Sunday November 6, 1977
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 11/06/1977:



Bob Griese threw touchdown passes of 20 and 24 yards to Duriel Harris to give the 6-2 Dolphins a 14-10 win. Marty Domres, who took over for the injured Richard Todd in the second quarter, passed 16 yards to Jerome Barkum with 50 seconds remaining to pull the Jets within four points. The Jets missed another excellent opportunity eight minutes earlier when they drove to Miami's 1 yard line but couldn't score.

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

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
OFFENSE175.6  (5)125.0  (19)300.6  (13)15
DEFENSE122.3  (6)156.9  (16)279.1  (13)17
OFFENSE112.1  (25)181.6  (4)293.7  (14)15
DEFENSE161.0  (23)170.1  (21)331.1  (24)14

Line: Dolphins by 4

Team1234F
Miami Dolphins (6-2-0)077014
New York Jets (2-6-0)300710

( 0- 3) NYJ Pat Leahy 37 yard field goal
( 7- 3) MIA Duriel Harris 20 yard pass from Bob Griese (Garo Yepremian kick)
(14- 3) MIA Duriel Harris 24 yard pass from Bob Griese (Garo Yepremian kick)
(14-10) NYJ Jerome Barkum 16 yard pass from Marty Domres (Pat Leahy kick)
                     MIA             NYJ
First Downs:         15              18
Rushes-yards:        33-109          31-130
Yards/rush:          3.3             4.2
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     12-15-132-0     20-35-157-0
Sacked-yards:        4-27            6-40
Net pass yards:      105             117
Net yards/pass:      5.5             2.9
Total net yards:     214             247
Total plays:         52 (63% run)    72 (43% run)  
Yards/play:          4.1             3.4
Fumbles-lost:        2-1             3-1
Turnovers:           1               1
Penalties-yards:     4-34            3-30

Attendance: 51,582

Passing:
MIA: Bob Griese, 12 of 15 for 132 yards and 2 TDs NYJ: Marty Domres, 14 of 24 for 93 yards and 1 TD; Richard Todd, 6 of 11 for 64 yards
Rushing:
MIA: Norm Bulaich, 13 for 63 yards; Gary Davis, 13 for 44 yards; Benny Malone, 5 for 5 yards; Bob Griese, 2 for -3 yards NYJ: Kevin Long, 13 for 46 yards; Clark Gaines, 12 for 44 yards; Scott Dierking, 3 for 22 yards; Marty Domres, 3 for 18 yards
Receiving:
MIA: Duriel Harris, 5 for 91 yards and 2 TDs; Norm Bulaich, 3 for 34 yards; Andre Tillman, 3 for 1 yard; Gary Davis, 1 for 6 yards NYJ: Clark Gaines, 9 for 81 yards; Wesley Walker, 3 for 21 yards; Rich Caster, 2 for 13 yards; Kevin Long, 2 for 6 yards; Jerome Barkum, 1 for 16 yards and 1 TD; Bruce Harper, 1 for 9 yards; Tom Newton, 1 for 8 yards; Scott Dierking, 1 for 3 yards
Kick returns:
MIA: Gary Davis, 1 for 23 yards; Terry Anderson, 1 for 17 yards NYJ: Bruce Harper, 2 for 43 yards; Billy Hardee, 1 for 18 yards
Punt returns:
MIA: Freddie Solomon, 2 for 15 yards; Charlie Babb, 1 for 3 yards NYJ: Bruce Harper, 3 for 25 yards
Interceptions:

Punting:
MIA: Mike Michel, 5 for 203 yards NYJ: Chuck Ramsey, 5 for 174 yards
Field Goals:
MIA: Garo Yepremian, 0/1 NYJ: Pat Leahy, 1/2


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