| New England Patriots at Miami Dolphins Game Statistics |
| Date: October 17, 1971 Location: Miami, FL |
| Venue: Orange Bowl Attendance: 58822 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 85 F Humidty: 67% Wind: 13 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Miami Dolphins | 21 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 41 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NE | MIA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miami Dolphins | Howard Twilley 22 pass from Bob Griese (Garo Yepremian kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Miami Dolphins | Paul Warfield 32 pass from Bob Griese (Garo Yepremian kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 1 | Miami Dolphins | Howard Twilley 14 pass from Bob Griese (Garo Yepremian kick) | 0 | 21 |
| 2 | New England Patriots | Charlie Gogolak 51 FG | 3 | 21 |
| 2 | Miami Dolphins | Garo Yepremian 34 FG | 3 | 24 |
| 2 | Miami Dolphins | Paul Warfield 14 pass from Bob Griese (Garo Yepremian kick) | 3 | 31 |
| 3 | Miami Dolphins | Jim Kiick 1 run (Garo Yepremian kick) | 3 | 38 |
| 4 | Miami Dolphins | Garo Yepremian 42 FG | 3 | 41 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Carl Garrett | 10 | 14 | 1.4 | 0 | |
| Jim Plunkett | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| Jim Nance | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 3 | 0 |
| Bob Gladieux | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Mercury Morris | 5 | 85 | 17.0 | 0 | |
| Hubie Ginn | 8 | 54 | 6.8 | 0 | |
| Larry Csonka | 6 | 40 | 6.7 | 26 | 0 |
| Jim Kiick | 10 | 37 | 3.7 | 1 | |
| Charlie Leigh | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Bob Griese | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| George Mira | 2 | -9 | -4.5 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||||||||
| Jim Plunkett | 35 | 14 | 40.0 | 2 | 134 | 3.8 | 0 | 27.6 | |||
| Miami Dolphins | |||||||||||
| Bob Griese | 14 | 9 | 64.3 | 0 | 185 | 13.2 | 4 | 147.3 | |||
| George Mira | 8 | 2 | 25.0 | 0 | 59 | 7.4 | 0 | 57.8 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Roland Moss | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 0 | |
| Carl Garrett | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 0 | |
| Ron Sellers | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | |
| Randy Vataha | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | |
| Bob Gladieux | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | |
| Jim Nance | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Howard Twilley | 5 | 98 | 19.6 | 2 | |
| Paul Warfield | 3 | 68 | 22.7 | 2 | |
| Karl Noonan | 2 | 59 | 29.5 | 0 | |
| Jim Kiick | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Jake Scott | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Curtis Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Tommy Janik | 8 | 316 | 39.5 | 0 | |
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Larry Seiple | 3 | 109 | 36.3 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Hubie Bryant | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | ||
| Miami Dolphins | ||||||
| Jake Scott | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Ron Gardin | 4 | 84 | 21.0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Gladieux | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 0 | ||
| Carl Garrett | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Miami Dolphins | ||||||
| Hubie Ginn | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 | |
| Mercury Morris | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
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