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Sunday September 30, 1973
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 09/30/1973:



Mercury Morris set a Miami club record by rushing for 197 yards on 15 carries and raced for 3 TDs on runs of 24, 70 and 35 yards. Bob Griese also hit Paul Warfield with a TD pass and Nick Buoniconti rumbled 13 yards for a score after recovering a New England fumble. The Patriots rolled up 356 yards against the Dolphins' defense with John Tarver scoring twice on 2-yard plunges and Reggie Rucker on a 9-yard pass from Jim Plunkett.

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

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
New England PatriotsOFFENSE73.5  (26)176.0  (10)249.5  (20)6
DEFENSE254.5  (26)127.5  (9)382.0  (24)3
Miami DolphinsOFFENSE138.0  (13)99.0  (23)237.0  (23)6
DEFENSE142.5  (13)108.5  (5)251.0  (9)1

Line: Dolphins by 20

Team1234F
New England Patriots (0-3-0)0313723
Miami Dolphins (2-1-0)02032144

( 0- 3) MIA Garo Yepremian 40 yard field goal
( 0- 6) MIA Garo Yepremian 36 yard field goal
( 0-13) MIA Mercury Morris 24 yard rush (Garo Yepremian kick)
( 0-20) MIA Mercury Morris 70 yard rush (Garo Yepremian kick)
( 3-20) NE  Bill Bell 36 yard field goal
( 3-23) MIA Garo Yepremian 40 yard field goal
( 9-23) NE  John Tarver 2 yard rush (kick failed)
(16-23) NE  John Tarver 2 yard rush (Bill Bell kick)
(16-30) MIA Mercury Morris 35 yard rush (Garo Yepremian kick)
(16-37) MIA Paul Warfield 17 yard pass from Bob Griese (Garo Yepremian kick)
(23-37) NE  Reggie Rucker 9 yard pass from Jim Plunkett (Bill Bell kick)
(23-44) MIA Nick Buoniconti 13 yard fumble return (Garo Yepremian kick)
                     NE              MIA
First Downs:         21              16
Rushes-yards:        39-143          38-301
Yards/rush:          3.7             7.9
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     16-30-230-1     8-12-74-0
Sacked-yards:        2-17            3-21
Net pass yards:      213             53
Net yards/pass:      6.7             3.5
Total net yards:     356             354
Total plays:         71 (54% run)    53 (71% run)  
Yards/play:          5.0             6.7
Fumbles-lost:        4-2             1-1
Turnovers:           3               1
Penalties-yards:     4-36            5-41

Attendance: 62,508
Passing:
NE: Jim Plunkett, 16 of 30 for 230 yards and 1 TD (1 int)
MIA: Bob Griese, 8 of 12 for 74 yards and 1 TD

Rushing:
NE: John Tarver, 17 for 66 yards and 2 TDs; Josh Ashton, 13 for 65 yards; Sam Cunningham, 5 for 9 yards; Jim Plunkett, 3 for 9 yards; Bob Windsor, 1 for -6 yards
MIA: Larry Csonka, 18 for 80 yards; Mercury Morris, 15 for 197 yards and 3 TDs; Jim Kiick, 4 for 15 yards; Bob Griese, 1 for 9 yards

Receiving:
NE: Reggie Rucker, 3 for 71 yards and 1 TD; Darryl Stingley, 3 for 53 yards; John Tarver, 3 for 29 yards; Bob Adams, 3 for 18 yards; Randy Vataha, 2 for 46 yards; Mack Herron, 1 for 9 yards; Bob Windsor, 1 for 4 yards
MIA: Paul Warfield, 2 for 26 yards and 1 TD; Marv Fleming, 2 for 19 yards; Jim Kiick, 2 for 6 yards; Jim Mandich, 1 for 12 yards; Howard Twilley, 1 for 11 yards

Kick returns:
NE: Mack Herron, 3 for 60 yards; Reggie Rucker, 1 for 42 yards
MIA: Mercury Morris, 2 for 48 yards

Punt returns:
NE: Darryl Stingley, 1 for 16 yards
MIA: Dick Anderson, 1 for 2 yards; Charlie Leigh, 1 for 0 yards

Interceptions:
MIA: Dick Anderson, 1 for 22 yards

Punting:
NE: Bruce Barnes, 4 for 144 yards
MIA: Larry Seiple, 3 for 126 yards

Field Goals:
NE: Bill Bell, 1/2
MIA: Garo Yepremian, 3/3




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