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Miami Dolphins 23 at New York Giants 13

Sunday, December 10, 1972

Miami Dolphins 23, New York Giants 13

1234Final
Miami Dolphins (13-0-0)1070623
New York Giants (7-6-0)670013

Scoring

MIANYG
1stNYGRon A. Johnson 1 yard rush (kick failed)06
MIAMercury Morris 12 yard rush (Garo Yepremian kick)76
MIAGaro Yepremian 37 yard field goal106
2ndMIAPaul Warfield 34 yard pass from Earl Morrall (Garo Yepremian kick)176
NYGRon A. Johnson 1 yard rush (Pete Gogolak kick)1713
4thMIAGaro Yepremian 31 yard field goal2013
MIAGaro Yepremian 16 yard field goal2313

Team Stats

MIANYG
First downs1621
Rush-yards-TDs41-204-135-121-2
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT9-17-171-1-115-26-231-0-2
Sacked-yards1-81-9
Net pass yards163222
Total yards367343
Fumbles-lost1-04-4
Turnovers16
Penalties-yards2-274-40

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Paul Warfield MIA 4 132 1 0
Mercury Morris MIA 19 98 1 0
Jim Kiick MIA 10 69 0 0 4 28 0 0
Earl Morrall MIA 9 17 171 1 1 0 3 7 0 0
Larry Csonka MIA 9 30 0 0
Jim Mandich MIA 1 11 0 0
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Norm Snead NYG 15 25 231 0 2 0
Vince Clements NYG 11 63 0 0 4 35 0 0
Ron A. Johnson NYG 23 63 2 0 3 25 0 0
Bob Tucker NYG 1 -5 0 0 4 89 0 0
Rich Houston NYG 3 48 0 0
Don Herrmann NYG 1 34 0 0
Tom Blanchard NYG 0 1 0 0 0 0

Defense & Returns

Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Nick Buoniconti MIA 1 7 0 0
Curtis Johnson MIA 1 7 0 0
Charlie Leigh MIA 0 0 0 0 1 32 32.0 0 0
Mercury Morris MIA 0 0 0 0 1 20 20.0 0 0
Jake Scott MIA 0 0 0 0 2 13 6.5 0 0
Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
John Mendenhall NYG 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0
Joe Orduna NYG 0 0 0 0 2 52 26.0 0 0
Rocky Thompson NYG 0 0 0 0 4 73 18.3 0 0
Willie Williams NYG 1 0 0 0