| AFC Wild Card Playoff - Houston Oilers at Miami Dolphins Game Statistics |
| Date: December 24, 1978 Location: Miami, FL |
| Venue: Orange Bowl Attendance: 70036 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 80 F Humidty: 67% Wind: 17 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston OilersHOU | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 17 |
| Miami DolphinsMIA | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | HOU | MIA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Andre Tillman 13 pass from Bob Griese (Garo Yepremian kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Houston OilersHOU | Tim Wilson 13 pass from Dan Pastorini (Toni Fritsch kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | Toni Fritsch 35 FG | 10 | 7 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | Earl Campbell 1 run (Toni Fritsch kick) | 17 | 7 |
| 4 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Safety, Dan Pastorini ran out of end zone | 17 | 9 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 00 | WR | Ken Burrough |
| 29 | WR | Guido Merkens |
| 70 | LOT | Conway Hayman |
| 73 | LOT | Greg Sampson |
| 55 | C | Carl Mauck |
| 60 | ROG | Ed Fisher |
| 76 | ROT | Morris Towns |
| 86 | TE | Mike Barber |
| 7 | QB | Dan Pastorini |
| 34 | HB | Earl Campbell |
| 45 | FB | Tim Wilson |
| Defense | ||
| 77 | LDE | James Young |
| 78 | NT | Curley Culp |
| 65 | RDE | Elvin Bethea |
| 52 | LOLB | Robert Brazile |
| 54 | LILB | Gregg Bingham |
| 57 | RILB | Steve Kiner |
| 59 | ROLB | Ted Washington |
| 19 | LCB | Willie Alexander |
| 20 | SS | Bill Currier |
| 37 | FS | Mike Reinfeldt |
| 27 | RCB | Greg Stemrick |
| Miami Dolphins | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | WR | Duriel Harris |
| 89 | WR | Nat Moore |
| 79 | LOT | Wayne Moore |
| 67 | LOG | Bob Kuechenberg |
| 62 | C | Jim Langer |
| 68 | ROG | Eric Laakso |
| 71 | ROT | Mike Current |
| 87 | TE | Andre Tillman |
| 12 | QB | Bob Griese |
| 24 | HB | 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 |
| 56 | LILB | Steve Towle |
| 51 | RILB | Rusty Chambers |
| 50 | ROLB | Larry Gordon |
| 41 | LCB | Norris Thomas |
| 25 | SS | Tim Foley |
| 49 | FS | Charlie Babb |
| 48 | RCB | Gerald Small |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Earl Campbell | 26 | 84 | 3.2 | 20 | 1 |
| Tim Wilson | 14 | 76 | 5.4 | 21 | 0 |
| Larry Poole | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Ronnie Coleman | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Dan Pastorini | 3 | -9 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Leroy Harris | 9 | 43 | 4.8 | 9 | 0 |
| Delvin Williams | 13 | 41 | 3.2 | 9 | 0 |
| Nat Moore | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Norm Bulaich | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Dan Pastorini | 29 | 20 | 69.0 | 0 | 306 | 10.6 | 55 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 115.0 |
| Mike Barber | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Miami Dolphins | |||||||||||
| Bob Griese | 28 | 11 | 39.3 | 2 | 114 | 4.1 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33.9 |
| Don Strock | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 23 | 11.5 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 52.1 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Ken Burrough | 6 | 103 | 17.2 | 53 | 0 |
| Tim Wilson | 5 | 40 | 8.0 | 13t | 1 |
| Mike Barber | 4 | 112 | 28.0 | 55 | 0 |
| Robert Woods | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Earl Campbell | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Rich Caster | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Ronnie Coleman | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Duriel Harris | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Nat Moore | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Andre Tillman | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 13t | 1 |
| Norm Bulaich | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Leroy Harris | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Delvin Williams | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Gregg Bingham | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Mike Reinfeldt | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Stemrick | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Cliff Parsley | 5 | 220 | 44.0 | 49 | 0 |
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| George Roberts | 5 | 243 | 48.6 | 53 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Robert Woods | 3 | 0 | 11 | 3.7 | 11 | 0 |
| Miami Dolphins | ||||||
| Nat Moore | 1 | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Robert Woods | 2 | 55 | 27.5 | 40 | 0 | |
| Miami Dolphins | ||||||
| Duriel Harris | 2 | 67 | 33.5 | 39 | 0 | |
| Norm Bulaich | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Nat Moore | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Elvin Bethea | 1.0 | 10.0 |
| Ted Washington | 1.0 | 9.0 |
| Miami Dolphins | ||
| Kim Bokamper | 2.0 | 16.0 |
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