| AFC Championship - Miami Dolphins at Pittsburgh Steelers Game Statistics |
| Date: December 31, 1972 Location: Pittsburgh, PA |
| Venue: Three Rivers Stadium Attendance: 50350 |
| Weather: Light Rain Temp: 64 F Humidty: 60% Wind: 16 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 7 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIA | PIT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Gerry Mullins EZ opponents fumble recovery (Roy Gerela kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Miami Dolphins | Larry Csonka 9 pass from Earl Morrall (Garo Yepremian kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 3 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Roy Gerela 14 FG | 7 | 10 |
| 3 | Miami Dolphins | Jim Kiick 2 run (Garo Yepremian kick) | 14 | 10 |
| 4 | Miami Dolphins | Jim Kiick 3 run (Garo Yepremian kick) | 21 | 10 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Al Young 12 pass from Terry Bradshaw (Roy Gerela kick) | 21 | 17 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| MIA | Mercury Morris | 16 | 76 | 4.8 | 11 | 0 |
| MIA | Larry Csonka | 24 | 68 | 2.8 | 27 | 0 |
| MIA | Larry Seiple | 1 | 37 | 37.0 | 37 | 0 |
| MIA | Jim Kiick | 8 | 12 | 1.5 | 3t | 2 |
| PIT | Franco Harris | 16 | 76 | 4.8 | 10 | 0 |
| PIT | John Fuqua | 8 | 47 | 5.9 | 24 | 0 |
| PIT | Terry Bradshaw | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| MIA | Earl Morrall | 11 | 7 | 63.6 | 1 | 51 | 4.6 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 66.9 |
| MIA | Bob Griese | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 0 | 70 | 14.0 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 104.2 |
| PIT | Terry Bradshaw | 10 | 5 | 50.0 | 2 | 80 | 8.0 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 70.8 |
| PIT | Terry Hanratty | 10 | 5 | 50.0 | 0 | 57 | 5.7 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 67.5 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| MIA | Marv Fleming | 5 | 50 | 10.0 | 15 | 0 |
| MIA | Paul Warfield | 2 | 63 | 31.5 | 52 | 0 |
| MIA | Larry Csonka | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9t | 1 |
| MIA | Jim Mandich | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| MIA | Mercury Morris | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
| PIT | Al Young | 4 | 54 | 13.5 | 25 | 1 |
| PIT | Ron Shanklin | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 25 | 0 |
| PIT | Franco Harris | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 9 | 0 |
| PIT | John McMakin | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| PIT | Larry Brown | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| MIA | Nick Buoniconti | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| MIA | Mike Kolen | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| PIT | Glen Edwards | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| MIA | Larry Seiple | 4 | 142 | 35.5 | 38 | 0 |
| PIT | Bobby Walden | 4 | 205 | 51.3 | 60 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| MIA | Jake Scott | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| PIT | Glen Edwards | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| PIT | Rocky Bleier | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| MIA | Mercury Morris | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| PIT | Preston Pearson | 2 | 63 | 31.5 | 41 | 0 |
| PIT | Steve Davis | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| MIA | Mercury Morris | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| PIT | Preston Pearson | 2 | 63 | 31.5 | 41 | 0 |
| PIT | Steve Davis | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
| MIA | Bill Stanfill | 1.5 |
| MIA | Vern Den Herder | 0.5 |
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