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The 1974 Miami Dolphins season was the team's 9th, and fifth in the National Football League. The team entered the 1974 season as defending Super Bowl champions.

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

Previous season		Next season
< 1973		1975 >

Contents

1 Offseason
- 1.1 NFL Draft
2 Regular season
3 Playoffs
- 3.1 AFC: Oakland Raiders 28, Miami Dolphins 26
4 Awards and honors
- 4.1 Milestones
5 Notes and references

Offseason

NFL Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School
1

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

Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
AFC East
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

Date: December 21, 1974
Game time: 4:00 p.m. EST/1:00 p.m. PST
Game attendance: 53,023
Referee: Ben Dreith
TV announcers (NBC): Curt Gowdy, Al DeRogatis and Don Meredith

Game information

Scoring
- MIA - N. Moore 89 kickoff return (Yepremian kick) MIA 7-0
- OAK - C. Smith 31 pass from Stabler (Blanda kick) 7-7
- MIA - field goal Yepremian 33 MIA 10-7
- OAK - Biletnikoff 13 pass from Stabler (Blanda kick) OAK 14-10
- MIA - Warfield 16 pass from Griese (kick failed) MIA 16-14
- MIA - field goal Yepremian 46 MIA 19-14
- OAK - Branch 72 pass from Stabler (Blanda kick) OAK 21-19
- MIA - Malone 23 run (Yepremian kick) MIA 26-21
- OAK - Davis 8 pass from Stabler (Blanda kick) OAK 28-26

Awards and honors

Milestones

Notes and references

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v d e Miami Dolphins

Founded in 1966 • Based in Miami Gardens, Florida

The Franchise	Franchise • Seasons • History • Players • First-round draft picks • Starting Quarterbacks

Stadiums	Orange Bowl • Sun Life Stadium

Culture	Fight Song • Wayne Huizenga • Stephen M. Ross • Joe Robbie • T. D.

Lore	Perfect Season • Snowplow Game • The Epic in Miami • The Clock Play • The Monday Night Miracle

Head Coaches	Wilson • Shula • Johnson • Wannstedt • Bates • Saban • Cameron • Sparano • Bowles

Starting Quarterbacks	Wood • Bo. Griese • Strock • Woodley • Marino • Fiedler • Br. Griese • Feeley • Frerotte • Culpepper • Harrington • Green • Lemon • Beck • Pennington • Henne • Thigpen • Moore

Division Championships (13)	1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1992, 1994, 2000, 2008

Super Bowl Appearances (5)	VI • VII • VIII • XVII • XIX

League Championships (2)	1972, 1973

Retired Numbers	12, 13, 39

Seasons	1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969 • 1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 • 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 • 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 • 2011

Current League Affiliations	League: National Football League • Conference: American Football Conference • Division: East Division

Rivalries	Buffalo Bills • New York Jets

Miami Dolphins seasons

1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969 • 1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 • 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 • 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 • 2011 • 2012

1974 NFL season v d e
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 Draft • 1974 NFL strike • NFL Playoffs • Pro Bowl • Super Bowl IX

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