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Miami Dolphins 21 at Pittsburgh Steelers 17

Sunday, December 31, 1972

Miami Dolphins 21, Pittsburgh Steelers 17

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Miami Dolphins (16-0-0)077721
Pittsburgh Steelers (12-4-0)703717

Scoring

MIAPIT
1stPITGerry Mullins 0 yard fumble return (Roy Gerela kick)07
2ndMIALarry Csonka 9 yard pass from Earl Morrall (Garo Yepremian kick)77
3rdPITRoy Gerela 14 yard field goal710
MIAJim Kiick 2 yard rush (Garo Yepremian kick)1410
4thMIAJim Kiick 3 yard rush (Garo Yepremian kick)2110
PITAl Young 12 yard pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick)2117

Team Stats

MIAPIT
First downs1913
Rush-yards-TDs49-193-226-128-0
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT10-16-121-1-110-20-137-1-2
Sacked-yards0-02-15
Net pass yards121122
Total yards314250
Fumbles-lost0-02-0
Turnovers12
Penalties-yards2-194-30

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Larry Csonka MIA 24 68 0 11 1 9 1 9
Mercury Morris MIA 16 76 0 27 1 -6 0 -6
Paul Warfield MIA 2 63 0 52
Marv Fleming MIA 5 50 0 15
Larry Seiple MIA 1 37 0 37
Bob Griese MIA 3 5 70 0 0 52
Earl Morrall MIA 7 11 51 1 1 15
Jim Kiick MIA 8 12 2 3
Jim Mandich MIA 1 5 0 5
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Franco Harris PIT 16 76 0 10 2 3 0 9
Al Young PIT 4 54 1 25
Ron Shanklin PIT 2 49 0 25
John Fuqua PIT 8 47 0 24
Terry Bradshaw PIT 5 10 80 1 2 25 2 5 0 3
Terry Hanratty PIT 5 10 57 0 0 24
John McMakin PIT 1 22 0 22
Larry Brown PIT 1 9 0 9

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 6 0 6
Vern Den Herder MIA 0.5 0 0 0 0
Mike Kolen MIA 1 5 0 5
Mercury Morris MIA 0 0 0 0 1 23 23.0 0 23
Bill Stanfill MIA 1.5 0 0 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
Warren Bankston PIT 0 0 0 0
Steve Davis PIT 0 0 0 0 1 22 22.0 0 22
Glen Edwards PIT 1 28 0 28 1 5 5.0 0 5
Gerry Mullins PIT 0 0 0 0
Preston Pearson PIT 0 0 0 0 2 63 31.5 0 41

Miami Dolphins Starting Lineup

Pittsburgh Steelers Starting Lineup