| Miami Dolphins at Buffalo Bills Game Statistics |
| Date: September 26, 1971 Location: Buffalo, NY |
| Venue: War Memorial Stadium Attendance: 45139 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 56 F Humidty: 80% Wind: 15 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | 3 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 29 |
| Buffalo Bills | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIA | BUF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miami Dolphins | Garo Yepremian 15 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Buffalo Bills | Wayne Patrick 1 run (Grant Guthrie kick) | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Miami Dolphins | Garo Yepremian 46 FG | 6 | 7 |
| 2 | Miami Dolphins | Garo Yepremian 13 FG | 9 | 7 |
| 2 | Miami Dolphins | Garo Yepremian 9 FG | 12 | 7 |
| 3 | Miami Dolphins | Larry Csonka 1 run (Garo Yepremian kick) | 19 | 7 |
| 3 | Buffalo Bills | O.J. Simpson 46 run (Grant Guthrie kick) | 19 | 14 |
| 4 | Miami Dolphins | Paul Warfield 23 pass from Bob Griese (Garo Yepremian kick) | 26 | 14 |
| 4 | Miami Dolphins | Garo Yepremian 48 FG | 29 | 14 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Jim Kiick | 20 | 108 | 5.4 | 0 | |
| Larry Csonka | 20 | 103 | 5.2 | 17 | 1 |
| Mercury Morris | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Bob Griese | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| O.J. Simpson | 9 | 82 | 9.1 | 46 | 1 |
| Wayne Patrick | 7 | 41 | 5.9 | 1 | |
| Dennis Shaw | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |||||||||||
| Bob Griese | 18 | 10 | 55.6 | 0 | 159 | 8.8 | 1 | 103.7 | |||
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| Dennis Shaw | 23 | 17 | 73.9 | 2 | 154 | 6.7 | 0 | 55.3 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Paul Warfield | 4 | 65 | 16.3 | 1 | |
| Jim Kiick | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 0 | |
| Larry Csonka | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Howard Twilley | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Wayne Patrick | 6 | 53 | 8.8 | 0 | |
| O.J. Simpson | 5 | 31 | 6.2 | 8 | 0 |
| Marlin Briscoe | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 0 | |
| Ted Koy | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 0 | |
| Jim Braxton | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Jan White | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Curtis Johnson | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 |
| Jake Scott | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Larry Seiple | 2 | 69 | 34.5 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Spike Jones | 5 | 204 | 40.8 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | ||||||
| Jake Scott | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 0 | ||
| Dick Anderson | 1 | 47 | 47.0 | 47 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Tim Beamer | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | ||||||
| Mercury Morris | 2 | 84 | 42.0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Matheson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Alvin Wyatt | 3 | 72 | 24.0 | 0 | ||
| Tim Beamer | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Braxton | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 | |
| Howard Kindig | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
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