| Miami Dolphins at New York Jets Game Statistics |
| Date: October 8, 1972 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Shea Stadium Attendance: 63841 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 64 F Humidty: 45% Wind: 14 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami DolphinsMIA | 0 | 14 | 3 | 10 | 27 |
| New York JetsNYJ | 7 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIA | NYJ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York JetsNYJ | Randy Rasmussen EZ own fumble recovery (Bobby Howfield kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Howard Twilley 16 pass from Bob Griese (Garo Yepremian kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Jim Kiick 6 run (Garo Yepremian kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 3 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Garo Yepremian 27 FG | 17 | 7 |
| 3 | New York JetsNYJ | Bobby Howfield 18 FG | 17 | 10 |
| 4 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Jim Kiick 3 run (Garo Yepremian kick) | 24 | 10 |
| 4 | New York JetsNYJ | Emerson Boozer 1 run (Bobby Howfield kick) | 24 | 17 |
| 4 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Garo Yepremian 43 FG | 27 | 17 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Howard Twilley |
| 42 | WR | Paul Warfield |
| 77 | LOT | Doug Crusan |
| 67 | LOG | Bob Kuechenberg |
| 62 | C | Jim Langer |
| 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 | ||
| 83 | LDE | Vern Den Herder |
| 75 | LDT | Manny Fernandez |
| 78 | RDT | Jim Dunaway |
| 84 | RDE | Bill Stanfill |
| 59 | LLB | Doug Swift |
| 86 | MLB | Nick Buoniconti |
| 57 | RLB | Mike Kolen |
| 25 | LCB | Tim Foley |
| 13 | LS | Jake Scott |
| 40 | RS | Dick Anderson |
| 45 | RCB | Curtis Johnson |
| New York Jets | ||
| Offense | ||
| 7 | WR | Eddie Bell |
| 13 | WR | Don Maynard |
| 76 | LOT | Bob Svihus |
| 66 | LOG | Randy Rasmussen |
| 52 | C | John Schmitt |
| 61 | ROG | Roger Finnie |
| 75 | ROT | Winston Hill |
| 88 | TE | Rich Caster |
| 12 | QB | Joe Namath |
| 42 | RB | Cliff McClain |
| 44 | RB | John Riggins |
| Offense | ||
| 81 | LDE | Gerry Philbin |
| 57 | LDT | John Little |
| 80 | RDT | John Elliott |
| 84 | RDE | Mark Lomas |
| 51 | LLB | Ralph Baker |
| 62 | MLB | Al Atkinson |
| 60 | RLB | Larry Grantham |
| 21 | LCB | Steve Tannen |
| 48 | LS | Gus Hollomon |
| 19 | RS | Chris Farasopoulos |
| 45 | RCB | Earlie Thomas |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Larry Csonka | 18 | 102 | 5.7 | 15 | 0 |
| Jim Kiick | 16 | 53 | 3.3 | 2 | |
| Paul Warfield | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Mercury Morris | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | |||||
| John Riggins | 10 | 50 | 5.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Cliff McClain | 10 | 34 | 3.4 | 0 | |
| Steve Harkey | 6 | 20 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| Emerson Boozer | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 13 | 1 |
| Joe Namath | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |||||||||||
| Bob Griese | 27 | 15 | 55.6 | 0 | 220 | 8.1 | 1 | 94.7 | |||
| New York Jets | |||||||||||
| Joe Namath | 25 | 12 | 48.0 | 1 | 156 | 6.2 | 0 | 51.4 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Paul Warfield | 5 | 71 | 14.2 | 0 | |
| Howard Twilley | 4 | 62 | 15.5 | 1 | |
| Otto Stowe | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 0 | |
| Marv Fleming | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 0 | |
| Jim Kiick | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Jerome Barkum | 4 | 76 | 19.0 | 0 | |
| Steve Harkey | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 0 | |
| Don Maynard | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | |
| Cliff McClain | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Rich Caster | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| John Riggins | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Jake Scott | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Larry Seiple | 2 | 89 | 44.5 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Steve O'Neal | 5 | 207 | 41.4 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | ||||||
| Charlie Leigh | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | ||
| New York Jets | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | ||||||
| Mercury Morris | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 | |
| Charlie Leigh | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Bob Matheson | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Chris Farasopoulos | 3 | 71 | 23.7 | 0 | ||
| W.K. Hicks | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 0 | ||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
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| New York Jets | |
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