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Buffalo Bills 24 at Miami Dolphins 31
Sunday, September 17, 1978
Stadium: Orange Bowl, Start Time: 4:00, Surface: grass,
Weather: 82 degrees, relative humidity 70%, wind 12 mph
Weather: 82 degrees, relative humidity 70%, wind 12 mph
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills (0-3-0) | 0 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 24 |
| Miami Dolphins (2-1-0) | 7 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 31 |
Scoring
| BUF | MIA | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Dolphins | Leroy Harris 4 yard rush (Garo Yepremian kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2nd | Bills | Terry Miller 1 yard rush (Tom Dempsey kick) | 7 | 7 |
| Dolphins | Andre Tillman 6 yard pass from Don Strock (Garo Yepremian kick) | 7 | 14 | |
| 3rd | Dolphins | Garo Yepremian 49 yard field goal | 7 | 17 |
| Bills | Tom Dempsey 46 yard field goal | 10 | 17 | |
| Dolphins | Gary Davis 65 yard rush (Garo Yepremian kick) | 10 | 24 | |
| 4th | Bills | Frank Lewis 92 yard pass from Joe Ferguson (Tom Dempsey kick) | 17 | 24 |
| Dolphins | Delvin Williams 18 yard rush (Garo Yepremian kick) | 17 | 31 | |
| Bills | Roland Hooks 4 yard pass from Joe Ferguson (Tom Dempsey kick) | 24 | 31 |
Team Stats
| BUF | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 17 | 18 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 36-128-1 | 46-285-3 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 14-24-245-2-0 | 7-14-97-1-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-24 | 1-9 |
| Net pass yards | 221 | 88 |
| Total yards | 349 | 373 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-1 | 4-1 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 5-47 | 4-25 |
Passing, Rushing, & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Frank Lewis | BUF | 5 | 153 | 1 | 92 | ||||||||||
| Joe Ferguson | BUF | 14 | 24 | 245 | 2 | 0 | 92 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Jim Braxton | BUF | 11 | 32 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Reuben Gant | BUF | 2 | 44 | 0 | 22 | ||||||||||
| Terry Miller | BUF | 14 | 44 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Roland Hooks | BUF | 6 | 35 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | ||||||
| Dennis D. Johnson | BUF | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Larry Walton | BUF | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Delvin Williams | MIA | 24 | 135 | 1 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Gary Davis | MIA | 3 | 89 | 1 | 65 | ||||||||||
| Nat Moore | MIA | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 64 | 0 | 37 | ||||||
| Don Strock | MIA | 7 | 14 | 97 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 3 | -4 | 0 | -2 | ||||
| Norm Bulaich | MIA | 7 | 32 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Leroy Harris | MIA | 8 | 31 | 1 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Duriel Harris | MIA | 2 | 18 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Andre Tillman | MIA | 2 | 15 | 1 | 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 | |||
| Curtis Brown | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 54 | 27.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Mike Franckowiak | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Roland Hooks | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Keith Moody | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 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 | |||
| Terry Anderson | MIA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jimmy Cefalo | MIA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -3 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Gary Davis | MIA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Kicking & Punting
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Tom Dempsey | BUF | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rusty Jackson | BUF | 6 | 206 | 34.3 | 0 | ||||
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| George Roberts | MIA | 4 | 186 | 46.5 | 0 | ||||
| Garo Yepremian | MIA | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |