1992 record: 11-5, tied for 1st in AFC East.
Playoffs: Beat Chargers 31-0 in divisional playoff; lost to Bills 29-10 in AFC championship.
Coach: Don Shula.
Record with team: 244-124.
Top players: QB Dan Marino (4,116 passing, 24 TDs, 16 ints), RB Mark Higgs (915 rushing, 7 TDs), TE Keith Jackson (48 catches, 5 TDs), T Richmond Webb, DE Marco Coleman, LB Bryan Cox, LB John Offerdahl, CB Troy Vincent, K Pete Stoyanovich (124 points).
Top newcomers: RB Terry Kirby, RB Keith Byars, WRs Irving Fryar, Mark Ingram, O.J. McDuffie, T Ron Heller.
Key stat: Dolphins were second in passing yards per game (248) but 24th in rushing (95).
Extra points: Miami faces an overhaul on offense with Mark Clayton and Mark Duper gone. Webb is the cornerstone of sometimes erratic offensive line. Miami has improved drastically on defense with the addition of Coleman and Vincent and emergence of Bryan Cox, one of the NFL’s most underrated linebackers.
’93 schedule
Sept. 5 at IndianapolisWL noon
Sept. 12 New York JetsWL 3 p.m.
Sept. 19 Open date
Sept. 26 at BuffaloWL noon
Oct. 4 WashingtonWL 8 p.m.
Oct. 10 at ClevelandWL noon
Oct. 17 Open date
Oct. 24 IndianapolisWL 7:30 p.m.
Oct. 31 Kansas CityWL noon
Nov. 7 at New York JetsWL 3 p.m.
Nov. 14 at PhiladelphiaWL noon
Nov. 21 New EnglandWL noon
Nov. 25 at DallasWL 3 p.m.
Dec. 5 New York GiantsWL 3 p.m.
Dec. 13 PittsburghWL 8 p.m.
Dec. 19 BuffaloWL noon
Dec. 27 at San DiegoWL 8 p.m.
Jan. 2 at New EnglandWL noon