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Houston Oilers 7 at Miami Dolphins 27
Sunday, October 2, 1977
Stadium: Orange Bowl, Start Time: 4:00, Surface: grass,
Weather: 83 degrees, relative humidity 73%, wind 8 mph
Weather: 83 degrees, relative humidity 73%, wind 8 mph
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers (2-1-0) | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Miami Dolphins (3-0-0) | 21 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 27 |
Scoring
| HOU | MIA | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Dolphins | Norm Bulaich 1 yard rush (Garo Yepremian kick) | 0 | 7 |
| Dolphins | Duriel Harris 16 yard pass from Bob Griese (Garo Yepremian kick) | 0 | 14 | |
| Dolphins | Benny Malone 3 yard rush (Garo Yepremian kick) | 0 | 21 | |
| 2nd | Oilers | Dan Pastorini 2 yard rush (Toni Fritsch kick) | 7 | 21 |
| 4th | Dolphins | Leroy Harris 2 yard rush (kick failed) | 7 | 27 |
Team Stats
| HOU | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 13 | 29 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 27-68-1 | 51-217-3 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 16-31-137-0-2 | 13-20-194-1-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 0-0 | 1-14 |
| Net pass yards | 137 | 180 |
| Total yards | 205 | 397 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-1 | 2-2 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 6-47 | 1-2 |
Passing, Rushing, & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Dan Pastorini | HOU | 16 | 31 | 137 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Rob Carpenter | HOU | 6 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 49 | 0 | 14 | ||||||
| Don Hardeman | HOU | 7 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Tim Wilson | HOU | 4 | 24 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Jimmie Giles | HOU | 2 | 19 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Ronnie Coleman | HOU | 8 | 17 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Eddie Foster | HOU | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Mike Barber | HOU | 2 | 13 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Benny Malone | MIA | 19 | 90 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 51 | 0 | 35 | ||||||
| Bob Griese | MIA | 13 | 20 | 194 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Duriel Harris | MIA | 5 | 87 | 1 | 27 | ||||||||||
| Don Nottingham | MIA | 8 | 44 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
| Leroy Harris | MIA | 10 | 45 | 1 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Norm Bulaich | MIA | 5 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | ||||||
| Freddie Solomon | MIA | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | ||||||
| Andre Tillman | MIA | 2 | 20 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Gary Davis | MIA | 6 | 8 | 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 | |||
| Warren Anderson | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Billy Johnson | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Art Stringer | HOU | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Tim Wilson | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 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 | |||
| Duriel Harris | MIA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Curtis Johnson | MIA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Vern Roberson | MIA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Freddie Solomon | MIA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Kicking & Punting
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Cliff Parsley | HOU | 5 | 223 | 44.6 | 0 | ||||
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Larry Seiple | MIA | 3 | 116 | 38.7 | 0 | ||||
| Garo Yepremian | MIA | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||