 10 | 0 |
| 77 | Doug Crusan | LT | July 26, 1946 | 6'5" | 250 | Indiana | Monessen, PA USA | 14 | 14 |
| 39 | Larry Csonka | FB | December 25, 1946 | 6'3" | 237 | Syracuse | Stow, OH USA | 14 | 14 |
| 61 | Bob DeMarco | C | September 16, 1938 | 6'2" | 248 | Indiana | Jersey City, NJ USA | 14 | 14 |
| 86 | Vern Den Herder | DE-NT | November 28, 1948 | 6'6" | 250 | Central College (IA) | Le Mars, IA USA | 14 | 0 |
| 73 | Norm Evans | RT | September 28, 1942 | 6'5" | 250 | TCU | Santa Fe, NM USA | 14 | 14 |
| 58 | Dale Farley | LB | September 27, 1949 | 6'3" | 225 | West Virginia | Sparta, TN USA | 4 | 0 |
| 75 | Manny Fernandez | LDT | July 3, 1946 | 6'2" | 250 | Utah | Oakland, CA USA | 14 | 14 |
| 80 | Marv Fleming | TE | January 2, 1942 | 6'4" | 232 | Utah | Longview, TX USA | 14 | 13 |
| 25 | Tim Foley | LCB | January 22, 1948 | 6'0" | 194 | Purdue | Evanston, IL USA | 14 | 14 |
| 32 | Hubert Ginn | RB | January 4, 1947 | 5'10" | 185 | Florida A&M | Savannah, GA USA | 14 | 0 |
| 12 | Bob Griese | QB | February 3, 1945 | 6'1" | 190 | Purdue | Evansville, IN USA | 14 | 13 |
| 72 | Bob Heinz | RDT | July 25, 1947 | 6'6" | 265 | Pacific | Milwaukee, WI USA | 14 | 7 |
| 45 | Curtis Johnson | RCB | June 22, 1948 | 6'1" | 196 | Toledo | Toledo, OH USA | 14 | 10 |
| 49 | Ray Jones | DB | December 24, 1947 | 5'11" | 187 | Southern | Lufkin, TX USA | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | Jim Kiick | RB | August 9, 1946 | 5'11" | 214 | Wyoming | Lincoln Park, NJ USA | 13 | 11 |
| 57 | Mike Kolen | RLB | January 31, 1948 | 6'2" | 220 | Auburn | Opelika, AL USA | 14 | 10 |
| 67 | Bob Kuechenberg | LG | October 14, 1947 | 6'2" | 253 | Notre Dame | Gary, IN USA | 14 | 14 |
| 62 | Jim Langer | C-G | May 16, 1948 | 6'2" | 250 | South Dakota St. | Little Falls, MN USA | 14 | 0 |
| 15 | Charlie Leigh | RB | October 29, 1945 | 5'11" | 206 | none | Halifax, VA USA | 14 | 0 |
| 66 | Larry Little | RG | November 2, 1945 | 6'1" | 265 | Bethune-Cookman | Groveland, GA USA | 14 | 14 |
| 88 | Jim Mandich | TE | July 30, 1948 | 6'2" | 224 | Michigan | Cleveland, OH USA | 11 | 0 |
| 78 | Wayne Mass | T | March 11, 1946 | 6'4" | 240 | Clemson | Portales, NM USA | 11 | 0 |
| 53 | Bob Matheson | LB | November 25, 1944 | 6'4" | 238 | Duke | Boone, NC USA | 14 | 1 |
| 10 | George Mira | QB | January 11, 1942 | 6'0" | 190 | Miami (FL) | Key West, FL USA | 6 | 1 |
| 79 | Wayne Moore | T | August 17, 1945 | 6'6" | 265 | Lamar | Beaumont, TX USA | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | Mercury Morris | KR | January 5, 1947 | 5'10" | 190 | West Texas A&M | Pittsburgh, PA USA | 14 | 0 |
| 26 | Lloyd Mumphord | DB | December 20, 1946 | 5'10" | 176 | Texas Southern | Los Angeles, CA USA | 14 | 0 |
| 89 | Karl Noonan | SE-FL-WR | February 17, 1944 | 6'2" | 198 | Iowa | Dubuque, IA USA | 14 | 0 |
| 48 | Bob Petrella | DB | November 7, 1944 | 5'11" | 190 | Tennessee | Philadelphia, PA USA | 12 | 0 |
| 56 | Jesse Powell | LB | April 14, 1947 | 6'2" | 220 | West Texas A&M | Matador, TX USA | 14 | 0 |
| 74 | John Richardson | RDT | May 25, 1945 | 6'3" | 245 | UCLA | Minneapolis, MN USA | 10 | 5 |
| 70 | Jim Riley | LDE | July 6, 1945 | 6'4" | 250 | Oklahoma | Galveston, TX USA | 13 | 13 |
| 13 | Jake Scott | FS | July 20, 1945 | 6'0" | 188 | Georgia | Greenwood, SC USA | 14 | 14 |
| 20 | Larry Seiple | P | February 14, 1945 | 6'0" | 214 | Kentucky | Allentown, PA USA | 14 | 0 |
| 84 | Bill Stanfill | RDE | January 13, 1947 | 6'5" | 250 | Georgia | Cairo, GA USA | 13 | 13 |
| 82 | Otto Stowe | WR | February 25, 1949 | 6'2" | 188 | Iowa St. | Chicago, IL USA | 12 | 0 |
| 59 | Doug Swift | LLB | October 24, 1948 | 6'3" | 226 | Amherst | Syracuse, NY USA | 14 | 14 |
| 81 | Howard Twilley | WR | December 25, 1943 | 5'10" | 185 | Tulsa | Houston, TX USA | 14 | 12 |
| 42 | Paul Warfield | WR | November 28, 1942 | 6'0" | 188 | Ohio St. | Warren, OH USA | 14 | 14 |
| 1 | Garo Yepremian | K | June 2, 1944 | 5'8" | 175 | none | Larnaca, Cyprus | 14 | 0 |
