Monday November 22, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 11/22/1976:



Mike Barnes blocked Garo Yepremian's extra point attempt after the Dolphins, trailing 17-10 with 1:52 remaining, stormed back on a 69-yard drive to come within one point of the Colts on Benny Malone's three-yard touchdown with 12 seconds left in the game. Bert Jones put Baltimore ahead 14-3 with 1:22 left in the half on a 25-yard touchdown pass to Raymond Chester but Bob Griese cut the margin to four points 40 seconds later on a 20-yard TD pass to Jim Mandich. Lydell Mitchell rushed for 80 yards in the game to go over the 1,000-yard mark for the second straight year.

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

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
OFFENSE174.7  (3)208.7  (5)383.4  (1)18
DEFENSE115.0  (3)171.4  (22)286.4  (11)24
OFFENSE162.4  (8)148.7  (14)311.1  (13)18
DEFENSE162.0  (22)197.9  (27)359.9  (26)17

Line: Colts by 7

Team1234F
Baltimore Colts (9-2-0)770317
Miami Dolphins (5-6-0)0100616

( 7- 0) BAL Lydell Mitchell 6 yard rush (Toni Linhart kick) ( 7- 3) MIA Garo Yepremian 20 yard field goal (14- 3) BAL Raymond Chester 25 yard pass from Bert Jones (Toni Linhart kick) (14-10) MIA Jim Mandich 20 yard pass from Bob Griese (Garo Yepremian kick) (17-10) BAL Toni Linhart 27 yard field goal (17-16) MIA Benny Malone 3 yard rush (kick failed)
                     BAL             MIA
First Downs:         20              16
Rushes-yards:        44-163          26-87
Yards/rush:          3.7             3.3
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     13-20-234-0     17-28-286-2
Sacked-yards:        5-57            3-35
Net pass yards:      177             251
Net yards/pass:      7.1             8.1
Total net yards:     340             338
Total plays:         69 (63% run)    57 (45% run)  
Yards/play:          4.9             5.9
Fumbles-lost:        2-2             0-0
Turnovers:           2               2
Penalties-yards:     6-36            9-75

Attendance: 62,104

Passing:
BAL: Bert Jones, 13 of 20 for 234 yards and 1 TD MIA: Bob Griese, 17 of 27 for 286 yards and 1 TD (2 int); Freddie Solomon, 0 of 1 for 0 yards
Rushing:
BAL: Lydell Mitchell, 20 for 80 yards and 1 TD; Roosevelt Leaks, 17 for 63 yards; Bert Jones, 7 for 20 yards MIA: Benny Malone, 17 for 41 yards and 1 TD; Norm Bulaich, 9 for 46 yards
Receiving:
BAL: Roger Carr, 3 for 87 yards; Lydell Mitchell, 3 for 42 yards; Glenn Doughty, 3 for 30 yards; Raymond Chester, 2 for 47 yards and 1 TD; Don McCauley, 2 for 28 yards MIA: Duriel Harris, 5 for 116 yards; Freddie Solomon, 4 for 81 yards; Jim Mandich, 3 for 36 yards and 1 TD; Norm Bulaich, 3 for 26 yards; Andre Tillman, 2 for 27 yards
Kick returns:
BAL: Howard Stevens, 3 for 40 yards MIA: Gary Davis, 3 for 69 yards; Duriel Harris, 1 for 27 yards
Punt returns:
MIA: Freddie Solomon, 2 for 26 yards
Interceptions:
BAL: Ray Oldham, 1 for 7 yards; Jackie Wallace, 1 for 0 yards
Punting:
BAL: David Lee, 4 for 157 yards MIA: Larry Seiple, 6 for 171 yards
Field Goals:
BAL: Toni Linhart, 1/1 MIA: Garo Yepremian, 1/1


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