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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Miami Dolphins at Buffalo Bills - September 2nd, 1979
Miami Dolphins 9 at Buffalo Bills 7
Sunday, September 2, 1979
Miami Dolphins 9, Buffalo Bills 7| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins (1-0-0) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| Buffalo Bills (0-1-0) | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Scoring
| MIA | BUF | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd | BUF | Charles Romes 76 yard blocked field goal return (Tom Dempsey kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 3rd | MIA | Uwe von Schamann 34 yard field goal | 3 | 7 |
| 4th | MIA | Larry Csonka 1 yard rush (kick failed) | 9 | 7 |
Team Stats
| MIA | BUF | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 20 | 5 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 40-175-1 | 25-45-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 14-27-139-0-1 | 7-13-85-0-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-21 | 1-9 |
| Net pass yards | 118 | 76 |
| Total yards | 293 | 121 |
| Fumbles-lost | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 6-50 | 2-15 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Larry Csonka | MIA | 16 | 87 | 1 | 22 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 11 | ||||||
| Delvin Williams | MIA | 17 | 52 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 14 | ||||||
| Bob Griese | MIA | 14 | 27 | 139 | 0 | 1 | 25 | ||||||||
| Gary Davis | MIA | 7 | 36 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | ||||||
| Bruce Hardy | MIA | 4 | 41 | 0 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Nat Moore | MIA | 1 | 25 | 0 | 25 | ||||||||||
| Jimmy Cefalo | MIA | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Joe Ferguson | BUF | 7 | 13 | 85 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Frank Lewis | BUF | 2 | 48 | 0 | 43 | ||||||||||
| Jerry Butler | BUF | 3 | 32 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Terry Miller | BUF | 9 | 24 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Reuben Gant | BUF | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Roland Hooks | BUF | 6 | 5 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Curtis Brown | BUF | 9 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | -6 | 0 | -6 | ||||||
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 | |||
| Tony Nathan | MIA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Earnest Rhone | MIA | 1 | 7 | 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 | |||
| Keith Moody | BUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Lucius Sanford | BUF | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||