Sunday, September 24, 1972
Houston Oilers 13, Miami Dolphins 34| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers (0-2-0) | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| Miami Dolphins (2-0-0) | 13 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 34 |
| HOU | MIA | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | MIA | Jim Kiick 1 yard rush (Garo Yepremian kick) | 0 | 7 |
| MIA | Mercury Morris 2 yard rush (kick failed) | 0 | 13 | |
| 2nd | MIA | Larry Csonka 4 yard rush (Garo Yepremian kick) | 0 | 20 |
| 3rd | MIA | Bob Griese 2 yard rush (Garo Yepremian kick) | 0 | 27 |
| HOU | Charlie Joiner 82 yard pass from Dan Pastorini (kick failed) | 6 | 27 | |
| HOU | Willie Rodgers 1 yard rush (Skip Butler kick) | 13 | 27 | |
| 4th | MIA | Jim Kiick 6 yard pass from Bob Griese (Garo Yepremian kick) | 13 | 34 |
| HOU | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 7 | 30 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 21-63-1 | 53-274-4 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 9-21-104-1-1 | 12-17-165-1-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 0-0 | 1-4 |
| Net pass yards | 104 | 161 |
| Total yards | 167 | 435 |
| Fumbles-lost | 4-2 | 4-3 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 4 |
| Penalties-yards | 5-37 | 2-20 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Charlie Joiner | HOU | 2 | 80 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dan Pastorini | HOU | 9 | 21 | 104 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Hoyle Granger | HOU | 12 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Alvin Reed | HOU | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Willie Rodgers | HOU | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Robert Holmes | HOU | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Al Johnson | HOU | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Mercury Morris | MIA | 15 | 94 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Larry Csonka | MIA | 17 | 79 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Bob Griese | MIA | 11 | 16 | 142 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Paul Warfield | MIA | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 67 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Jim Kiick | MIA | 9 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Hubert Ginn | MIA | 7 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Jim Mandich | MIA | 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Marv Fleming | MIA | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Charlie Leigh | MIA | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Earl Morrall | MIA | 1 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Howard Twilley | MIA | 1 | 3 | 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 | |||
| John Charles | HOU | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ken Houston | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Al Johnson | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Willie Rodgers | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 60 | 20.0 | 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 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Charlie Leigh | MIA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Mercury Morris | MIA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||