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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Cleveland Browns at Miami Dolphins - December 24th, 1972
Cleveland Browns 14 at Miami Dolphins 20
Sunday, December 24, 1972
Cleveland Browns 14, Miami Dolphins 20| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns (10-5-0) | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| Miami Dolphins (15-0-0) | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
Scoring
| CLE | MIA | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | MIA | Charlie Babb 5 yard blocked punt return (Garo Yepremian kick) | 0 | 7 |
| MIA | Garo Yepremian 40 yard field goal | 0 | 10 | |
| 3rd | CLE | Mike Phipps 5 yard rush (Don Cockroft kick) | 7 | 10 |
| 4th | MIA | Garo Yepremian 46 yard field goal | 7 | 13 |
| CLE | Fair Hooker 27 yard pass from Mike Phipps (Don Cockroft kick) | 14 | 13 | |
| MIA | Jim Kiick 8 yard rush (Garo Yepremian kick) | 14 | 20 |
Team Stats
| CLE | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 15 | 17 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 32-165-1 | 47-198-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 9-23-131-1-5 | 6-13-88-0-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-13 | 4-14 |
| Net pass yards | 118 | 74 |
| Total yards | 283 | 272 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-0 | 2-2 |
| Turnovers | 5 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 3-25 | 3-25 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Bo Scott | CLE | 16 | 94 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 30 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Mike Phipps | CLE | 9 | 23 | 131 | 1 | 5 | 27 | 8 | 47 | 1 | 14 | ||||
| Fair Hooker | CLE | 3 | 53 | 1 | 27 | ||||||||||
| Leroy Kelly | CLE | 4 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 27 | ||||||
| Milt Morin | CLE | 1 | 21 | 0 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Ken Brown | CLE | 4 | 13 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Paul Warfield | MIA | 2 | 41 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 50 | 0 | 35 | ||||||
| Mercury Morris | MIA | 15 | 72 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Jim Kiick | MIA | 14 | 50 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| Earl Morrall | MIA | 6 | 13 | 88 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Howard Twilley | MIA | 3 | 33 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Larry Csonka | MIA | 12 | 32 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
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 | |||
| Bob J. Briggs | CLE | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Don Cockroft | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Thom Darden | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 38.0 | 0 | 38 | |||||||||
| Charlie Hall | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Fair Hooker | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Walter Johnson | CLE | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Leroy Kelly | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 | |||||||||
| Billy Lefear | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 0 | 26 | |||||||||
| Mike Phipps | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Nick Roman | CLE | 1.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Jerry Sherk | CLE | 1.3 | 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 | |||
| Dick Anderson | MIA | 2 | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||||||
| Manny Fernandez | MIA | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Curtis Johnson | MIA | 1 | 33 | 0 | 33 | ||||||||||||||
| Jake Scott | MIA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| Bill Stanfill | MIA | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Doug Swift | MIA | 2 | 19 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||||||
Cleveland Browns Starting Lineup
| Mike Phipps | QB |
| Leroy Kelly | RB |
| Bo Scott | FB |
| Frank Pitts | WR |
| Fair Hooker | WR |
| Milt Morin | TE |
| Doug Dieken | LT |
| Gene Hickerson | LG |
| Bob DeMarco | C |
| John Demarie | RG |
| Bob McKay | RT |
| Nick Roman | LDE |
| Walter Johnson | LDT |
| Jerry Sherk | RDT |
| Bob J. Briggs | RDE |
| Charlie Hall | LLB |
| Dale Lindsey | MLB |
| Billy Andrews | RLB |
| Clarence R. Scott | LCB |
| Ben Davis | RCB |
| Thom Darden | SS |
| Walt Sumner | FS |
Miami Dolphins Starting Lineup
| Earl Morrall | QB |
| Jim Kiick | RB |
| Larry Csonka | FB |
| Howard Twilley | WR |
| Paul Warfield | WR |
| Marv Fleming | TE |
| Wayne Moore | LT |
| Bob Kuechenberg | LG |
| Jim Langer | C |
| Larry Little | RG |
| Norm Evans | RT |
| Vern Den Herder | LDE |
| Manny Fernandez | LDT |
| Bob Heinz | RDT |
| Bill Stanfill | RDE |
| Doug Swift | LLB |
| Nick Buoniconti | MLB |
| Mike Kolen | RLB |
| Tim Foley | LCB |
| Curtis Johnson | RCB |
| Jake Scott | SS |
| Dick Anderson | FS |