1984 Miami Dolphins Statistics
Team Record: 14-2
Finishing 1st in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference
Postseason: 2-1 Lost Super Bowl
Coach: Don Shula (14-2)
Location: Miami, Florida
1984 Miami Dolphins Results
The Miami Dolphins of the National Football League ended the 1984 season with a record of 14 wins and 2 losses, finishing first in the NFL's East Division of the American Football Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-1.
The Dolphins lit up the scoreboard for 513 points, while the defense conceded 298. Dan Marino triggered the aerial attack, passing for 5,084 yards. Mark Clayton paced the receiving corps, hauling in 73 passes for 1,389 yards. Mark Duper and Tony Nathan provided receiving help also.
Woody Bennett ran for a team-best 606 yards for Miami, while Joe Carter and Tony Nathan additionally contributed to the rushing attack.
Glenn Blackwood intercepted 6 errant tosses from the opposition. Doug Betters topped the defensive unit with 14 quarterback sacks.
Don Shula coached the team. The 1984 Miami Dolphins lost in the Super Bowl.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating | Dan Marino | 564 | 362 | 64.2 | 5084 | 9.0 | 48 | 8.5 | 17 | 3.0 | 80 | 13 | 120 | 108.9 | Jim Jensen | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 35 | 35.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 158.3 | Don Strock | 6 | 4 | 66.7 | 27 | 4.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 76.4 | Mark Clayton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0.0 |
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| Totals | 572 | 367 | 64.2 | 5146 | 9.0 | 49 | 8.6 | 18 | 3.1 | 80 | 14 | 128 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Woody Bennett | 144 | 606 | 4.2 | 23 | 7 | Tony Nathan | 118 | 558 | 4.7 | 22 | 1 | Joe Carter | 100 | 495 | 5.0 | 35 | 1 | Pete Johnson | 68 | 159 | 2.3 | 9 | 9 | Andra Franklin | 20 | 74 | 3.7 | 12 | 0 | Mark Clayton | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 30 | 0 | Nat Moore | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | Don Strock | 2 | -5 | -2.5 | 0 | 0 | Dan Marino | 28 | -7 | -0.2 | 10 | 0 |
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| Totals | 484 | 1918 | 4.0 | 35 | 18 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Mark Clayton | 73 | 1389 | 19.0 | 65 | 18 | Mark Duper | 71 | 1306 | 18.4 | 80 | 8 | Tony Nathan | 61 | 579 | 9.5 | 26 | 2 | Nat Moore | 43 | 573 | 13.3 | 37 | 6 | Dan Johnson | 34 | 426 | 12.5 | 42 | 3 | Bruce Hardy | 28 | 257 | 9.2 | 19 | 5 | Jimmy Cefalo | 18 | 185 | 10.3 | 25 | 2 | Jim Jensen | 13 | 139 | 10.7 | 20 | 2 | Joe Rose | 12 | 195 | 16.2 | 34 | 2 | Joe Carter | 8 | 53 | 6.6 | 15 | 0 | Woody Bennett | 6 | 44 | 7.3 | 20 | 1 |
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| Totals | 367 | 5146 | 14.0 | 80 | 49 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Reggie Roby | 51 | 2281 | 44.7 | 69 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 51 | 2281 | 44.7 | 69 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Fulton Walker | 21 | 169 | 8.0 | 33 | 0 | Mark Clayton | 8 | 79 | 9.9 | 22 | 0 | Vince Heflin | 6 | 76 | 12.7 | 37 | 0 | Mike Kozlowski | 4 | 41 | 10.2 | 20 | 0 |
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| Totals | 39 | 365 | 9.4 | 37 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Fulton Walker | 29 | 617 | 21.3 | 41 | 0 | Vince Heflin | 9 | 130 | 14.4 | 26 | 0 | Mike Kozlowski | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 12 | 0 | Mark Clayton | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 14 | 0 | Eddie Hill | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | A.J. Duhe | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 44 | 799 | 18.2 | 41 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Glenn Blackwood | 6 | 169 | 28.2 | 50 | 0 | William Judson | 4 | 121 | 30.2 | 60 | 1 | Don McNeal | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 30 | 1 | Lyle Blackwood | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 15 | 0 | Paul Lankford | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 22 | 0 | Bud Brown | 1 | 53 | 53.0 | 53 | 0 | Mike Kozlowski | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | A.J. Duhe | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | Robert Sowell | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | Bob Brudzinski | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 24 | 478 | 19.9 | 60 | 2 |
Sacks:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Doug Betters | 14.0 | 0.0 | Charles Bowser | 9.0 | 0.0 | Kim Bokamper | 4.0 | 0.0 | Mike Charles | 3.0 | 0.0 | Bob Brudzinski | 3.0 | 0.0 | Bill Barnett | 2.0 | 0.0 | Bob Baumhower | 2.0 | 0.0 | Mark Brown | 1.0 | 0.0 | A.J. Duhe | 1.0 | 0.0 | Rodell Thomas | 1.0 | 0.0 | Earnest Rhone | 1.0 | 0.0 | Charles Benson | 1.0 | 0.0 |
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| Totals | 42.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Don McNeal | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Woody Bennett | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Pete Johnson | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bob Baumhower | 0 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 0 | Lyle Blackwood | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | William Judson | 0 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 0 | 0 | Dan Marino | 6 | 2 | -3 | 0 | 0 | Joe Carter | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Charles Bowser | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mark Duper | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Paul Lankford | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dwight Stephenson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Robert Sowell | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Roy Foster | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mark Clayton | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Glenn Blackwood | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Rodell Thomas | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ed Judie | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Doug Betters | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tony Nathan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Vince Heflin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Fulton Walker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Don Strock | 1 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | Jimmy Cefalo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Nat Moore | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 0 | 0 | 26 | 28 | 60 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points | Mark Clayton | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 108 | Uwe von Schamann | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 66 | 0 | 93 | Pete Johnson | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | Woody Bennett | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | Mark Duper | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | Nat Moore | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | Bruce Hardy | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Dan Johnson | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Tony Nathan | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Joe Rose | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Jim Jensen | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Jimmy Cefalo | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Joe Carter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Don McNeal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | William Judson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Bob Baumhower | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | 18 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 513 |
