| Miami Dolphins at Houston Oilers Game Statistics |
| Date: December 4, 1983 Location: Houston, TX |
| Venue: Astrodome Attendance: 39434 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami DolphinsMIA | 0 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 24 |
| Houston OilersHOU | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIA | HOU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Houston OilersHOU | Tim Smith 5 pass from Oliver Luck (Florian Kempf kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Earl Campbell 1 run (Florian Kempf kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Andra Franklin 1 run (Uwe von Schamann kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | Houston OilersHOU | Florian Kempf 23 FG | 7 | 17 |
| 3 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Uwe von Schamann 19 FG | 10 | 17 |
| 4 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Nat Moore 28 pass from Dan Marino (Uwe von Schamann kick) | 17 | 17 |
| 4 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Tony Nathan 5 run (Uwe von Schamann kick) | 24 | 17 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | WR | Mark Duper |
| 89 | WR | Nat Moore |
| 79 | LOT | Jon Giesler |
| 67 | LOG | Bob Kuechenberg |
| 57 | C | Dwight Stephenson |
| 64 | ROG | Ed Newman |
| 68 | ROT | Eric Laakso |
| 87 | TE | Dan Johnson |
| 13 | QB | Dan Marino |
| 22 | RB | Tony Nathan |
| 37 | FB | Andra Franklin |
| Defense | ||
| 75 | LDE | Doug Betters |
| 73 | NT | Bob Baumhower |
| 58 | RDE | Kim Bokamper |
| 59 | LOLB | Bob Brudzinski |
| 77 | LILB | A.J. Duhe |
| 55 | RILB | Earnie Rhone |
| 56 | ROLB | Charles Bowser |
| 49 | LCB | William Judson |
| 47 | SS | Glenn Blackwood |
| 42 | FS | Lyle Blackwood |
| 48 | RCB | Gerald Small |
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Steve Bryant |
| 83 | WR | Tim Smith |
| 77 | LOT | Doug France |
| 63 | LOG | Mike Munchak |
| 58 | C | David Carter |
| 74 | ROG | Bruce Matthews |
| 73 | ROT | Harvey Salem |
| 88 | TE | Chris Dressel |
| 89 | TE | Mike McCloskey |
| 10 | QB | Oliver Luck |
| 34 | RB | Earl Campbell |
| Defense | ||
| 90 | LDE | Bob Hamm |
| 67 | MG | Mike Stensrud |
| 75 | RDE | Jesse Baker |
| 53 | LOLB | Avon Riley |
| 54 | LILB | Gregg Bingham |
| 56 | RILB | Robert Abraham |
| 52 | ROLB | Robert Brazile |
| 24 | LCB | Steve Brown |
| 25 | SS | Keith Bostic |
| 36 | FS | Carter Hartwig |
| 20 | RCB | Willie Tullis |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Tony Nathan | 14 | 82 | 5.9 | 27 | 1 |
| Andra Franklin | 15 | 66 | 4.4 | 11 | 1 |
| Dan Marino | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Don Strock | 2 | -4 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Earl Campbell | 28 | 138 | 4.9 | 25 | 1 |
| Oliver Luck | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Larry Moriarty | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 4 | 0 |
| Donnie Craft | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |||||||||||
| Dan Marino | 26 | 17 | 65.4 | 1 | 195 | 7.5 | 28t | 1 | 0 | 0 | 84.6 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Oliver Luck | 26 | 13 | 50.0 | 1 | 167 | 6.4 | 66 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 67.3 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Mark Duper | 6 | 80 | 13.3 | 16 | 0 |
| Tony Nathan | 5 | 36 | 7.2 | 12 | 0 |
| Nat Moore | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 28t | 1 |
| Bruce Hardy | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Joe Rose | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Dan Johnson | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Tim Smith | 5 | 36 | 7.2 | 14 | 1 |
| Earl Campbell | 3 | 68 | 22.7 | 66 | 0 |
| Steve Bryant | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 26 | 0 |
| Chris Dressel | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Stan Edwards | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Mike McCloskey | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Lyle Blackwood | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Keith Bostic | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Reggie Roby | 3 | 115 | 38.3 | 52 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| John James | 6 | 257 | 42.8 | 49 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | ||||||
| Fulton Walker | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 17 | 0 | |
| Mike Kozlowski | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | ||||||
| Fulton Walker | 3 | 100 | 33.3 | 55 | 0 | |
| Mark Brown | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Carl Roaches | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |
| Charles Bowser | 1.0 |
| Houston Oilers | |
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