NFL game summary for 12/20/1975:

Earl Morrall came off the bench despite an injured knee, and kept alive the Dolphins' faint playoff hopes for another 24 hours by leading Miami past Denver 14-13. The Saturday victory kept the Dolphins' hopes up but Baltimore's win the following day eliminated them. Denver led 10-0 at halftime and had a chance to win it in the final second until rookie Barry Hill blocked a 35-yard field goal attempt by Jim Turner. Morrall moved the Dolphins 80 yards in 11 plays on the winning drive for a score by Norm Bulaich with 1:14 to go after throwing a touchdown pass to Howard Twilley.

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

Team		Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
Denver Broncos	OFFENSE	142.1  (13)	179.6  (8)	321.7  (12)	48
	DEFENSE	143.2  (15)	149.4  (7)	292.5  (10)	32
Miami Dolphins	OFFENSE	183.6  (3)	147.6  (18)	331.2  (10)	26
	DEFENSE	124.8  (5)	139.6  (6)	264.4  (5)	30

Line: Dolphins by 13

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Denver Broncos (6-8-0)	3	7	0	3	13
Miami Dolphins (10-4-0)	0	0	7	7	14

( 3- 0) DEN Jim Turner 39 yard field goal
(10- 0) DEN Riley Odoms 0 yard fumble return (Jim Turner kick)
(10- 7) MIA Howard Twilley 10 yard pass from Earl Morrall (Garo Yepremian kick)
(13- 7) DEN Jim Turner 39 yard field goal
(13-14) MIA Norm Bulaich 1 yard rush (Garo Yepremian kick)

                     DEN             MIA
First Downs:         21              16
Rushes-yards:        34-146          32-113
Yards/rush:          4.3             3.5
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     19-27-235-0     10-17-108-0
Sacked-yards:        4-29            2-18
Net pass yards:      206             90
Net yards/pass:      6.6             4.7
Total net yards:     352             203
Total plays:         65 (52% run)    51 (62% run)  
Yards/play:          5.4             4.0
Fumbles-lost:        1-0             0-0
Turnovers:           0               0
Penalties-yards:     4-35            1-4

Attendance: 43,064

Passing:
DEN: Steve Ramsey, 19 of 27 for 235 yards
MIA: Earl Morrall, 6 of 11 for 88 yards and 1 TD; Don Strock, 4 of 6 for 20 yards

Rushing:
DEN: Jon Keyworth, 15 for 71 yards; Floyd Little, 8 for 20 yards; Fran Lynch, 6 for 27 yards; Oliver Ross, 4 for 29 yards; Riley Odoms, 1 for -1 yards
MIA: Mercury Morris, 14 for 48 yards; Norm Bulaich, 7 for 26 yards and 1 TD; Don Nottingham, 5 for 19 yards; Benny Malone, 4 for 5 yards; Freddie Solomon, 1 for 12 yards; Hubert Ginn, 1 for 3 yards

Receiving:
DEN: Riley Odoms, 4 for 56 yards; Jon Keyworth, 4 for 38 yards; Oliver Ross, 3 for 31 yards; Haven Moses, 2 for 40 yards; Fran Lynch, 2 for 35 yards; Billy Van Heusen, 1 for 12 yards; Jack Dolbin, 1 for 11 yards; Rick Upchurch, 1 for 7 yards; Floyd Little, 1 for 5 yards
MIA: Jim Mandich, 4 for 28 yards; Freddie Solomon, 2 for 45 yards; Nat Moore, 1 for 20 yards; Howard Twilley, 1 for 10 yards and 1 TD; Don Nottingham, 1 for 3 yards; Norm Bulaich, 1 for 2 yards

Kick returns:
DEN: Rick Upchurch, 2 for 51 yards; Jeff Severson, 1 for 20 yards
MIA: Nat Moore, 2 for 49 yards; Benny Malone, 1 for 18 yards

Punt returns:
DEN: Rick Upchurch, 1 for 8 yards; Fran Lynch, 1 for 0 yards
MIA: Nat Moore, 1 for 5 yards

Interceptions:

Punting:
DEN: Billy Van Heusen, 3 for 124 yards
MIA: Larry Seiple, 6 for 236 yards

Field Goals:
DEN: Jim Turner, 2/3

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