| Miami Dolphins at New England Patriots Game Statistics |
| Date: December 5, 1971 Location: Foxborough, MA |
| Venue: Schaefer Stadium Attendance: 61457 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 32 F Humidty: 49% Wind: 16 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| New England Patriots | 17 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 34 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIA | NE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miami Dolphins | Mercury Morris 94 kickoff return (Garo Yepremian kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | New England Patriots | Jim Nance 6 run (Charlie Gogolak kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 1 | New England Patriots | Randy Vataha 26 pass from Jim Plunkett (Charlie Gogolak kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 1 | New England Patriots | Charlie Gogolak 37 FG | 7 | 17 |
| 2 | Miami Dolphins | Garo Yepremian 26 FG | 10 | 17 |
| 2 | New England Patriots | Charlie Gogolak 35 FG | 10 | 20 |
| 3 | Miami Dolphins | Garo Yepremian 30 FG | 13 | 20 |
| 3 | New England Patriots | Randy Vataha 25 pass from Jim Plunkett (Charlie Gogolak kick) | 13 | 27 |
| 3 | New England Patriots | Larry Carwell 53 interception return (Charlie Gogolak kick) | 13 | 34 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| MIA | Larry Csonka | 10 | 61 | 6.1 | 21 | 0 |
| MIA | Jim Kiick | 8 | 15 | 1.9 | 0 | |
| MIA | Larry Seiple | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| MIA | Mercury Morris | 5 | 8 | 1.6 | 0 | |
| MIA | George Mira | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| MIA | Bob Griese | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| NE | Carl Garrett | 15 | 57 | 3.8 | 0 | |
| NE | Jim Nance | 11 | 33 | 3.0 | 8 | 1 |
| NE | Bob Gladieux | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| NE | Jim Plunkett | 4 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | |
| NE | Jack Maitland | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| NE | Eric Crabtree | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | -7 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| MIA | Bob Griese | 12 | 6 | 50.0 | 1 | 70 | 5.8 | 0 | 33.3 | |||
| MIA | George Mira | 10 | 3 | 30.0 | 1 | 38 | 3.8 | 0 | 3.3 | |||
| NE | Jim Plunkett | 23 | 16 | 69.6 | 0 | 223 | 9.7 | 2 | 129.4 | |||
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| MIA | Howard Twilley | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 0 | |
| MIA | Paul Warfield | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 0 | |
| MIA | Karl Noonan | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| MIA | Jim Kiick | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| MIA | Mercury Morris | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| MIA | Larry Csonka | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
| NE | Randy Vataha | 7 | 129 | 18.4 | 2 | |
| NE | Jim Nance | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 7 | 0 |
| NE | Hubie Bryant | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 0 | |
| NE | Eric Crabtree | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 0 | |
| NE | Tom Beer | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| NE | Carl Garrett | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NE | Larry Carwell | 1 | 53 | 53.0 | 53t | 1 |
| NE | Johnny Outlaw | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| MIA | Larry Seiple | 3 | 118 | 39.3 | 0 | |
| NE | Tommy Janik | 6 | 195 | 32.5 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| MIA | Jake Scott | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| MIA | Charlie Leigh | 4 | 99 | 24.8 | 0 | |
| MIA | Hubie Ginn | 2 | 52 | 26.0 | 0 | |
| MIA | Mercury Morris | 1 | 94 | 94.0 | 94t | 1 |
| NE | Carl Garrett | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 0 | |
| NE | Hubie Bryant | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| NE | Jack Maitland | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
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