| Miami Dolphins at New York Jets Game Statistics |
| Date: October 24, 1971 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Shea Stadium Attendance: 62130 |
| Weather: Light Rain Temp: 58 F Humidty: 93% Wind: 20 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami DolphinsMIA | 0 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 30 |
| New York JetsNYJ | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIA | NYJ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York JetsNYJ | Emerson Boozer 14 pass from Bob Davis (Bobby Howfield kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Garo Yepremian 25 FG | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Paul Warfield 37 pass from Bob Griese (Garo Yepremian kick) | 10 | 7 |
| 3 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Larry Csonka 2 run (Garo Yepremian kick) | 17 | 7 |
| 4 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Garo Yepremian 31 FG | 20 | 7 |
| 4 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Larry Csonka 2 run (Garo Yepremian kick) | 27 | 7 |
| 4 | New York JetsNYJ | Pete Lammons 16 pass from Bob Davis (Bobby Howfield kick) | 27 | 14 |
| 4 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Garo Yepremian 14 FG | 30 | 14 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Howard Twilley |
| 42 | WR | Paul Warfield |
| 77 | LOT | Doug Crusan |
| 67 | LOG | Bob Kuechenberg |
| 61 | C | Bob DeMarco |
| 66 | ROG | Larry Little |
| 73 | ROT | Norm Evans |
| 80 | TE | Marv Fleming |
| 12 | QB | Bob Griese |
| 39 | RB | Larry Csonka |
| 21 | RB | Jim Kiick |
| Defense | ||
| 70 | LDE | Jim Riley |
| 75 | LDT | Manny Fernandez |
| 72 | RDT | Bob Heinz |
| 84 | RDE | Bill Stanfill |
| 59 | LLB | Doug Swift |
| 85 | MLB | Nick Buoniconti |
| 57 | RLB | Mike Kolen |
| 25 | LCB | Tim Foley |
| 40 | LS | Dick Anderson |
| 13 | RS | Jake Scott |
| 45 | RCB | Curtis Johnson |
| New York Jets | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Rich Caster |
| 13 | WR | Don Maynard |
| 76 | LOT | Bob Svihus |
| 66 | LOG | Randy Rasmussen |
| 52 | C | John Schmitt |
| 67 | ROG | Dave Herman |
| 75 | ROT | Winston Hill |
| 87 | TE | Pete Lammons |
| 15 | QB | Bob Davis |
| 32 | RB | Emerson Boozer |
| 44 | RB | John Riggins |
| Offense | ||
| 57 | LDE | John Little |
| 61 | LDT | Roger Finnie |
| 64 | RDT | Chuck Hinton |
| 84 | RDE | Mark Lomas |
| 56 | LLB | Paul Crane |
| 55 | MLB | John Ebersole |
| 60 | RLB | Larry Grantham |
| 46 | LCB | Rich Sowells |
| 27 | LS | Phil Wise |
| 33 | RS | W.K. Hicks |
| 45 | RCB | Earlie Thomas |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Larry Csonka | 20 | 137 | 6.9 | 21 | 2 |
| Jim Kiick | 17 | 121 | 7.1 | 0 | |
| Mercury Morris | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 0 | |
| Paul Warfield | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Bob Griese | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Emerson Boozer | 17 | 52 | 3.1 | 7 | 0 |
| John Riggins | 10 | 43 | 4.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Bob Davis | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 0 | |
| Steve Harkey | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | |
| Pete Lammons | 0 | 3 | 3L | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |||||||||||
| Bob Griese | 18 | 5 | 27.8 | 0 | 68 | 3.8 | 1 | 61.3 | |||
| New York Jets | |||||||||||
| Bob Davis | 24 | 8 | 33.3 | 0 | 133 | 5.5 | 2 | 80.7 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Paul Warfield | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 1 | |
| Howard Twilley | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| Larry Csonka | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Eddie Bell | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 0 | |
| John Riggins | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Don Maynard | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Pete Lammons | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16t | 1 |
| Emerson Boozer | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14t | 1 |
| Rich Caster | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| New York Jets | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Larry Seiple | 5 | 152 | 30.4 | 1 | |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Steve O'Neal | 6 | 228 | 38.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | ||||||
| Jake Scott | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 0 | ||
| Dick Anderson | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Chris Farasopoulos | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | ||||||
| Mercury Morris | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 | |
| Hubie Ginn | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Chris Farasopoulos | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 0 | ||
| George Nock | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 0 | ||
| Phil Wise | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
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| New York Jets | |
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