NFL game summary for 12/14/1975:

The streaking Colts moved into a first-place tie with the Dolphins in the AFC East on Toni Linhart's 31-yard field goal at 12:44 of sudden death overtime for their eighth straight victory. Baltimore swept the season series from Miami by tying the score on a Lydell Mitchell touchdown with 5:30 to go, stopping the Dolphins who had won the toss in overtime, and then driving from their own 4 to the Miami 14 to set up the kick by Linhart who had missed a 29-yarder earlier. Mike Barnes made a key sack of quarterback Don Strock and Fred Cook recovered a Dolphins fumble at a critical spot in the fourth quarter.

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

Team		Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
Miami Dolphins	OFFENSE	182.9  (3)	152.8  (17)	335.7  (9)	24
	DEFENSE	123.0  (5)	134.1  (4)	257.1  (4)	30
Baltimore Colts	OFFENSE	161.9  (7)	158.7  (16)	320.6  (11)	16
	DEFENSE	126.4  (6)	174.8  (16)	301.2  (12)	34

Line: Colts by 5

Team	1	2	3	4	OT	F
Miami Dolphins (9-4-0)	0	0	7	0	0	7
Baltimore Colts (9-4-0)	0	0	0	7	3	10

( 7- 0) MIA Mercury Morris 3 yard rush (Garo Yepremian kick)
( 7- 7) BAL Lydell Mitchell 6 yard rush (Toni Linhart kick)
( 7-10) BAL Toni Linhart 31 yard field goal

                     MIA             BAL
First Downs:         15              22
Rushes-yards:        43-192          46-146
Yards/rush:          4.5             3.2
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     8-19-97-1       23-39-232-0
Sacked-yards:        1-11            3-26
Net pass yards:      86              206
Net yards/pass:      4.3             4.9
Total net yards:     278             352
Total plays:         63 (68% run)    88 (52% run)  
Yards/play:          4.4             4.0
Fumbles-lost:        3-1             1-0
Turnovers:           2               0
Penalties-yards:     7-54            5-60

Attendance: 59,398

Passing:
MIA: Don Strock, 8 of 19 for 97 yards (1 int)
BAL: Bert Jones, 23 of 39 for 232 yards

Rushing:
MIA: Mercury Morris, 21 for 96 yards and 1 TD; Don Nottingham, 11 for 37 yards; Norm Bulaich, 4 for 18 yards; Don Strock, 3 for 23 yards; Benny Malone, 2 for 10 yards; Nat Moore, 2 for 8 yards
BAL: Lydell Mitchell, 30 for 87 yards and 1 TD; Bert Jones, 7 for 20 yards; Bill Olds, 5 for 17 yards; Don McCauley, 3 for 17 yards; Glenn Doughty, 1 for 5 yards

Receiving:
MIA: Nat Moore, 4 for 40 yards; Larry Seiple, 2 for 22 yards; Don Nottingham, 1 for 18 yards; Freddie Solomon, 1 for 17 yards
BAL: Lydell Mitchell, 6 for 53 yards; Raymond Chester, 5 for 64 yards; Roger Carr, 4 for 46 yards; Glenn Doughty, 3 for 30 yards; Don McCauley, 3 for 19 yards; Bill Olds, 2 for 20 yards

Kick returns:
MIA: Nat Moore, 2 for 47 yards; Hubert Ginn, 1 for 30 yards
BAL: Bruce Laird, 1 for 16 yards; Don McCauley, 1 for 12 yards

Punt returns:
MIA: Nat Moore, 5 for 58 yards
BAL: Howard Stevens, 3 for 30 yards

Interceptions:
BAL: Lloyd Mumphord, 1 for 0 yards

Punting:
MIA: Larry Seiple, 8 for 305 yards
BAL: David Lee, 8 for 274 yards

Field Goals:
MIA: Garo Yepremian, 0/2
BAL: Toni Linhart, 1/2

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