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Sunday October 5, 1975
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NFL game summary for 10/05/1975:



The Dolphins, unharnessing a ball-control, 281-yard ground attack, scored on five of their first six possessions. Mercury Morris, with 125 yards on 31 carries, and Don Nottingham, who ran 21 times for 102 yards and three touchdowns (a one-yarder and twice from the 11), paced the 414-yard offense. Bob Griese threw a 58-yard touchdown pass to Freddie Solomon.

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

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
Miami DolphinsOFFENSE164.0  (6)105.5  (20)269.5  (17)8
DEFENSE118.5  (10)105.5  (5)224.0  (5)9
Green Bay PackersOFFENSE82.0  (24)183.0  (11)265.0  (18)6
DEFENSE139.5  (17)144.0  (12)283.5  (10)4

Line: Dolphins by 10

Team1234F
Miami Dolphins (2-1-0)71410031
Green Bay Packers (0-3-0)00077

( 7- 0) MIA Don Nottingham 11 yard rush (Garo Yepremian kick)
(14- 0) MIA Don Nottingham 1 yard rush (Garo Yepremian kick)
(21- 0) MIA Freddie Solomon 58 yard pass from Bob Griese (Garo Yepremian kick)
(28- 0) MIA Don Nottingham 11 yard rush (Garo Yepremian kick)
(31- 0) MIA Garo Yepremian 31 yard field goal
(31- 7) GB  Barty Smith 2 yard rush (Joe Danelo kick)
                     MIA             GB
First Downs:         25              10
Rushes-yards:        58-281          23-104
Yards/rush:          4.8             4.5
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     7-13-133-0      13-19-123-0
Sacked-yards:        0-0             2-22
Net pass yards:      133             101
Net yards/pass:      10.2            4.8
Total net yards:     414             205
Total plays:         71 (81% run)    44 (52% run)  
Yards/play:          5.8             4.7
Fumbles-lost:        1-0             0-0
Turnovers:           0               0
Penalties-yards:     6-45            6-45

Attendance: 55,396
Passing:
MIA: Bob Griese, 7 of 13 for 133 yards and 1 TD
GB: John Hadl, 11 of 17 for 114 yards; Don Milan, 2 of 2 for 9 yards

Rushing:
MIA: Mercury Morris, 31 for 125 yards; Don Nottingham, 21 for 102 yards and 3 TDs; Norm Bulaich, 2 for 1 yard; Freddie Solomon, 1 for 34 yards; Bob Griese, 1 for 8 yards; Nat Moore, 1 for 7 yards; Larry Seiple, 1 for 4 yards
GB: Willard Harrell, 8 for 49 yards; John Brockington, 7 for 21 yards; Terry Wells, 4 for 18 yards; Barty Smith, 4 for 16 yards and 1 TD

Receiving:
MIA: Nat Moore, 3 for 44 yards; Larry Seiple, 2 for 26 yards; Freddie Solomon, 1 for 58 yards and 1 TD; Don Nottingham, 1 for 5 yards
GB: Rich McGeorge, 4 for 79 yards; Barty Smith, 2 for 14 yards; Barry Smith, 2 for 12 yards; John Brockington, 2 for 6 yards; Willard Harrell, 2 for 3 yards; Ken Payne, 1 for 9 yards

Kick returns:
GB: Steve Odom, 4 for 106 yards; Willard Harrell, 1 for 22 yards; Eric Torkelson, 1 for 18 yards

Punt returns:
MIA: Freddie Solomon, 2 for 19 yards; Charlie Babb, 1 for 2 yards
GB: Willard Harrell, 1 for 2 yards

Interceptions:

Punting:
MIA: Larry Seiple, 2 for 81 yards
GB: Steve Broussard, 5 for 153 yards

Field Goals:
MIA: Garo Yepremian, 1/1
GB: Joe Danelo, 0/1




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