1974 Miami Dolphins season

1974 Miami Dolphins season
Head coach Don Shula
Home field
Results
Record 11–3
Division Place 1st AFC East
Playoff finish Lost Divisional Round
Timeline
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1973 1975

Contents

Offseason

NFL Draft

Round Pick Player Position School
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Regular season

Schedule

Game Date Opponent Result Dolphins points Opponents Record Attendance
1 Sept. 15 at New England Patriots Loss 24 34 0–1
55,006
2 Sept. 22 at Buffalo Bills Win 24 16 1–1
80,020
3 Sept. 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
Team W L T PCT PF PA
Miami Dolphins 11 3 0 .786 327 216
Buffalo Bills 9 5 0 .643 264 244
New England Patriots 7 7 0 .500 348 289
New York Jets 7 7 0 .500 279 300
Baltimore Colts 2 12 0 .143 190 329

Roster

Playoffs

AFC: Oakland Raiders 28, Miami Dolphins 26

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

at Oakland Coliseum, Oakland, California

Awards and honors

Milestones

Notes and references

AFC East Central West East Central West NFC
Baltimore Cincinnati Denver Dallas Chicago Atlanta
Buffalo Cleveland Kansas City NY Giants Detroit Los Angeles
Miami Houston Oakland Philadelphia Green Bay New Orleans
New England Pittsburgh San Diego St. Louis Minnesota San Francisco
NY Jets Washington
1974 NFL Draft1974 NFL strikeNFL PlayoffsPro BowlSuper Bowl IX