| Boston Patriots at Miami Dolphins Game Statistics |
| Date: December 6, 1970 Location: Miami, FL |
| Venue: Orange Bowl Attendance: 51032 |
| Weather: Mostly Clear Temp: 77 F Humidty: 40% Wind: 10 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston PatriotsBOS | 0 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 20 |
| Miami DolphinsMIA | 17 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 37 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BOS | MIA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Mercury Morris 96 kickoff return (Garo Yepremian kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Lloyd Mumphord 51 blocked field goal recovery (Garo Yepremian kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 1 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Garo Yepremian 15 FG | 0 | 17 |
| 2 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Jim Nance 10 run (Gino Cappelletti kick blocked) | 6 | 17 |
| 2 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Garo Yepremian 39 FG | 6 | 20 |
| 2 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Howard Twilley 19 pass from Bob Griese (Garo Yepremian kick) | 6 | 27 |
| 3 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Carl Garrett 6 run (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 13 | 27 |
| 3 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Larry Csonka 1 run (Garo Yepremian kick) | 13 | 34 |
| 4 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Garo Yepremian 30 FG | 13 | 37 |
| 4 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Gayle Knief 22 pass from Mike Taliaferro (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 20 | 37 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | ||
| Offense | ||
| 34 | WR | Ron Sellers |
| 40 | WR | Bake Turner |
| 64 | LOT | Mike Montler |
| 67 | LOG | Gary Bugenhagen |
| 56 | C | Jon Morris |
| 60 | ROG | Len St. Jean |
| 77 | ROT | Tom Neville |
| 82 | TE | Tom Beer |
| 11 | QB | Joe Kapp |
| 30 | RB | Carl Garrett |
| 35 | RB | Jim Nance |
| Defense | ||
| 71 | LDE | Mel Witt |
| 79 | LDT | Jim Lee Hunt |
| 65 | RDT | Houston Antwine |
| 88 | RDE | Ron Berger |
| 52 | LLB | Ed Philpott |
| 54 | MLB | Marty Schottenheimer |
| 57 | RLB | John Bramlett |
| 27 | LCB | Randy Beverly |
| 26 | LS | Clarence Scott |
| 42 | RS | Don Webb |
| 23 | RCB | Daryl Johnson |
| Miami Dolphins | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | Karl Noonan |
| 81 | WR | Howard Twilley |
| 77 | LOT | Doug Crusan |
| 67 | LOG | Bob Kuechenberg |
| 60 | C | Carl Mauck |
| 66 | ROG | Larry Little |
| 73 | ROT | Norm Evans |
| 80 | TE | Marv Fleming |
| 12 | QB | Bob Griese |
| 39 | RB | Larry Csonka |
| 21 | RB | Jim Kiick |
| Offense | ||
| 70 | LDE | Jim Riley |
| 75 | LDT | Manny Fernandez |
| 74 | RDT | John Richardson |
| 84 | RDE | Bill Stanfill |
| 59 | LLB | Doug Swift |
| 85 | MLB | Nick Buoniconti |
| 57 | RLB | Mike Kolen |
| 45 | LCB | Curtis Johnson |
| 40 | LS | Dick Anderson |
| 13 | RS | Jake Scott |
| 26 | RCB | Lloyd Mumphord |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Jim Nance | 11 | 52 | 4.7 | 21 | 1 |
| Carl Garrett | 7 | 8 | 1.1 | 1 | |
| Odell Lawson | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| Joe Kapp | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Larry Csonka | 21 | 115 | 5.5 | 30 | 1 |
| Jim Kiick | 9 | 63 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| Mercury Morris | 5 | 30 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Bob Griese | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| Barry Pryor | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Stan Mitchell | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | |||||||||||
| Mike Taliaferro | 21 | 12 | 57.1 | 0 | 95 | 4.5 | 1 | 84.4 | |||
| Joe Kapp | 14 | 10 | 71.4 | 0 | 103 | 7.4 | 0 | 92.3 | |||
| Miami Dolphins | |||||||||||
| Bob Griese | 15 | 11 | 73.3 | 0 | 102 | 6.8 | 1 | 113.7 | |||
| John Stofa | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Ron Sellers | 4 | 45 | 11.3 | 0 | |
| Jim Nance | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 13 | 0 |
| Tom Beer | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 0 | |
| Sid Blanks | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 0 | |
| Gayle Knief | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 1 | |
| Bake Turner | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | |
| Carl Garrett | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | |
| Odell Lawson | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Charlie Frazier | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Jim Kiick | 4 | 41 | 10.3 | 0 | |
| Howard Twilley | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 1 | |
| Karl Noonan | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| Mercury Morris | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Tommy Janik | 6 | 263 | 43.8 | 0 | |
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Larry Seiple | 3 | 135 | 45.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | ||||||
| Carl Garrett | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Odell Lawson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Miami Dolphins | ||||||
| Jake Scott | 5 | 48 | 9.6 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | ||||||
| Sid Blanks | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 0 | ||
| Odell Lawson | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 0 | ||
| Carl Garrett | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 | |
| Miami Dolphins | ||||||
| Mercury Morris | 2 | 116 | 58.0 | 1 | ||
| Hubie Ginn | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Tim Foley | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | |
| Miami Dolphins | |
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