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, being eliminated from playoff contention by week 15 after the Chargers and Steelers won, 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.
Offseason NFL draft
NFL supplemental draft
Notable undrafted free agent
Staff
Roster
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 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 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
Game summaries Week 1: vs. Denver Broncos
Week 2: at New York Jets
Week 3: vs. Carolina Panthers
Week 5: at Buffalo Bills
Week 6: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Week 7: vs. Kansas City Chiefs
Week 8: at New Orleans Saints
Week 9: vs. Atlanta Falcons
Week 10: vs. New England Patriots
Week 11: at Cleveland Browns
Week 12: at Oakland Raiders
Week 13: vs. Buffalo Bills
Week 14: at San Diego Chargers
Week 15: vs. New York Jets
Week 16: vs. Tennessee Titans
Week 17: at New England Patriots
Standings
References