1971 Miami Dolphins season






























1971 Miami Dolphins season
Head coach Don Shula
Home field Miami Orange Bowl
Results
Record 10–3–1
Division place 1st AFC East
Playoff finish Won AFC Divisional Playoff
(at Chiefs) 27–24 (2OT)
Won AFC Championship Game
(Colts) 21–0
Lost Super Bowl VI
(vs. Cowboys) 3-24


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The 1971 Miami Dolphins season was the team's sixth, and second in the National Football League (NFL). The team improved on their 10-4 record from 1970 and finished 10-3-1. The Dolphins opened the season tying the Denver Broncos, the first season opener in NFL history to end in a tie, the Steelers vs Browns game in 2018 became the second season opener that ended up in a tie, before splitting their next 2 games to sit at 1-1-1. The Dolphins then won 8 in a row to sit at 9-1-1. The Dolphins won their first division title, finishing first in the AFC East, and then defeated the Kansas City Chiefs in the Divisional Round in 2 overtimes, the game is considered the longest in NFL history by time, and then advanced to their first ever AFC championship game, where they defeated the reigning champion Colts, 21-0, and went on to play in Super Bowl VI, their first Super Bowl berth. However, in the Super Bowl, Miami was walloped 24-3 by Dallas.




Contents






  • 1 Offseason


    • 1.1 NFL Draft




  • 2 Personnel


    • 2.1 Staff


    • 2.2 Roster




  • 3 Regular season


    • 3.1 Schedule


    • 3.2 Game summaries


      • 3.2.1 Week 2




    • 3.3 Standings




  • 4 Postseason


    • 4.1 Schedule


    • 4.2 AFC Divisional Playoff


    • 4.3 AFC Championship Game


    • 4.4 Super Bowl VI


      • 4.4.1 Scoring summary






  • 5 References


  • 6 External links





Offseason



NFL Draft


Main article: 1971 NFL Draft





































1971 Miami Dolphins draft
Round
 Pick
 Player
 Position
 College
 Notes
2
 47
Otto Stowe 
Wide receiver
Iowa State
3
 74
Dale Farley 
Linebacker
West Virginia
4
 99
Joe Theismann * 
Quarterback
Notre Dame

      Made roster    *   Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

[1]



Personnel



Staff












1971 Miami Dolphins staff
Front office

  • President – Joe Robbie

  • Vice President – Don Shula

  • Director of Player Personnel – Joe Thomas


Head coaches


  • Head Coach – Don Shula

Offensive coaches



  • Offense/Receivers – Howard Schnellenberger

  • Offensive Backs – Carl Taseff

  • Offensive Line – Monte Clark


Defensive coaches

  • Defense/Linebackers – Bill Arnsparger

  • Defensive Line – Mike Scarry

  • Defensive Backs – Tom Keane


Roster















1971 Miami Dolphins final roster
Quarterbacks

  • 12 Bob Griese


  • 10 George Mira

Running backs




  • 21 Jim Kiick


  • 39 Larry Csonka FB




  • 31 Terry Cole FB


  • 32 Hubert Ginn


  • 15 Charlie Leigh FB


  • 22 Mercury Morris


Wide receivers




  • 81 Howard Twilley


  • 42 Paul Warfield




  • 89 Karl Noonan


  • 87 Willie Richardson


  • 82 Otto Stowe


Tight ends



  • 80 Marv Fleming


  • 88 Jim Mandich

Offensive linemen


  • 77 Doug Crusan T


  • 67 Bob Kuechenberg G


  • 61 Bob DeMarco C


  • 66 Larry Little G


  • 73 Norm Evans T




  • 62 Jim Langer C


  • 78 Wayne Mass G


  • 79 Wayne Moore T


Defensive linemen




  • 70 Jim Riley DE


  • 75 Manny Fernandez DT


  • 72 Bob Heinz DT


  • 84 Bill Stanfill DE




  • 71 Frank Cornish DE


  • 86 Vern Den Herder DE


  • 74 John Richardson (American football) DT

Linebackers


  • 59 Doug Swift


  • 85 Nick Buoniconti


  • 57 Mike Kolen




  • 58 Dale Farley


  • 53 Bob Matheson


  • 56 Jesse Powell


Defensive backs




  • 25 Tim Foley CB


  • 45 Curtis Johnson CB


  • 40 Dick Anderson SS


  • 13 Jake Scott FS




  • 49 Ray Jones CB


  • 26 Lloyd Mumphord CB


  • 48 Bob Petrella S


Special teams




  • 1 Garo Yepremian K


  • 20 Larry Seiple P

Reserve lists



Practice squad




Rookies in italics

Active, Inactive, Practice squad


Regular season



Schedule



























































































































Week
 Date
 Opponent
 Result
 Record
 Attendance
1
 September 19, 1971
 at Denver Broncos
 T 10–10
 0–0–1
51,228
2
 September 26, 1971
 at Buffalo Bills
 W 29–14
 1–0–1
45,139
3
 October 3, 1971
New York Jets
 L 14–10
 1–1–1
70,670
4
 October 10, 1971
 at Cincinnati Bengals
 W 23–13
 2–1–1
60,099
5
 October 17, 1971
New England Patriots
 W 41–3
 3–1–1
58,822
6
 October 24, 1971
 at New York Jets
 W 30–14
 4–1–1
62,130
7
 October 31, 1971
 at Los Angeles Rams
 W 20–14
 5–1–1
72,903
8
 November 7, 1971
Buffalo Bills
 W 34–0
 6–1–1
61,016
9
 November 14, 1971
Pittsburgh Steelers
 W 24–21
 7–1–1
66,435
10
 November 21, 1971
Baltimore Colts
 W 17–14
 8–1–1
75,312
11
 November 29, 1971
Chicago Bears
 W 34–3
 9–1–1
75,312
12
 December 5, 1971
 at New England Patriots
 L 34–13
 9–2–1
61,457
13
 December 11, 1971
 at Baltimore Colts
 L 14–3
 9–3–1
60,238
14
 December 19, 1971
Green Bay Packers
 W 27–6
 10–3–1
76,812


Game summaries



Week 2


























1 2 3 4 Total
• Dolphins 3 9 7 10 29
Bills 7 0 7 0 14



  • Date: September 26


  • Location: War Memorial Stadium


  • Game start: 1:00 p.m. EST


  • Game weather: 54°F • Wind 11


  • Referee: Dick Jorgensen

[2]




Standings













































































AFC East


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W
L
T
PCT
DIV
CONF
PF
PA
STK

Miami Dolphins
 10
 3
 1
 .769
 5–3
 7–3–1
 315
 174
 W1

Baltimore Colts
 10
 4
 0
 .714
 6–2
 8–3
 313
 140
 L1

New England Patriots
 6
 8
 0
 .429
 4–4
 6–5
 238
 325
 W1

New York Jets
 6
 8
 0
 .429
 4–4
 6–5
 212
 299
 W2

Buffalo Bills
 1
 13
 0
 .071
 1–7
 1–10
 184
 394
 L3

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.
[3]



Postseason



Schedule































Week
 Date
 Opponent
 Result
 Attendance
Divisional
 December 25, 1971
 at Kansas City Chiefs
 W 27–24
45,822
Conference Championship
 January 2, 1972
Baltimore Colts
 W 21–0
76,622
Super Bowl VI
 January 16, 1972
 N Dallas Cowboys
 L 24–3
80,591


AFC Divisional Playoff


Miami Dolphins 27 K.C. Chiefs 24 (20T)



AFC Championship Game


Miami Dolphins 21 Baltimore Colts 0



Super Bowl VI


Dallas Cowboys 24 Miami Dolphins 3



Scoring summary



  • Dallas Mike Clark, FG 14 yds (3–0)

  • Dallas L.Alworth, 9 yd pass from Staubach (Mike Clark kick, 10–0)

  • Miami Yepremian, FG 23 yds (10–3)

  • Dallas Duane Thomas, 5 yd run (Mike Clark kick, 17–3)

  • Dallas Mike Ditka, 4 yd pass from Staubach (Mike Clark kick, 24–3)



References





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  2. ^ Pro-Football-Reference.com


  3. ^ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY,
    ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 297




External links



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