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Buffalo Bills 21 at Miami Dolphins 31
Sunday, December 7, 1975
Stadium: Orange Bowl, Start Time: 4:00, Surface: astroturf,
Weather: 72 degrees, relative humidity 64%, wind 10 mph
Weather: 72 degrees, relative humidity 64%, wind 10 mph
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills (7-5-0) | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 21 |
| Miami Dolphins (9-3-0) | 7 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 31 |
Scoring
| BUF | MIA | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Dolphins | Don Strock 4 yard rush (Garo Yepremian kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2nd | Dolphins | Howard Twilley 8 yard pass from Don Strock (Garo Yepremian kick) | 0 | 14 |
| Dolphins | Howard Twilley 1 yard pass from Don Strock (Garo Yepremian kick) | 0 | 21 | |
| 3rd | Bills | O.J. Simpson 14 yard rush (John Leypoldt kick) | 7 | 21 |
| Dolphins | Garo Yepremian 20 yard field goal | 7 | 24 | |
| Bills | J.D. Hill 31 yard pass from Joe Ferguson (John Leypoldt kick) | 14 | 24 | |
| 4th | Bills | O.J. Simpson 62 yard pass from Joe Ferguson (John Leypoldt kick) | 21 | 24 |
| Dolphins | Norm Bulaich 1 yard rush (Garo Yepremian kick) | 21 | 31 |
Team Stats
| BUF | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 21 | 19 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 29-130-1 | 44-197-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 20-41-279-2-2 | 12-15-99-2-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-24 | 0-0 |
| Net pass yards | 255 | 99 |
| Total yards | 385 | 296 |
| Fumbles-lost | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 0 |
| Penalties-yards | 7-99 | 7-75 |
Passing, Rushing, & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| O.J. Simpson | BUF | 18 | 96 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 117 | 1 | 62 | ||||||
| Joe Ferguson | BUF | 20 | 41 | 279 | 2 | 2 | 62 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Bob Chandler | BUF | 5 | 63 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||||
| J.D. Hill | BUF | 3 | 57 | 1 | 31 | ||||||||||
| Jim Braxton | BUF | 9 | 31 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | ||||||
| Paul Seymour | BUF | 2 | 22 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Reuben Gant | BUF | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Don Nottingham | MIA | 9 | 87 | 0 | 56 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 17 | ||||||
| Mercury Morris | MIA | 21 | 93 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Don Strock | MIA | 12 | 15 | 99 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 13 | ||||
| Howard Twilley | MIA | 3 | 26 | 2 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Freddie Solomon | MIA | 3 | 17 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Andre Tillman | MIA | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Nat Moore | MIA | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Norm Bulaich | MIA | 6 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
| Benny Malone | MIA | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
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 | |||
| Gary Hayman | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Royce McKinney | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Vic Washington | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 78 | 26.0 | 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 | |||
| Charlie Babb | MIA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Hubert Ginn | MIA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Bob Matheson | MIA | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Nat Moore | MIA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 116 | 29.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jake Scott | MIA | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Freddie Solomon | MIA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Kicking & Punting
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Marv Bateman | BUF | 6 | 254 | 42.3 | 0 | ||||
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Larry Seiple | MIA | 7 | 278 | 39.7 | 0 | ||||
| Garo Yepremian | MIA | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |