Temporada 1971


Division	AFC East Division
Record	10-3-1
Posición	1
Puntos a favor	315 puntos. 4º de 26 teams
Puntos en contra	174 puntos. 3º de 26 teams
Head Coach	Don Shula (10-3-1)
General Manager
Estadio	Orange Bowl
Training Camp	St. Thomas University (Miami Gardens, Florida)
Propietario/Fundador	Joe Robbie
Defensive Coordinator	Bill Arnsparger
Defensive Line	Mike Scarry
Head Coach/de facto General Manager	Don Shula
Offensive Coordinator	Howard Schnellenberger
Offensive Line	Monte Clark

Roster

Número	Posición	Nombre	Edad	Peso (Libras)	Altura (Píes)	Universidad
1	K	Garo Yepremian	27	175	5-8	None
10	QB	George Mira	29	190	6-0	Miami (FL)
12	QB	Bob Griese	26	190	6-1	Purdue
13	FS	Jake Scott	26	188	6-0	Georgia
15	RB	Charlie Leigh	26	206	5-11	None
20	P	Larry Seiple	26	214	6-0	Kentucky
21	RB	Jim Kiick	25	214	5-11	Wyoming
22	RB	Mercury Morris	24	190	5-10	West Texas A&M
25	LCB	Tim Foley	23	194	6-0	Purdue
26	DB	Lloyd Mumphord	25	176	5-10	Texas Southern
31	RB	Terry Cole	26	220	6-2	Indiana
32	RB	Hubert Ginn	24	185	5-10	Florida A&M
39	FB	Larry Csonka	25	237	6-3	Syracuse
40	FS	Dick Anderson	25	196	6-2	Colorado
42	WR	Paul Warfield	29	188	6-0	Ohio St.
45	LCB	Curtis Johnson	23	196	6-1	Toledo
48	DB	Bob Petrella	27	190	5-11	Tennessee
49	DB	Ray Jones	24	187	5-11	Southern
53	LB	Bob Matheson	27	238	6-4	Duke
56	LB	Jesse Powell	24	220	6-2	West Texas A&M
57	RLB	Mike Kolen	23	220	6-2	Auburn
58	LB	Dale Farley	22	225	6-3	West Virginia
59	LLB	Doug Swift	23	226	6-3	Amherst
61	C	Bob DeMarco	33	248	6-2	Indiana,Dayton
62	C	Jim Langer	23	250	6-2	South Dakota St.
66	RG	Larry Little	26	265	6-1	Bethune-Cookman
67	LG	Bob Kuechenberg	24	253	6-2	Notre Dame
70	DE	Jim Riley	26	250	6-4	Oklahoma
71	DT	Frank Cornish	27	282	6-4	Grambling St.
72	DT	Bob Heinz	24	265	6-6	Delta College,Pacific
73	RT	Norm Evans	29	250	6-5	TCU
74	RDT	John Richardson	26	245	6-3	UCLA
75	LDT	Manny Fernandez	25	250	6-2	Utah
77	LT	Doug Crusan	25	250	6-5	Indiana
78	T	Wayne Mass	25	240	6-4	Clemson
79	T	Wayne Moore	26	265	6-6	Lamar
80	TE	Marv Fleming	29	232	6-4	Utah
81	WR	Howard Twilley	28	185	5-10	Tulsa
82	WR	Otto Stowe	22	188	6-2	Iowa St.
84	RDE	Bill Stanfill	24	250	6-5	Georgia
85	MLB	Nick Buoniconti	31	220	5-11	Notre Dame
86	DE	Vern Den Herder	23	250	6-6	Central College (IA)
88	TE	Jim Mandich	23	224	6-2	Michigan
89	WR	Karl Noonan	27	198	6-2	Iowa

Jugadores seleccionados en el draft

Ronda	Pick	Posición	Nombre	Universidad
2	47	WR	Otto Stowe	Iowa St.
3	74	LB	Dale Farley	West Virginia
4	99	QB	Joe Theismann	Notre Dame
6	151	LB	Dennis Coleman	Mississippi
7	178	DB	Ron Dickerson	Kansas St.
9	230	DE	Vern Den Herder	Central College (IA)
10	255	DT	Ron Maree	Purdue
11	282	T	Vic Surma	Penn St.
12	307	RB	Leroy Byars	Alcorn St.
13	333	DB	Lonnie Hepburn	Texas Southern
14	359	TE	David Vaughn	Memphis
15	386	G	Bob Richards	California
16	410	WR	Chris Myers	Kenyon
17	437	LB	Curt Mark	Mayville St.