| AFC Championship - Baltimore Colts at Miami Dolphins Game Statistics |
| Date: January 2, 1972 Location: Miami, FL |
| Venue: Orange Bowl Attendance: 76622 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 73 F Humidty: 87% Wind: 5 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore ColtsBAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Miami DolphinsMIA | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BAL | MIA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Paul Warfield 75 pass from Bob Griese (Garo Yepremian kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Dick Anderson 62 interception return (Garo Yepremian kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 4 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Larry Csonka 5 run (Garo Yepremian kick) | 0 | 21 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | ||
| Offense | ||
| 33 | WR | Eddie Hinton |
| 27 | WR | Ray Perkins |
| 72 | LOT | Bob Vogel |
| 62 | LOG | Glenn Ressler |
| 50 | C | Bill Curry |
| 75 | ROG | John Williams |
| 71 | ROT | Dan Sullivan |
| 84 | TE | Tom Mitchell |
| 19 | QB | Johnny Unitas |
| 23 | RB | Don McCauley |
| 48 | RB | Don Nottingham |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Bubba Smith |
| 81 | LDT | Billy Newsome |
| 76 | RDT | Fred Miller |
| 85 | RDE | Roy Hilton |
| 56 | LLB | Ray May |
| 32 | MLB | Mike Curtis |
| 82 | RLB | Ted Hendricks |
| 47 | LCB | Charlie Stukes |
| 20 | LS | Jerry Logan |
| 21 | RS | Rick Volk |
| 44 | RCB | Rex Kern |
| Miami Dolphins | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Howard Twilley |
| 42 | WR | Paul Warfield |
| 77 | LOT | Doug Crusan |
| 67 | LOG | Bob Kuechenberg |
| 61 | C | Bob DeMarco |
| 66 | ROG | Larry Little |
| 73 | ROT | Norm Evans |
| 80 | TE | Marv Fleming |
| 12 | QB | Bob Griese |
| 39 | RB | Larry Csonka |
| 21 | RB | Jim Kiick |
| Defense | ||
| 70 | LDE | Jim Riley |
| 75 | LDT | Manny Fernandez |
| 72 | RDT | Bob Heinz |
| 84 | RDE | Bill Stanfill |
| 59 | LLB | Doug Swift |
| 85 | MLB | Nick Buoniconti |
| 57 | RLB | Mike Kolen |
| 25 | LCB | Tim Foley |
| 13 | LS | Jake Scott |
| 40 | RS | Dick Anderson |
| 45 | RCB | Curtis Johnson |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Don McCauley | 15 | 50 | 3.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Don Nottingham | 11 | 33 | 3.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Tom Nowatzke | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Johnny Unitas | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Jim Kiick | 18 | 66 | 3.7 | 15 | 0 |
| Larry Csonka | 15 | 63 | 4.2 | 9 | 1 |
| Bob Griese | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Mercury Morris | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||||||||
| Johnny Unitas | 36 | 20 | 55.6 | 3 | 224 | 6.2 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 39.6 |
| Miami Dolphins | |||||||||||
| Bob Griese | 8 | 4 | 50.0 | 1 | 158 | 19.8 | 75t | 1 | 2 | 16 | 95.8 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Eddie Hinton | 6 | 98 | 16.3 | 27 | 0 |
| Don Nottingham | 4 | 26 | 6.5 | 25 | 0 |
| Ray Perkins | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Sam Havrilak | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Don McCauley | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Tom Mitchell | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| John Mackey | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Tom Matte | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Paul Warfield | 2 | 125 | 62.5 | 75t | 1 |
| Howard Twilley | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 20 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Jerry Logan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Dick Anderson | 1 | 62 | 62.0 | 62t | 1 |
| Mike Kolen | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Jake Scott | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| David Lee | 3 | 136 | 45.3 | 47 | 0 |
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Larry Seiple | 6 | 256 | 42.7 | 52 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | ||||||
| Rick Volk | 5 | 1 | 20 | 4.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Miami Dolphins | ||||||
| Jake Scott | 2 | 0 | 20 | 10.0 | 14 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | ||||||
| Charlie Pittman | 2 | 58 | 29.0 | 38 | 0 | |
| Miami Dolphins | ||||||
| Mercury Morris | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | ||
| Bubba Smith | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| Jim Bailey | 0.5 | 4.5 |
| Rex Kern | 0.5 | 4.5 |
| Miami Dolphins | ||
| Bob Heinz | 1.5 | 9.5 |
| Jim Riley | 1.5 | 5.5 |
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