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Sunday October 10, 1976
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NFL game summary for 10/10/1976:



Bert Jones picked apart the Dolphins' defense with nine consecutive passes in four scoring drives for the win. Norm Bulaich's one-yard touchdown brought the Dolphins even with the Colts midway through the second quarter, but Jones hit Glenn Doughty with a 10-yard touchdown pass and ran in from the seven before the half ended. Earl Morrall came off the Dolphins' bench after Bob Griese was shaken up to throw a 67-yard touchdown pass to Nat Moore but two other comeback drives were stopped at the Baltimore 13 and 6-yard lines.

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

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
Miami DolphinsOFFENSE185.5  (7)141.5  (20)327.0  (11)10
DEFENSE154.5  (16)253.0  (28)407.5  (26)8
Baltimore ColtsOFFENSE168.2  (9)214.0  (4)382.2  (5)9
DEFENSE110.8  (5)180.8  (19)291.5  (11)12

Line: Colts by 6

Team1234F
Miami Dolphins (2-3-0)077014
Baltimore Colts (4-1-0)0217028

( 0- 7) BAL Don McCauley 1 yard rush (Toni Linhart kick)
( 7- 7) MIA Norm Bulaich 1 yard rush (Garo Yepremian kick)
( 7-14) BAL Glenn Doughty 10 yard pass from Bert Jones (Toni Linhart kick)
( 7-21) BAL Bert Jones 7 yard rush (Toni Linhart kick)
( 7-28) BAL Don McCauley 1 yard rush (Toni Linhart kick)
(14-28) MIA Nat Moore 67 yard pass from Earl Morrall (Garo Yepremian kick)
                     MIA             BAL
First Downs:         14              22
Rushes-yards:        28-88           49-169
Yards/rush:          3.1             3.4
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     13-31-209-1     11-14-177-0
Sacked-yards:        3-29            2-14
Net pass yards:      180             163
Net yards/pass:      5.3             10.2
Total net yards:     268             332
Total plays:         62 (45% run)    65 (75% run)  
Yards/play:          4.3             5.1
Fumbles-lost:        1-1             3-1
Turnovers:           2               1
Penalties-yards:     4-54            8-56

Attendance: 58,832
Passing:
MIA: Earl Morrall, 10 of 26 for 148 yards and 1 TD (1 int); Bob Griese, 3 of 5 for 61 yards
BAL: Bert Jones, 11 of 14 for 177 yards and 1 TD

Rushing:
MIA: Norm Bulaich, 11 for 55 yards and 1 TD; Benny Malone, 8 for 8 yards; Bob Griese, 4 for 14 yards; Stan Winfrey, 2 for 7 yards; Don Nottingham, 2 for 4 yards; Nat Moore, 1 for 0 yards
BAL: Lydell Mitchell, 33 for 95 yards; Don McCauley, 7 for 17 yards and 2 TDs; Roosevelt Leaks, 5 for 26 yards; Bert Jones, 4 for 31 yards and 1 TD

Receiving:
MIA: Norm Bulaich, 6 for 52 yards; Nat Moore, 3 for 124 yards and 1 TD; Stan Winfrey, 1 for 13 yards; Mike Holmes, 1 for 11 yards; Larry Seiple, 1 for 8 yards; Benny Malone, 1 for 1 yard
BAL: Raymond Chester, 5 for 106 yards; Glenn Doughty, 3 for 38 yards and 1 TD; Lydell Mitchell, 2 for 27 yards; Don McCauley, 1 for 6 yards

Kick returns:
MIA: Gary Davis, 4 for 117 yards; Stan Winfrey, 1 for 13 yards
BAL: Bruce Laird, 2 for 44 yards; Howard Stevens, 1 for 22 yards

Punt returns:
MIA: Nat Moore, 2 for 31 yards
BAL: Howard Stevens, 3 for 11 yards

Interceptions:
BAL: Ray Oldham, 1 for 33 yards

Punting:
MIA: Larry Seiple, 5 for 208 yards
BAL: David Lee, 7 for 239 yards

Field Goals:




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