Temporada 1979


Division	AFC East Division
Record	10-6-0
Posición	1
Puntos a favor	341 puntos. 11º de 28 equipos
Puntos en contra	257 puntos. 4º de 28 equipos
Head Coach	Don Shula (10-6-0)
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 Line	John Sandusky
Quarterbacks	Dan Henning
Special Teams	Steve Crosby

Roster

Número	Posición	Nombre	Edad	Peso (Libras)	Altura (Píes)	Universidad
7	QB	Guy Benjamin	24	210	6-4	Stanford
20	FS	Neal Colzie	25	200	6-2	Ohio St.
25	SS	Tim Foley	31	194	6-0	Purdue
27	RB	Gary Davis	25	202	5-10	Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo
31	RB	Norm Bulaich	33	218	6-1	TCU
38	RB	Bob Torrey	22	231	6-4	Penn St.
39	FB	Larry Csonka	33	237	6-3	Syracuse
41	LCB	Norris Thomas	25	180	6-0	Southern Miss
46	DB	Don Bessillieu	23	200	6-1	Georgia Tech
47	DB	Glenn Blackwood	22	187	6-0	Texas
49	DB	Charlie Babb	29	190	6-0	Memphis
51	RILB	Rusty Chambers	26	218	6-1	Tulane
52	LB	Mel Land	24	243	6-3	Michigan St.
53	LB	Bob Matheson	35	238	6-4	Duke
54	LB	Ralph Ortega	26	220	6-2	Florida
56	LILB	Steve Towle	26	233	6-2	Kansas
62	C	Jim Langer	31	250	6-2	South Dakota St.
64	LG	Ed Newman	28	245	6-2	Florida Atlantic,Duke
66	RG	Larry Little	34	265	6-1	Bethune-Cookman
67	LT	Bob Kuechenberg	32	253	6-2	Notre Dame
71	RT	Mike Current	34	274	6-5	Ohio St.
77	DE	A.J. Duhe	24	247	6-4	LSU
79	T	Jon Giesler	23	262	6-5	Michigan
85	WR	Jeff Groth	22	176	5-10	Bowling Green

Ronda	Pick	Posición	Nombre	Universidad
1	24	T	Jon Giesler	Michigan
2	53	G	Jeff Toews	Washington
3	61	RB	Tony Nathan	Alabama
3	63	LB	Mel Land	Michigan St.
3	65	T	Ronnie Lee	Baylor
4	107	FB	Steve Howell	Baylor
5	134	DB	Don Bessillieu	Georgia Tech
6	162	G	Steve Lindquist	Nebraska
7	189	K	Uwe von Schamann	Oklahoma
8	206	WR	Jeff Groth	Bowling Green
8	215	DB	Glenn Blackwood	Texas
9	244	T	Jeff Weston	Notre Dame
10	258	DB	Jerome Stanton	Michigan St.
10	272	DB	Mike Kozlowski	Colorado
11	299	DE	Mike Blanton	Georgia Tech
12	327	QB	Larry Fortner	Miami (OH)