Sunday, September 19, 1976
Miami Dolphins 14, New England Patriots 30| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins (1-1-0) | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| New England Patriots (1-1-0) | 0 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 30 |
| MIA | NWE | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd | NWE | Andy Johnson 15 yard pass from Steve Grogan (kick failed) | 0 | 6 |
| MIA | Andre Tillman 5 yard pass from Bob Griese (Garo Yepremian kick) | 7 | 6 | |
| NWE | Steve Grogan 13 yard rush (John Smith kick) | 7 | 13 | |
| 3rd | NWE | Andy Johnson 29 yard pass from Steve Grogan (John Smith kick) | 7 | 20 |
| 4th | NWE | John Smith 22 yard field goal | 7 | 23 |
| MIA | Norm Bulaich 1 yard rush (Garo Yepremian kick) | 14 | 23 | |
| NWE | Russ Francis 4 yard pass from Steve Grogan (John Smith kick) | 14 | 30 |
| MIA | NWE | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 17 | 23 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 22-108-1 | 51-278-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 17-32-198-1-3 | 16-27-166-3-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 5-52 | 2-14 |
| Net pass yards | 146 | 152 |
| Total yards | 254 | 430 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-1 | 3-2 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 7-68 | 9-70 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Bob Griese | MIA | 16 | 26 | 190 | 1 | 3 | 39 | 2 | 35 | 0 | 26 | ||||
| Benny Malone | MIA | 7 | 42 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| Nat Moore | MIA | 3 | 54 | 0 | 31 | ||||||||||
| Howard Twilley | MIA | 1 | 39 | 0 | 39 | ||||||||||
| Norm Bulaich | MIA | 5 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Stan Winfrey | MIA | 2 | 22 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Duriel Harris | MIA | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Don Nottingham | MIA | 7 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Gary Davis | MIA | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Larry Seiple | MIA | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Jim Mandich | MIA | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Andre Tillman | MIA | 2 | 7 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Don Strock | MIA | 1 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Steve Grogan | NWE | 16 | 27 | 166 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 9 | 76 | 1 | 16 | ||||
| Andy Johnson | NWE | 14 | 35 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 93 | 2 | 34 | ||||||
| Sam Cunningham | NWE | 21 | 106 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Don Calhoun | NWE | 7 | 61 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Marlin Briscoe | NWE | 3 | 27 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Russ Francis | NWE | 3 | 21 | 1 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Ricky Feacher | NWE | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| 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 Davis | MIA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Duriel Harris | MIA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 74 | 24.7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Nat Moore | MIA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 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 | |||
| Don Calhoun | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Ricky Feacher | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Mike Haynes | NWE | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 33 | 8.3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Prentice McCray | NWE | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Steve Nelson | NWE | 1 | -2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||