Saturday December 17, 1977
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 12/17/1977:



Bob Griese completed 10 of 14 passes for 210 yards and two touchdowns while Gary Davis rushed for 172 yards to give the Dolphins a 31-14 victory. Griese's touchdown passes were his 21st and 22nd of the season and set a team record. Nat Moore's first quarter touchdown was his 13th of the season.

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

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
OFFENSE135.2  (16)169.2  (4)304.4  (11)40
DEFENSE166.7  (23)141.4  (13)308.1  (23)32
OFFENSE163.7  (7)134.7  (17)298.4  (13)26
DEFENSE126.6  (7)146.3  (16)272.9  (10)29

Line: Dolphins by 14

Team1234F
Buffalo Bills (3-11-0)0001414
Miami Dolphins (10-4-0)7143731

( 0- 7) MIA Nat Moore 13 yard pass from Bob Griese (Garo Yepremian kick) ( 0-14) MIA Freddie Solomon 54 yard pass from Bob Griese (Garo Yepremian kick) ( 0-21) MIA Norm Bulaich 3 yard rush (Garo Yepremian kick) ( 0-24) MIA Garo Yepremian 48 yard field goal ( 7-24) BUF Lou Piccone 11 yard pass from Joe Ferguson (Carson Long kick) ( 7-31) MIA Gary Davis 60 yard rush (Garo Yepremian kick) (14-31) BUF Joe Ferguson 1 yard rush (Carson Long kick)
                     BUF             MIA
First Downs:         24              18
Rushes-yards:        26-103          42-238
Yards/rush:          4.0             5.7
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     25-40-331-3     10-14-210-1
Sacked-yards:        0-0             0-0
Net pass yards:      331             210
Net yards/pass:      8.3             15.0
Total net yards:     434             448
Total plays:         66 (39% run)    56 (75% run)  
Yards/play:          6.6             8.0
Fumbles-lost:        3-1             1-0
Turnovers:           4               1
Penalties-yards:     3-20            6-27

Attendance: 39,626

Passing:
BUF: Joe Ferguson, 25 of 40 for 331 yards and 1 TD (3 int) MIA: Bob Griese, 10 of 14 for 210 yards and 2 TDs (1 int)
Rushing:
BUF: Roland Hooks, 13 for 41 yards; Jim Braxton, 7 for 30 yards; Mike Collier, 3 for 17 yards; Joe Ferguson, 3 for 15 yards and 1 TD MIA: Gary Davis, 26 for 172 yards and 1 TD; Leroy Harris, 9 for 23 yards; Norm Bulaich, 4 for 27 yards and 1 TD; Nat Moore, 2 for 16 yards; Bob Griese, 1 for 0 yards
Receiving:
BUF: Bob Chandler, 7 for 59 yards; Jim Braxton, 5 for 85 yards; Lou Piccone, 5 for 73 yards and 1 TD; Roland Hooks, 4 for 63 yards; Reuben Gant, 3 for 46 yards; Mike Collier, 1 for 5 yards MIA: Nat Moore, 5 for 144 yards and 1 TD; Gary Davis, 2 for 16 yards; Norm Bulaich, 2 for -4 yards; Freddie Solomon, 1 for 54 yards and 1 TD
Kick returns:
BUF: Keith Moody, 4 for 96 yards; John Kimbrough, 1 for 25 yards; Mike Collier, 1 for 19 yards MIA: Freddie Solomon, 2 for 30 yards
Punt returns:
BUF: Keith Moody, 2 for -1 yards; John Kimbrough, 1 for 0 yards MIA: Freddie Solomon, 2 for 11 yards
Interceptions:
BUF: Dwight Harrison, 1 for 0 yards MIA: Curtis Johnson, 1 for 16 yards; Tim Foley, 1 for 0 yards; Rick Volk, 1 for 0 yards
Punting:
BUF: Marv Bateman, 2 for 92 yards MIA: Mike Michel, 3 for 104 yards
Field Goals:
MIA: Garo Yepremian, 1/1


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