1993
January 10
The Dolphins earn a 31-0 win over the San Diego Chargers in the AFC Divisional Playoffs before a crowd of 71,224 at Joe Robbie Stadium. Miami's 31-point margin of victory is the largest by the team in a playoff game. The previous largest margin of victory in the post-season by the Dolphins was three 21-point wins as Miami had a 21-0 win over the Baltimore Colts on Jan. 2, 1972; a 34-13 win over the San Diego Chargers on Jan. 16, 1983; and a 31-10 win over the Seattle Seahawks on Dec. 29, 1984.
January 17
The 1992 season comes to a close. Miami suffers five turnovers (two interceptions and three fumbles) as the team drops a 29-10 decision to the Buffalo Bills in the AFC Championship contest before a crowd of 72,703 at Joe Robbie Stadium. The attendance of 72,703 marks the largest crowd to witness a Dolphin game at JRS. The previous high was 71,224 which was set the previous week on January 10 to witness the Dolphins' 31-0 win over San Diego in an AFC Divisional Playoff game.
January 26
Kim Helton is named the team's offensive line coach. John Sandusky, who served as assistant head coach/offensive line, remains with the team as assistant head coach and assumes the responsibility of coaching the tight ends. In addition, assistant offensive line coach Dwight Stephenson resigns to pursue his interests in the construction and real estate business.
January 30
Former Dolphins great Larry Little is among a group of five named to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The former Dolphin guard becomes the fifth player in Miami history to earn the honor, joining RB Larry Csonka, QB Bob Griese, C Jim Langer and WR Paul Warfield.
February 7
The Dolphin coaching staff leads the AFC to a 23-20 overtime win over the NFC in the Pro Bowl contest played in Honolulu, Hawaii.
February 11
Mike Shula resigns as a coaches assistant and is named as tight end coach of the Chicago Bears.
February 22
Tony Nathan, who spent the past five years as a coaches' assistant on the Miami Dolphins coaching staff, is promoted to offensive backs coach. In addition, Carl Taseff, who served as the team's offensive backs coach since joining the Dolphins in 1970, will become more active in other areas of the football operation, including personnel scouting and evaluation, and will maintain a continued involvement in various coaching responsibilities.
May 21
Kim Helton resigns as offensive line coach to become head coach at the University of Houston. John Sandusky, who served as offensive line coach from 1976-92, resumes his offensive line coaching responsibilities.
June 1
Rich McGeorge is named as assistant offensive line/tight ends coach of the Dolphins.
June 4
Dolphins hold last practice session at St. Thomas University, which had served as host to team's training facility since July 12, 1970.
July 11
Ribbon cutting ceremonies officially open the Dolphins' new training facility on campus of Nova University in Davie, Fla.
September 12
Dan Marino surpasses the 40,000-yard passing mark during Miami's 24-14 loss to the N.Y. Jets. He joins Fran Tarkenton (47,003), Dan Fouts (43,040) and Johnny Unitas (40,239) as the only quarterbacks to gain 40,000 passing yards. Marino attains the 40,000-yard mark in only 153 regular-season games and accomplishes the feat faster than any QB in league history. The previous record for fastest ascent to 40,000 yards was 168 games by Dan Fouts.
October 10
Scott Mitchell comes off the bench and replaces an injured Dan Marino (torn Achilles in right foot) and throws a pair of touchdown passes to lead the Dolphins to a 24-14 win at the Cleveland Browns. Mitchell enters the game just before halftime and completes 10 of 16 passes for 118 yards with two touchdowns and an interception. Mitchell is named as AFC Offensive Player of the Week for his performance against the Browns. Marino is placed on Injured Reserve on October 13 and misses the remainder of the season.
October 24
Dan Marino misses his first starting assignment in 145 consecutive non-replacement regular season games as Miami earns a 41-27 win over Indianapolis. The games marks the first career NFL start at quarterback for Scott Mitchell as he hits on 12 of 19 passes for 190 yards with a touchdown. Mitchell becomes the eighth player to start at quarterback for the Dolphins since Don Shula was named head coach in 1970.
October 31
Don Shula wins the 324th game of his coaching career and ties George Halas for the all-time record for most wins by an NFL head coach as Miami earns a 30-10 win over the Kansas City Chiefs. Shula achieves the coaching milestone in his 31st year (482nd game) of his NFL coaching career as compared to 40 seasons (506 games) for Halas to accomplish the feat. On the field, Scott Mitchell throws for 344 yards and three touchdowns and becomes the first Dolphin quarterback other than Dan Marino to pass for over 300 yards and throw three or more touchdown passes since David Woodley gained 408 yards and threw three scores on October 25, 1981, at the Dallas Cowboys.
November 14
The Dolphins endure another quarterback injury as Scott Mitchell suffers a separated shoulder during Miami's 19-14 win at Philadelphia. The win enables Don Shula to record the 325th triumph of his coaching career as he becomes the winningest coach in NFL history surpassing George Halas. In the contest, Doug Pederson replaces Mitchell and enters the game in the third quarter with Miami trailing 14-13. He guides the Dolphins to a pair of field goals and the defense holds the Eagles scoreless in the second half to garner the victory.
November 21
Steve DeBerg becomes the third player to start at quarterback for the Dolphins in 1993 as he throws for 252 yards and a pair of touchdowns to lead Miami to a 17-13 win over New England. DeBerg, the NFL's oldest player, had joined the team just 11 days prior to the Pats game and was forced into his first start in place of the injured Scott Mitchell.
November 25
The Dolphins post a come-from-behind 16-14 win over the defending and eventual Super Bowl champion Dallas Cowboys on Thanksgiving Day on a sleet covered field at Texas Stadium. Miami improves 3-0 on Thanksgiving as the team had posted victories at St. Louis (55-14 on November 24, 1977) and at Dallas (14-7 on November 22, 1973). In the contest, Miami trails 14-13 with just 15 seconds left in regulation and Pete Stoyanovich's 41-yard field goal attempt for the win is blocked by the Cowboys' Jimmie Jones. However, Dallas' Leon Lett attempts to pick up the loose ball and fumbles and Miami's Jeff Dellenbach recovers the ball on the one-yard line with three seconds remaining. Stoyanovich converts on his second chance and boots a 19-yard field goal on the game's final play to win the contest. The win improves Miami's record to an NFL best 9-2, but the team will fail to win another game during the remainder of the season.
December 13
During halftime ceremonies of Miami's 21-20 loss to Pittsburgh, former Dolphin
great and Hall of Famer Larry Little is honored and inducted into the Dolphin
Honor Roll.
December 14
Don Shula is named Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year. He is the first professional coach to receive the honor.
