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Sunday September 19, 1971
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NFL game summary for 09/19/1971:



A Bob Griese pass to Paul Warfield in the last 2½ minutes enabled Miami to tie Denver in the Broncos' home opener before a record crowd. The Dolphins gambled on 4th down three times in the last period and made it each time. Denver's TD was a 31-yard pass from Don Horn to rookie Dwight Harrison.

Line: Dolphins by 4

Team1234F
Miami Dolphins (0-0-1)300710
Denver Broncos (0-0-1)307010

( 3- 0) MIA Garo Yepremian 22 yard field goal
( 3- 3) DEN Jim Turner 10 yard field goal
( 3-10) DEN Dwight Harrison 31 yard pass from Don Horn (Jim Turner kick)
(10-10) MIA Paul Warfield 31 yard pass from Bob Griese (Garo Yepremian kick)
                     MIA             DEN
First Downs:         15              13
Rushes-yards:        31-118          32-104
Yards/rush:          3.8             3.2
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     13-24-181-1     12-21-166-1
Sacked-yards:        5-60            1-9
Net pass yards:      121             157
Net yards/pass:      4.2             7.1
Total net yards:     239             261
Total plays:         60 (51% run)    54 (59% run)  
Yards/play:          4.0             4.8
Fumbles-lost:        4-4             1-0
Turnovers:           5               1
Penalties-yards:     5-25            5-71

Attendance: 51,228
Passing:
MIA: Bob Griese, 13 of 24 for 181 yards and 1 TD (1 int)
DEN: Don Horn, 11 of 20 for 118 yards and 1 TD (1 int); Bobby Anderson, 1 of 1 for 48 yards

Rushing:
MIA: Jim Kiick, 16 for 63 yards; Larry Csonka, 13 for 63 yards; Paul Warfield, 1 for -3 yards; Mercury Morris, 1 for -5 yards
DEN: Floyd Little, 23 for 70 yards; Bobby Anderson, 8 for 25 yards; Dwight Harrison, 1 for 9 yards

Receiving:
MIA: Paul Warfield, 6 for 146 yards and 1 TD; Jim Kiick, 5 for 15 yards; Howard Twilley, 1 for 14 yards; Jim Mandich, 1 for 6 yards
DEN: Bobby Anderson, 5 for 31 yards; Jack Gehrke, 3 for 82 yards; Dwight Harrison, 2 for 42 yards and 1 TD; Billy Masters, 1 for 11 yards; Floyd Little, 1 for 0 yards

Kick returns:
DEN: Dickie Post, 1 for 18 yards

Punt returns:
MIA: Jake Scott, 4 for 43 yards; Dick Anderson, 2 for 41 yards
DEN: Bill Thompson, 1 for 7 yards; Charlie Greer, 1 for 0 yards

Interceptions:
MIA: Nick Buoniconti, 1 for 16 yards
DEN: Charlie Greer, 1 for 2 yards

Punting:
MIA: Larry Seiple, 2 for 102 yards
DEN: Billy Van Heusen, 7 for 287 yards

Field Goals:
MIA: Garo Yepremian, 1/4
DEN: Jim Turner, 1/3




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