Monday October 8, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

All NFL game summaries for 10/08/1979:



The Raiders' defense produced two big plays to give Oakland its eighth straight Monday night win. Clarence Hawkins' fumble recovery of the second-half kickoff set up a Ken Stabler (12 of 22 for 143 yards and one touchdown) to Raymond Chester scoring strike of 14 yards. Linebacker Ted Hendricks' 23-yard interception return for a touchdown gave Oakland a 13-0 advantage. The Raiders sacked Miami quarterback Bob Griese six times, four of them by rookie defensive tackle Reggie Kinlaw.

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

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
OFFENSE137.8  (15)196.2  (9)334.0  (8)8
DEFENSE110.8  (4)149.8  (9)260.6  (4)12
OFFENSE90.0  (27)180.4  (12)270.4  (24)12
DEFENSE133.8  (14)204.4  (23)338.2  (20)12

Line: Dolphins by 2

Team1234F
Miami Dolphins (4-2-0)00303
Oakland Raiders (3-3-0)0013013

( 0- 6) OAK Raymond Chester 14 yard pass from Ken Stabler (kick failed) ( 0-13) OAK Ted Hendricks 23 yard interception return (Jim Breech kick) ( 3-13) MIA Uwe von Schamann 23 yard field goal
                     MIA             OAK
First Downs:         18              13
Rushes-yards:        35-169          30-97
Yards/rush:          4.8             3.2
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     10-19-106-2     12-22-143-0
Sacked-yards:        6-49            3-31
Net pass yards:      57              112
Net yards/pass:      2.3             4.5
Total net yards:     226             209
Total plays:         60 (58% run)    55 (54% run)  
Yards/play:          3.8             3.8
Fumbles-lost:        3-1             2-0
Turnovers:           3               0
Penalties-yards:     5-30            6-45

Attendance: 52,419

Passing:
MIA: Bob Griese, 10 of 19 for 106 yards (2 int) OAK: Ken Stabler, 12 of 22 for 143 yards and 1 TD
Rushing:
MIA: Larry Csonka, 17 for 83 yards; Delvin Williams, 16 for 86 yards; Bob Griese, 1 for 1 yard; Gary Davis, 1 for -1 yards OAK: Mark van Eeghen, 16 for 53 yards; Derrick Jensen, 12 for 46 yards; Ken Stabler, 2 for -2 yards
Receiving:
MIA: Nat Moore, 5 for 52 yards; Bruce Hardy, 2 for 30 yards; Delvin Williams, 2 for 17 yards; Gary Davis, 1 for 7 yards OAK: Dave Casper, 4 for 57 yards; Raymond Chester, 4 for 55 yards and 1 TD; Mark van Eeghen, 3 for 25 yards; Derrick Jensen, 1 for 6 yards
Kick returns:
MIA: Tony Nathan, 3 for 64 yards OAK: Ira Matthews, 1 for 44 yards; Larry Brunson, 1 for 34 yards
Punt returns:
MIA: Tony Nathan, 2 for 7 yards OAK: Ira Matthews, 3 for 5 yards
Interceptions:
OAK: Ted Hendricks, 1 for 23 yards and 1 TD; Lester Hayes, 1 for 6 yards
Punting:
MIA: George Roberts, 4 for 164 yards OAK: Ray Guy, 6 for 241 yards
Field Goals:
MIA: Uwe von Schamann, 1/1 OAK: Jim Breech, 0/1


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