1974 Miami Dolphins season

1974 Miami Dolphins season
Head coach	Don Shula
Home field	Miami Orange Bowl
Results
Record	11–3
Division place	1st AFC East
Playoff finish	Lost Divisional Round

The 1974 Miami Dolphins season was the team's ninth, and fifth in the National Football League (NFL). The team entered the 1974 season as defending Super Bowl champions. With a record of 11 wins and 3 losses, the Dolphins finished first in the NFL's American Football Conference East Division. In the playoffs, the Raiders beat the Dolphins in AFC Divisional Playoff Game in the famous "Sea of Hands" game.

Offseason

NFL Draft

1974 Miami Dolphins draft
Round	Pick	Player	Position	College	Notes
1	26	Don Reese	Defensive tackle	Jackson State
2	38	Andre Tillman	Tight end	Texas Tech
2	47	Benny Malone	Running back	Arizona State
2	52	Jeris White	Defensive back	Hawaii
3	78	Nat Moore *	Wide receiver	Florida
Made roster    *   Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

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Personnel

Staff

1974 Miami Dolphins staff
	Front office President – Joe Robbie Vice President – Don Shula Director of Player Personnel – Bobby Beathard Head coaches Head Coach – Don Shula Offensive coaches Offense – Monte Clark Offense – Bill McPeak Offensive Backs – Carl Taseff Receivers – Bob Schnelker			Defensive coaches Defense – Vince Costello Defensive Line – Mike Scarry Defensive Backs – Tom Keane

Regular season

Schedule

Game	Date	Opponent	Result	Dolphins points	Opponents	Record	Attendance
1	Sep 15	at New England Patriots	Loss	24	34	0–1	55,006
2	Sep 22	at Buffalo Bills	Win	24	16	1–1	80,020
3	Sep 29	at San Diego Chargers	Win	28	21	2–1	44,706
4	Oct 7	New York Jets	Win	21	17	3–1	60,727
5	Oct 13	at Washington Redskins	Loss	17	20	3–2	54,395
6	Oct 20	Kansas City Chiefs	Win	9	3	4–2	67,779
7	Oct 27	Baltimore Colts	Win	17	7	5–2	65,868
8	Nov 3	Atlanta Falcons	Win	42	7	6–2	64,399
9	Nov 10	at New Orleans Saints	Win	21	0	7–2	74,289
10	Nov 17	Buffalo Bills	Win	35	28	8–2	69,313
11	Nov 24	at New York Jets	Loss	14	17	8–3	57,162
12	Dec 2	Cincinnati Bengals	Win	24	3	9–3	71,962
13	Dec 8	at Baltimore Colts	Win	17	16	10–3	34,420
14	Dec 15	New England Patriots	Win	34	27	11–3	56,920

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Standings

AFC East
	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Miami Dolphins	11	3	0	.786	6–2	9–2	327	216	W3
Buffalo Bills	9	5	0	.643	5–3	7–4	264	244	L2
New England Patriots	7	7	0	.500	4–4	4–7	348	289	L3
New York Jets	7	7	0	.500	4–4	5–6	279	300	W6
Baltimore Colts	2	12	0	.143	1–7	1–10	190	329	L4

Playoffs

AFC Divisional Playoff

AFC Divisional Playoff: Miami Dolphins at Oakland Raiders – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Dolphins	7	3	6	10	26
Raiders	0	7	7	14	28

at Oakland Coliseum, Oakland, California

• Date: December 21, 1974
• Game time: 4:00 p.m. EST/1:00 p.m. PST
• Game attendance: 53,023
• Referee: Ben Dreith
• TV announcers (NBC): Curt Gowdy, Al DeRogatis and Don Meredith

Game information

Scoring MIA – N. Moore 89 kickoff return (Yepremian kick) MIA 7–0 OAK – C. Smith 31 pass from Stabler (Blanda kick) 7–7 MIA – field goal Yepremian 33 MIA 10–7 OAK – Biletnikoff 13 pass from Stabler (Blanda kick) OAK 14–10 MIA – Warfield 16 pass from Griese (kick failed) MIA 16–14 MIA – field goal Yepremian 46 MIA 19–14 OAK – Branch 72 pass from Stabler (Blanda kick) OAK 21–19 MIA – Malone 23 run (Yepremian kick) MIA 26–21 OAK – Davis 8 pass from Stabler (Blanda kick) OAK 28–26

References

1. "1974 Miami Dolphins draftees". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved October 18, 2014.
2. http://www.jt-sw.com/football/pro/results.nsf/Teams/1974-mia

External links

• 1974 Miami Dolphins at Pro-Football-Reference.com