| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos (4-8-1) | 7 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 24 |
| Miami Dolphins (3-9-1) | 7 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 27 |
| Game Info | |
|---|---|
| Stadium | Orange Bowl |
| Surface | grass |
| Weather | 74 degrees, relative humidity 71%, wind 16 mph |
| Vegas Line | Pick |
| Over/Under | 0.0 (over) |
| DEN | MIA | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Broncos | Floyd Little 67 yard pass from Steve Tensi (Bobby Howfield kick) | 7 | 0 |
| Dolphins | Larry Seiple 9 yard pass from Rick Norton (Karl Kremser kick) | 7 | 7 | |
| 2nd | Dolphins | Larry Seiple 4 yard pass from Rick Norton (Karl Kremser kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 3rd | Dolphins | Karl Kremser 34 yard field goal | 7 | 17 |
| Broncos | Bobby Howfield 41 yard field goal | 10 | 17 | |
| Broncos | George Burrell 38 yard interception return (Bobby Howfield kick) | 17 | 17 | |
| 4th | Dolphins | Jim Kiick 1 yard rush (Karl Kremser kick) | 17 | 24 |
| Dolphins | Karl Kremser 15 yard field goal | 17 | 27 | |
| Broncos | John Embree 3 yard pass from Steve Tensi (Bobby Howfield kick) | 24 | 27 |
| DEN | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 13 | 20 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 21-68-0 | 39-146-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 13-31-183-2-2 | 14-27-123-2-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-7 | 4-47 |
| Net pass yards | 176 | 76 |
| Total yards | 244 | 222 |
| Fumbles-lost | 3-2 | 2-2 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 4-58 | 4-36 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Floyd Little | DEN | 8 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 58 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Steve Tensi | DEN | 13 | 31 | 183 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | -7 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| John Embree | DEN | 6 | 63 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Fran Lynch | DEN | 12 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Wandy Williams | DEN | 2 | 28 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Chuck Pastrana | DEN | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Larry Csonka | MIA | 16 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Jim Kiick | MIA | 20 | 71 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Rick Norton | MIA | 14 | 27 | 123 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Larry Seiple | MIA | 5 | 49 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Karl Noonan | MIA | 3 | 37 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Gene Milton | MIA | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mercury Morris | MIA | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| George Burrell | DEN | 1 | 38 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Bill Thompson | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Wandy Williams | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 74 | 24.7 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Tom Beier | MIA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Mercury Morris | MIA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 99 | 24.8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Lloyd Mumphord | MIA | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Gus Hollomon | DEN | 6 | 247 | 41.2 | 0 | ||||
| Bobby Howfield | DEN | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Karl Kremser | MIA | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Larry Seiple | MIA | 6 | 288 | 48.0 | 0 | ||||