2005 Miami Dolphins season

2005 Miami Dolphins season
Head coach	Nick Saban
Owner	Wayne Huizenga
Home field	Dolphins Stadium
Results
Record	9–7
Division place	2nd AFC East
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Pro Bowlers	WR 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. 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 Owner/Chairman of the Board – Wayne Huizenga Chief Executive Officer – Joe Bailey Executive Vice President/Chief Operating Officer – Bryan Wiedmeier General Manager – Randy Mueller Head coaches Head Coach – Nick Saban Assistant Head Coach/Offense/Wide Receivers – Charlie Baggett Assistant Head Coach/Defense – Will Muschamp Offensive coaches Offensive Coordinator – Scott Linehan Quarterbacks – Jason Garrett Running Backs – Bobby Williams Tight Ends – Derek Dooley Offensive Line – Hudson Houck Assistant Offensive Line – Tim Davis Offensive Quality Control – Judd Garrett Offensive Assistant – James Coley			Defensive coaches Defensive Coordinator – Richard Smith Defensive Line – Dan Quinn Assistant Defensive Line – Travis Jones Linebackers – George Edwards Secondary – Mel Phillips Defensive Quality Control – Glenn Pires Special teams coaches Special Teams – Keith Armstrong Special Teams Assistant – Dameyune Craig 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 11 Gus Frerotte 18 Sage Rosenfels Running backs 23 Ronnie Brown 28 Travis Minor 31 Sammy Morris 34 Ricky Williams Wide receivers 86 Marty Booker 82 Bryan Gilmore 84 Chris Chambers 83 Wes Welker Tight ends 89 Alex Holmes 81 Randy McMichael 87 Lorenzo Diamond		Offensive linemen 79 Anthony Alabi T 65 Joe Berger T 72 Vernon Carey T 73 Stockar McDougle G 66 Rex Hadnot G 77 Damion McIntosh T 68 Seth McKinney C Defensive linemen 96 David Bowens DE 93 Kevin Carter DE 91 Vonnie Holliday DE 98 Matt Roth DE 99 Jason Taylor DE 94 Keith Traylor DT 90 Jeff Zgonina DT		Linebackers 52 Channing Crowder ILB 51 Jason Glenn 56 Derrick Pope OLB 59 Donnie Spragan OLB 54 Zach Thomas ILB Defensive backs 37 Yeremiah Bell SS 21 Travis Daniels CB 29 Sam Madison CB 30 Lance Schulters FS 20 Kiwaukee Thomas CB 26 Travares Tillman Special teams 97 John Denney LS  5 Donnie Jones P 10 Olindo Mare K		Reserve lists 24 Tebucky Jones SS (IR) 55 Junior Seau OLB (IR) 80 David Boston WR (IR) Practice squad Rookies in italics Active, Inactive, 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	TV	Attendance
1	September 11, 2005	Denver Broncos	W 34–10	CBS	72,324
2	September 18, 2005	at New York Jets	L 17–7	CBS	77,918
3	September 25, 2005	Carolina Panthers	W 27–24	FOX	72,288
4	Bye
5	October 9, 2005	at Buffalo Bills	L 20–14	CBS	72,160
6	October 16, 2005	at Tampa Bay Buccaneers	L 27–13	CBS	65,168
7	October 21, 2005	Kansas City Chiefs	L 30–20	CBS	68,350
8	October 30, 2005	at New Orleans Saints (Baton Rouge)	W 21–6	CBS	61,643
9	November 6, 2005	Atlanta Falcons	L 17–10	FOX	72,187
10	November 13, 2005	New England Patriots	L 23–16	CBS	73,405
11	November 20, 2005	at Cleveland Browns	L 22–0	CBS	72,773
12	November 27, 2005	at Oakland Raiders	W 33–21	CBS	49,097
13	December 4, 2005	Buffalo Bills	W 24–23	CBS	72,051
14	December 11, 2005	at San Diego Chargers	W 23–21	CBS	65,026
15	December 18, 2005	New York Jets	W 24–20	CBS	72,650
16	December 24, 2005	Tennessee Titans	W 24–10	CBS	72,001
17	January 1, 2006	at New England Patriots	W 28–26	CBS	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