NFL game summary for 10/28/1973:

Three FGs by Garo Yepremian and the running combo of Mercury Morris and Larry Csonka helped Miami come from behind in the second half for a 30-14 victory over New England. A fumbled snap on a Patriots punt set up Morris' dash from the 2 and Csonka climaxed a 75-yard drive with an 8-yard run to nail down the victory. Morris had 100 yards rushing.

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

Team		Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
Miami Dolphins	OFFENSE	187.2  (4)	105.8  (19)	293.0  (14)	16
	DEFENSE	135.5  (8)	88.3  (3)	223.8  (3)	12
New England Patriots	OFFENSE	121.2  (21)	120.3  (17)	241.5  (22)	15
	DEFENSE	224.3  (26)	72.2  (1)	296.5  (15)	11

Line: Dolphins by 16

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Miami Dolphins (6-1-0)	7	6	10	7	30
New England Patriots (2-5-0)	7	7	0	0	14

( 0- 7) NE  Sam Cunningham 34 yard pass from Jim Plunkett (Jeff White kick)
( 7- 7) MIA Marlin Briscoe 11 yard pass from Bob Griese (Garo Yepremian kick)
( 7-14) NE  Sam Cunningham 6 yard rush (Jeff White kick)
(10-14) MIA Garo Yepremian 25 yard field goal
(13-14) MIA Garo Yepremian 37 yard field goal
(16-14) MIA Garo Yepremian 23 yard field goal
(23-14) MIA Mercury Morris 2 yard rush (Garo Yepremian kick)
(30-14) MIA Larry Csonka 8 yard rush (Garo Yepremian kick)

                     MIA             NE
First Downs:         19              12
Rushes-yards:        45-238          29-94
Yards/rush:          5.3             3.2
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     7-18-86-0       13-23-170-0
Sacked-yards:        2-13            4-28
Net pass yards:      73              142
Net yards/pass:      3.6             5.3
Total net yards:     311             236
Total plays:         65 (69% run)    56 (51% run)  
Yards/play:          4.8             4.2
Fumbles-lost:        2-1             5-0
Turnovers:           1               0
Penalties-yards:     3-25            5-54

Attendance: 57,919

Passing:
MIA: Bob Griese, 7 of 18 for 86 yards and 1 TD
NE: Jim Plunkett, 13 of 23 for 170 yards and 1 TD

Rushing:
MIA: Larry Csonka, 17 for 68 yards and 1 TD; Mercury Morris, 14 for 100 yards and 1 TD; Jim Kiick, 7 for 32 yards; Don Nottingham, 3 for 32 yards; Bob Griese, 2 for 5 yards; Charlie Leigh, 2 for 1 yard
NE: Sam Cunningham, 17 for 70 yards and 1 TD; Josh Ashton, 7 for 17 yards; Jim Plunkett, 2 for 5 yards; Reggie Rucker, 2 for -1 yards; Mack Herron, 1 for 3 yards

Receiving:
MIA: Jim Mandich, 3 for 43 yards; Paul Warfield, 2 for 25 yards; Marlin Briscoe, 1 for 11 yards and 1 TD; Mercury Morris, 1 for 7 yards
NE: Sam Cunningham, 3 for 62 yards and 1 TD; Darryl Stingley, 3 for 53 yards; Bob Windsor, 3 for 39 yards; Josh Ashton, 3 for 19 yards; Randy Vataha, 1 for -3 yards

Kick returns:
MIA: Mercury Morris, 1 for 20 yards
NE: Mack Herron, 5 for 127 yards; Darryl Stingley, 2 for 37 yards

Punt returns:
MIA: Dick Anderson, 2 for 32 yards
NE: Mack Herron, 3 for 3 yards

Interceptions:

Punting:
MIA: Larry Seiple, 5 for 201 yards
NE: Jeff White, 6 for 163 yards; Bruce Barnes, 3 for 97 yards

Field Goals:
MIA: Garo Yepremian, 3/3

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