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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Miami Dolphins at Buffalo Bills - September 26th, 1971
Miami Dolphins 29 at Buffalo Bills 14
Sunday, September 26, 1971
Miami Dolphins 29, Buffalo Bills 14| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins (1-0-1) | 3 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 29 |
| Buffalo Bills (0-2-0) | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
Scoring
| MIA | BUF | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | MIA | Garo Yepremian 15 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| BUF | Wayne Patrick 1 yard rush (Grant Guthrie kick) | 3 | 7 | |
| 2nd | MIA | Garo Yepremian 46 yard field goal | 6 | 7 |
| MIA | Garo Yepremian 13 yard field goal | 9 | 7 | |
| MIA | Garo Yepremian 9 yard field goal | 12 | 7 | |
| 3rd | MIA | Larry Csonka 1 yard rush (Garo Yepremian kick) | 19 | 7 |
| BUF | O.J. Simpson 46 yard rush (Grant Guthrie kick) | 19 | 14 | |
| 4th | MIA | Paul Warfield 23 yard pass from Bob Griese (Garo Yepremian kick) | 26 | 14 |
| MIA | Garo Yepremian 48 yard field goal | 29 | 14 |
Team Stats
| MIA | BUF | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 20 | 14 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 45-226-1 | 18-131-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 10-18-159-1-0 | 17-23-154-0-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-9 | 2-18 |
| Net pass yards | 150 | 136 |
| Total yards | 376 | 267 |
| Fumbles-lost | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 4-40 | 1-13 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Jim Kiick | MIA | 20 | 108 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 48 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Larry Csonka | MIA | 20 | 103 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Bob Griese | MIA | 10 | 18 | 159 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Paul Warfield | MIA | 4 | 65 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Howard Twilley | MIA | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mercury Morris | MIA | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| O.J. Simpson | BUF | 9 | 82 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 31 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Wayne Patrick | BUF | 7 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 53 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Dennis Shaw | BUF | 17 | 23 | 154 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Marlin Briscoe | BUF | 2 | 34 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ted Koy | BUF | 2 | 29 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jim Braxton | BUF | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jan White | BUF | 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 | |||
| Dick Anderson | MIA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 47 | 47.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Curtis Johnson | MIA | 1 | 34 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Bob Matheson | MIA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Mercury Morris | MIA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 84 | 42.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jake Scott | MIA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 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 Beamer | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jim Braxton | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Howard Kindig | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Alvin Wyatt | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 72 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||