NFL game summary for 11/12/1972:

Mercury Morris scored three rushing TDs in Miami's most one-sided victory in club history. Their seven TDs included a pair by rookie lefthanded QB Jim Del Gaizo. The victory ran Miami's record to 9-0, and gave Don Shula his 100th regular season triumph as a head coach.

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

Team		Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
New England Patriots	OFFENSE	106.2  (21)	171.2  (9)	277.5  (19)	21
	DEFENSE	206.8  (26)	154.6  (14)	361.4  (25)	10
Miami Dolphins	OFFENSE	210.9  (1)	117.9  (23)	328.8  (3)	16
	DEFENSE	116.9  (5)	108.6  (1)	225.5  (1)	21

Line: Dolphins by 18

Team	1	2	3	4	F
New England Patriots (2-7-0)	0	0	0	0	0
Miami Dolphins (9-0-0)	17	14	7	14	52

( 0- 7) MIA Mercury Morris 4 yard rush (Garo Yepremian kick)
( 0-14) MIA Mercury Morris 4 yard rush (Garo Yepremian kick)
( 0-17) MIA Garo Yepremian 16 yard field goal
( 0-24) MIA Larry Csonka 3 yard rush (Garo Yepremian kick)
( 0-31) MIA Mercury Morris 6 yard rush (Garo Yepremian kick)
( 0-38) MIA Marlin Briscoe 16 yard pass from Earl Morrall (Garo Yepremian kick)
( 0-45) MIA Marlin Briscoe 51 yard pass from Jim Del Gaizo (Garo Yepremian kick)
( 0-52) MIA Jim Mandich 39 yard pass from Jim Del Gaizo (Garo Yepremian kick)

                     NE              MIA
First Downs:         11              21
Rushes-yards:        26-92           38-181
Yards/rush:          3.5             4.8
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     11-28-117-3     11-19-307-0
Sacked-yards:        4-40            1-6
Net pass yards:      77              301
Net yards/pass:      2.4             15.1
Total net yards:     169             482
Total plays:         58 (44% run)    58 (65% run)  
Yards/play:          2.9             8.3
Fumbles-lost:        2-0             3-1
Turnovers:           3               1
Penalties-yards:     3-35            5-67

Attendance: 78,148

Passing:
NE: Jim Plunkett, 7 of 19 for 66 yards (2 int); Brian Dowling, 4 of 9 for 51 yards (1 int)
MIA: Earl Morrall, 7 of 13 for 162 yards and 1 TD; Jim Del Gaizo, 4 of 6 for 145 yards and 2 TDs

Rushing:
NE: Carl Garrett, 10 for 44 yards; John Tarver, 4 for 17 yards; Bob Gladieux, 4 for 4 yards; Josh Ashton, 2 for 8 yards; Jim Plunkett, 2 for 7 yards; Jack Maitland, 2 for 1 yard; Brian Dowling, 1 for 6 yards; Reggie Rucker, 1 for 5 yards
MIA: Mercury Morris, 16 for 90 yards and 3 TDs; Charlie Leigh, 6 for 20 yards; Larry Csonka, 5 for 32 yards and 1 TD; Jim Kiick, 5 for 16 yards; Hubert Ginn, 4 for 12 yards; Earl Morrall, 1 for 11 yards; Jim Del Gaizo, 1 for 0 yards

Receiving:
NE: Randy Vataha, 3 for 26 yards; Bob Gladieux, 2 for 26 yards; Jack Maitland, 2 for 17 yards; John Tarver, 1 for 16 yards; Carl Garrett, 1 for 15 yards; Bob Windsor, 1 for 11 yards; Reggie Rucker, 1 for 6 yards
MIA: Marlin Briscoe, 4 for 128 yards and 2 TDs; Jim Mandich, 2 for 53 yards and 1 TD; Paul Warfield, 2 for 42 yards; Mercury Morris, 2 for 35 yards; Otto Stowe, 1 for 49 yards

Kick returns:
NE: Carl Garrett, 3 for 84 yards; George Hoey, 2 for 51 yards; Josh Ashton, 1 for 20 yards

Punt returns:
MIA: Charlie Leigh, 4 for 51 yards

Interceptions:
MIA: Jake Scott, 1 for 31 yards; Charlie Babb, 1 for 24 yards; Dick Anderson, 1 for 22 yards

Punting:
NE: Pat Studstill, 6 for 251 yards
MIA: Larry Seiple, 1 for 36 yards

Field Goals:
NE: Mike Walker, 0/1
MIA: Garo Yepremian, 1/3

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