| Miami Dolphins at New England Patriots Game Statistics |
| Date: December 5, 1971 Location: Foxborough, MA |
| Venue: Schaefer Stadium Attendance: 61457 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 32 F Humidty: 49% Wind: 16 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami DolphinsMIA | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| New England PatriotsNE | 17 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 34 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIA | NE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Mercury Morris 94 kickoff return (Garo Yepremian kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | New England PatriotsNE | Jim Nance 6 run (Charlie Gogolak kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 1 | New England PatriotsNE | Randy Vataha 26 pass from Jim Plunkett (Charlie Gogolak kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 1 | New England PatriotsNE | Charlie Gogolak 37 FG | 7 | 17 |
| 2 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Garo Yepremian 26 FG | 10 | 17 |
| 2 | New England PatriotsNE | Charlie Gogolak 35 FG | 10 | 20 |
| 3 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Garo Yepremian 30 FG | 13 | 20 |
| 3 | New England PatriotsNE | Randy Vataha 25 pass from Jim Plunkett (Charlie Gogolak kick) | 13 | 27 |
| 3 | New England PatriotsNE | Larry Carwell 53 interception return (Charlie Gogolak kick) | 13 | 34 |
| 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 England Patriots | ||
| Offense | ||
| 34 | WR | Ron Sellers |
| 18 | WR | Randy Vataha |
| 64 | LOT | Mike Montler |
| 62 | LOG | Halvor Hagen |
| 56 | C | Jon Morris |
| 60 | ROG | Len St. Jean |
| 77 | ROT | Tom Neville |
| 82 | TE | Tom Beer |
| 16 | QB | Jim Plunkett |
| 30 | RB | Carl Garrett |
| 35 | RB | Jim Nance |
| Offense | ||
| 71 | LDE | Art May |
| 76 | LDT | Dave Rowe |
| 85 | RDT | Julius Adams |
| 88 | RDE | Ron Berger |
| 66 | LLB | Ed Weisacosky |
| 50 | MLB | Jim Cheyunski |
| 57 | RLB | Steve Kiner |
| 41 | LCB | Larry Carwell |
| 25 | LS | Rickie Harris |
| 42 | RS | Don Webb |
| 44 | RCB | Johnny Outlaw |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Larry Csonka | 10 | 61 | 6.1 | 21 | 0 |
| Jim Kiick | 8 | 15 | 1.9 | 0 | |
| Larry Seiple | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Mercury Morris | 5 | 8 | 1.6 | 0 | |
| George Mira | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Bob Griese | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Carl Garrett | 15 | 57 | 3.8 | 0 | |
| Jim Nance | 11 | 33 | 3.0 | 8 | 1 |
| Bob Gladieux | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Jim Plunkett | 4 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | |
| Jack Maitland | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Eric Crabtree | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | -7 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |||||||||||
| Bob Griese | 12 | 6 | 50.0 | 1 | 70 | 5.8 | 0 | 33.3 | |||
| George Mira | 10 | 3 | 30.0 | 1 | 38 | 3.8 | 0 | 3.3 | |||
| New England Patriots | |||||||||||
| Jim Plunkett | 23 | 16 | 69.6 | 0 | 223 | 9.7 | 2 | 129.4 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Howard Twilley | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 0 | |
| Paul Warfield | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 0 | |
| Karl Noonan | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Jim Kiick | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Mercury Morris | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Larry Csonka | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Randy Vataha | 7 | 129 | 18.4 | 2 | |
| Jim Nance | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Hubie Bryant | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 0 | |
| Eric Crabtree | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 0 | |
| Tom Beer | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Carl Garrett | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Larry Carwell | 1 | 53 | 53.0 | 53t | 1 |
| Johnny Outlaw | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Larry Seiple | 3 | 118 | 39.3 | 0 | |
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Tommy Janik | 6 | 195 | 32.5 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | ||||||
| Jake Scott | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | ||||||
| Charlie Leigh | 4 | 99 | 24.8 | 0 | ||
| Hubie Ginn | 2 | 52 | 26.0 | 0 | ||
| Mercury Morris | 1 | 94 | 94.0 | 94t | 1 | |
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Carl Garrett | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 0 | ||
| Hubie Bryant | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Jack Maitland | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
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| New England Patriots | |
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