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Miami Dolphins 30 at Buffalo Bills 21

Monday, September 13, 1976

Miami Dolphins 30, Buffalo Bills 21

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Miami Dolphins (1-0-0)71010330
Buffalo Bills (0-1-0)0140721

Scoring

MIABUF
1stMIABenny Malone 5 yard rush (Garo Yepremian kick)70
2ndBUFJohn Holland 53 yard pass from Joe Ferguson (John Leypoldt kick)77
MIADon Nottingham 1 yard rush (Garo Yepremian kick)147
BUFJohn Holland 58 yard pass from Joe Ferguson (John Leypoldt kick)1414
MIAGaro Yepremian 25 yard field goal1714
3rdMIANat Moore 30 yard pass from Bob Griese (Garo Yepremian kick)2414
MIAGaro Yepremian 20 yard field goal2714
4thBUFBob Chandler 12 yard pass from Joe Ferguson (John Leypoldt kick)2721
MIAGaro Yepremian 30 yard field goal3021

Team Stats

MIABUF
First downs2516
Rush-yards-TDs48-204-230-108-0
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT13-21-199-1-113-30-282-3-0
Sacked-yards1-21-7
Net pass yards197275
Total yards401383
Fumbles-lost2-22-0
Turnovers30
Penalties-yards6-356-26

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Norm Bulaich MIA 19 107 0 26
Bob Griese MIA 13 21 199 1 1 30 2 3 0 3
Nat Moore MIA 6 94 1 30
Don Nottingham MIA 10 29 1 9 1 29 0 29
Howard Twilley MIA 4 53 0 18
Stan Winfrey MIA 7 34 0 11
Benny Malone MIA 10 31 1 9
Duriel Harris MIA 2 23 0 14
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Joe Ferguson BUF 13 28 282 3 0 58 2 19 0 19
John Holland BUF 2 111 2 58
Vic Washington BUF 19 56 0 10 3 29 0 11
O.J. Simpson BUF 5 28 0 8 1 43 0 43
Bob Chandler BUF 3 50 1 25
Paul Seymour BUF 2 26 0 14
Reuben Gant BUF 1 15 0 15
Roland Hooks BUF 3 5 0 2 1 8 0 8
Gary Marangi BUF 0 2 0 0 0 0
Jim Braxton BUF 1 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
Gary Davis MIA 0 0 0 0 2 50 25.0 0 0
Duriel Harris MIA 0 0 0 0 2 85 42.5 0 0 3 39 13.0 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
Mike Holmes BUF 0 0 0 0 4 90 22.5 0 0
Doug Jones BUF 1 0 0 0
Vic Washington BUF 0 0 0 0 3 63 21.0 0 0