1974 Miami Dolphins Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 11-3
Finishing 1st in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Division Playoff
Coach: Don Shula (11-3)
Location: Miami, Florida
1974 Miami Dolphins RosterTeam Record: 11-3
Finishing 1st in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Division Playoff
Coach: Don Shula (11-3)
Location: Miami, Florida
1974 Miami Dolphins Results
The Miami Dolphins of the National Football League ended the 1974 season with a record of 11 wins and 3 losses, finishing first in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-1.
Miami moved the ball well, scoring 327 points, while the defensive squad yielded 216. Larry Csonka ran for a team-best 749 yards for the Dolphins.
Bob Griese threw for 1,968 yards. Nat Moore hauled in 37 passes for 605 yards. Jim Mandich and Paul Warfield provided receiving help as well.
Jake Scott picked off 8 opponent throws.
Don Shula coached the team. The 1974 Miami Dolphins lost in the Division Playoff.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Griese | 253 | 152 | 60.1 | 1968 | 7.8 | 16 | 6.3 | 15 | 5.9 | 54 | 27 | 202 | 80.9 |
| Earl Morrall | 27 | 17 | 63.0 | 301 | 11.1 | 2 | 7.4 | 3 | 11.1 | 46 | 3 | 16 | 86.1 |
| Nat Moore | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 31 | 31.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
| Jim Kiick | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
| Marlin Briscoe | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 283 | 171 | 60.4 | 2313 | 8.2 | 18 | 6.4 | 18 | 6.4 | 54 | 31 | 229 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Csonka | 197 | 749 | 3.8 | 24 | 9 |
| Benny Malone | 117 | 479 | 4.1 | 23 | 3 |
| Jim Kiick | 86 | 274 | 3.2 | 15 | 1 |
| Don Nottingham | 66 | 273 | 4.1 | 24 | 8 |
| Mercury Morris | 56 | 214 | 3.8 | 17 | 1 |
| Hubert Ginn | 26 | 99 | 3.8 | 41 | 2 |
| Bob Griese | 16 | 66 | 4.1 | 22 | 1 |
| Marlin Briscoe | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Nat Moore | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Earl Morrall | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Don Strock | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | -7 | 0 |
| Totals | 570 | 2191 | 3.8 | 41 | 25 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nat Moore | 37 | 605 | 16.4 | 48 | 2 |
| Jim Mandich | 33 | 374 | 11.3 | 44 | 6 |
| Paul Warfield | 27 | 536 | 19.9 | 54 | 2 |
| Howard Twilley | 24 | 256 | 10.7 | 21 | 2 |
| Jim Kiick | 18 | 155 | 8.6 | 19 | 1 |
| Marlin Briscoe | 11 | 132 | 12.0 | 20 | 1 |
| Larry Csonka | 7 | 35 | 5.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Melvin Baker | 4 | 121 | 30.2 | 46 | 2 |
| Don Nottingham | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 20 | 0 |
| Mercury Morris | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 23 | 1 |
| Benny Malone | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Hubert Ginn | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Marv Fleming | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 1 |
| Totals | 171 | 2313 | 13.5 | 54 | 18 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Seiple | 65 | 2511 | 38.6 | 60 |
| Totals | 65 | 2511 | 38.6 | 60 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Scott | 31 | 346 | 11.2 | 30 | 0 |
| Nat Moore | 9 | 136 | 15.1 | 42 | 0 |
| Charlie Babb | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Dick Anderson | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Henry Stuckey | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 46 | 520 | 11.3 | 42 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nat Moore | 22 | 587 | 26.7 | 40 | 0 |
| Hubert Ginn | 12 | 235 | 19.6 | 30 | 0 |
| Benny Malone | 6 | 159 | 26.5 | 73 | 0 |
| Bob Matheson | 5 | 65 | 13.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Charlie Leigh | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 35 | 0 |
| Melvin Baker | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Charlie Babb | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 49 | 1118 | 22.8 | 73 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Scott | 8 | 75 | 9.4 | 30 | 0 |
| Nick Buoniconti | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Tim Foley | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Henry Stuckey | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Bob Matheson | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Dick Anderson | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Mike Kolen | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | 16 | 139 | 8.7 | 30 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doug Swift | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Griese | 5 | 3 | -8 | 0 | |||
| Vern Den Herder | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tim Foley | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Benny Malone | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Charlie Babb | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bill Stanfill | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Ball | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jake Scott | 0 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nat Moore | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dick Anderson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mercury Morris | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Lloyd Mumphord | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Nottingham | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ed Newman | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Kuechenberg | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Curtis Johnson | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Manny Fernandez | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hubert Ginn | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Maulty Moore | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Kolen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Matheson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Leigh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Melvin Baker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Irv Goode | 1 | 0 | -27 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Csonka | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 25 | 27 | 18 | 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 | 8 | 43 | 0 | 67 | ||||||||||
| Larry Csonka | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||||||||
| Don Nottingham | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||||||||
| Jim Mandich | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||||
| Benny Malone | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| Nat Moore | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Mercury Morris | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Melvin Baker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Hubert Ginn | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Jim Kiick | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Paul Warfield | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Howard Twilley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Marv Fleming | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Marlin Briscoe | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Bob Griese | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Tim Foley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Totals | 25 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 327 |
