| Buffalo Bills at Miami Dolphins Game Statistics |
| Date: December 17, 1977 Location: Miami, FL |
| Venue: Orange Bowl Attendance: 39626 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 76 F Humidty: 94% Wind: 8 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo BillsBUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| Miami DolphinsMIA | 7 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 31 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BUF | MIA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Nat Moore 13 pass from Bob Griese (Garo Yepremian kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Freddie Solomon 54 pass from Bob Griese (Garo Yepremian kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Norm Bulaich 3 run (Garo Yepremian kick) | 0 | 21 |
| 3 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Garo Yepremian 48 FG | 0 | 24 |
| 4 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Lou Piccone 11 pass from Joe Ferguson (Carson Long kick) | 7 | 24 |
| 4 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Gary Davis 60 run (Garo Yepremian kick) | 7 | 31 |
| 4 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Joe Ferguson 1 run (Carson Long kick) | 14 | 31 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Bob Chandler |
| 89 | WR | Lou Piccone |
| 78 | LOT | Dave Foley |
| 67 | LOG | Reggie McKenzie |
| 61 | C | Willie Parker |
| 68 | ROG | Joe DeLamielleure |
| 70 | ROT | Joe Devlin |
| 87 | TE | Paul Seymour |
| 12 | QB | Joe Ferguson |
| 34 | RB | Jim Braxton |
| 25 | RB | Roland Hooks |
| Defense | ||
| 77 | LDE | Ben Williams |
| 71 | LDT | Mike Kadish |
| 76 | RDT | Bill Dunstan |
| 83 | RDE | Sherm White |
| 59 | LLB | Shane Nelson |
| 52 | MLB | Merv Krakau |
| 51 | RLB | Dan Jilek |
| 29 | LCB | Mario Clark |
| 24 | SS | Doug Jones |
| 43 | FS | Tony Greene |
| 28 | RCB | Dwight Harrison |
| Miami Dolphins | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | WR | Duriel Harris |
| 89 | WR | Nat Moore |
| 79 | LOT | Wayne Moore |
| 67 | LOG | Bob Kuechenberg |
| 62 | C | Jim Langer |
| 66 | ROG | Larry Little |
| 71 | ROT | Mike Current |
| 87 | TE | Andre Tillman |
| 12 | QB | Bob Griese |
| 27 | RB | Gary Davis |
| 38 | FB | Leroy Harris |
| Offense | ||
| 72 | LDE | Bob Heinz |
| 73 | NT | Bob Baumhower |
| 77 | RDE | A.J. Duhe |
| 58 | SLB | Kim Bokamper |
| 51 | LILB | Rusty Chambers |
| 53 | RILB | Bob Matheson |
| 50 | WLB | Larry Gordon |
| 41 | LCB | Norris Thomas |
| 25 | SS | Tim Foley |
| 21 | FS | Rick Volk |
| 45 | RCB | Curtis Johnson |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Roland Hooks | 13 | 41 | 3.2 | 0 | |
| Jim Braxton | 7 | 30 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| Mike Collier | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 0 | |
| Joe Ferguson | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 1 | |
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Gary Davis | 26 | 172 | 6.6 | 1 | |
| Norm Bulaich | 4 | 27 | 6.8 | 1 | |
| Leroy Harris | 9 | 23 | 2.6 | 0 | |
| Nat Moore | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| Bob Griese | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| Joe Ferguson | 40 | 25 | 62.5 | 3 | 331 | 8.3 | 1 | 65.7 | |||
| Miami Dolphins | |||||||||||
| Bob Griese | 14 | 10 | 71.4 | 1 | 210 | 15.0 | 2 | 123.5 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Bob Chandler | 7 | 59 | 8.4 | 0 | |
| Jim Braxton | 5 | 85 | 17.0 | 0 | |
| Lou Piccone | 5 | 73 | 14.6 | 1 | |
| Roland Hooks | 4 | 63 | 15.8 | 0 | |
| Reuben Gant | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 0 | |
| Mike Collier | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Nat Moore | 5 | 144 | 28.8 | 1 | |
| Gary Davis | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| Norm Bulaich | 2 | -4 | -2.0 | 0 | |
| Freddie Solomon | 1 | 54 | 54.0 | 54t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Dwight Harrison | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Curtis Johnson | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Tim Foley | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rick Volk | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Marv Bateman | 2 | 92 | 46.0 | 0 | |
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Mike Michel | 3 | 104 | 34.7 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Keith Moody | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Kimbrough | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Miami Dolphins | ||||||
| Freddie Solomon | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Keith Moody | 4 | 96 | 24.0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Kimbrough | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Mike Collier | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Miami Dolphins | ||||||
| Freddie Solomon | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 0 | ||
| SACKS | NO |
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