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

Franchise records according to Pro-Football Reference.com[1]

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
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
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		2nd^1	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
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
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
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
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

1. "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.