| Buffalo Bills at Miami Dolphins Game Statistics |
| Date: December 20, 1970 Location: Miami, FL |
| Venue: Orange Bowl Attendance: 70990 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 79 F Humidty: 50% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo BillsBUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Miami DolphinsMIA | 21 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 45 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BUF | MIA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Jim Kiick 4 run (Garo Yepremian kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Howard Twilley 21 pass from Bob Griese (Garo Yepremian kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 1 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Larry Csonka 2 run (Garo Yepremian kick) | 0 | 21 |
| 2 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Jim Kiick 2 run (Garo Yepremian kick) | 0 | 28 |
| 2 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Garo Yepremian 43 FG | 0 | 31 |
| 3 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Jim Kiick 2 run (Garo Yepremian kick) | 0 | 38 |
| 4 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Stan Mitchell 36 pass from John Stofa (Garo Yepremian kick) | 0 | 45 |
| 4 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Lloyd Pate 30 pass from James Harris (Grant Guthrie kick) | 7 | 45 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||
| Offense | ||
| 86 | WR | Marlin Briscoe |
| 25 | WR | Haven Moses |
| 54 | LOT | Howard Kindig |
| 73 | LOG | Richard Cheek |
| 57 | C | Frank Marchlewski |
| 67 | ROG | Joe O'Donnell |
| 79 | ROT | Paul Costa |
| 84 | TE | Austin Denney |
| 16 | QB | Dennis Shaw |
| 41 | RB | Bill Enyart |
| 33 | RB | Lloyd Pate |
| Defense | ||
| 72 | LDE | Ron McDole |
| 78 | LDT | Jim Dunaway |
| 88 | RDT | Julian Nunamaker |
| 82 | RDE | Al Cowlings |
| 59 | LLB | Paul Guidry |
| 52 | MLB | Edgar Chandler |
| 64 | RLB | Mike McCaffrey |
| 20 | LCB | Robert James |
| 48 | LS | John Pitts |
| 47 | RS | Pete Richardson |
| 42 | RCB | Butch Byrd |
| Miami Dolphins | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Howard Twilley |
| 42 | WR | Paul Warfield |
| 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 |
| 71 | LDT | Frank Cornish |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Dennis Shaw | 4 | 28 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| Lloyd Pate | 8 | 19 | 2.4 | 0 | |
| Bill Enyart | 4 | -1 | -0.3 | 3 | 0 |
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Larry Csonka | 14 | 89 | 6.4 | 53 | 1 |
| Jim Kiick | 11 | 24 | 2.2 | 3 | |
| Mercury Morris | 7 | 19 | 2.7 | 0 | |
| Stan Mitchell | 5 | 19 | 3.8 | 0 | |
| Hubie Ginn | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 0 | |
| John Stofa | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| Bob Griese | 2 | -4 | -2.0 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| James Harris | 17 | 9 | 52.9 | 1 | 109 | 6.4 | 1 | 68.0 | |||
| Dennis Shaw | 16 | 8 | 50.0 | 2 | 71 | 4.4 | 0 | 22.7 | |||
| Miami Dolphins | |||||||||||
| Bob Griese | 10 | 7 | 70.0 | 0 | 143 | 14.3 | 1 | 145.8 | |||
| John Stofa | 7 | 1 | 14.3 | 0 | 36 | 5.1 | 36t | 1 | 88.1 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Lloyd Pate | 4 | 25 | 6.3 | 0 | |
| Bill Enyart | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Willie Grate | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 1 | |
| Austin Denney | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 0 | |
| Roland Moss | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 0 | |
| Glenn Alexander | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Marlin Briscoe | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Haven Moses | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Clyde Glosson | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Howard Twilley | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 1 | |
| Jim Kiick | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | |
| Larry Csonka | 1 | 54 | 54.0 | 54 | 0 |
| Stan Mitchell | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 36t | 1 |
| Marv Fleming | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 36 | 0 |
| Mercury Morris | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Dick Anderson | 1 | 86 | 86.0 | 86 | 0 |
| Lloyd Mumphord | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Paul Maguire | 8 | 295 | 36.9 | 0 | |
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Larry Seiple | 5 | 205 | 41.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Ike Hill | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | ||
| Miami Dolphins | ||||||
| Jake Scott | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Roland Moss | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Collins | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | ||
| Mike McBath | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Miami Dolphins | ||||||
| Mercury Morris | 1 | 49 | 49.0 | 49 | 0 | |
| Larry Seiple | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
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