Sunday, October 21, 1979
Miami Dolphins 13, New England Patriots 28| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins (5-3-0) | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| New England Patriots (6-2-0) | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 28 |
| MIA | NWE | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | MIA | Uwe von Schamann 53 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| MIA | Bruce Hardy 13 yard pass from Bob Griese (Uwe von Schamann kick) | 10 | 0 | |
| 2nd | MIA | Uwe von Schamann 40 yard field goal | 13 | 0 |
| NWE | Horace Ivory 1 yard rush (John Smith kick) | 13 | 7 | |
| 3rd | NWE | Sam Cunningham 1 yard rush (John Smith kick) | 13 | 14 |
| 4th | NWE | Ray Jarvis 15 yard pass from Steve Grogan (John Smith kick) | 13 | 21 |
| NWE | Mike Hawkins 35 yard interception return (John Smith kick) | 13 | 28 |
| MIA | NWE | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 13 | 17 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 29-135-0 | 44-129-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 12-27-72-1-3 | 17-25-191-1-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-3 | 2-21 |
| Net pass yards | 69 | 170 |
| Total yards | 204 | 299 |
| Fumbles-lost | 3-2 | 4-1 |
| Turnovers | 5 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 4-45 | 6-59 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Delvin Williams | MIA | 13 | 99 | 0 | 39 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
| Bruce Hardy | MIA | 3 | 39 | 1 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Larry Csonka | MIA | 13 | 32 | 0 | 5 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| Bob Griese | MIA | 10 | 18 | 57 | 1 | 2 | 16 | ||||||||
| Gary Davis | MIA | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
| Norm Bulaich | MIA | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Don Strock | MIA | 1 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Guy Benjamin | MIA | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||
| Nat Moore | MIA | 1 | -5 | 0 | -5 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Steve Grogan | NWE | 16 | 24 | 187 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 10 | 42 | 0 | 15 | ||||
| Sam Cunningham | NWE | 13 | 33 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 29 | 0 | 11 | ||||||
| Stanley Morgan | NWE | 2 | 53 | 0 | 41 | ||||||||||
| Horace Ivory | NWE | 16 | 44 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
| Harold Jackson | NWE | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 35 | 0 | 35 | ||||||
| Russ Francis | NWE | 4 | 34 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Ray Jarvis | NWE | 1 | 15 | 1 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Don Hasselbeck | NWE | 2 | 13 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Mosi Tatupu | NWE | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Eddie Hare | NWE | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||
| Don Calhoun | NWE | 4 | -2 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Gary Davis | MIA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Tony Nathan | MIA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 62 | 15.5 | 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 | |||
| Allan Clark | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 60 | 30.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Mike Hawkins | NWE | 2 | 35 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Mike Haynes | NWE | 1 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Rick Sanford | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||