Monday September 22, 1975
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 09/22/1975:



Harold Hart raced 102 yards with a kickoff return, the longest in the NFL in 1975, and Pete Banaszak, filling in for the injured Marv Hubbard, rushed for 74 yards and scored two touchdowns in the Raiders' first opening game victory since 1969. Miami, unbeaten at home since October 3, 1971, had its 31-game streak snapped. The rematch of 1974's exciting divisional playoff game in which the Raiders nipped the Dolphins 28-26 saw Oakland intercept four Bob Griese passes and sack the quarterback three times. Mercury Morris scored twice and Norm Bulaich once for the Dolphins on running plays. Oakland lost Hubbard with a shoulder injury.

Line: Raiders by 3

Team1234F
Oakland Raiders (1-0-0)7107731
Miami Dolphins (0-1-0)0701421

( 7- 0) OAK Pete Banaszak 2 yard rush (George Blanda kick)
(14- 0) OAK Pete Banaszak 1 yard rush (George Blanda kick)
(17- 0) OAK George Blanda 25 yard field goal
(17- 7) MIA Mercury Morris 4 yard rush (Garo Yepremian kick)
(24- 7) OAK Mark van Eeghen 1 yard rush (George Blanda kick)
(24-14) MIA Norm Bulaich 1 yard rush (Garo Yepremian kick)
(31-14) OAK Harold Hart 102 yard kickoff return (George Blanda kick)
(31-21) MIA Mercury Morris 1 yard rush (Garo Yepremian kick)
                     OAK             MIA
First Downs:         17              21
Rushes-yards:        45-159          33-118
Yards/rush:          3.5             3.6
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     8-15-108-3      15-32-191-4
Sacked-yards:        1-6             3-27
Net pass yards:      102             164
Net yards/pass:      6.4             4.7
Total net yards:     261             282
Total plays:         61 (73% run)    68 (48% run)  
Yards/play:          4.3             4.1
Fumbles-lost:        2-2             1-1
Turnovers:           5               5
Penalties-yards:     7-51            4-37

Attendance: 78,744

Passing:
OAK: Ken Stabler, 8 of 15 for 108 yards (3 int) MIA: Bob Griese, 15 of 32 for 191 yards (4 int)
Rushing:
OAK: Pete Banaszak, 19 for 74 yards and 2 TDs; Harold Hart, 8 for 7 yards; Mark van Eeghen, 7 for 48 yards and 1 TD; Marv Hubbard, 6 for 24 yards; Jess Phillips, 3 for 5 yards; Louis Carter, 1 for 1 yard; Ken Stabler, 1 for 0 yards MIA: Mercury Morris, 17 for 65 yards and 2 TDs; Norm Bulaich, 11 for 44 yards and 1 TD; Don Nottingham, 4 for 6 yards; Nat Moore, 1 for 3 yards
Receiving:
OAK: Jess Phillips, 1 for 22 yards; Marv Hubbard, 1 for 16 yards; Dave Casper, 1 for 16 yards; Harold Hart, 1 for 15 yards; Cliff Branch, 1 for 15 yards; Bob Moore, 1 for 11 yards; Pete Banaszak, 1 for 8 yards; Fred Biletnikoff, 1 for 5 yards MIA: Nat Moore, 5 for 85 yards; Norm Bulaich, 4 for 28 yards; Jim Mandich, 3 for 33 yards; Howard Twilley, 2 for 35 yards; Mercury Morris, 1 for 10 yards
Kick returns:
OAK: Harold Hart, 3 for 159 yards and 1 TD MIA: Freddie Solomon, 3 for 56 yards
Punt returns:
OAK: Neal Colzie, 5 for 51 yards MIA: Freddie Solomon, 4 for 35 yards
Interceptions:
OAK: Gerald Irons, 1 for 9 yards; Willie Brown, 1 for 0 yards; Neal Colzie, 1 for 0 yards; Art Thoms, 1 for 0 yards MIA: Charlie Babb, 3 for 18 yards
Punting:
OAK: Ray Guy, 4 for 171 yards MIA: Larry Seiple, 6 for 238 yards
Field Goals:
OAK: George Blanda, 1/1


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