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1971 Miami Dolphins season
Head Coach Don Shula
Home Field Miami Orange Bowl
Results
Record 10–3–1
Place 1st AFC East
Playoff Finish Won Divisional Playoffs (Chiefs) 27–24 (2OT)
Won Conference Championship (Colts) 21–0
Lost Super Bowl VI (Cowboys) 24–3
Timeline
Previous season Next season
1970 1972

Offseason[]

NFL Draft[]

Round Pick Player Position School
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Regular season[]

Schedule[]

Week Date Opponent Result Record
1 September 19, 1971 at Denver Broncos T 10–10 0–0–1
2 September 26, 1971 at Buffalo Bills W 29–14 1–0–1
3 October 3, 1971 New York Jets L 14–10 1–1–1
4 October 10, 1971 at Cincinnati Bengals W 23–13 2–1–1
5 October 17, 1971 New England Patriots W 41–3 3–1–1
6 October 24, 1971 at New York Jets W 30–14 4–1–1
7 October 31, 1971 at Los Angeles Rams W 20–14 5–1–1
8 November 7, 1971 Buffalo Bills W 34–0 6–1–1
9 November 14, 1971 Pittsburgh Steelers W 24–21 7–1–1
10 November 21, 1971 Baltimore Colts W 17–14 8–1–1
11 November 29, 1971 Chicago Bears W 34–3 9–1–1
12 December 5, 1971 at New England Patriots L 34–13 9–2–1
13 December 11, 1971 at Baltimore Colts L 14–3 9–3–1
14 December 19, 1971 Green Bay Packers W 27–6 10–3–1

Playoffs[]

Week Date Opponent Result
Division December 25, 1971 at Kansas City Chiefs W 27–24
Conference Championship January 2, 1972 Baltimore Colts W 21–0
Super Bowl VI January 16, 1972 N Dallas Cowboys L 24–3

Standings[]

AFC East
Team W L T PCT PF PA
Miami Dolphins 10 3 1 .769 315 174
Baltimore Colts 10 4 0 .714 313 140
New England Patriots 6 8 0 .429 238 325
New York Jets 6 8 0 .429 212 299
Buffalo Bills 1 13 0 .071 184 394

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Roster[]

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Quarterbacks

Running Backs

Wide Receivers

Tight Ends

Offensive Linemen

Defensive Linemen

Linebackers

Defensive Backs

Special Teams

Reserve Lists

Postseason[]

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 Yeprmeniam, 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)

Awards and honors[]

Notes and references[]

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