List of Miami Dolphins seasons
This is a list of seasons completed by the National Football League (NFL)'s Miami Dolphins, an American football franchise based in the Miami metropolitan area. 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 twice in the twelve seasons since, and during the mid-2000s, briefly intensified the Dolphins-Patriots rivalry, when Nick Saban, a former Bill Belichick assistant was hired as the Dolphins head coach in 2005 and when he nearly signed quarterback Drew Brees with the Dolphins the following year. In 2007, if not for their overtime victory over the Baltimore Ravens, would've suffered an imperfect season, a year before the Detroit Lions became the first team to go winless since the NFL expanded to a 16-game schedule. That same season, the Dolphins became the first team in NFL history to win their division following a 1-15 season, and as of 2018, marked the last non-Patriot division title in the AFC East.
For complete team history, see History of the Miami Dolphins.
Seasons
| 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 | |||
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| Finish | Wins | Losses | Ties | ||||||||
| 1966 | 1966 | AFL | Eastern | 5th | 3 | 11 | 0 | George Wilson | |||
| 1967 | 1967 | AFL | Eastern | 4th | 4 | 10 | 0 | ||||
| 1968 | 1968 | AFL | Eastern | 3rd | 5 | 8 | 1 | ||||
| 1969 | 1969 | AFL | Eastern | 5th | 3 | 10 | 1 | ||||
| 1970 | 1970 | NFL | AFC | East | 2nd | 10 | 4 | 0 | Lost Divisional Playoffs (at Raiders) 21–14 | Don Shula | |
| 1971 | 1971 | NFL | AFC | East | 1st | 10 | 3 | 1 | Won Divisional Playoffs (at Chiefs) 27–24 (2 OT) Won Conference Championship (Colts) 21–0 Lost Super Bowl VI (vs. Cowboys) 24–3 |
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| 1972 | 1972 | NFL | AFC | East | 1st | 14 | 0 | 0 | Won Divisional Playoffs (Browns) 20–14 Won Conference Championship (at Steelers) 21–17 Won Super Bowl VII (1) (vs. Redskins) 14–7 |
Don Shula (COY) Jake Scott (SB MVP) Earl Morrall (CBPOY) | |
| 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) (vs. Vikings) 24–7 |
Dick Anderson (DPOY) Larry Csonka (SB MVP) Garo Yepremian (PB MVP) | |
| 1974 | 1974 | NFL | AFC | East | 1st | 11 | 3 | 0 | Lost Divisional Playoffs (at Raiders) 28–26 | ||
| 1975 | 1975 | NFL | AFC | East | 2nd | 10 | 4 | 0 | |||
| 1976 | 1976 | NFL | AFC | East | 3rd | 6 | 8 | 0 | |||
| 1977 | 1977 | NFL | AFC | East | 2nd | 10 | 4 | 0 | A. J. Duhe (DROY) | ||
| 1978 | 1978 | NFL | AFC | East | 2nd | 11 | 5 | 0 | Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Oilers) 17–9 | ||
| 1979 | 1979 | NFL | AFC | East | 1st | 10 | 6 | 0 | Lost Divisional Playoffs (at Steelers) 34–14 | Larry Csonka (CBPOY) | |
| 1980 | 1980 | NFL | AFC | East | 3rd | 8 | 8 | 0 | |||
| 1981 | 1981 | NFL | AFC | East | 1st | 11 | 4 | 1 | Lost Divisional Playoffs (Chargers) 41–38 (OT) | ||
| 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 (vs. Redskins) 27–17 |
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| 1983 | 1983 | NFL | AFC | East | 1st | 12 | 4 | 0 | Lost Divisional Playoffs (Seahawks) 27–20 | Doug Betters (DPOY) | |
| 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 (vs. 49ers) 38–16 |
Dan Marino (MVP, OPOY) | |
| 1985 | 1985 | NFL | AFC | East | 1st | 12 | 4 | 0 | Won Divisional Playoffs (Browns) 24–21 Lost Conference Championship (Patriots) 31–14 |
Dwight Stephenson (WPMOY) | |
| 1986 | 1986 | NFL | AFC | East | 3rd | 8 | 8 | 0 | |||
| 1987 | 1987 | NFL | AFC | East | 3rd | 8 | 7 | 0 | Troy Stradford (OROY) | ||
| 1988 | 1988 | NFL | AFC | East | 5th | 6 | 10 | 0 | |||
| 1989 | 1989 | NFL | AFC | East | 3rd | 8 | 8 | 0 | |||
| 1990 | 1990 | NFL | AFC | East | 2nd | 12 | 4 | 0 | Won Wild Card Playoffs (Chiefs) 17–16 Lost Divisional Playoffs (at Bills) 44–34 |
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| 1991 | 1991 | NFL | AFC | East | 3rd | 8 | 8 | 0 | |||
| 1992 | 1992 | NFL | AFC | East | 1st | 11 | 5 | 0 | Won Divisional Playoffs (Chargers) 31–0 Lost Conference Championship (Bills) 29–10 |
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| 1993 | 1993 | NFL | AFC | East | 2nd | 9 | 7 | 0 | |||
| 1994 | 1994 | NFL | AFC | East | 1st | 10 | 6 | 0 | Won Wild Card Playoffs (Chiefs) 27–17 Lost Divisional Playoffs (at Chargers) 22–21 |
Tim Bowens (DROY) Dan Marino (CBPOY) | |
| 1995 | 1995 | NFL | AFC | East | 3rd | 9 | 7 | 0 | Lost Wild Card Playoffs (at Bills) 37–22 | ||
| 1996 | 1996 | NFL | AFC | East | 4th | 8 | 8 | 0 | Jimmy Johnson | ||
| 1997 | 1997 | NFL | AFC | East | 2nd | 9 | 7 | 0 | Lost Wild Card Playoffs (at Patriots) 17–3 | ||
| 1998 | 1998 | NFL | AFC | East | 2nd | 10 | 6 | 0 | Won Wild Card Playoffs (Bills) 24–17 Lost Divisional Playoffs (at Broncos) 38–3 |
Dan Marino (WPMOY) | |
| 1999 | 1999 | NFL | AFC | East | 3rd | 9 | 7 | 0 | Won Wild Card Playoffs (at Seahawks) 20–17 Lost Divisional Playoffs (at Jaguars) 62–7 |
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| 2000 | 2000 | NFL | AFC | East | 1st | 11 | 5 | 0 | Won Wild Card Playoffs (Colts) 23–17 (OT) Lost Divisional Playoffs (at Raiders) 27–0 |
Dave Wannstedt | |
| 2001 | 2001 | NFL | AFC | East | 2nd | 11 | 5 | 0 | Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Ravens) 20–3 | ||
| 2002 | 2002 | NFL | AFC | East | 3rd | 9 | 7 | 0 | Ricky Williams (PB MVP) | ||
| 2003 | 2003 | NFL | AFC | East | 2nd | 10 | 6 | 0 | |||
| 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) | ||
| 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 | |||
| 2010 | 2010 | NFL | AFC | East | 3rd | 7 | 9 | 0 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 2014 | 2014 | NFL | AFC | East | 3rd | 8 | 8 | 0 | |||
| 2015 | 2015 | NFL | AFC | East | 4th | 6 | 10 | 0 | Joe Philbin (1–3) Dan Campbell (5–7) | ||
| 2016 | 2016 | NFL | AFC | East | 2nd | 10 | 6 | 0 | Lost Wild Card Playoffs (at Steelers) 30–12 | Adam Gase | |
| 2017 | 2017 | NFL | AFC | East | 3rd | 6 | 10 | 0 | |||
| 2018 | 2018 | NFL | AFC | East | 2nd | 7 | 9 | 0 | |||
| 2019 | 2019 | NFL | AFC | East | 4th | 5 | 11 | 0 | Brian Flores | ||
| Totals | 457 | 371 | 4 | All-time regular season record (1966–2019) | |||||||
| 20 | 21 | 0 | All-time postseason record (1966–2019) | ||||||||
| 477 | 392 | 4 | All-time regular & postseason record (1966–2019) | ||||||||
Note: Statistics are correct through the end of the 2019 NFL season.
1 Due to a strike-shortened season in 1982, all teams were ranked by conference instead of division.
References
- ^ "Miami Dolphins Franchise Encyclopedia". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2019-01-04.
External links
- "Miami Dolphins History". Football @ JT-SW.com. John Troan. Retrieved April 16, 2012.