Temporada 1976


Division	AFC East Division
Record	6-8-0
Posición	3
Puntos a favor	263 puntos. 15º de 28 teams
Puntos en contra	264 puntos. 15º de 28 teams
Head Coach	Don Shula (6-8-0)
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
Linebackers	Don Doll
Offensive Coordinator	Howard Schnellenberger
Offensive Line	John Sandusky

Roster

Número	Posición	Nombre	Edad	Peso (Libras)	Altura (Píes)	Universidad
1	K	Garo Yepremian	32	175	5-8	None
10	QB	Don Strock	26	220	6-5	Virginia Tech
12	QB	Bob Griese	31	190	6-1	Purdue
15	QB	Earl Morrall	42	205	6-1	Michigan St.
20	P	Larry Seiple	31	214	6-0	Kentucky
25	DB	Tim Foley	28	194	6-0	Purdue
26	WR	Duriel Harris	22	179	5-11	New Mexico St.
27	RB	Gary Davis	22	202	5-10	Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo
30	FS	Bryant Salter	26	195	6-4	Pittsburgh
31	RB	Norm Bulaich	30	218	6-1	TCU
32	RB	Benny Malone	24	193	5-10	Arizona St.
33	RB	Stan Winfrey	23	223	5-11	Arkansas St.
35	RB	Clayton Heath	25	195	5-11	Wake Forest
36	RB	Don Nottingham	27	210	5-10	Kent St.
40	DB	Dick Anderson	30	196	6-2	Colorado
41	LCB	Jeris White	24	188	5-9	Hawaii
43	DB	Mike Holmes	26	193	6-2	Texas Southern
44	FS	Barry Hill	23	185	6-3	Iowa St.
45	LCB	Curtis Johnson	28	196	6-1	Toledo
47	DB	Ted Bachman	24	190	6-0	New Mexico St.
48	DB	Ken Ellis	29	190	5-10	Southern
49	SS	Charlie Babb	26	190	6-0	Memphis
50	LLB	Larry Gordon	22	230	6-4	Arizona St.
51	LB	Rusty Chambers	23	218	6-1	Tulane
51	LB	Mike Dennery	26	222	6-0	Southern Miss
51	LB	Andy Selfridge	27	218	6-3	Virginia
53	LB	Bob Matheson	32	238	6-4	Duke
56	MLB	Steve Towle	23	233	6-2	Kansas
60	RDT	Don Reese	25	254	6-6	Jackson St.
62	C	Jim Langer	28	250	6-2	South Dakota St.
64	RG/LG	Ed Newman	25	245	6-2	Florida Atlantic,Duke
66	RG/RT	Larry Little	31	265	6-1	Bethune-Cookman
67	LG	Bob Kuechenberg	29	253	6-2	Notre Dame
68	G	Melvin Mitchell	23	260	6-3	Tennessee St.
70	RDE	John Andrews	25	251	6-5	Morgan St.
71	T	Darryl Carlton	23	271	6-6	Tampa
72	DT	Bob Heinz	29	265	6-6	Delta College,Pacific
74	NT	Randy Crowder	24	242	6-2	Penn St.
78	T	Tom Drougas	27	257	6-4	Oregon
79	T	Wayne Moore	31	265	6-6	Lamar
80	TE	Loaird McCreary	23	227	6-5	Tennessee St.
81	WR	Howard Twilley	33	185	5-10	Tulsa
82	WR	Morris Owens	23	190	6-0	Arizona St.
82	WR	Ike Hill	29	180	5-10	Catawba
83	DE	Vern Den Herder	28	250	6-6	Central College (IA)
84	RDE	Bill Stanfill	29	250	6-5	Georgia
85	MLB	Nick Buoniconti	36	220	5-11	Notre Dame
86	WR	Freddie Solomon	23	185	5-11	Tampa
87	TE	Andre Tillman	24	230	6-4	Texas Tech
88	TE	Jim Mandich	28	224	6-2	Michigan
89	WR	Nat Moore	25	184	5-9	UT Martin,Florida

Jugadores seleccionados en el draft

Ronda	Pick	Posición	Nombre	Universidad
1	17	LB	Larry Gordon	Arizona St.
1	19	DE	Kim Bokamper	San Jose St.
2	49	TE	Loaird McCreary	Tennessee St.
3	80	WR	Duriel Harris	New Mexico St.
4	98	G	Melvin Mitchell	Tennessee St.
6	174	RB	Gary Davis	Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo
7	185	G	Joe Ingersoll	UNLV
7	200	DE	John Owens	Tennessee St.
8	230	DE	Bob Simpson	Colorado
9	257	DB	Norris Thomas	Southern Miss
10	281	DB	Gary Fencik	Yale
10	282	RB	Don Testerman	Clemson
11	312	RB	Dexter Pride	Minnesota
12	338	T	Randy Young	Iowa St.
12	341	DT	Darryl Brandford	Northwestern
13	366	C	Bernie Head	Tulsa
14	396	LB	Bob Gissler	South Dakota St.
15	423	RB	Ron Holmes	Utah St.
16	450	K	Mike Green	Ohio
17	480	QB	Jeff Grantz	South Carolina