| Miami Dolphins at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: December 9, 1979 Location: Pontiac, MI |
| Venue: Pontiac Silverdome Attendance: 78087 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | 14 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
| Detroit Lions | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIA | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miami Dolphins | Nat Moore 25 pass from Bob Griese (Uwe von Schamann kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Miami Dolphins | Jimmy Cefalo 29 pass from Bob Griese (Uwe von Schamann kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 2 | Detroit Lions | Benny Ricardo 46 FG | 14 | 3 |
| 3 | Miami Dolphins | Larry Csonka 3 run (Uwe von Schamann kick) | 21 | 3 |
| 4 | Miami Dolphins | Gary Davis 3 run (Uwe von Schamann kick) | 28 | 3 |
| 4 | Detroit Lions | Gene Washington 29 pass from Scott Hunter (Benny Ricardo kick) | 28 | 10 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Delvin Williams | 11 | 55 | 5.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Larry Csonka | 13 | 38 | 2.9 | 8 | 1 |
| Bob Torrey | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| Tony Nathan | 6 | 17 | 2.8 | 0 | |
| Gary Davis | 7 | 10 | 1.4 | 1 | |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Rick Kane | 6 | 30 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Dexter Bussey | 5 | 24 | 4.8 | 0 | |
| Jeff Komlo | 5 | 13 | 2.6 | 0 | |
| Bo Robinson | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| Lawrence Gaines | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |||||||||||
| Bob Griese | 22 | 17 | 77.3 | 1 | 229 | 10.4 | 29t | 2 | 5 | 44 | 121.2 |
| Guy Benjamin | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 83.3 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Jeff Komlo | 16 | 5 | 31.3 | 2 | 59 | 3.7 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 3.9 |
| Scott Hunter | 8 | 4 | 50.0 | 0 | 82 | 10.3 | 29t | 1 | 1 | 8 | 126.0 |
| Tom Skladany | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Nat Moore | 4 | 78 | 19.5 | 1 | |
| Duriel Harris | 4 | 63 | 15.8 | 0 | |
| Delvin Williams | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Tony Nathan | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | |
| Ronnie Lee | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| Gary Davis | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Cefalo | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29t | 1 |
| Steve Howell | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Freddie Scott | 4 | 65 | 16.3 | 0 | |
| Bo Robinson | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| Gene Washington | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29t | 1 |
| David Hill | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Rick Kane | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Neal Colzie | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Tim Foley | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jimmy Allen | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| George Roberts | 5 | 183 | 36.6 | 39 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Tom Skladany | 6 | 241 | 40.2 | 52 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | ||||||
| Tony Nathan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0.3 | 5 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| John Arnold | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | ||||||
| Tony Nathan | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Gary Davis | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| John Arnold | 4 | 107 | 26.8 | 54 | 0 | |
| Ken Callicutt | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |
| Vern Den Herder | 2.0 |
| A.J. Duhe | 1.0 |
| Bob Baumhower | 1.0 |
| Detroit Lions | |
| Dave Pureifory | 2.0 |
| Bubba Baker | 2.0 |
| William Gay | 1.0 |
| Doug English | 0.5 |
| Dave Gallagher | 0.5 |
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