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2005 Miami Dolphins season
Owner Wayne Huizenga
Head coach Nick Saban
Home field Dolphins Stadium
Results
Record9–7
Division place2nd AFC East
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Pro BowlersWR Chris Chambers
DE Jason Taylor
LB Zach Thomas

The 2005 Miami Dolphins season was the franchise’s 40th overall, the 36th as a member of the National Football League. The Dolphins managed to improve upon their previous season’s output of 4–12, posting a winning record of 9–7. [1] They finished the season on a six-game win streak and ended their season with an upset over the defending back-to-back Super Bowl champion New England Patriots, the Dolphins' second straight year beating them as defending champions.

Staff

2005 Miami Dolphins staff

Front office

Head coaches

Offensive coaches

Defensive coaches

Special teams coaches

Strength and conditioning

  • Strength and conditioning – John Gamble
  • Associate strength and conditioning – Bert Hill
  • Assistant strength and conditioning – Eric Fears

Roster

2005 Miami Dolphins final roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

Reserve lists


Practice squad


Rookies in italics
53 active, 12 inactive, 8 practice squad

Schedule

In addition to their regular games with AFC East rivals, the Dolphins played teams from the AFC West and NFC South as per the schedule rotation, and also played intraconference games against the Browns and the Titans based on divisional positions from 2004.

Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance
1 September 11 Denver Broncos W 34–10 1–0 Dolphins Stadium 72,324
2 September 18 at New York Jets L 7–17 1–1 Giants Stadium 77,918
3 September 25 Carolina Panthers W 27–24 2–1 Dolphins Stadium 72,288
4 Bye
5 October 9 at Buffalo Bills L 14–20 2–2 Ralph Wilson Stadium 72,160
6 October 16 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers L 13–27 2–3 Raymond James Stadium 65,168
7 October 21 Kansas City Chiefs L 20–30 2–4 Dolphins Stadium 68,350
8 October 30 at New Orleans Saints W 21–6 3–4 Tiger Stadium 61,643
9 November 6 Atlanta Falcons L 10–17 3–5 Dolphins Stadium 72,187
10 November 13 New England Patriots L 16–23 3–6 Dolphins Stadium 73,405
11 November 20 at Cleveland Browns L 0–22 3–7 Cleveland Browns Stadium 72,773
12 November 27 at Oakland Raiders W 33–21 4–7 McAfee Stadium 49,097
13 December 4 Buffalo Bills W 24–23 5–7 Dolphins Stadium 72,051
14 December 11 at San Diego Chargers W 23–21 6–7 Qualcomm Stadium 65,026
15 December 18 New York Jets W 24–20 7–7 Dolphins Stadium 72,650
16 December 24 Tennessee Titans W 24–10 8–7 Dolphins Stadium 72,001
17 January 1 at New England Patriots W 28–26 9–7 Gillette Stadium 68,756

Standings

AFC East
W L T PCT DIV CONF PF PA STK
(4) New England Patriots 10 6 0 .625 5–1 7–5 379 338 L1
Miami Dolphins 9 7 0 .563 3–3 7–5 318 317 W6
Buffalo Bills 5 11 0 .313 2–4 5–7 271 367 L1
New York Jets 4 12 0 .250 2–4 3–9 240 355 W1

References

  1. ^ "2005 Miami Dolphins Statistics & Players". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved August 10, 2011.