| Miami Dolphins at Minnesota Vikings Game Statistics |
| Date: October 1, 1972 Location: Bloomington, MN |
| Venue: Metropolitan Stadium Attendance: 47900 |
| Weather: Mostly Clear Temp: 71 F Humidty: 44% Wind: 3 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 16 |
| Minnesota Vikings | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIA | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnesota Vikings | John Gilliam 56 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | Miami Dolphins | Garo Yepremian 38 FG | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Miami Dolphins | Garo Yepremian 42 FG | 6 | 7 |
| 4 | Minnesota Vikings | Bill Brown 1 run (Fred Cox kick) | 6 | 14 |
| 4 | Miami Dolphins | Garo Yepremian 51 FG | 9 | 14 |
| 4 | Miami Dolphins | Jim Mandich 3 pass from Bob Griese (Garo Yepremian kick) | 16 | 14 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| MIA | Larry Csonka | 10 | 66 | 6.6 | 19 | 0 |
| MIA | Mercury Morris | 8 | 28 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| MIA | Jim Kiick | 7 | 21 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| MIA | Bob Griese | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| MIN | Oscar Reed | 9 | 52 | 5.8 | 0 | |
| MIN | Dave Osborn | 14 | 47 | 3.4 | 0 | |
| MIN | Bill Brown | 6 | 16 | 2.7 | 7 | 1 |
| MIN | Fran Tarkenton | 6 | 16 | 2.7 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| MIA | Bob Griese | 33 | 16 | 48.5 | 2 | 127 | 3.8 | 1 | 43.4 | |||
| MIA | Marlin Briscoe | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | 118.8 | ||
| MIN | Fran Tarkenton | 23 | 10 | 43.5 | 3 | 142 | 6.2 | 1 | 38.9 | |||
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| MIA | Jim Mandich | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 1 | |
| MIA | Jim Kiick | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 0 | |
| MIA | Marlin Briscoe | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 0 | |
| MIA | Howard Twilley | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | |
| MIA | Paul Warfield | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | |
| MIA | Marv Fleming | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| MIA | Larry Csonka | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| MIA | Mercury Morris | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| MIN | John Gilliam | 3 | 91 | 30.3 | 1 | |
| MIN | John Beasley | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 0 | |
| MIN | Gene Washington | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| MIN | Oscar Reed | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| MIN | Bill Brown | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| MIN | Dave Osborn | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| MIA | Tim Foley | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| MIA | Doug Swift | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| MIA | Lloyd Mumphord | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| MIN | Roy Winston | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| MIN | Bobby Bryant | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| MIA | Larry Seiple | 6 | 264 | 44.0 | 0 | |
| MIN | Mike Eischeid | 7 | 320 | 45.7 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| MIA | Charlie Leigh | 4 | 45 | 11.3 | 0 | ||
| MIA | Dick Anderson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| MIN | Charlie West | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| MIA | Mercury Morris | 3 | 76 | 25.3 | 0 | |
| MIN | John Gilliam | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
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