NFL game summary for 12/11/1971:

John Unitas called a near-perfect game in directing the Colts to a victory over Miami which sent Baltimore into a half-game lead in the AFC East with one game to play. Unitas completed 12 of 13 attempts in the first half in which drives which consumed 9½ minutes each were climaxed by scoring rushes by Tom Matte. Garo Yepremian's FG prevented Baltimore from registering a club-record fourth shutout. Linebackers Ted Hendricks and Ray May picked off passes by Bob Griese.

Team stats coming into this game (NFL ranks in parentheses):

Team		Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
Miami Dolphins	OFFENSE	181.5  (1)	145.2  (17)	326.7  (5)	20
	DEFENSE	118.3  (8)	149.4  (10)	267.8  (7)	28
Baltimore Colts	OFFENSE	162.1  (5)	137.9  (20)	300.0  (10)	34
	DEFENSE	77.2  (1)	119.7  (2)	196.8  (1)	37

Line: n/a

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Miami Dolphins (9-3-1)	0	0	3	0	3
Baltimore Colts (10-3-0)	7	7	0	0	14

( 0- 7) BAL Tom Matte 7 yard rush (Jim O'Brien kick)
( 0-14) BAL Tom Matte 1 yard rush (Jim O'Brien kick)
( 3-14) MIA Garo Yepremian 17 yard field goal

                     MIA             BAL
First Downs:         14              19
Rushes-yards:        23-96           37-104
Yards/rush:          4.2             2.8
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     17-30-151-2     16-19-142-0
Sacked-yards:        0-0             1-21
Net pass yards:      151             121
Net yards/pass:      5.0             6.0
Total net yards:     247             225
Total plays:         53 (43% run)    57 (64% run)  
Yards/play:          4.7             3.9
Fumbles-lost:        0-0             2-0
Turnovers:           2               0
Penalties-yards:     2-30            3-25

Attendance: 60,238

Passing:
MIA: Bob Griese, 17 of 30 for 151 yards (2 int)
BAL: Johnny Unitas, 16 of 19 for 142 yards

Rushing:
MIA: Larry Csonka, 11 for 44 yards; Jim Kiick, 9 for 44 yards; Mercury Morris, 1 for 11 yards; Paul Warfield, 1 for 2 yards; Bob Griese, 1 for -5 yards
BAL: Norm Bulaich, 16 for 50 yards; Tom Matte, 12 for 26 yards and 2 TDs; Don Nottingham, 7 for 28 yards; Johnny Unitas, 2 for 0 yards

Receiving:
MIA: Jim Kiick, 7 for 57 yards; Marv Fleming, 3 for 42 yards; Paul Warfield, 3 for 28 yards; Howard Twilley, 2 for 20 yards; Karl Noonan, 1 for 5 yards; Mercury Morris, 1 for -1 yards
BAL: Norm Bulaich, 4 for 23 yards; Eddie Hinton, 3 for 42 yards; Don Nottingham, 3 for 31 yards; Ray Perkins, 2 for 19 yards; Tom Matte, 2 for 16 yards; Tom Mitchell, 2 for 11 yards

Kick returns:
MIA: Mercury Morris, 2 for 40 yards; Bob Matheson, 1 for 16 yards
BAL: Charlie Pittman, 2 for 55 yards

Punt returns:
MIA: Dick Anderson, 1 for 9 yards; Jake Scott, 1 for 9 yards
BAL: Rick Volk, 2 for 3 yards

Interceptions:
BAL: Ray May, 1 for 46 yards; Ted Hendricks, 1 for 7 yards

Punting:
MIA: Larry Seiple, 3 for 126 yards
BAL: David Lee, 4 for 155 yards

Field Goals:
MIA: Garo Yepremian, 1/2

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