| Buffalo Bills at Miami Dolphins Game Statistics |
| Date: October 22, 1972 Location: Miami, FL |
| Venue: Orange Bowl Attendance: 80010 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 80 F Humidty: 67% Wind: 20 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | 0 | 13 | 0 | 10 | 23 |
| Miami Dolphins | 7 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BUF | MIA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miami Dolphins | Mercury Morris 5 run (Garo Yepremian kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Buffalo Bills | John Leypoldt 35 FG | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Buffalo Bills | Ken Lee 16 interception return (John Leypoldt kick) | 10 | 7 |
| 2 | Buffalo Bills | John Leypoldt 34 FG | 13 | 7 |
| 3 | Miami Dolphins | Larry Csonka 10 run (Garo Yepremian kick) | 13 | 14 |
| 3 | Miami Dolphins | Garo Yepremian 54 FG | 13 | 17 |
| 4 | Buffalo Bills | John Leypoldt 45 FG | 16 | 17 |
| 4 | Miami Dolphins | Mercury Morris 15 run (Garo Yepremian kick) | 16 | 24 |
| 4 | Buffalo Bills | Jim Braxton 6 pass from Mike Taliaferro (John Leypoldt kick) | 23 | 24 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| BUF | Jim Braxton | 9 | 75 | 8.3 | 0 | |
| BUF | O.J. Simpson | 16 | 57 | 3.6 | 9 | 0 |
| BUF | Mike Taliaferro | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| BUF | Spike Jones | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| BUF | Wayne Patrick | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| BUF | Dennis Shaw | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 0 | |
| MIA | Larry Csonka | 18 | 107 | 5.9 | 21 | 1 |
| MIA | Jim Kiick | 25 | 81 | 3.2 | 0 | |
| MIA | Mercury Morris | 5 | 35 | 7.0 | 2 | |
| MIA | Earl Morrall | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| BUF | Mike Taliaferro | 12 | 4 | 33.3 | 0 | 16 | 1.3 | 1 | 70.1 | |||
| BUF | Dennis Shaw | 6 | 3 | 50.0 | 0 | 29 | 4.8 | 0 | 63.9 | |||
| MIA | Earl Morrall | 10 | 6 | 60.0 | 1 | 91 | 9.1 | 0 | 50.4 | |||
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| BUF | Jim Braxton | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 1 | |
| BUF | J.D. Hill | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | |
| BUF | Bob Chandler | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| BUF | O.J. Simpson | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| MIA | Howard Twilley | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 0 | |
| MIA | Paul Warfield | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 0 | |
| MIA | Jim Kiick | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| BUF | Ken Lee | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16t | 1 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| BUF | Spike Jones | 6 | 225 | 37.5 | 0 | |
| MIA | Larry Seiple | 2 | 74 | 37.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| BUF | J.D. Hill | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| MIA | Charlie Leigh | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | ||
| MIA | Dick Anderson | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| BUF | Linzy Cole | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 0 | |
| BUF | J.D. Hill | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| MIA | Mercury Morris | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 0 | |
| MIA | Charlie Leigh | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
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