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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Buffalo Bills at Miami Dolphins - October 22nd, 1972
Buffalo Bills 23 at Miami Dolphins 24
Sunday, October 22, 1972
Buffalo Bills 23, Miami Dolphins 24| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills (2-4-0) | 0 | 13 | 0 | 10 | 23 |
| Miami Dolphins (6-0-0) | 7 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 24 |
Scoring
| BUF | MIA | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | MIA | Mercury Morris 5 yard rush (Garo Yepremian kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2nd | BUF | John Leypoldt 35 yard field goal | 3 | 7 |
| BUF | Ken Lee 16 yard interception return (John Leypoldt kick) | 10 | 7 | |
| BUF | John Leypoldt 34 yard field goal | 13 | 7 | |
| 3rd | MIA | Larry Csonka 10 yard rush (Garo Yepremian kick) | 13 | 14 |
| MIA | Garo Yepremian 54 yard field goal | 13 | 17 | |
| 4th | BUF | John Leypoldt 45 yard field goal | 16 | 17 |
| MIA | Mercury Morris 15 yard rush (Garo Yepremian kick) | 16 | 24 | |
| BUF | Jim Braxton 6 yard pass from Mike Taliaferro (John Leypoldt kick) | 23 | 24 |
Team Stats
| BUF | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 11 | 20 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 32-164-0 | 52-230-3 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 7-18-45-1-0 | 6-10-91-0-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-21 | 1-11 |
| Net pass yards | 24 | 80 |
| Total yards | 188 | 310 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-1 | 3-3 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 4 |
| Penalties-yards | 6-66 | 9-91 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Jim Braxton | BUF | 9 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| O.J. Simpson | BUF | 16 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Mike Taliaferro | BUF | 4 | 12 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Dennis Shaw | BUF | 3 | 6 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| J.D. Hill | BUF | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bob Chandler | BUF | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Spike Jones | BUF | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Wayne Patrick | BUF | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Larry Csonka | MIA | 18 | 107 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jim Kiick | MIA | 25 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Earl Morrall | MIA | 6 | 10 | 91 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Howard Twilley | MIA | 2 | 41 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mercury Morris | MIA | 5 | 35 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Paul Warfield | MIA | 2 | 33 | 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 | |||
| Linzy Cole | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| J.D. Hill | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ken Lee | BUF | 1 | 16 | 1 | 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 | |||
| Dick Anderson | MIA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Charlie Leigh | MIA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Mercury Morris | MIA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||