Sunday, November 12, 1978
Miami Dolphins 25, Buffalo Bills 24| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins (8-3-0) | 7 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 25 |
| Buffalo Bills (3-8-0) | 7 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
| MIA | BUF | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | MIA | Delvin Williams 25 yard rush (Garo Yepremian kick) | 7 | 0 |
| BUF | Reuben Gant 5 yard pass from Joe Ferguson (Tom Dempsey kick) | 7 | 7 | |
| 2nd | MIA | Garo Yepremian 47 yard field goal | 10 | 7 |
| MIA | Delvin Williams 26 yard rush (kick failed) | 16 | 7 | |
| BUF | Curtis Brown 58 yard rush (Tom Dempsey kick) | 16 | 14 | |
| MIA | Nat Moore 16 yard pass from Bob Griese (kick failed) | 22 | 14 | |
| BUF | Tom Dempsey 33 yard field goal | 22 | 17 | |
| 3rd | MIA | Garo Yepremian 24 yard field goal | 25 | 17 |
| 4th | BUF | Frank Lewis 14 yard pass from Joe Ferguson (Tom Dempsey kick) | 25 | 24 |
| MIA | BUF | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 20 | 16 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 42-193-2 | 28-170-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 13-21-106-1-0 | 15-27-129-2-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-10 | 2-15 |
| Net pass yards | 96 | 114 |
| Total yards | 289 | 284 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-2 | 4-2 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 6-60 | 10-116 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Delvin Williams | MIA | 26 | 144 | 2 | 26 | ||||||||||
| Bob Griese | MIA | 13 | 21 | 106 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Nat Moore | MIA | 5 | 44 | 1 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Jim Braxton | MIA | 6 | 21 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Andre Tillman | MIA | 3 | 26 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Duriel Harris | MIA | 2 | 24 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Leroy Harris | MIA | 3 | 17 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Gary Davis | MIA | 3 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| Norm Bulaich | MIA | 1 | -2 | 0 | -2 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Curtis Brown | BUF | 11 | 114 | 1 | 58 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| Joe Ferguson | BUF | 15 | 27 | 129 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bob Chandler | BUF | 5 | 52 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Frank Lewis | BUF | 4 | 52 | 1 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Roland Hooks | BUF | 7 | 39 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Terry Miller | BUF | 9 | 17 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Reuben Gant | BUF | 2 | 14 | 1 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Jimmy Cefalo | MIA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Gary Davis | MIA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bruce Hardy | MIA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Duriel Harris | MIA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 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 | |||
| Mike Franckowiak | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Roland Hooks | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Dennis D. Johnson | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Keith Moody | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Lou Piccone | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||