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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Miami Dolphins at Kansas City Chiefs - December 25th, 1971
Miami Dolphins 27 at Kansas City Chiefs 24
Saturday, December 25, 1971
Miami Dolphins 27, Kansas City Chiefs 24| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins (11-3-1) | 0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 27 |
| Kansas City Chiefs (10-4-1) | 10 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
Scoring
| MIA | KAN | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | KAN | Jan Stenerud 24 yard field goal | 0 | 3 |
| KAN | Ed Podolak 7 yard pass from Len Dawson (Jan Stenerud kick) | 0 | 10 | |
| 2nd | MIA | Larry Csonka 1 yard rush (Garo Yepremian kick) | 7 | 10 |
| MIA | Garo Yepremian 14 yard field goal | 10 | 10 | |
| 3rd | KAN | Jim Otis 1 yard rush (Jan Stenerud kick) | 10 | 17 |
| MIA | Jim Kiick 1 yard rush (Garo Yepremian kick) | 17 | 17 | |
| 4th | KAN | Ed Podolak 3 yard rush (Jan Stenerud kick) | 17 | 24 |
| MIA | Marv Fleming 5 yard pass from Bob Griese (Garo Yepremian kick) | 24 | 24 | |
| OT | MIA | Garo Yepremian 37 yard field goal | 27 | 24 |
Team Stats
| MIA | KAN | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 22 | 23 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 43-144-2 | 44-213-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 20-35-263-1-2 | 18-26-246-1-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 0-0 | 1-8 |
| Net pass yards | 263 | 238 |
| Total yards | 407 | 451 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-0 | 3-2 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 4 |
| Penalties-yards | 5-26 | 6-44 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Bob Griese | MIA | 20 | 35 | 263 | 1 | 2 | 35 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Paul Warfield | MIA | 2 | -7 | 0 | -3 | 7 | 140 | 0 | 35 | ||||||
| Larry Csonka | MIA | 24 | 86 | 1 | 29 | ||||||||||
| Jim Kiick | MIA | 15 | 56 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| Howard Twilley | MIA | 5 | 58 | 0 | 23 | ||||||||||
| Marv Fleming | MIA | 4 | 37 | 1 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Jim Mandich | MIA | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Ed Podolak | KAN | 17 | 85 | 1 | 32 | 8 | 110 | 1 | 29 | ||||||
| Len Dawson | KAN | 18 | 26 | 246 | 1 | 2 | 63 | ||||||||
| Elmo Wright | KAN | 2 | 15 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 104 | 0 | 63 | ||||||
| Wendell Hayes | KAN | 22 | 100 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
| Willie Frazier | KAN | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Jim Otis | KAN | 3 | 13 | 1 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Otis Taylor | KAN | 3 | 12 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||||||
| Nick Buoniconti | MIA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Bob DeMarco | MIA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Manny Fernandez | MIA | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Bob Heinz | MIA | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Curtis Johnson | MIA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Mercury Morris | MIA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 61 | 30.5 | 0 | 33 | |||||||||
| Jake Scott | MIA | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Buck Buchanan | KAN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Ed Budde | KAN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Willie Lanier | KAN | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||||||
| Jim Lynch | KAN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ed Podolak | KAN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 154 | 51.3 | 0 | 78 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 2 | ||||
Miami Dolphins Starting Lineup
| Bob Griese | QB |
| Jim Kiick | RB |
| Larry Csonka | FB |
| Howard Twilley | WR |
| Paul Warfield | WR |
| Marv Fleming | TE |
| Doug Crusan | LT |
| Bob Kuechenberg | LG |
| Bob DeMarco | C |
| Larry Little | RG |
| Norm Evans | RT |
| Jim Riley | LDE |
| Manny Fernandez | LDT |
| Bob Heinz | RDT |
| Bill Stanfill | RDE |
| Doug Swift | LLB |
| Nick Buoniconti | MLB |
| Bob Matheson | RLB |
| Tim Foley | LCB |
| Curtis Johnson | RCB |
| Dick Anderson | SS |
| Jake Scott | FS |
Kansas City Chiefs Starting Lineup
| Len Dawson | QB |
| Ed Podolak | RB |
| Wendell Hayes | FB |
| Otis Taylor | WR |
| Elmo Wright | WR |
| Morris Stroud | TE |
| Jim Tyrer | LT |
| Ed Budde | LG |
| Jack Rudnay | C |
| Mo Moorman | RG |
| Dave Hill | RT |
| Marvin Upshaw | LDE |
| Curley Culp | LDT |
| Buck Buchanan | RDT |
| Aaron Brown | RDE |
| Bobby Bell | LLB |
| Willie Lanier | MLB |
| Jim Lynch | RLB |
| Jim Marsalis | LCB |
| Emmitt Thomas | RCB |
| Jim Kearney | SS |
| Johnny Robinson | FS |