Temporada 1978


Division	AFC East Division
Record	11-5-0
Posición	2
Puntos a favor	372 puntos. 2º de 28 teams
Puntos en contra	254 puntos. 6º de 28 teams
Head Coach	Don Shula (11-5-0)
General Manager	Mike Robbie
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/Player Personnel	Don Shula
Offensive Coordinator	Howard Schnellenberger
Offensive Line	John Sandusky

Roster

Número	Posición	Nombre	Edad	Peso (Libras)	Altura (Píes)	Universidad
1	K	Garo Yepremian	34	175	5-8	None
4	P	George Roberts	23	181	6-0	Virginia Tech
7	QB	Guy Benjamin	23	210	6-4	Stanford
10	QB	Don Strock	28	220	6-5	Virginia Tech
12	QB	Bob Griese	33	190	6-1	Purdue
21	FS	Rick Volk	33	195	6-3	Michigan
24	RB	Delvin Williams	27	195	6-0	Kansas
25	SS	Tim Foley	30	194	6-0	Purdue
27	RB	Gary Davis	24	202	5-10	Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo
31	RB	Norm Bulaich	32	218	6-1	TCU
32	RB	Benny Malone	26	193	5-10	Arizona St.
34	RB	Jim Braxton	29	243	6-1	West Virginia
38	FB	Leroy Harris	24	226	5-9	Arkansas St.
41	LCB	Norris Thomas	24	180	6-0	Southern Miss
44	DB	Charles Cornelius	26	176	5-9	Bethune-Cookman
45	LCB	Curtis Johnson	30	196	6-1	Toledo
48	DB	Gerald Small	22	192	5-11	San Jose St.
49	DB	Charlie Babb	28	190	6-0	Memphis
50	LLB	Larry Gordon	24	230	6-4	Arizona St.
51	LB	Rusty Chambers	25	218	6-1	Tulane
52	LB	Larry Ball	29	232	6-6	Louisville
53	LB	Bob Matheson	34	238	6-4	Duke
55	LB	Earnest Rhone	25	220	6-2	Henderson St.
56	MLB	Steve Towle	25	233	6-2	Kansas
57	LB	Sean Clancy	22	218	6-4	Amherst
58	LOLB	Kim Bokamper	24	245	6-6	Concordia-Moorhead (MN),San Jose St.
60	G	Melvin Mitchell	25	260	6-3	Tennessee St.
62	C	Jim Langer	30	250	6-2	South Dakota St.
64	G	Ed Newman	27	245	6-2	Florida Atlantic,Duke
65	T	Eric Laakso	22	285	6-4	Tulane
65	G	Wally Pesuit	24	252	6-4	Kentucky
66	RG	Larry Little	33	265	6-1	Bethune-Cookman
67	LG/LT	Bob Kuechenberg	31	253	6-2	Notre Dame
70	DE	Bob Simpson	24	235	6-5	Colorado
71	T	Mike Current	33	274	6-5	Ohio St.
73	NT	Bob Baumhower	23	261	6-5	Alabama
75	RDE	Doug Betters	22	262	6-7	Montana,Nevada
76	DE	John Alexander	23	250	6-2	Rutgers
77	RDE	A.J. Duhe	23	247	6-4	LSU
78	NT	Carl Barisich	27	258	6-4	Princeton
79	T	Wayne Moore	33	265	6-6	Lamar
80	TE	Loaird McCreary	25	227	6-5	Tennessee St.
81	WR	Jimmy Cefalo	22	190	5-11	Penn St.
82	WR	Duriel Harris	24	179	5-11	New Mexico St.
83	DE	Vern Den Herder	30	250	6-6	Central College (IA)
84	TE	Bruce Hardy	22	235	6-5	Arizona St.
85	WR	Bo Rather	28	184	6-1	Michigan
85	WR	Terry Anderson	23	182	5-9	Bethune-Cookman
87	TE	Andre Tillman	26	230	6-4	Texas Tech
89	WR	Nat Moore	27	184	5-9	UT Martin,Florida

Jugadores seleccionados en el draft

Ronda	Pick	Posición	Nombre	Universidad
2	51	QB	Guy Benjamin	Stanford
3	64	DT	Lyman Smith	Duke
3	81	WR	Jimmy Cefalo	Penn St.
4	93	DB	Gerald Small	San Jose St.
4	106	T	Eric Laakso	Tulane
5	111	DB	Ted Burgmeier	Notre Dame
6	163	DE	Doug Betters	Nevada
7	178	T	Karl Baldischwiler	Oklahoma
7	190	WR	Lloyd Henry	Truman St.
8	217	LB	Sean Clancy	Amherst
9	247	TE	Bruce Hardy	Arizona St.
10	274	C	Mark Dennard	Texas A&M
12	331	RB	Mike Moore	Middle Tenn. St.
12	333	QB	Bill Kenney	Northern Colorado