| Buffalo Bills at Miami Dolphins Game Statistics |
| Date: December 5, 1976 Location: Miami, FL |
| Venue: Orange Bowl Attendance: 43475 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 76 F Humidty: 74% Wind: 13 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | 10 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 27 |
| Miami Dolphins | 3 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 45 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BUF | MIA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buffalo Bills | George Jakowenko 28 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Miami Dolphins | Garo Yepremian 53 FG | 3 | 3 |
| 1 | Buffalo Bills | O.J. Simpson 75 run (George Jakowenko kick) | 10 | 3 |
| 2 | Miami Dolphins | Duriel Harris 37 pass from Don Strock (Garo Yepremian kick) | 10 | 10 |
| 2 | Miami Dolphins | Freddie Solomon 79 punt return (Garo Yepremian kick) | 10 | 17 |
| 2 | Buffalo Bills | George Jakowenko 49 FG | 13 | 17 |
| 3 | Miami Dolphins | Freddie Solomon 53 pass from Don Strock (Garo Yepremian kick) | 13 | 24 |
| 3 | Miami Dolphins | Don Strock 2 run (Garo Yepremian kick) | 13 | 31 |
| 3 | Buffalo Bills | Reuben Gant 11 pass from Gary Marangi (George Jakowenko kick) | 20 | 31 |
| 4 | Miami Dolphins | Freddie Solomon 59 run (Garo Yepremian kick) | 20 | 38 |
| 4 | Buffalo Bills | Bob Chandler 15 pass from Gary Marangi (George Jakowenko kick) | 27 | 38 |
| 4 | Miami Dolphins | Don Nottingham 1 run (Garo Yepremian kick) | 27 | 45 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| O.J. Simpson | 24 | 203 | 8.5 | 75 | 1 |
| Jeff Kinney | 12 | 40 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| Gary Marangi | 5 | 28 | 5.6 | 0 | |
| Eddie Ray | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Gary Davis | 7 | 79 | 11.3 | 0 | |
| Freddie Solomon | 1 | 59 | 59.0 | 59t | 1 |
| Norm Bulaich | 6 | 33 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| Stan Winfrey | 4 | 25 | 6.3 | 0 | |
| Benny Malone | 5 | 10 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Don Nottingham | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 1 | |
| Don Strock | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2t | 1 |
| Clayton Heath | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| Gary Marangi | 29 | 13 | 44.8 | 2 | 155 | 5.3 | 2 | 56.0 | |||
| Miami Dolphins | |||||||||||
| Don Strock | 22 | 11 | 50.0 | 1 | 219 | 10.0 | 2 | 96.6 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Bob Chandler | 4 | 68 | 17.0 | 1 | |
| Jeff Kinney | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 0 | |
| Reuben Gant | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 1 | |
| O.J. Simpson | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 12 | 0 |
| John Holland | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Paul Seymour | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Freddie Solomon | 5 | 114 | 22.8 | 1 | |
| Duriel Harris | 2 | 66 | 33.0 | 1 | |
| Larry Seiple | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Andre Tillman | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Gary Davis | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Don Nottingham | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Keith Moody | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Ken Ellis | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 | 0 |
| Bob Matheson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Marv Bateman | 5 | 230 | 46.0 | 0 | |
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Larry Seiple | 3 | 107 | 35.7 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| John Holland | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Roland Hooks | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Miami Dolphins | ||||||
| Freddie Solomon | 1 | 79 | 79.0 | 79t | 1 | |
| Charlie Babb | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Dick Anderson | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Roland Hooks | 4 | 121 | 30.3 | 0 | ||
| Tom Ruud | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 0 | ||
| Bo Cornell | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Miami Dolphins | ||||||
| Duriel Harris | 2 | 95 | 47.5 | 0 | ||
| Don Nottingham | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Davis | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
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