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Sunday September 24, 1978
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 09/24/1978:



Mike Hogan scored two touchdowns, climaxing drives of 60 and 88 yards, in the 17-3 victory. The Philadelphia offense controlled the ball for 40 minutes, totaling 222 yards rushing, including Wilbert Montgomery's 111 on 25 carries. The defense limited Miami to 143 yards total offense and intercepted three Don Strock passes.

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

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
Miami DolphinsOFFENSE243.7  (2)137.0  (20)380.7  (3)5
DEFENSE125.7  (11)199.7  (26)325.3  (19)9
Philadelphia EaglesOFFENSE154.3  (12)143.7  (17)298.0  (17)7
DEFENSE102.7  (6)178.7  (18)281.3  (12)8

Line: Dolphins by 2½

Team1234F
Miami Dolphins (2-2-0)30003
Philadelphia Eagles (2-2-0)0701017

( 3- 0) MIA Garo Yepremian 47 yard field goal
( 3- 7) PHI Mike Hogan 4 yard pass from Ron Jaworski (Nick Mike-Mayer kick)
( 3-14) PHI Mike Hogan 5 yard rush (Nick Mike-Mayer kick)
( 3-17) PHI Nick Mike-Mayer 34 yard field goal
                     MIA             PHI
First Downs:         9               20
Rushes-yards:        23-82           50-222
Yards/rush:          3.6             4.4
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     6-17-76-3       13-19-128-0
Sacked-yards:        2-15            2-13
Net pass yards:      61              115
Net yards/pass:      3.2             5.5
Total net yards:     143             337
Total plays:         42 (54% run)    71 (70% run)  
Yards/play:          3.4             4.7
Fumbles-lost:        0-0             1-1
Turnovers:           3               1
Penalties-yards:     2-15            5-40

Attendance: 62,998
Passing:
MIA: Don Strock, 6 of 17 for 76 yards (3 int)
PHI: Ron Jaworski, 13 of 19 for 128 yards and 1 TD

Rushing:
MIA: Delvin Williams, 16 for 67 yards; Norm Bulaich, 5 for 18 yards; Nat Moore, 1 for -1 yards; Don Strock, 1 for -2 yards
PHI: Wilbert Montgomery, 25 for 111 yards; Mike Hogan, 16 for 72 yards and 1 TD; Cleveland Franklin, 5 for 19 yards; Ron Jaworski, 2 for 3 yards; Rick Engles, 1 for 16 yards; John Sciarra, 1 for 1 yard

Receiving:
MIA: Delvin Williams, 2 for 20 yards; Duriel Harris, 2 for 17 yards; Nat Moore, 1 for 22 yards; Gary Davis, 1 for 17 yards
PHI: Harold Carmichael, 3 for 50 yards; Keith Krepfle, 3 for 27 yards; Charlie Smith, 3 for 25 yards; Mike Hogan, 3 for 17 yards and 1 TD; Wilbert Montgomery, 1 for 9 yards

Kick returns:
MIA: Duriel Harris, 2 for 63 yards; Terry Anderson, 2 for 54 yards
PHI: Billy Campfield, 1 for 31 yards; Herb Lusk, 1 for 24 yards

Punt returns:
MIA: Jimmy Cefalo, 2 for 27 yards; Charles Cornelius, 1 for 5 yards
PHI: John Sciarra, 2 for 10 yards

Interceptions:
PHI: John Bunting, 1 for 9 yards; Herman Edwards, 1 for 0 yards; John Sanders, 1 for 0 yards

Punting:
MIA: George Roberts, 5 for 211 yards
PHI: Rick Engles, 5 for 218 yards

Field Goals:
MIA: Garo Yepremian, 1/1
PHI: Nick Mike-Mayer, 1/1




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