| New England Patriots at Miami Dolphins Game Statistics |
| Date: December 15, 1974 Location: Miami, FL |
| Venue: Orange Bowl Attendance: 56920 |
| Weather: Partly Cloudy Temp: 79 F Humidty: 67% Wind: 14 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | 21 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 27 |
| Miami Dolphins | 0 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 34 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NE | MIA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New England Patriots | John Hannah EZ own fumble recovery (John Smith kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | New England Patriots | John Sanders 23 interception return (John Smith kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 1 | New England Patriots | Mack Herron 4 pass from Jim Plunkett (John Smith kick) | 21 | 0 |
| 2 | New England Patriots | John Smith 46 FG | 24 | 0 |
| 2 | Miami Dolphins | Don Nottingham 1 run (Garo Yepremian kick) | 24 | 7 |
| 2 | Miami Dolphins | Mel Baker 37 pass from Earl Morrall (Garo Yepremian kick) | 24 | 14 |
| 2 | Miami Dolphins | Garo Yepremian 28 FG | 24 | 17 |
| 3 | Miami Dolphins | Mel Baker 46 pass from Earl Morrall (Garo Yepremian kick) | 24 | 24 |
| 4 | New England Patriots | John Smith 34 FG | 27 | 24 |
| 4 | Miami Dolphins | Don Nottingham 2 run (Garo Yepremian kick) | 27 | 31 |
| 4 | Miami Dolphins | Garo Yepremian 40 FG | 27 | 34 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NE | Mack Herron | 14 | 56 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| NE | Joe Wilson | 14 | 55 | 3.9 | 0 | |
| NE | John Tarver | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| NE | Jim Plunkett | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| MIA | Don Nottingham | 15 | 41 | 2.7 | 2 | |
| MIA | Earl Morrall | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| MIA | Jim Kiick | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| MIA | Nat Moore | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| MIA | Hubie Ginn | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| MIA | Benny Malone | 14 | -3 | -0.2 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| NE | Jim Plunkett | 41 | 15 | 36.6 | 0 | 234 | 5.7 | 1 | 64.5 | |||
| MIA | Earl Morrall | 23 | 15 | 65.2 | 3 | 288 | 12.5 | 2 | 97.9 | |||
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NE | Mack Herron | 5 | 68 | 13.6 | 1 | |
| NE | Joe Wilson | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 0 | |
| NE | Randy Vataha | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 0 | |
| NE | Eddie Hinton | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 0 | |
| NE | Andy Johnson | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 0 | |
| NE | Bob Adams | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| MIA | Mel Baker | 4 | 121 | 30.3 | 2 | |
| MIA | Nat Moore | 4 | 81 | 20.3 | 0 | |
| MIA | Don Nottingham | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 0 | |
| MIA | Jim Mandich | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 0 | |
| MIA | Howard Twilley | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| MIA | Hubie Ginn | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NE | John Sanders | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 1 | |
| NE | Prentice McCray | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| NE | Dave Chapple | 6 | 254 | 42.3 | 0 | |
| MIA | Larry Seiple | 6 | 239 | 39.8 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NE | Mack Herron | 4 | 44 | 11.0 | 0 | ||
| MIA | Nat Moore | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 0 | ||
| MIA | Jake Scott | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | ||
| MIA | Dick Anderson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NE | Andy Johnson | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 0 | |
| NE | John Tanner | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | |
| NE | Mack Herron | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| MIA | Hubie Ginn | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 0 | |
| MIA | Benny Malone | 2 | 82 | 41.0 | 0 | |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
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