Sunday, November 12, 1972
New England Patriots 0, Miami Dolphins 52| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots (2-7-0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Miami Dolphins (9-0-0) | 17 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 52 |
| NWE | MIA | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | MIA | Mercury Morris 4 yard rush (Garo Yepremian kick) | 0 | 7 |
| MIA | Mercury Morris 4 yard rush (Garo Yepremian kick) | 0 | 14 | |
| MIA | Garo Yepremian 16 yard field goal | 0 | 17 | |
| 2nd | MIA | Larry Csonka 3 yard rush (Garo Yepremian kick) | 0 | 24 |
| MIA | Mercury Morris 6 yard rush (Garo Yepremian kick) | 0 | 31 | |
| 3rd | MIA | Marlin Briscoe 16 yard pass from Earl Morrall (Garo Yepremian kick) | 0 | 38 |
| 4th | MIA | Marlin Briscoe 51 yard pass from Jim Del Gaizo (Garo Yepremian kick) | 0 | 45 |
| MIA | Jim Mandich 39 yard pass from Jim Del Gaizo (Garo Yepremian kick) | 0 | 52 |
| NWE | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 11 | 21 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 26-92-0 | 38-181-4 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 11-28-117-0-3 | 11-19-307-3-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 4-40 | 1-6 |
| Net pass yards | 77 | 301 |
| Total yards | 169 | 482 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-0 | 3-1 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 3-35 | 5-67 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Carl Garrett | NWE | 10 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Jim Plunkett | NWE | 7 | 19 | 66 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| John Tarver | NWE | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Brian Dowling | NWE | 4 | 9 | 51 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bob Gladieux | NWE | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Randy Vataha | NWE | 3 | 26 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jack Maitland | NWE | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Reggie Rucker | NWE | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Bob Windsor | NWE | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Josh Ashton | NWE | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Marlin Briscoe | MIA | 4 | 128 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mercury Morris | MIA | 16 | 90 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Earl Morrall | MIA | 7 | 13 | 162 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jim Del Gaizo | MIA | 4 | 6 | 145 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jim Mandich | MIA | 2 | 53 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Otto Stowe | MIA | 1 | 49 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Paul Warfield | MIA | 2 | 42 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Larry Csonka | MIA | 5 | 32 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Charlie Leigh | MIA | 6 | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jim Kiick | MIA | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Hubert Ginn | MIA | 4 | 12 | 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 | |||
| Josh Ashton | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Carl Garrett | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 84 | 28.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| George Hoey | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 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 | |||
| Dick Anderson | MIA | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Charlie Babb | MIA | 1 | 24 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Charlie Leigh | MIA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 51 | 12.8 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jake Scott | MIA | 1 | 31 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||