Sunday October 21, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

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):

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
OFFENSE148.0  (11)162.7  (16)310.7  (13)12
DEFENSE103.0  (3)138.4  (8)241.4  (2)13
OFFENSE164.9  (4)188.9  (10)353.7  (5)17
DEFENSE94.0  (2)130.3  (2)224.3  (1)18

Line: Patriots by 5

Team1234F
Miami Dolphins (5-3-0)1030013
New England Patriots (6-2-0)0771428

( 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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