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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Boston Patriots at Miami Dolphins - December 6th, 1970
Boston Patriots 20 at Miami Dolphins 37
Sunday, December 6, 1970
Boston Patriots 20, Miami Dolphins 37| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots (2-10-0) | 0 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 20 |
| Miami Dolphins (8-4-0) | 17 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 37 |
Scoring
| BOS | MIA | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | MIA | Mercury Morris 96 yard kickoff return (Garo Yepremian kick) | 0 | 7 |
| MIA | Lloyd Mumphord 51 yard blocked field goal return (Garo Yepremian kick) | 0 | 14 | |
| MIA | Garo Yepremian 15 yard field goal | 0 | 17 | |
| 2nd | BOS | Jim Nance 10 yard rush (kick failed) | 6 | 17 |
| MIA | Garo Yepremian 39 yard field goal | 6 | 20 | |
| MIA | Howard Twilley 19 yard pass from Bob Griese (Garo Yepremian kick) | 6 | 27 | |
| 3rd | BOS | Carl Garrett 6 yard rush (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 13 | 27 |
| MIA | Larry Csonka 1 yard rush (Garo Yepremian kick) | 13 | 34 | |
| 4th | MIA | Garo Yepremian 30 yard field goal | 13 | 37 |
| BOS | Gayle Knief 22 yard pass from Mike Taliaferro (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 20 | 37 |
Team Stats
| BOS | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 19 | 18 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 23-67-2 | 40-208-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 22-35-198-1-0 | 11-19-102-1-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-22 | 1-9 |
| Net pass yards | 176 | 93 |
| Total yards | 243 | 301 |
| Fumbles-lost | 0-0 | 4-2 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 4-67 | 5-65 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Jim Nance | BOS | 11 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 31 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Joe Kapp | BOS | 10 | 14 | 103 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Mike Taliaferro | BOS | 12 | 21 | 95 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Ron Sellers | BOS | 4 | 45 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Tom Beer | BOS | 3 | 34 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Gayle Knief | BOS | 2 | 28 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bake Turner | BOS | 2 | 25 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Sid Blanks | BOS | 3 | 23 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Odell Lawson | BOS | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Carl Garrett | BOS | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Charley Frazier | BOS | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Larry Csonka | MIA | 21 | 115 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jim Kiick | MIA | 9 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 41 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Bob Griese | MIA | 11 | 15 | 102 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Howard Twilley | MIA | 3 | 38 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mercury Morris | MIA | 5 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Karl Noonan | MIA | 2 | 22 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Barry Pryor | MIA | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| John Stofa | MIA | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Stan Mitchell | MIA | 1 | -2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Defense & Returns
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Sid Blanks | BOS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Carl Garrett | BOS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Odell Lawson | BOS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 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 | |||
| Tim Foley | MIA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Hubert Ginn | MIA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Mercury Morris | MIA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 116 | 58.0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jake Scott | MIA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 48 | 9.6 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||