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1992 Miami Dolphins season
Head Coach Don Shula
Home Field Joe Robbie Stadium
Results
Record 11–5
Place 1st AFC East
Playoff Finish Lost AFC Championship Game
Timeline
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1991 1993

Offseason[]

NFL Draft[]

Pick # NFL Team Player Position College
7 Miami Dolphins Troy Vincent Defensive Back Wisconsin
12 Miami Dolphins Marco Coleman Linebacker Georgia Tech

Personnel[]

Staff[]

1992 Miami Dolphins final staff
Front Office
  • President – Tim Robbie
  • Executive Vice President/General Manager – Eddie Jones
  • Assistant General Manager – Bryan Wiedmeier
  • Director of Player Personnel – Tom Heckert, Sr.
  • Director of College Scouting – Tom Braatz

Head Coaches

  • Head Coach – Don Shula
  • Assistant Head Coach/Offensive Line – John Sandusky

Offensive Coaches

  • Offense/Quarterbacks – Gary Stevens
  • Offensive Backs – Carl Taseff
  • Wide Receivers – Larry Seiple
  • Assistant Offensive Line – Dwight Stephenson
  • Coaches’ Assistant – Tony Nathan
  • Coaches’ Assistant – Mike Shula
  Defensive Coaches
  • Defense – Tom Olivadotti
  • Defensive Line – Joe Greene
  • Linebackers – George Hill
  • Defensive Backs – Mel Phillips

Special Teams Coaches

  • Special Teams – Mike Westhoff

Strength and Conditioning

  • Strength and Conditioning – Junior Wade

Regular season[]

Schedule[]

Week Date Opponent Result Attendance
1 Bye
2 September 14, 1992 at Cleveland Browns W 27–23
74,765
3 September 20, 1992 Los Angeles Rams W 26–10
55,945
4 September 27, 1992 at Seattle Seahawks W 19–17
59,374
5 October 4, 1992 at Buffalo Bills W 37–10
80,368
6 October 11, 1992 Atlanta Falcons W 21–17
68,633
7 October 18, 1992 New England Patriots W 38–17
57,282
8 October 25, 1992 Indianapolis Colts L 31–20
61,117
9 November 1, 1992 at New York Jets L 26–14
69,313
10 November 8, 1992 at Indianapolis Colts W 28–0
59,892
11 November 16, 1992 Buffalo Bills L 26–20
70,629
12 November 22, 1992 Houston Oilers W 19–16
63,597
13 November 29, 1992 at New Orleans Saints L 24–13
68,591
14 December 6, 1992 at San Francisco 49ers L 27–3
58,474
15 December 14, 1992 Los Angeles Raiders W 20–7
67,098
16 December 20, 1992 New York Jets W 19–17
68,275
17 December 27, 1992 at New England Patriots W 16–13
34,726

Standings[]

Template:1992 AFC East standings

Playoffs[]

AFC Divisional Playoff[]

Miami Dolphins 31, San Diego Chargers 0
1 2 3 4 Total
Chargers 0 0 0 0 0
Dolphins 0 21 0 10 31

at Joe Robbie Stadium, Miami, Florida

  • Game time: 4:00 p.m. EST
  • Game weather: Template:Convert/°F, rain
  • Game attendance: 71,224
  • Referee: Johnny Grier
  • TV announcers (NBC): Dick Enberg and Bob Trumpy

As the Dolphins defense shut out the Chargers, holding San Diego quarterback Stan Humphries to just 18 of 44 completions for 140 yards and intercepting him four times. Dolphins quarterback Dan Marino threw 3 touchdown passes in the second quarter. All of Marino's touchdowns were set up by interceptions.

AFC Championship Game[]

Buffalo Bills 29, Miami Dolphins 10
1 2 3 4 Total
Bills 3 10 10 6 29
Dolphins 3 0 0 7 10

at Joe Robbie Stadium, Miami, Florida

  • Game time: 12:30 p.m. EST
  • Game weather: Template:Convert/°F, clear
  • Game attendance: 72,703
  • Referee: Bob McElwee
  • TV announcers (NBC): Dick Enberg and Bob Trumpy

The Bills intercepted Dolphins quarterback Dan Marino twice, recovered 3 fumbles, forced 4 sacks, and held Miami to just 33 rushing yards.

Awards and honors[]

  • Dan Marino, AFC Pro Bowl Selection
  • Dan Marino, All-Pro Selection

References[]

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