NFL game summary for 10/21/1979:

Steve Grogan set up two touchdowns and passed for another to lead the Patriots' comeback win. Grogan directed drives of 69 and 59 yards, culminated by one-yard scoring plunges by Horace Ivory and Sam Cunningham, respectively, to wipe out a 13-0 Miami advantage. Ray Jarvis caught a 15-yard fourth-period touchdown pass from Grogan and Mike Hawkins capped the scoring with a 35-yard interception return. New England moved into sole possession of first place in the AFC East.

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

Team		Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
Miami Dolphins	OFFENSE	148.0  (11)	162.7  (16)	310.7  (13)	12
	DEFENSE	103.0  (3)	138.4  (8)	241.4  (2)	13
New England Patriots	OFFENSE	164.9  (4)	188.9  (10)	353.7  (5)	17
	DEFENSE	94.0  (2)	130.3  (2)	224.3  (1)	18

Line: Patriots by 5

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Miami Dolphins (5-3-0)	10	3	0	0	13
New England Patriots (6-2-0)	0	7	7	14	28

( 3- 0) MIA Uwe von Schamann 53 yard field goal
(10- 0) MIA Bruce Hardy 13 yard pass from Bob Griese (Uwe von Schamann kick)
(13- 0) MIA Uwe von Schamann 40 yard field goal
(13- 7) NE  Horace Ivory 1 yard rush (John Smith kick)
(13-14) NE  Sam Cunningham 1 yard rush (John Smith kick)
(13-21) NE  Ray Jarvis 15 yard pass from Steve Grogan (John Smith kick)
(13-28) NE  Mike Hawkins 35 yard interception return (John Smith kick)

                     MIA             NE
First Downs:         13              17
Rushes-yards:        29-135          44-129
Yards/rush:          4.7             2.9
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     12-27-72-3      17-25-191-0
Sacked-yards:        1-3             2-21
Net pass yards:      69              170
Net yards/pass:      2.5             6.3
Total net yards:     204             299
Total plays:         57 (50% run)    71 (61% run)  
Yards/play:          3.6             4.2
Fumbles-lost:        3-2             4-1
Turnovers:           5               1
Penalties-yards:     4-45            6-59

Attendance: 61,096

Passing:
MIA: Bob Griese, 10 of 18 for 57 yards and 1 TD (2 int); Don Strock, 1 of 7 for 8 yards (1 int); Guy Benjamin, 1 of 2 for 7 yards
NE: Steve Grogan, 16 of 24 for 187 yards and 1 TD; Eddie Hare, 1 of 1 for 4 yards

Rushing:
MIA: Delvin Williams, 13 for 99 yards; Larry Csonka, 13 for 32 yards; Gary Davis, 2 for 4 yards; Don Strock, 1 for 0 yards
NE: Horace Ivory, 16 for 44 yards and 1 TD; Sam Cunningham, 13 for 33 yards and 1 TD; Steve Grogan, 10 for 42 yards; Don Calhoun, 4 for -2 yards; Harold Jackson, 1 for 12 yards

Receiving:
MIA: Bruce Hardy, 3 for 39 yards and 1 TD; Gary Davis, 3 for 19 yards; Delvin Williams, 2 for 14 yards; Larry Csonka, 2 for -2 yards; Norm Bulaich, 1 for 7 yards; Nat Moore, 1 for -5 yards
NE: Sam Cunningham, 5 for 29 yards; Russ Francis, 4 for 34 yards; Stanley Morgan, 2 for 53 yards; Don Hasselbeck, 2 for 13 yards; Harold Jackson, 1 for 35 yards; Ray Jarvis, 1 for 15 yards and 1 TD; Horace Ivory, 1 for 8 yards; Mosi Tatupu, 1 for 4 yards

Kick returns:
MIA: Tony Nathan, 4 for 62 yards; Gary Davis, 1 for 16 yards
NE: Allan Clark, 2 for 60 yards; Rick Sanford, 1 for 12 yards

Punt returns:
NE: Mike Haynes, 2 for 5 yards

Interceptions:
NE: Mike Hawkins, 2 for 35 yards and 1 TD; Mike Haynes, 1 for 33 yards

Punting:
MIA: George Roberts, 5 for 164 yards
NE: Eddie Hare, 5 for 154 yards

Field Goals:
MIA: Uwe von Schamann, 2/2
NE: John Smith, 0/1

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