List of Miami Dolphins seasons

This is a list of seasons completed by the National Football League (NFL)'s Miami Dolphins, an American football franchise based in the Miami metropolitan area. The list documents the season-by-season records of the Dolphins franchise from 1966 to present, including postseason records, and league awards for individual players or head coaches.

Although the Miami Dolphins were not successful before joining the NFL, from 1970 when they played their first season after the AFL–NFL merger until 2001 they were one of the most successful teams in the league, playing in the postseason on 22 occasions over those 32 years and winning 273 and tying two of 528 games for an overall win percentage of 63.6. Early in this period the Dolphins won their only two Super Bowls in consecutive seasons, in the process achieving the only modern-day perfect season in any major professional sports league during only their third year in the NFL. Much of this success was orchestrated by coach Don Shula who joined the team in 1970 and stayed with them until his retirement in 1995.

After Shula retired in 1995, the Dolphins remained a force for six years under successors Jimmy Johnson and Dave Wannstedt, but since 2002 and especially since 2004 have fallen on harder times, reaching the postseason only twice in the twelve seasons since, and during the mid-2000s, briefly intensified the Dolphins-Patriots rivalry, when Nick Saban, a former Bill Belichick assistant was hired as the Dolphins head coach in 2005 and when he nearly signed quarterback Drew Brees with the Dolphins the following year. In 2007, if not for their overtime victory over the Baltimore Ravens, would've suffered an imperfect season, a year before the Detroit Lions became the first team to go winless since the NFL expanded to a 16-game schedule. That same season, the Dolphins became the first team in NFL history to win their division following a 1-15 season, and until 2020, marked the last non-Patriot division title in the AFC East. Since 2000 (the last season they won a playoff game), the Dolphins made the postseason 3 times, but never progressed past the Wild Card round.

For complete team history, see History of the Miami Dolphins.

Seasons
Super Bowl champions (1970–present) Conference champions Division champions Wild Card berth One-game playoff berth
Franchise records according to Pro-Football-Reference.com[1]
Season Team League Conference Division Regular season Postseason results Awards Head coaches
Finish W L T
1966 1966 AFL Eastern 5th 3 11 0 George Wilson
1967 1967 AFL Eastern 4th 4 10 0
1968 1968 AFL Eastern 3rd 5 8 1
1969 1969 AFL Eastern 5th 3 10 1
1970 1970 NFL AFC East 2nd 10 4 0 Lost Divisional Playoffs (at Raiders) 21–14 Don Shula
1971 1971 NFL AFC East 1st 10 3 1 Won Divisional Playoffs (at Chiefs) 27–24 (2 OT)
Won AFC Championship (Colts) 21–0
Lost Super Bowl VI (vs. Cowboys) 24–3
1972 1972 NFL AFC East 1st 14 0 0 Won Divisional Playoffs (Browns) 20–14
Won AFC Championship (at Steelers) 21–17
Won Super Bowl VII (1) (vs. Redskins) 14–7		 Don Shula (COY)
Jake Scott (SB MVP)
Earl Morrall (CBPOY)
1973 1973 NFL AFC East 1st 12 2 0 Won Divisional Playoffs (Bengals) 34–16
Won AFC Championship (Raiders) 27–10
Won Super Bowl VIII (2) (vs. Vikings) 24–7		 Dick Anderson (DPOY)
Larry Csonka (SB MVP)
Garo Yepremian (PB MVP)
1974 1974 NFL AFC East 1st 11 3 0 Lost Divisional Playoffs (at Raiders) 28–26
1975 1975 NFL AFC East 2nd 10 4 0
1976 1976 NFL AFC East 3rd 6 8 0
1977 1977 NFL AFC East 2nd 10 4 0 A. J. Duhe (DROY)
1978 1978 NFL AFC East 2nd 11 5 0 Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Oilers) 17–9
1979 1979 NFL AFC East 1st 10 6 0 Lost Divisional Playoffs (at Steelers) 34–14 Larry Csonka (CBPOY)
1980 1980 NFL AFC East 3rd 8 8 0
1981 1981 NFL AFC East 1st 11 4 1 Lost Divisional Playoffs (Chargers) 41–38 (OT)
1982 1982 NFL AFC 2nd1 7 2 0 Won First Round Playoffs (Patriots) 28–13
Won Second Round Playoffs (Chargers) 34–13
Won AFC Championship (Jets) 14–0
Lost Super Bowl XVII (vs. Redskins) 27–17
1983 1983 NFL AFC East 1st 12 4 0 Lost Divisional Playoffs (Seahawks) 27–20 Doug Betters (DPOY)
1984 1984 NFL AFC East 1st 14 2 0 Won Divisional Playoffs (Seahawks) 31–10
Won AFC Championship (Steelers) 45–28
Lost Super Bowl XIX (vs. 49ers) 38–16		 Dan Marino (MVP, OPOY)
1985 1985 NFL AFC East 1st 12 4 0 Won Divisional Playoffs (Browns) 24–21
Lost AFC Championship (Patriots) 31–14		 Dwight Stephenson (WPMOY)
1986 1986 NFL AFC East 3rd 8 8 0
1987 1987 NFL AFC East 3rd 8 7 0 Troy Stradford (OROY)
1988 1988 NFL AFC East 5th 6 10 0
1989 1989 NFL AFC East 3rd 8 8 0
1990 1990 NFL AFC East 2nd 12 4 0 Won Wild Card Playoffs (Chiefs) 17–16
Lost Divisional Playoffs (at Bills) 44–34
1991 1991 NFL AFC East 3rd 8 8 0
1992 1992 NFL AFC East 1st 11 5 0 Won Divisional Playoffs (Chargers) 31–0
Lost AFC Championship (Bills) 29–10
1993 1993 NFL AFC East 2nd 9 7 0
1994 1994 NFL AFC East 1st 10 6 0 Won Wild Card Playoffs (Chiefs) 27–17
Lost Divisional Playoffs (at Chargers) 22–21		 Tim Bowens (DROY)
Dan Marino (CBPOY)
1995 1995 NFL AFC East 3rd 9 7 0 Lost Wild Card Playoffs (at Bills) 37–22
1996 1996 NFL AFC East 4th 8 8 0 Jimmy Johnson
1997 1997 NFL AFC East 2nd 9 7 0 Lost Wild Card Playoffs (at Patriots) 17–3
1998 1998 NFL AFC East 2nd 10 6 0 Won Wild Card Playoffs (Bills) 24–17
Lost Divisional Playoffs (at Broncos) 38–3		 Dan Marino (WPMOY)
1999 1999 NFL AFC East 3rd 9 7 0 Won Wild Card Playoffs (at Seahawks) 20–17
Lost Divisional Playoffs (at Jaguars) 62–7
2000 2000 NFL AFC East 1st 11 5 0 Won Wild Card Playoffs (Colts) 23–17 (OT)
Lost Divisional Playoffs (at Raiders) 27–0		 Dave Wannstedt
2001 2001 NFL AFC East 2nd 11 5 0 Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Ravens) 20–3
2002 2002 NFL AFC East 3rd 9 7 0 Ricky Williams (PB MVP)
2003 2003 NFL AFC East 2nd 10 6 0
2004 2004 NFL AFC East 4th 4 12 0 Dave Wannstedt (1–8)
Jim Bates (3–4)
2005 2005 NFL AFC East 2nd 9 7 0 Nick Saban
2006 2006 NFL AFC East 4th 6 10 0 Jason Taylor (DPOY)
2007 2007 NFL AFC East 4th 1 15 0 Jason Taylor (WPMOY) Cam Cameron
2008 2008 NFL AFC East 1st 11 5 0 Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Ravens) 27–9 Chad Pennington (CBPOY) Tony Sparano
2009 2009 NFL AFC East 3rd 7 9 0
2010 2010 NFL AFC East 3rd 7 9 0
2011 2011 NFL AFC East 3rd 6 10 0 Brandon Marshall (PB MVP) Tony Sparano (4–9)
Todd Bowles (2–1)
2012 2012 NFL AFC East 2nd 7 9 0 Joe Philbin
2013 2013 NFL AFC East 3rd 8 8 0
2014 2014 NFL AFC East 3rd 8 8 0
2015 2015 NFL AFC East 4th 6 10 0 Joe Philbin (1–3)
Dan Campbell (5–7)
2016 2016 NFL AFC East 2nd 10 6 0 Lost Wild Card Playoffs (at Steelers) 30–12 Adam Gase
2017 2017 NFL AFC East 3rd 6 10 0
2018 2018 NFL AFC East 2nd 7 9 0
2019 2019 NFL AFC East 4th 5 11 0 Brian Flores
2020 2020 NFL AFC East 2nd 10 6 0
Totals 467 377 4 All-time regular season record (1966–2020)
20 21 0 All-time postseason record (1966–2020)
477 392 4 All-time regular & postseason record (1966–2020)

Note: Statistics are correct through the end of the 2020 NFL season.

1 Due to a strike-shortened season in 1982, all teams were ranked by conference instead of division.

References
  1. "Miami Dolphins Franchise Encyclopedia". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2019-01-04.
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