| Miami Dolphins at New York Giants Game Statistics |
| Date: December 10, 1972 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 62728 |
| Weather: Light Drizzle Temp: 47 F Humidty: 93% Wind: 7 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami DolphinsMIA | 10 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 23 |
| New York GiantsNYG | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIA | NYG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York GiantsNYG | Ron Johnson 1 run (Pete Gogolak kick blocked) | 0 | 6 |
| 1 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Mercury Morris 12 run (Garo Yepremian kick) | 7 | 6 |
| 1 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Garo Yepremian 37 FG | 10 | 6 |
| 2 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Paul Warfield 34 pass from Earl Morrall (Garo Yepremian kick) | 17 | 6 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Ron Johnson 1 run (Pete Gogolak kick) | 17 | 13 |
| 4 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Garo Yepremian 31 FG | 20 | 13 |
| 4 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Garo Yepremian 16 FG | 23 | 13 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Howard Twilley |
| 42 | WR | Paul Warfield |
| 79 | LOT | Wayne Moore |
| 67 | LOG | Bob Kuechenberg |
| 62 | C | Jim Langer |
| 66 | ROG | Larry Little |
| 73 | ROT | Norm Evans |
| 80 | TE | Marv Fleming |
| 15 | QB | Earl Morrall |
| 39 | RB | Larry Csonka |
| 22 | RB | Mercury Morris |
| Defense | ||
| 83 | LDE | Vern Den Herder |
| 75 | LDT | Manny Fernandez |
| 84 | RDT | Bob Heinz |
| 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 Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | WR | Don Herrmann |
| 84 | WR | Rich Houston |
| 69 | LOT | Willie Young |
| 62 | LOG | Dick Enderle |
| 53 | C | Greg Larson |
| 63 | ROG | Doug Van Horn |
| 72 | ROT | Joe Taffoni |
| 38 | TE | Bob Tucker |
| 16 | QB | Norm Snead |
| 29 | RB | Vin Clements |
| 30 | RB | Ron Johnson |
| Offense | ||
| 80 | LDE | Henry Reed |
| 75 | LDT | Larry Jacobson |
| 64 | RDT | John Mendenhall |
| 81 | RDE | Jack Gregory |
| 58 | LLB | Jimmy Files |
| 67 | MLB | Ron Hornsby |
| 56 | RLB | Pat Hughes |
| 45 | LCB | Pete Athas |
| 44 | LS | Richmond Flowers |
| 43 | RS | Carl Lockhart |
| 41 | RCB | Willie Williams |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Mercury Morris | 19 | 98 | 5.2 | 1 | |
| Jim Kiick | 10 | 69 | 6.9 | 0 | |
| Larry Csonka | 9 | 30 | 3.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Earl Morrall | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Ron Johnson | 23 | 63 | 2.7 | 2 | |
| Vin Clements | 11 | 63 | 5.7 | 0 | |
| Bob Tucker | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |||||||||||
| Earl Morrall | 17 | 9 | 52.9 | 1 | 171 | 10.1 | 44 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 83.2 |
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Norm Snead | 25 | 15 | 60.0 | 2 | 231 | 9.2 | 0 | 57.2 | |||
| Tom Blanchard | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Paul Warfield | 4 | 132 | 33.0 | 1 | |
| Jim Kiick | 4 | 28 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| Jim Mandich | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Bob Tucker | 4 | 89 | 22.3 | 0 | |
| Vin Clements | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 0 | |
| Rich Houston | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 0 | |
| Ron Johnson | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 0 | |
| Don Herrmann | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Nick Buoniconti | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Curtis Johnson | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Willie Williams | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Dick Anderson | 3 | 111 | 37.0 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Tom Blanchard | 2 | 85 | 42.5 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | ||||||
| Jake Scott | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | ||
| New York Giants | ||||||
| John Mendenhall | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | ||||||
| Charlie Leigh | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 | |
| Mercury Morris | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Rocky Thompson | 4 | 73 | 18.3 | 0 | ||
| Joe Orduna | 2 | 52 | 26.0 | 0 | ||
| SACKS | NO |
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