NFL game summary for 10/03/1976:

Tom Dempsey's 19-yard field goal with 1:56 remaining gave the Rams a 31-28 edge over the Dolphins following a second half comeback from a 14-0 deficit. James Harris, 17 of 29 for 436, threw third quarter touchdown passes of 58 and 43 yards to Ron Jessie and then ran over from the one in the fourth period to tie Miami 21-21. Lawrence McCutcheon's nine-yard run gave Los Angeles the lead 28-21 before Bob Griese tied it up again on a seven-yard scoring pass to Nat Moore. Miami had two possessions between the tying TD and Dempsey's field goal, but both ended with Rams interceptions. Harris's 426 net yards passing and Los Angeles' total offensive yardage of 593 both set records for Dolphin opponents.

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

Team		Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
Los Angeles Rams	OFFENSE	227.3  (1)	149.7  (18)	377.0  (6)	9
	DEFENSE	101.3  (3)	185.3  (19)	286.7  (10)	12
Miami Dolphins	OFFENSE	174.3  (7)	155.3  (16)	329.7  (10)	8
	DEFENSE	150.3  (19)	195.3  (22)	345.7  (22)	7

Line: Rams by 3

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Los Angeles Rams (3-0-1)	0	0	14	17	31
Miami Dolphins (2-2-0)	7	7	7	7	28

( 0- 7) MIA Benny Malone 2 yard rush (Garo Yepremian kick)
( 0-14) MIA Norm Bulaich 28 yard rush (Garo Yepremian kick)
( 7-14) LA  Ron Jessie 58 yard pass from James Harris (Tom Dempsey kick)
( 7-21) MIA Stan Winfrey 1 yard rush (Garo Yepremian kick)
(14-21) LA  Ron Jessie 43 yard pass from James Harris (Tom Dempsey kick)
(21-21) LA  James Harris 1 yard rush (Tom Dempsey kick)
(28-21) LA  Lawrence McCutcheon 9 yard rush (Tom Dempsey kick)
(28-28) MIA Nat Moore 47 yard pass from Bob Griese (Garo Yepremian kick)
(31-28) LA  Tom Dempsey 19 yard field goal

                     LA              MIA
First Downs:         23              21
Rushes-yards:        41-167          42-219
Yards/rush:          4.1             5.2
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     17-29-436-1     6-11-100-2
Sacked-yards:        1-10            0-0
Net pass yards:      426             100
Net yards/pass:      14.2            9.1
Total net yards:     593             319
Total plays:         71 (57% run)    53 (79% run)  
Yards/play:          8.4             6.0
Fumbles-lost:        1-0             0-0
Turnovers:           1               2
Penalties-yards:     8-76            3-28

Attendance: 60,753

Passing:
LA: James Harris, 17 of 29 for 436 yards and 2 TDs (1 int)
MIA: Bob Griese, 6 of 11 for 100 yards and 1 TD (2 int)

Rushing:
LA: Lawrence McCutcheon, 22 for 91 yards and 1 TD; John Cappelletti, 10 for 33 yards; James Harris, 6 for 29 yards and 1 TD; Jim Bertelsen, 3 for 14 yards
MIA: Benny Malone, 19 for 111 yards and 1 TD; Norm Bulaich, 12 for 52 yards and 1 TD; Stan Winfrey, 7 for 25 yards and 1 TD; Bob Griese, 4 for 31 yards

Receiving:
LA: Ron Jessie, 7 for 220 yards and 2 TDs; Lawrence McCutcheon, 5 for 99 yards; Harold Jackson, 4 for 99 yards; Bob Klein, 1 for 18 yards
MIA: Nat Moore, 2 for 66 yards and 1 TD; Benny Malone, 2 for 5 yards; Howard Twilley, 1 for 18 yards; Larry Seiple, 1 for 11 yards

Kick returns:
LA: Dwight Scales, 3 for 59 yards; Tom Geredine, 2 for 27 yards
MIA: Gary Davis, 4 for 103 yards; Don Nottingham, 2 for 40 yards

Punt returns:
LA: Jim Bertelsen, 1 for 9 yards; Dwight Scales, 1 for 0 yards
MIA: Nat Moore, 1 for -1 yards

Interceptions:
LA: Bill Simpson, 1 for 30 yards; Dave Elmendorf, 1 for 0 yards
MIA: Ken Ellis, 1 for 0 yards

Punting:
LA: Rusty Jackson, 2 for 79 yards
MIA: Larry Seiple, 4 for 132 yards

Field Goals:
LA: Tom Dempsey, 1/4
MIA: Garo Yepremian, 0/1

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