Miami Dolphins at New England Patriots - December 5th, 1971
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 | |
| New England Patriots | 17 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 34 |
Scoring
| Quarter | Tm | Detail | MIA | NWE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dolphins | Mercury Morris 94 yard kickoff return (Garo Yepremian kick) | 7 | 0 |
| Patriots | Jim Nance 6 yard rush (Charlie Gogolak kick) | 7 | 7 | |
| Patriots | Randy Vataha 26 yard pass from Jim Plunkett (Charlie Gogolak kick) | 7 | 14 | |
| Patriots | Charlie Gogolak 37 yard field goal | 7 | 17 | |
| 2 | Dolphins | Garo Yepremian 26 yard field goal | 10 | 17 |
| Patriots | Charlie Gogolak 35 yard field goal | 10 | 20 | |
| 3 | Dolphins | Garo Yepremian 30 yard field goal | 13 | 20 |
| Patriots | Randy Vataha 25 yard pass from Jim Plunkett (Charlie Gogolak kick) | 13 | 27 | |
| Patriots | Larry Carwell 53 yard interception return (Charlie Gogolak kick) | 13 | 34 |
Game Info
Team Stats
Passing, Rushing, & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Sk | Yds | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Bob Griese | MIA | 6 | 12 | 70 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 29 | 33.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| George Mira | MIA | 3 | 10 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Larry Csonka | MIA | 10 | 61 | 0 | 21 | 1 | -6 | 0 | -6 | |||||||||
| Jim Kiick | MIA | 8 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | |||||||||
| Larry Seiple | MIA | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | |||||||||||||
| Mercury Morris | MIA | 5 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | |||||||||
| Paul Warfield | MIA | 2 | 46 | 0 | 29 | |||||||||||||
| Howard Twilley | MIA | 3 | 39 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||||||
| Karl Noonan | MIA | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||||||
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Sk | Yds | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Jim Plunkett | NWE | 16 | 23 | 223 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 129.4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Carl Garrett | NWE | 15 | 57 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| Jim Nance | NWE | 11 | 33 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 7 | |||||||||
| Bob Gladieux | NWE | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Jack Maitland | NWE | 1 | -2 | 0 | -2 | |||||||||||||
| Eric Crabtree | NWE | 1 | -7 | 0 | -7 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 23 | |||||||||
| Randy Vataha | NWE | 7 | 129 | 2 | 51 | |||||||||||||
| Hubie Bryant | NWE | 2 | 31 | 0 | 19 | |||||||||||||
| Tom Beer | NWE | 1 | 21 | 0 | 21 | |||||||||||||
