Sunday, December 10, 1972
Miami Dolphins 23, New York Giants 13| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins (13-0-0) | 10 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 23 |
| New York Giants (7-6-0) | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| MIA | NYG | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | NYG | Ron A. Johnson 1 yard rush (kick failed) | 0 | 6 |
| MIA | Mercury Morris 12 yard rush (Garo Yepremian kick) | 7 | 6 | |
| MIA | Garo Yepremian 37 yard field goal | 10 | 6 | |
| 2nd | MIA | Paul Warfield 34 yard pass from Earl Morrall (Garo Yepremian kick) | 17 | 6 |
| NYG | Ron A. Johnson 1 yard rush (Pete Gogolak kick) | 17 | 13 | |
| 4th | MIA | Garo Yepremian 31 yard field goal | 20 | 13 |
| MIA | Garo Yepremian 16 yard field goal | 23 | 13 |
| MIA | NYG | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 16 | 21 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 41-204-1 | 35-121-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 9-17-171-1-1 | 15-26-231-0-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-8 | 1-9 |
| Net pass yards | 163 | 222 |
| Total yards | 367 | 343 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-0 | 4-4 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 6 |
| Penalties-yards | 2-27 | 4-40 |
| 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 | ||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | 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 | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | 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 | ||||||||||||||