1978 Miami Dolphins Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 11-5
Finishing 1st in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Wild Card
Coach: Don Shula (11-5)
Location: Miami, Florida
1978 Miami Dolphins RosterTeam Record: 11-5
Finishing 1st in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Wild Card
Coach: Don Shula (11-5)
Location: Miami, Florida
1978 Miami Dolphins Results
The Miami Dolphins of the National Football League ended the 1978 season with a record of 11 wins and 5 losses, finishing first in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-1.
The Dolphins piled up points with 372 points, and the solid defensive unit surrendered 254. Delvin Williams ran for a team-best 1,258 yards for Miami.
Bob Griese tossed for 1,791 yards. Nat Moore paced all receivers, hauling in 48 passes, while Duriel Harris accumulated 654 receiving yards.
The opportunistic defense led the way with 53 turnovers, topping in the league. Tim Foley seized 6 opponent throws.
Don Shula coached the team. The 1978 Miami Dolphins lost in the Wild Card.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Griese | 235 | 148 | 63.0 | 1791 | 7.6 | 11 | 4.7 | 11 | 4.7 | 63 | 18 | 165 | 82.4 |
| Don Strock | 135 | 72 | 53.3 | 825 | 6.1 | 12 | 8.9 | 6 | 4.4 | 57 | 9 | 73 | 83.1 |
| Guy Benjamin | 8 | 6 | 75.0 | 91 | 11.4 | 1 | 12.5 | 1 | 12.5 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 112.0 |
| Delvin Williams | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 379 | 226 | 59.6 | 2707 | 7.1 | 24 | 6.3 | 18 | 4.7 | 63 | 27 | 238 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delvin Williams | 272 | 1258 | 4.6 | 58 | 8 |
| Leroy Harris | 123 | 512 | 4.2 | 51 | 2 |
| Gary Davis | 62 | 313 | 5.0 | 65 | 3 |
| Norm Bulaich | 40 | 196 | 4.9 | 63 | 2 |
| Jim Braxton | 20 | 48 | 2.4 | 15 | 2 |
| Don Strock | 10 | 23 | 2.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Benny Malone | 6 | 18 | 3.0 | 7 | 1 |
| Bob Griese | 9 | 10 | 1.1 | 9 | 0 |
| Guy Benjamin | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Nat Moore | 4 | -3 | -0.8 | 3 | 0 |
| George Roberts | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | -7 | 0 |
| Totals | 548 | 2366 | 4.3 | 65 | 18 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nat Moore | 48 | 645 | 13.4 | 47 | 10 |
| Duriel Harris | 45 | 654 | 14.5 | 63 | 3 |
| Andre Tillman | 31 | 398 | 12.8 | 33 | 3 |
| Leroy Harris | 25 | 211 | 8.4 | 57 | 0 |
| Gary Davis | 24 | 218 | 9.1 | 34 | 0 |
| Delvin Williams | 18 | 192 | 10.7 | 42 | 0 |
| Norm Bulaich | 16 | 92 | 5.8 | 22 | 0 |
| Jimmy Cefalo | 6 | 145 | 24.2 | 43 | 3 |
| Jim Braxton | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 19 | 0 |
| Bruce Hardy | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 15 | 2 |
| Loaird McCreary | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 12 | 2 |
| Bo Rather | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 39 | 0 |
| Vern Den Herder | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 1 |
| Totals | 226 | 2707 | 12.0 | 63 | 24 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Roberts | 81 | 3263 | 40.3 | 59 |
| Totals | 81 | 3263 | 40.3 | 59 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Cefalo | 28 | 232 | 8.3 | 26 | 0 |
| Charlie Babb | 9 | 57 | 6.3 | 14 | 0 |
| Gary Davis | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Nat Moore | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Charles Cornelius | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Totals | 41 | 341 | 8.3 | 26 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duriel Harris | 29 | 657 | 22.7 | 53 | 0 |
| Gary Davis | 13 | 251 | 19.3 | 27 | 0 |
| Terry Anderson | 7 | 157 | 22.4 | 31 | 0 |
| Jimmy Cefalo | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Bruce Hardy | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Totals | 53 | 1132 | 21.4 | 53 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Foley | 6 | 12 | 2.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Gerald Small | 4 | 157 | 39.2 | 46 | 1 |
| Rick Volk | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 24 | 0 |
| Charlie Babb | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 36 | 0 |
| Larry Gordon | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 22 | 0 |
| Curtis Johnson | 3 | -2 | -0.7 | 0 | 0 |
| Norris Thomas | 2 | 63 | 31.5 | 53 | 1 |
| Earnest Rhone | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Rusty Chambers | 1 | 49 | 49.0 | 49 | 0 |
| Charles Cornelius | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Steve Towle | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Kim Bokamper | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Bob Baumhower | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 32 | 458 | 14.3 | 53 | 2 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delvin Williams | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Steve Towle | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gerald Small | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| A.J. Duhe | 0 | 2 | 75 | 0 | |||
| Bob Baumhower | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 0 | |
| Rusty Chambers | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Babb | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Kuechenberg | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Gordon | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Current | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Cefalo | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tim Foley | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Matheson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Strock | 4 | 1 | -5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vern Den Herder | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | |||
| Leroy Harris | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ed Newman | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Norris Thomas | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Nat Moore | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gary Davis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bob Griese | 3 | 0 | -10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 24 | 30 | 91 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Garo Yepremian | 19 | 41 | 0 | 98 | ||||||||||
| Nat Moore | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | |||||||
| Delvin Williams | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||||||||
| Jimmy Cefalo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| Duriel Harris | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| Andre Tillman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| Gary Davis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
| Loaird McCreary | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Norm Bulaich | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Jim Braxton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Leroy Harris | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Bruce Hardy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Bob Baumhower | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Vern Den Herder | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Norris Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Gerald Small | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Benny Malone | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Kim Bokamper | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| A.J. Duhe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Totals | 18 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 372 |
