List of Miami Dolphins seasons
This is a list of seasons completed by the Miami Dolphins American football franchise of the National Football League (NFL). The list documents the season-by-season records of the Dolphins franchise from 1966 to present, including postseason records, and league awards for individual players or head coaches.
Although the Miami Dolphins were not successful before joining the NFL, from 1970 when they played their first season after the AFL–NFL merger until 2001 they were one of the most successful teams in the league, playing in the postseason on 22 occasions over those 32 years and winning 335 and tying two of 528 games for an overall win percentage of 63.6. Early in this period the Dolphins won their only two Super Bowls in consecutive seasons, in the process achieving the only modern-day perfect season in any major professional sports league during only their third year in the NFL. Much of this success was orchestrated by coach Don Shula who joined the team in 1970 and stayed with them until his retirement in 1995.
After Shula retired in 1995, the Dolphins remained a force for six years under successors Jimmy Johnson and Dave Wannstedt, but since 2002 and especially since 2004 have fallen on harder times, reaching the postseason only once in the past eleven seasons. In 2007, they nearly suffered an anti-perfect season, winning only one game in overtime.
For complete team history, see History of the Miami Dolphins.
Seasons
- Note: The Finish, Wins, Losses, and Ties columns list regular season results and exclude any postseason play. Italicized numbers mean that the records are subject to change each week due to regular season or postseason games being played.
| Super Bowl Champions (1970–present) | Conference Champions | Division Champions | Wild Card Berth | One-Game Playoff Berth |
| Season | Team | League | Conference | Division | Regular Season | Post Season Results | Awards | Head coaches | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finish | Wins | Losses | Ties | ||||||||
| 1966 | 1966 | AFL | Eastern | 5th | 3 | 11 | 0 | George Wilson | |||
| 1967 | 1967 | AFL | Eastern | 4th | 4 | 10 | 0 | George Wilson | |||
| 1968 | 1968 | AFL | Eastern | 3rd | 5 | 8 | 1 | George Wilson | |||
| 1969 | 1969 | AFL | Eastern | 5th | 3 | 10 | 1 | George Wilson | |||
| 1970 | 1970 | NFL | AFC | East | 2nd | 10 | 4 | 0 | Lost Divisional Playoffs (Raiders) 21–14 | Don Shula | |
| 1971 | 1971 | NFL | AFC | East | 1st | 10 | 3 | 1 | Won Divisional Playoffs (Chiefs) 27–24 (OT) Won Conference Championship (Colts) 21–0 Lost Super Bowl VI (Cowboys) 24–3 |
Don Shula | |
| 1972 | 1972 | NFL | AFC | East | 1st | 14 | 0 | 0 | Won Divisional Playoffs (Browns) 20–14 Won Conference Championship (Steelers) 21–17 Won Super Bowl VII (1) (Redskins) 14–7 |
Don Shula (COY) Jake Scott (SB MVP) Earl Morrall (CBPOY) |
Don Shula |
| 1973 | 1973 | NFL | AFC | East | 1st | 12 | 2 | 0 | Won Divisional Playoffs (Bengals) 34–16 Won Conference Championship (Raiders) 27–10 Won Super Bowl VIII (2) (Vikings) 24–7 |
Dick Anderson (DPOY) Larry Csonka (SB MVP) Garo Yepremian (PB MVP) |
Don Shula |
| 1974 | 1974 | NFL | AFC | East | 1st | 11 | 3 | 0 | Lost Divisional Playoffs (Raiders) 28–26 | Don Shula | |
| 1975 | 1975 | NFL | AFC | East | 2nd | 10 | 4 | 0 | Don Shula | ||
| 1976 | 1976 | NFL | AFC | East | 3rd | 6 | 8 | 0 | Don Shula | ||
| 1977 | 1977 | NFL | AFC | East | 2nd | 10 | 4 | 0 | A.J. Duhe (DROY) | Don Shula | |
| 1978 | 1978 | NFL | AFC | East | 2nd | 11 | 5 | 0 | Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Oilers) 17–9 | Don Shula | |
| 1979 | 1979 | NFL | AFC | East | 1st | 10 | 6 | 0 | Lost Divisional Playoffs (Steelers) 34–14 | Larry Csonka (CBPOY) | Don Shula |
| 1980 | 1980 | NFL | AFC | East | 3rd | 8 | 8 | 0 | Don Shula | ||
| 1981 | 1981 | NFL | AFC | East | 1st | 11 | 4 | 1 | Lost Divisional Playoffs (Chargers) 41–38 (OT) | Don Shula | |
| 1982 | 1982 | NFL | AFC | 2nd1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | Won First Round (Patriots) 28–13 Won Second Round (Chargers) 34–13 Won Conference Championship (Jets) 14–0 Lost Super Bowl XVII (Redskins) 27–17 |
Don Shula | ||
| 1983 | 1983 | NFL | AFC | East | 1st | 12 | 4 | 0 | Lost Divisional Playoffs (Seahawks) 27–20 | Doug Betters (DPOY) | Don Shula |
| 1984 | 1984 | NFL | AFC | East | 1st | 14 | 2 | 0 | Won Divisional Playoffs (Seahawks) 31–10 Won Conference Championship (Steelers) 45–28 Lost Super Bowl XIX (49ers) 38–16 |
Dan Marino (MVP, OPOY) | Don Shula |
| 1985 | 1985 | NFL | AFC | East | 1st | 12 | 4 | 0 | Won Divisional Playoffs (Browns) 24–21 Lost Conference Championship (Patriots) 31–14 |
Dwight Stephenson (WPMOY) | Don Shula |
| 1986 | 1986 | NFL | AFC | East | 3rd | 8 | 8 | 0 | Don Shula | ||
| 1987 | 1987 | NFL | AFC | East | 3rd | 8 | 7 | 0 | Troy Stradford (OROY) | Don Shula | |
| 1988 | 1988 | NFL | AFC | East | 5th | 6 | 10 | 0 | Don Shula | ||
| 1989 | 1989 | NFL | AFC | East | 3rd | 8 | 8 | 0 | Don Shula | ||
| 1990 | 1990 | NFL | AFC | East | 2nd | 12 | 4 | 0 | Won Wild Card Playoffs (Chiefs) 17–16 Lost Divisional Playoffs (Bills) 44–34 |
Don Shula | |
| 1991 | 1991 | NFL | AFC | East | 3rd | 8 | 8 | 0 | Don Shula | ||
| 1992 | 1992 | NFL | AFC | East | 1st | 11 | 5 | 0 | Won Divisional Playoffs (Chargers) 31–0 Lost Conference Championship (Bills) 29–10 |
Don Shula | |
| 1993 | 1993 | NFL | AFC | East | 2nd | 9 | 7 | 0 | Don Shula | ||
| 1994 | 1994 | NFL | AFC | East | 1st | 10 | 6 | 0 | Won Wild Card Playoffs (Chiefs) 27–17 Lost Divisional Playoffs (Chargers) 22–21 |
Tim Bowens (DROY) Dan Marino (CBPOY) |
Don Shula |
| 1995 | 1995 | NFL | AFC | East | 3rd | 9 | 7 | 0 | Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Bills) 37–22 | Don Shula | |
| 1996 | 1996 | NFL | AFC | East | 4th | 8 | 8 | 0 | Jimmy Johnson | ||
| 1997 | 1997 | NFL | AFC | East | 2nd | 9 | 7 | 0 | Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Patriots) 17–3 | Jimmy Johnson | |
| 1998 | 1998 | NFL | AFC | East | 2nd | 10 | 6 | 0 | Won Wild Card Playoffs (Bills) 24–17 Lost Divisional Playoffs (Broncos) 38–3 |
Dan Marino (WPMOY) | Jimmy Johnson |
| 1999 | 1999 | NFL | AFC | East | 3rd | 9 | 7 | 0 | Won Wild Card Playoffs (Seahawks) 20–17 Lost Divisional Playoffs (Jaguars) 62–7 |
Jimmy Johnson | |
| 2000 | 2000 | NFL | AFC | East | 1st | 11 | 5 | 0 | Won Wild Card Playoffs (Colts) 23–17 (OT) Lost Divisional Playoffs (Raiders) 27–0 |
Dave Wannstedt | |
| 2001 | 2001 | NFL | AFC | East | 2nd | 11 | 5 | 0 | Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Ravens) 20–3 | Dave Wannstedt | |
| 2002 | 2002 | NFL | AFC | East | 3rd | 9 | 7 | 0 | Ricky Williams (PB MVP) | Dave Wannstedt | |
| 2003 | 2003 | NFL | AFC | East | 2nd | 10 | 6 | 0 | Dave Wannstedt | ||
| 2004 | 2004 | NFL | AFC | East | 4th | 4 | 12 | 0 | Dave Wannstedt (1–8) Jim Bates (3–4) | ||
| 2005 | 2005 | NFL | AFC | East | 2nd | 9 | 7 | 0 | Nick Saban | ||
| 2006 | 2006 | NFL | AFC | East | 4th | 6 | 10 | 0 | Jason Taylor (DPOY) | Nick Saban | |
| 2007 | 2007 | NFL | AFC | East | 4th | 1 | 15 | 0 | Jason Taylor (WPMOY) | Cam Cameron | |
| 2008 | 2008 | NFL | AFC | East | 1st | 11 | 5 | 0 | Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Ravens) 27–9 | Chad Pennington (CBPOY) | Tony Sparano |
| 2009 | 2009 | NFL | AFC | East | 3rd | 7 | 9 | 0 | Tony Sparano | ||
| 2010 | 2010 | NFL | AFC | East | 3rd | 7 | 9 | 0 | Tony Sparano | ||
| 2011 | 2011 | NFL | AFC | East | 3rd | 6 | 10 | 0 | Brandon Marshall (PB MVP) | Tony Sparano (4–9) Todd Bowles (2–1) | |
| 2012 | 2012 | NFL | AFC | East | 2nd | 7 | 9 | 0 | Joe Philbin | ||
| 2013 | 2013 | NFL | AFC | East | 3rd | 8 | 8 | 0 | Joe Philbin | ||
| 2014 | 2014 | NFL | AFC | East | 3rd | 8 | 8 | 0 | Joe Philbin | ||
| 2015 | 2015 | NFL | AFC | East | 4th | 6 | 10 | 0 | Joe Philbin (1–3) Dan Campbell (5–7) | ||
| 2016 | 2016 | NFL | AFC | East | 2nd | 7 | 4 | 0 | Adam Gase | ||
All-time records
Note: Statistics are correct through Week 17 of the 2015 NFL season.
| Statistic | Wins | Losses | Ties | Win% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins regular season record | 429 | 335 | 4 | .561 |
| Miami Dolphins post-season record | 20 | 20 | – | .500 |
| All-time regular and post-season | 449 | 355 | 4 | .558 |
1 Due to a strike-shortened season in 1982, all teams were ranked by conference instead of division.
References
- ↑ "Miami Dolphins". Pro-Football Reference.
External links
- "Miami Dolphins History". Football @ JT-SW.com. John Troan. Retrieved April 2012. Check date values in:
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