1980 Miami Dolphins Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 8-8
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Don Shula (8-8)
Location: Miami, Florida
1980 Miami Dolphins RosterTeam Record: 8-8
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Don Shula (8-8)
Location: Miami, Florida
1980 Miami Dolphins Results
The Miami Dolphins of the National Football League ended the 1980 season with a record of 8 wins and 8 losses, finishing third in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference.
Miami racked up 266 points, while the defensive squad yielded 305. David Woodley tossed for 1,850 yards. Tony Nathan hauled in 57 passes for 588 yards, while Duriel Harris and Nat Moore were targeted regularly also.
Delvin Williams ran for a team-best 671 yards for the Dolphins.
The opportunistic defense led the way with 45 turnovers. Gerald Small picked off 7 errant tosses from the opposition.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Woodley | 327 | 176 | 53.8 | 1850 | 5.7 | 14 | 4.3 | 17 | 5.2 | 61 | 17 | 127 | 63.1 |
| Bob Griese | 100 | 61 | 61.0 | 790 | 7.9 | 6 | 6.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 54 | 9 | 89 | 89.2 |
| Don Strock | 62 | 30 | 48.4 | 313 | 5.0 | 1 | 1.6 | 5 | 8.1 | 33 | 5 | 49 | 35.2 |
| Tony Nathan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Delvin Williams | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Nat Moore | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 492 | 267 | 54.3 | 2953 | 6.0 | 21 | 4.3 | 26 | 5.3 | 61 | 31 | 265 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delvin Williams | 187 | 671 | 3.6 | 65 | 2 |
| Tony Nathan | 60 | 327 | 5.4 | 18 | 1 |
| Terry Robiskie | 78 | 250 | 3.2 | 36 | 2 |
| David Woodley | 55 | 214 | 3.9 | 17 | 3 |
| Steve Howell | 60 | 206 | 3.4 | 23 | 1 |
| Woody Bennett | 43 | 187 | 4.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Nick Giaquinto | 5 | 16 | 3.2 | 5 | 0 |
| Don Testerman | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Nat Moore | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Bob Griese | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Strock | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Totals | 492 | 1876 | 3.8 | 65 | 9 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Nathan | 57 | 588 | 10.3 | 61 | 5 |
| Nat Moore | 47 | 564 | 12.0 | 33 | 7 |
| Duriel Harris | 33 | 583 | 17.7 | 54 | 2 |
| Delvin Williams | 31 | 207 | 6.7 | 19 | 0 |
| Nick Giaquinto | 24 | 192 | 8.0 | 25 | 1 |
| Bruce Hardy | 19 | 159 | 8.4 | 19 | 2 |
| Joe Rose | 13 | 149 | 11.5 | 50 | 0 |
| Terry Robiskie | 13 | 60 | 4.6 | 15 | 0 |
| Jimmy Cefalo | 11 | 199 | 18.1 | 52 | 1 |
| Ronnie Van Lee | 7 | 83 | 11.9 | 41 | 2 |
| Steve Howell | 5 | 38 | 7.6 | 13 | 0 |
| Elmer Bailey | 4 | 105 | 26.2 | 39 | 0 |
| Woody Bennett | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 19 | 1 |
| Totals | 267 | 2953 | 11.1 | 61 | 21 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uwe von Schamann | 32 | 32 | 100.0 | 23 | 14 | 60.9 | 74 |
| Totals | 32 | 32 | 100.0 | 23 | 14 | 60.9 | 74 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Roberts | 77 | 3279 | 42.6 | 71 |
| Totals | 77 | 3279 | 42.6 | 71 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Nathan | 23 | 178 | 7.7 | 30 | 0 |
| Nick Giaquinto | 7 | 35 | 5.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Don Bessillieu | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Glenn Blackwood | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 32 | 213 | 6.7 | 30 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Bessillieu | 40 | 890 | 22.2 | 87 | 0 |
| Nick Giaquinto | 9 | 146 | 16.2 | 22 | 0 |
| Tony Nathan | 5 | 102 | 20.4 | 31 | 0 |
| Duriel Harris | 5 | 89 | 17.8 | 22 | 0 |
| Bill Barnett | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Jeff Allen | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 61 | 1234 | 20.2 | 87 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerald Small | 7 | 46 | 6.6 | 22 | 0 |
| Don McNeal | 5 | 17 | 3.4 | 15 | 0 |
| Don Bessillieu | 4 | 13 | 3.2 | 12 | 0 |
| Ed Taylor | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 44 | 0 |
| Earnest Rhone | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Glenn Blackwood | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ralph Ortega | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Larry Gordon | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Kim Bokamper | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Totals | 28 | 198 | 7.1 | 44 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn Blackwood | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Baumhower | 0 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Bessillieu | 0 | 4 | 2 | 44 | 1 | 0 | |
| Ed Newman | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Doug Betters | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nat Moore | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mark Dennard | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Carl Barisich | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gerald Small | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Larry Gordon | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Green | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don McNeal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tony Nathan | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dwight Stephenson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Kuechenberg | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Terry Robiskie | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Woody Bennett | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Nick Giaquinto | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Tim Foley | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vern Den Herder | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Griese | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Howell | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| David Woodley | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bruce Hardy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Delvin Williams | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Duriel Harris | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Don Strock | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 33 | 28 | 58 | 2 | 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 | 14 | 32 | 0 | 74 | ||||||||||
| Nat Moore | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||||||
| Tony Nathan | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||
| David Woodley | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| Duriel Harris | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Ronnie Van Lee | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Nick Giaquinto | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||
| Bruce Hardy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Delvin Williams | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Terry Robiskie | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Don Bessillieu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Jimmy Cefalo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Woody Bennett | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Steve Howell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Totals | 9 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 266 |
