| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets (6-4-0) | 7 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 24 |
| Miami Dolphins (10-0-0) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
| Game Info | |
|---|---|
| Stadium | Orange Bowl |
| Start Time | 1:00pm |
| Surface | astroturf |
| Weather | 75 degrees, relative humidity 71%, wind 11 mph |
| Vegas Line | Pick |
| Over/Under | 0.0 (over) |
| NYJ | MIA | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Dolphins | Howard Twilley 9 yard pass from Earl Morrall (Garo Yepremian kick) | 0 | 7 |
| Jets | John Riggins 1 yard rush (Bobby Howfield kick) | 7 | 7 | |
| 2nd | Jets | Rich Caster 29 yard pass from Joe Namath (Bobby Howfield kick) | 14 | 7 |
| Jets | Bobby Howfield 33 yard field goal | 17 | 7 | |
| Dolphins | Mercury Morris 1 yard rush (Garo Yepremian kick) | 17 | 14 | |
| 3rd | Dolphins | Earl Morrall 31 yard rush (Garo Yepremian kick) | 17 | 21 |
| Jets | Wayne Stewart 4 yard pass from Joe Namath (Bobby Howfield kick) | 24 | 21 | |
| 4th | Dolphins | Mercury Morris 14 yard rush (Garo Yepremian kick) | 24 | 28 |
| NYJ | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 14 | 20 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 32-108-1 | 45-214-3 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 14-23-175-2-2 | 8-17-132-1-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Net pass yards | 175 | 132 |
| Total yards | 283 | 346 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-1 | 4-2 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 6-47 | 3-30 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| John Riggins | NYJ | 18 | 83 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 52 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Joe Namath | NYJ | 14 | 23 | 175 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Rich Caster | NYJ | 3 | 52 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Don Maynard | NYJ | 1 | 41 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Emerson Boozer | NYJ | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Cliff McClain | NYJ | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Wayne Stewart | NYJ | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Hank Bjorklund | NYJ | 1 | -2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Mercury Morris | MIA | 23 | 107 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Earl Morrall | MIA | 8 | 17 | 132 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Larry Csonka | MIA | 17 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Howard Twilley | MIA | 3 | 75 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Otto Stowe | MIA | 2 | 31 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jim Mandich | MIA | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jim Kiick | MIA | 2 | 6 | 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 | |||
| Hank Bjorklund | NYJ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Chris Farasopoulos | NYJ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| W.K. Hicks | NYJ | 1 | 43 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Willie Zapalac | NYJ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 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 | |||
| Dick Anderson | MIA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Nick Buoniconti | MIA | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Bob Matheson | MIA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Mercury Morris | MIA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jake Scott | MIA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Bobby Howfield | NYJ | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve O'Neal | NYJ | 4 | 186 | 46.5 | 0 | ||||
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Dick Anderson | MIA | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 0 | ||||
| Larry Seiple | MIA | 3 | 125 | 41.7 | 0 | ||||
| Garo Yepremian | MIA | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||