Sunday October 17, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 10/17/1976:



Jan Stenerud's 34-yard field goal with 12 seconds left in overtime gave the Chiefs their second straight win and first over Miami since 1969. Garo Yepremian tied the game with nine seconds left in regulation on a 27-yard field goal after Henry Marshall gave Kansas City a 17-14 lead on a 59-yard end-around TD run with 1:45 left. Tim Collier recovered a Norm Bulaich fumble in the end zone to stop a possible Dolphins' scoring drive in the overtime.

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

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
OFFENSE134.6  (17)230.4  (3)365.0  (7)11
DEFENSE243.4  (28)201.0  (27)444.4  (28)8
OFFENSE166.0  (9)149.2  (16)315.2  (10)12
DEFENSE157.4  (17)235.0  (28)392.4  (26)9

Line: Dolphins by 12

Team1234OTF
Kansas City Chiefs (2-4-0)7307320
Miami Dolphins (2-4-0)00710017

( 7- 0) KC Tommy Reamon 1 yard rush (Jan Stenerud kick) (10- 0) KC Jan Stenerud 29 yard field goal (10- 7) MIA Norm Bulaich 2 yard rush (Garo Yepremian kick) (10-14) MIA Howard Twilley 4 yard pass from Bob Griese (Garo Yepremian kick) (17-14) KC Henry Marshall 59 yard rush (Jan Stenerud kick) (17-17) MIA Garo Yepremian 27 yard field goal (20-17) KC Jan Stenerud 34 yard field goal
                     KC              MIA
First Downs:         21              27
Rushes-yards:        39-186          37-179
Yards/rush:          4.8             4.8
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     20-33-267-1     25-35-306-2
Sacked-yards:        0-0             4-44
Net pass yards:      267             262
Net yards/pass:      8.1             6.7
Total net yards:     453             441
Total plays:         72 (54% run)    76 (48% run)  
Yards/play:          6.3             5.8
Fumbles-lost:        2-1             3-3
Turnovers:           2               5
Penalties-yards:     10-85           7-50

Attendance: 43,325

Passing:
KC: Mike Livingston, 20 of 33 for 267 yards (1 int) MIA: Bob Griese, 25 of 35 for 306 yards and 1 TD (2 int)
Rushing:
KC: Tommy Reamon, 16 for 64 yards and 1 TD; MacArthur Lane, 12 for 18 yards; Ed Podolak, 6 for 31 yards; Mike Livingston, 2 for 3 yards; Henry Marshall, 1 for 59 yards and 1 TD; Woody Green, 1 for 7 yards; Pat McNeil, 1 for 4 yards MIA: Norm Bulaich, 20 for 91 yards and 1 TD; Benny Malone, 14 for 67 yards; Bob Griese, 2 for 18 yards; Stan Winfrey, 1 for 3 yards
Receiving:
KC: Ed Podolak, 6 for 67 yards; MacArthur Lane, 4 for 32 yards; Walter White, 3 for 67 yards; Henry Marshall, 3 for 53 yards; Tommy Reamon, 3 for 26 yards; Larry Brunson, 1 for 22 yards MIA: Howard Twilley, 8 for 104 yards and 1 TD; Norm Bulaich, 6 for 12 yards; Nat Moore, 5 for 106 yards; Benny Malone, 2 for 39 yards; Jim Mandich, 2 for 34 yards; Freddie Solomon, 2 for 11 yards
Kick returns:
KC: Lawrence Williams, 2 for 60 yards; Tommy Reamon, 2 for 44 yards MIA: Duriel Harris, 2 for 44 yards; Gary Davis, 1 for 22 yards; Don Nottingham, 1 for 13 yards
Punt returns:
KC: Larry Brunson, 2 for 34 yards MIA: Charlie Babb, 2 for 13 yards; Nat Moore, 1 for 9 yards
Interceptions:
KC: Billy Andrews, 1 for 11 yards; Kerry Reardon, 1 for 0 yards MIA: Charlie Babb, 1 for 0 yards
Punting:
KC: Jerrel Wilson, 7 for 267 yards MIA: Larry Seiple, 4 for 185 yards
Field Goals:
KC: Jan Stenerud, 2/2 MIA: Garo Yepremian, 1/2


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