| Miami Dolphins at San Diego Chargers Game Statistics |
| Date: October 15, 1978 Location: San Diego, CA |
| Venue: San Diego Stadium Attendance: 50637 |
| Weather: Drizzle Temp: 73 F Humidty: 68% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami DolphinsMIA | 7 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 28 |
| San Diego ChargersSD | 0 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 21 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIA | SD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Jim Braxton 2 run (Garo Yepremian kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Loaird McCreary 5 pass from Don Strock (Garo Yepremian kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 2 | San Diego ChargersSD | Lydell Mitchell 22 pass from Dan Fouts (Rolf Benirschke kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 2 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Jim Braxton 1 run (Garo Yepremian kick) | 21 | 7 |
| 3 | San Diego ChargersSD | Lydell Mitchell 1 run (Rolf Benirschke kick) | 21 | 14 |
| 3 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Nat Moore 12 pass from Bob Griese (Garo Yepremian kick) | 28 | 14 |
| 3 | San Diego ChargersSD | Lydell Mitchell 1 run (Rolf Benirschke kick) | 28 | 21 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | WR | Duriel Harris |
| 89 | WR | Nat Moore |
| 67 | LOT | Bob Kuechenberg |
| 64 | LOG | Ed Newman |
| 62 | C | Jim Langer |
| 66 | ROG | Larry Little |
| 71 | ROT | Mike Current |
| 87 | TE | Andre Tillman |
| 10 | QB | Don Strock |
| 24 | RB | Delvin Williams |
| 38 | FB | Leroy Harris |
| Defense | ||
| 83 | LDE | Vern Den Herder |
| 73 | NT | Bob Baumhower |
| 77 | RDE | A.J. Duhe |
| 58 | LOLB | Kim Bokamper |
| 51 | LILB | Rusty Chambers |
| 56 | RILB | Steve Towle |
| 50 | ROLB | Larry Gordon |
| 41 | LCB | Norris Thomas |
| 25 | SS | Tim Foley |
| 21 | FS | Rick Volk |
| 45 | RCB | Curtis Johnson |
| San Diego Chargers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | WR | John Jefferson |
| 18 | WR | Charlie Joiner |
| 66 | LOT | Billy Shields |
| 63 | LOG | Doug Wilkerson |
| 53 | C | Ralph Perretta |
| 67 | ROG | Ed White |
| 70 | ROT | Russ Washington |
| 84 | TE | Bob Klein |
| 14 | QB | Dan Fouts |
| 26 | RB | Lydell Mitchell |
| 41 | FB | Bo Matthews |
| Offense | ||
| 68 | LDE | Leroy Jones |
| 74 | LDT | Louie Kelcher |
| 79 | RDT | Gary Johnson |
| 71 | RDE | Fred Dean |
| 50 | LLB | Don Goode |
| 55 | MLB | Bob Horn |
| 51 | RLB | Woodrow Lowe |
| 29 | LCB | Mike Williams |
| 42 | SS | Mike Fuller |
| 44 | FS | Pete Shaw |
| 45 | RCB | Hal Stringert |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Delvin Williams | 23 | 92 | 4.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Leroy Harris | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Jim Braxton | 6 | 13 | 2.2 | 5 | 2 |
| Don Strock | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Norm Bulaich | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Nat Moore | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | -7 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Lydell Mitchell | 19 | 77 | 4.1 | 16 | 2 |
| Don Woods | 12 | 35 | 2.9 | 7 | 0 |
| Bo Matthews | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Dan Fouts | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |||||||||||
| Bob Griese | 11 | 8 | 72.7 | 0 | 98 | 8.9 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 130.1 |
| Don Strock | 10 | 5 | 50.0 | 0 | 33 | 3.3 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 90.8 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||||||||
| Dan Fouts | 30 | 22 | 73.3 | 2 | 313 | 10.4 | 46 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 90.0 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Nat Moore | 4 | 59 | 14.8 | 19 | 1 |
| Delvin Williams | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Jim Braxton | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Duriel Harris | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Andre Tillman | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Loaird McCreary | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5t | 1 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Lydell Mitchell | 6 | 64 | 10.7 | 22t | 1 |
| Charlie Joiner | 4 | 87 | 21.8 | 46 | 0 |
| Don Woods | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Artie Owens | 3 | 89 | 29.7 | 41 | 0 |
| Bob Klein | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 14 | 0 |
| John Jefferson | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 11 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Bob Baumhower | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Earnie Rhone | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| George Roberts | 6 | 235 | 39.2 | 53 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Jeff West | 3 | 123 | 41.0 | 47 | 1 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | ||||||
| Jimmy Cefalo | 1 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Nat Moore | 1 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Johnny Rodgers | 1 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Mike Fuller | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | ||||||
| Duriel Harris | 4 | 93 | 23.3 | 31 | 0 | |
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Johnny Rodgers | 4 | 93 | 23.3 | 26 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |
| Larry Gordon | 2.0 |
| Vern Den Herder | 1.0 |
| San Diego Chargers | |
| Fred Dean | 1.0 |
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