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This day in football · September 16, 1923: Ironwood Legion visited the Duluth Kelleys at Duluth Athletic Park. Duluth Kelleys 7, Ironwood Legion 0. W1923 NFL season↗

From the vault · December 26, 1964 · 1964 AFL Championship Game: The Buffalo Bills beat the San Diego Chargers 20–7 at War Memorial Stadium to win the 1964 AFL championship. Box score

2005 Miami DolphinsW2005 Miami Dolphins↗

NFL · AFC East · 9–7 (.562) · 2nd in division · PF 318 · PA 317 · Coach Nick Saban

◀ 2004 2006 ▶

Team leaders

Passing (yds)

1. 2996Gus Frerotte
2. 462Sage Rosenfels

Rushing (yds)

1. 907Ronnie Brown
2. 743Ricky Williams
3. 92Chris Chambers

Receiving (yds)

1. 1118Chris Chambers
2. 686Marty Booker
3. 582Randy McMichael

Sacks

1. 12Jason Taylor
2. 6Kevin Carter
3. 6Vonnie Holliday

Interceptions

1. 4Lance Schulters
2. 3Travares Tillman
3. 2Sam Madison

Efficiency (EPA)

	Offense	Defense
Plays	1013	1069
EPA per play	-0.05	-0.05
Pass EPA per play	-0.03	+0.00
Rush EPA per play	-0.07	-0.12
Success rate	40.2%	38.4%
Pass rate	57.0%

Regular season, pass and run plays only. League average that year: EPA per play -0.03, success rate 41.4%. For the defense, lower is better.

Schedule (16 games)

Date	Wk	Opponent	Result	Record	Stadium	Att.
2005-09-11	1	vs Denver Broncos	W 34–10	1–0	Dolphin Stadium
2005-09-18	2	@ New York Jets	L 7–17	1–1	Giants Stadium
2005-09-25	3	vs Carolina Panthers	W 27–24	2–1	Dolphin Stadium
2005-10-09	5	@ Buffalo Bills	L 14–20	2–2	Ralph Wilson Stadium
2005-10-16	6	@ Tampa Bay Buccaneers	L 13–27	2–3	Raymond James Stadium
2005-10-21	7	vs Kansas City Chiefs	L 20–30	2–4	Dolphin Stadium
2005-10-30	8	@ New Orleans Saints	W 21–6	3–4	Tiger Stadium (LSU)
2005-11-06	9	vs Atlanta Falcons	L 10–17	3–5	Dolphin Stadium
2005-11-13	10	vs New England Patriots	L 16–23	3–6	Dolphin Stadium
2005-11-20	11	@ Cleveland Browns	L 0–22	3–7	Cleveland Browns Stadium
2005-11-27	12	@ Oakland Raiders	W 33–21	4–7	McAfee Coliseum
2005-12-04	13	vs Buffalo Bills	W 24–23	5–7	Dolphin Stadium
2005-12-11	14	@ San Diego Chargers	W 23–21	6–7	Qualcomm Stadium
2005-12-18	15	vs New York Jets	W 24–20	7–7	Dolphin Stadium
2005-12-24	16	vs Tennessee Titans	W 24–10	8–7	Dolphin Stadium
2006-01-01	17	@ New England Patriots	W 28–26	9–7	Gillette Stadium

Roster (66)

#	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	College	Exp	Status
7	A.J. Feeley	QB	6-3	216	Oregon	4	ACT
11	Gus Frerotte	QB	6-3	233	Tulsa	11	ACT
17	Cleo Lemon	QB	6-2	215	Arkansas State	3	ACT
18	Sage Rosenfels	QB	6-4	222	Iowa State	4	ACT
31	Sammy Morris	FB	6-0	220	Texas Tech	5	ACT
36	Darian Barnes	FB	6-2	240	Hampton; Rutgers	3	ACT
44	Heath Evans	FB	6-0	250	Auburn	4	ACT
22	Jesse Chatman	RB	5-8	225	Eastern Washington	3	CUT
23	Ronnie Brown	RB	6-0	223	Auburn	0	ACT
28	Travis Minor	RB	5-10	203	Florida State	4	ACT
34	Ricky Williams	RB	5-10	230	Texas	6	ACT
80	David Boston	WR	6-2	228	Ohio State	6	RES
82	Bryan Gilmore	WR	6-0	200	Midwestern State	5	ACT
83	Wes Welker	WR	5-9	185	Texas Tech	1	ACT
84	Chris Chambers	WR	5-11	210	Wisconsin	4	ACT
86	Marty Booker	WR	6-0	205	Louisiana-Monroe	6	ACT
88	Cliff Russell	WR	5-11	190	Utah	3	ACT
81	Randy McMichael	TE	6-3	248	Georgia	3	ACT
85	Will Heller	TE	6-6	275	Georgia Tech	2	ACT
87	Lorenzo Diamond	TE	6-3	260	Auburn	2	ACT
89	Alex Holmes	TE	6-1	265	USC	0	ACT
63	Alonzo Ephraim	C	6-4	312	Alabama	2	ACT
66	Rex Hadnot	C	6-2	310	Houston	1	ACT
68	Seth McKinney	C	6-3	310	Texas A&M	3	RES
20	Kiwaukee Thomas	CB	5-11	188	Georgia Southern	5	ACT
21	Travis Daniels	CB	6-1	195	LSU	0	ACT
25	Reggie Howard	CB	6-0	185	Memphis	5	ACT
29	Sam Madison	CB	5-11	180	Louisville	8	ACT
35	Eddie Jackson	CB	6-0	200	Arkansas	1	ACT
42	Norman LeJeune	DB	6-0	210	LSU	2	ACT
93	Kevin Carter	DE	6-6	305	Florida	10	ACT
96	David Bowens	DE	6-3	265	Western Illinois; Michigan	6	ACT
98	Matt Roth	DE	6-4	275	Iowa	0	ACT
99	Jason Taylor	DE	6-6	244	Akron	8	ACT
75	Manuel Wright	DT	6-5	345	USC; Long Beach City College	0	ACT
76	Josh Shaw	DT	6-3	305	Michigan State	3	CUT
90	Jeff Zgonina	DT	6-2	281	Purdue	12	ACT
91	Vonnie Holliday	DT	6-5	288	North Carolina	7	ACT
65	Joe Berger	G	6-5	305	Michigan Tech University	0	ACT
70	C.J. Brooks	G	6-5	310	Maryland	0	ACT
78	Jeno James	G	6-4	320	Auburn	5	ACT
55	Junior Seau	ILB	6-3	250	USC	15	RES
57	Zeke Moreno	ILB	6-2	235	USC	4	CUT
10	Olindo Mare	K	5-11	185	Syracuse; MacMurray College; Valencia Community College	9	ACT
53	T.J. Hollowell	LB	6-0	235	Nebraska	1	CUT
97	John Denney	LS	6-5	242	BYU; Ricks College	0	ACT
54	Zach Thomas	MLB	5-11	242	Texas Tech	9	ACT
57	Lester Towns	MLB	6-1	245	Washington	5	ACT
92	Mike Labinjo	MLB	6-1	255	Michigan State	1	ACT
94	Keith Traylor	NT	6-2	340	Central Oklahoma; Oklahoma; Coffeyville CC	14	ACT
95	Tim McGill	NT	6-2	330	Illinois	1	CUT
50	Nick Rogers	OLB	6-2	251	Georgia Tech	3	ACT
51	Jason Glenn	OLB	6-0	231	Texas A&M	4	ACT
52	Channing Crowder	OLB	6-2	250	Florida	0	ACT
56	Derrick Pope	OLB	6-0	232	Alabama; Garden City CC	1	ACT
58	Eddie Moore	OLB	6-1	235	Tennessee	2	RES
59	Donnie Spragan	OLB	6-3	242	Stanford; University of U. of Pacific	6	ACT
5	Donnie Jones	P	6-2	221	LSU	1	ACT
24	Tebucky Jones	SS	6-2	220	Syracuse	7	RES
26	Travares Tillman	SS	6-1	205	Georgia Tech	5	ACT
30	Lance Schulters	SS	6-2	202	Hofstra; Nassau CC	7	ACT
37	Yeremiah Bell	SS	6-0	205	Eastern Kentucky	2	ACT
72	Vernon Carey	T	6-5	340	Miami	1	ACT
73	Stockar McDougle	T	6-6	340	Oklahoma; Navarro	5	ACT
77	Damion McIntosh	T	6-4	320	Kansas State	5	ACT
79	Anthony Alabi	T	6-5	315	TCU	0	ACT

Depth chart, week 17

Offense

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
C	Rex Hadnot
LG	Jeno James	C.J. Brooks
LT	Damion McIntosh	Anthony Alabi
QB	Gus Frerotte	Sage Rosenfels	Cleo Lemon
RB	Ronnie Brown	Ricky Williams	Travis Minor
RG	Alonzo Ephraim	Joe Berger
RT	Vernon Carey	Stockar McDougle
TE	Randy McMichael	Lorenzo Diamond	Alex Holmes
WR	Marty Booker	Chris Chambers	Bryan Gilmore

Defense

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
DT	Vonnie Holliday	Jeff Zgonina
FS	Travares Tillman	Norman LeJeune
LCB	Travis Daniels	Reggie Howard
LE	Kevin Carter	Matt Roth
MLB	Zach Thomas	Jason Glenn
NT	Keith Traylor	Manuel Wright
OE	Jason Taylor	David Bowens
RCB	Sam Madison	Eddie Jackson	Kiwaukee Thomas
SLB	Donnie Spragan	Nick Rogers
SS	Lance Schulters	Yeremiah Bell
WLB	Channing Crowder	Derrick Pope	Lester Towns

Special Teams

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
H	Donnie Jones	Gus Frerotte
K	Olindo Mare	Wes Welker
KC	John Denney	Jeff Zgonina
KR	Wes Welker	Travis Minor	Bryan Gilmore
P	Donnie Jones	Olindo Mare
PC	John Denney	Jeff Zgonina
PR	Wes Welker	Marty Booker	Travis Daniels

Biggest contracts on the books in 2005

Player	Pos	Signed	Yrs	Value	Per year	Guaranteed	Cap%
Junior Seau	LB	2003	4	$15.1M	$3.8M	$3.3M	5.0%
Junior Seau	LB	2005	2	$3.2M	$1.6M	$0	1.9%
Wade Smith	LG	2003	4	$2.0M	$495,625	$612,500	0.7%
Donnie Jones	P	2005	2	$770,000	$385,000	$0	0.5%
Wes Welker	WR	2004	3	$920,000	$306,667	$0	0.4%
Kevin Vickerson	IDL	2005	2	$571,000	$285,500	$31,000	0.3%

Contracts whose term covers this season (Over The Cap, via nflverse). Cap% is against the cap of the signing year.

Trades in 2005 (5)

Date	Trade
2005-04-23	KC → MIA: 2005 round 2 pick 46, 2005 round 5 pick 162 MIA → KC: Patrick Surtain, 2005 round 5 pick 138
2005-08-04	MIA → SEA: Ronald Flemons SEA → MIA: Kris Richard
2005-08-29	CHI → MIA: John Owens MIA → CHI: Brendon Ayanbadejo
2005-10-11	MIA → NOR: Jesse Chatman NOR → MIA: 2005 round None
2005-10-18	MIA → SDG: A.J. Feeley SDG → MIA: Cleo Lemon