1978 Miami Dolphins Team Info
| League | Coach | Record | Postseason Record | Division Standing | End of Season |
| National Football League (NFL) | Don Shula (11-5) | 11-5 | 0-1 | Finished 1st in the NFL’s American Football Conference East Division | Lost Wild Card |
Roster
| Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College |
| John Alexander | DE | November 12, 1955 | 6’2′ | 250 | Rutgers |
| Terry Anderson | WR | January 10, 1955 | 5’9′ | 182 | Bethune-Cookman |
| Charlie Babb | DB | February 4, 1950 | 6’0′ | 190 | Memphis |
| Larry Ball | LB | September 27, 1949 | 6’6′ | 232 | Louisville |
| Carl Barisich | DT-NT | July 12, 1951 | 6’4′ | 258 | Princeton |
| Bob Baumhower | NT | August 4, 1955 | 6’5′ | 261 | Alabama |
| Guy Benjamin | QB | June 27, 1955 | 6’4′ | 210 | Stanford |
| Doug Betters | DE | June 11, 1956 | 6’7′ | 262 | Montana |
| Kim Bokamper | DE-LB | September 25, 1954 | 6’6′ | 245 | Concordia (MN) |
| Jim Braxton | RB | May 23, 1949 | 6’1′ | 243 | West Virginia |
| Norm Bulaich | RB | December 25, 1946 | 6’1′ | 218 | TCU |
| Jimmy Cefalo | WR | October 5, 1955 | 5’11’ | 190 | Penn St. |
| Rusty Chambers | LB | November 10, 1953 | 6’1′ | 218 | Tulane |
| Sean Clancy | LB | October 22, 1956 | 6’4′ | 218 | Amherst |
| Charles Cornelius | DB | July 27, 1952 | 5’9′ | 176 | Bethune-Cookman |
| Mike Current | T | September 17, 1945 | 6’5′ | 274 | Ohio St. |
| Gary Davis | RB | September 7, 1954 | 5’10’ | 202 | Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo |
| Vern Den Herder | DE-NT | November 28, 1948 | 6’6′ | 250 | Central College (IA) |
| A.J. Duhe | LB-DE | November 27, 1955 | 6’4′ | 247 | LSU |
| Tim Foley | DB | January 22, 1948 | 6’0′ | 194 | Purdue |
| Larry Gordon | LB | July 8, 1953 | 6’4′ | 230 | Arizona St. |
| Bob Griese | QB | February 3, 1945 | 6’1′ | 190 | Purdue |
| Bruce Hardy | TE-WR-QB | June 1, 1956 | 6’5′ | 235 | Arizona St. |
| Duriel Harris | WR | November 27, 1954 | 5’11’ | 179 | New Mexico St. |
| Leroy Harris | RB | July 3, 1954 | 5’9′ | 226 | Arkansas St. |
| Curtis Johnson | DB | June 22, 1948 | 6’1′ | 196 | Toledo |
| Bob Kuechenberg | G-T-C | October 14, 1947 | 6’2′ | 253 | Notre Dame |
| Eric Laakso | T-G | November 29, 1956 | 6’4′ | 285 | Tulane |
| Jim Langer | C-G | May 16, 1948 | 6’2′ | 250 | South Dakota St. |
| Larry Little | G-T | November 2, 1945 | 6’1′ | 265 | Bethune-Cookman |
| Benny Malone | RB | February 3, 1952 | 5’10’ | 193 | Arizona St. |
| Bob Matheson | LB | November 25, 1944 | 6’4′ | 238 | Duke |
| Loaird McCreary | TE-WR | March 15, 1953 | 6’5′ | 227 | Tennessee St. |
| Melvin Mitchell | G-C-T | February 21, 1953 | 6’3′ | 260 | Tennessee St. |
| Nat Moore | WR-RB | September 19, 1951 | 5’9′ | 184 | Tenn-Martin |
| Wayne Moore | T | August 17, 1945 | 6’6′ | 265 | Lamar |
| Ed Newman | G | June 4, 1951 | 6’2′ | 245 | Florida Atlantic |
| Wally Pesuit | G-C-T-DE | March 4, 1954 | 6’4′ | 252 | Kentucky |
| Bo Rather | WR | October 7, 1950 | 6’1′ | 184 | Michigan |
| Earnest Rhone | LB | August 20, 1953 | 6’2′ | 220 | Henderson St. |
| George Roberts | P | June 10, 1955 | 6’0′ | 181 | Virginia Tech |
| Bob Simpson | DE | March 29, 1954 | 6’5′ | 235 | Colorado |
| Gerald Small | DB | August 10, 1956 | 5’11’ | 192 | San Jose St. |
| Don Strock | QB | November 27, 1950 | 6’5′ | 220 | Virginia Tech |
| Norris Thomas | DB | May 3, 1954 | 6’0′ | 180 | Southern Miss |
| Andre Tillman | TE | November 1, 1952 | 6’4′ | 230 | Texas Tech |
| Steve Towle | LB | October 23, 1953 | 6’2′ | 233 | Kansas |
| Rick Volk | DB | March 15, 1945 | 6’3′ | 195 | Michigan |
| Delvin Williams | RB | April 17, 1951 | 6’0′ | 195 | Kansas |
| Garo Yepremian | K | June 2, 1944 | 5’8′ | 175 | none |