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Miami Dolphins 9 at Buffalo Bills 7

Sunday, September 2, 1979

Miami Dolphins 9, Buffalo Bills 7

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Miami Dolphins (1-0-0)00369
Buffalo Bills (0-1-0)07007

Scoring

MIABUF
2ndBUFCharles Romes 76 yard blocked field goal return (Tom Dempsey kick)07
3rdMIAUwe von Schamann 34 yard field goal37
4thMIALarry Csonka 1 yard rush (kick failed)97

Team Stats

MIABUF
First downs205
Rush-yards-TDs40-175-125-45-0
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT14-27-139-0-17-13-85-0-1
Sacked-yards2-211-9
Net pass yards11876
Total yards293121
Fumbles-lost0-00-0
Turnovers11
Penalties-yards6-502-15

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 Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R 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 Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R 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