MIAMI DOLPHINS
MIAS
AFC EAST
MIAMI, FLORIDA
WEATHER.COM: ZIP CODE 33056
Sun Life STADIUM
Opened: 8/16/87
Capacity: 71,125 (#7)

Head Coach:
TONY SPARANO
4th Year
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••••LINKS OF INTEREST ••••
2011 STATISTICAL LEADERS
Player Att Yds YPC Long TD   Player Comp Att % Yds YPA TD INT Rating   Player Tar Rec Yds YPC Long TD
Reggie Bush 217 1097 5.06 76 6   Matt Moore 211 348 60.6% 2510 7.2 16 9 87.2   Brandon Marshall 142 82 1227 15.0 65 6
Daniel Thomas 165 581 3.52 28 0   Chad Henne 64 112 57.1% 868 7.8 4 4 79.0   Brian Hartline 66 35 549 15.7 41 1
Chad Henne 14 101 7.21 20 1   JP Losman 6 10 60.0% 60 6.0 0 0 77.1   Davone Bess 85 51 537 10.5 41 3
2011 GAME BY GAME STATS
2011 SCHEDULE
2010 SCHEDULE
DATE   TIME TV HALFTIME SCORE BOX
9/12 New England 7:00 ESPN 7-14
168-263		 24-38 BOX
9/18 Houston 4:15 CBS 3-16
141-219		 13-23 BOX
9/25 at Cleveland 1:00 CBS 10-7
234-99		 16-17 BOX
10/2 at San Diego 4:15 CBS 10-13
156-221		 16-26 BOX
 
BYE WEEK
          
10/17 NY Jets 8:30 ESPN 6-14
215-100		 6-24 BOX
10/23 Denver 1:00 CBS 6-0
105-130		 15-18 BOX
10/30 at NY Giants 1:00 CBS 14-10
152-214		 17-20 BOX
11/6 at Kansas City 1:00 CBS 14-3
181-162		 31-3 BOX
11/13 Washington 1:00 FOX 10-6
123-100		 20-9 BOX
11/20 Buffalo 1:00 CBS 28-6
191-130		 35-8 BOX
11/24 at Dallas 4:15 CBS 6-10
124-128		 19-20 BOX
12/4 Oakland 1:00 CBS 13-0
225-107		 34-14 BOX
12/11 Philadelphia 1:00 FOX 7-24
82-182		 10-26 BOX
12/18 at Buffalo 1:00 CBS 13-7
197-176 		30-23 BOX
12/24 at New England 1:00 CBS 17-0
255-107		 24-27 BOX
1/1 NY Jets 1:00 CBS 6-10
97-174 		19-17 BOX
DATE   TIME SCORE BOX
9/12 at Buffalo 1:00 15-10 BOX
9/19 at Minnesota 1:00 14-10 BOX
9/26 NY Jets (N) 8:20 23-31 BOX
10/4 New England (M) 8:30 14-41 BOX
10/10 BYE WEEK      
10/17 at Green Bay 1:00 23-20 BOX
10/24 Pittsburgh 1:00 22-23 BOX
10/31 at Cincinnati 1:00 22-14 BOX
11/7 at Baltimore 1:00 10-26 BOX
11/14 Tennessee 1:00 29-17 BOX
11/18 Chicago (N) 8:20 0-16 BOX
11/28 at Oakland 4:05 33-17 BOX
12/5 Cleveland 1:00 13-10 BOX
12/12 at NY Jets 4:15 10-6 BOX
12/19 Buffalo 1:00 14-17 BOX
12/26 Detroit 1:00 27-34 BOX
1/2 at New England 1:00 7-38 BOX
2010 INDIVIDUAL PLAYER STATS
2010 STATISTICAL RECAP
2010 STATISTICAL LEADERS
Player Att Yds YPC Long TD   Player Comp Att % Yds YPA TD INT Rating   Player Tar Rec Yds YPC Long TD
Ronnie Brown 200 734 3.67 51.00 5   Chad Henne 302 491 61.5% 3298 6.7 15 18 76.2   Brandon Marshall 146 86 1014 11.8 46 3
Ricky Williams 159 673 4.23 45.00 2   Tyler Thigpen 33 62 53.2% 435 7.0 2 2 73.0   Davone Bess 126 80 817 10.2 29 5
Tyler Thigpen 13 73 5.62 12.00 0   Chad Pennington 1 2 50.0% 19 9.5 0 0 83.3   Brian Hartline 73 43 615 14.3 54 1
2010 GAME BY GAME STATS

2009 GAME BY GAME STATS

COACHING STAFF
OTHER INFORMATION

Head Coach - Tony Sparano, 4th year
Prior to MIA, Sparano spent 5 seasons in DAL mainly working as the OL coach. He also served as their run game coordinator and TE’s coach as well for 2 years each. MIA has missed the playoffs the L2Y with 7-9 seasons after a 10 game turnaround in 2008 for their 1st playoff berth since 2001.
Offensive Coordinator - Brian Daboll, 1st year
After 7 years with NE with the L/5 as their WR coach, Daboll served as the NYJ’s QB coach in 2007-’08. In 2009-’10 he was CLE’s OC as the team finished 32nd and 29th on offense avg 260 and 290 ypg and 15.3 and 16.9 ppg respectively. His offenses are known for being efficient and well disciplined.
QB Coach - Karl Dorrell, 4th year
In his 1st 2 years as the WR coach for MIA only 3 players had 600 yds receiving before LY when 3 players surpassed the goal. His specialization is as a WR’s coach but he was also UCLA’s HC from 2003-’07 after being DEN’s WR coach from 2000-’02.
RB Coach - Jeff Nixon, 1st year
After working as the RB coach at Temple in 2006, Nixon worked for PHI as an asst coach from 2007-’10. His focus was mainly special teams and RB’s with the Eagles. He played RB for W Virginia and Penn St in the mid-90’s.
WR Coach - Steve Bush, 4th year
After being the offensive QC coach in 2008-’10, Bush was promoted to WR’s coach for 2011. He was the DB coach for Syracuse in 2000 before being bumped to QB coach in 2001-’04.
OL Coach - Dave DeGuglielmo, 3rd year
DeGuglielmo was the asst OL coach for the NYG in 2004-’08. The Giants allowed 28 or fewer sacks 4 times in that span and MIA allowed 34 sacks in 2009 and 38 in 2010 due to injuries and inconsistent QB play. He coached the OL at SC from ‘99-’03.
Defensive Coordinator - Mike Nolan, 2nd year
Nolan has a total of 13 yrs as a DC along with 55 gms experience as a HC with SF. In ‘09 he improved DEN’s defense from 29th to 7th. LY MIA went from 22nd to 6th on defense finishing in the Top 10 in ypg, ypp, rushing, passing and FD’s per gm all’d.
DL Coach - Kacy Rodgers, 4th year
Rodgers spent 5 yrs (3 coaching DL, 2 DT) w/DAL. He spent 9 yrs as a college DL coach. MIA has earned 40, 44 and 39 sks the L3Y vs 30 in ‘07 and has all’d 105 ypg rush (3.98) on his watch.
Linebackers Coach - Bill Sheridan, 2nd year
After being the Giants LB’s coach from 2005-’08, Sheridan was promoted to DC for 1 year before being released. He joined MIA as their LB coach in 2010 and the Dolphins improved from 24.4 ppg allowed to 20.8.
Assistant HC/Secondary Coach - Todd Bowles, 4th year
In Bowles’ 3 years the Dolphins have finished 25th, 24th and 8th in pass defense with a combined TD/int ratio of 63-44. Prior to the Dolphins he worked with the DAL DB’s (2005-’07) and the CLE DB’s (2001-04).
Special Teams Coach - Darren Rizzi, 3rd year
Rizzi was promoted to STC after being the assistant special teams coach in 2009-10. He was Rhode Island’s HC in 2008 after being Rutgers STC from 2002-07 while working with the RB’s (2002-04) as well as the LB’s (2005-07).