1972 Miami Dolphins 13-1 Score By Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Tot 1972 Miami 58 141 81 101 0 381 Opponent 33 40 41 37 0 151 Team Opp W/L Game Scores Points 381 151 1-0 17 @Kansas City 14 85ø 5-15 First Downs 286 171 2-0 37 Houston 23 90ø 0-10 Rush 162 49 2-1 14 @Minnesota 20 79ø 0-10 Pass 115 114 3-1 28 @New York(A) 21 82ø 5-15 Pen 9 8 4-1 34 San Diego 3 71ø 0-5 Rain Penalties 54 55 5-1 27 Buffalo 7 83ø 0-5 Rain Yards 458 438 6-1 23 @Baltimore 14 71ø 10-20 7-1 20 @Buffalo 0 56ø 15-25 Rushing Att 609 331 8-1 48 New England 0 85ø 0-5 Light Rain Yards 2941 1057 9-1 24 New York(A) 10 82ø 0-5 Ave 4.8 3.2 10-1 16 St. Louis 0 77ø 0-10 Light Rain TD 26 6 11-1 20 @New England 15 40ø 15-25 12-1 24 @New York(N) 10 42ø 10-20 Rain Passing Att 246 376 13-1 49 Baltimore 14 79ø 0-10 Light Rain Comp 136 181 % 55.3 48.1 Int 15 16 % 6.1 4.3 TD 17 9 % 6.9 2.4 Yards 2285 2349 Sacked 13 39 Punt Return 50 22 Yards 416 44 Ave 8.3 2.0 Kick Return 41 72 Yards 845 1561 Ave 20.6 21.7 Punts 44 74 Yards 1686 3051 Ave 38.3 41.2 FG Att 36 27 Made 20 13 % 55.6 48.1 Third Downs 173 177 Made 86 53 % 49.7 29.9 Fourth Downs 7 13 Made 4 3 % 57.1 23.1 Safeties 0 0 Fumbles 19 23 Lost 7 6 Turnovers 22 22 Net Offense 5135 3167 Per Play 5.9 4.2 1972 Miami Dolphins Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Csonka 212 1114 5.3 24 59 55 9 Warfield 29 4 687 23.7 11 27 71 8 Morris 191 1038 5.4 27 59 32 12 Kiick 23 3 322 14.0 3 18 39 2 Kiick 134 539 4.0 10 29 15 4 Twilley 17 2 289 17.0 3 17 32 4 Ginn 27 154 5.7 9 10 17 1 Briscoe 16 1 281 17.6 2 16 41 1 Morrall 15 54 3.6 3 3 19 0 Fleming 14 1 180 12.9 1 8 29 0 Leigh 19 49 2.6 2 2 13 0 Morris 14 5 162 11.6 0 9 41 1 Griese 6 7 1.2 0 0 5 0 Stowe 9 3 134 14.9 1 8 25 0 Del Gaizo 2 -5 -2.5 0 0 0 0 Mandich 8 1 169 21.1 2 7 56 1 Warfield 3 -9 -3.0 0 0 0 0 Csonka 5 0 50 10.0 0 4 13 0 609 2941 4.8 75 162 55 26 Ginn 1 0 11 11.0 0 1 11 0 136 20 2285 16.8 23 115 71 17 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Del Gaizo 8 6 75.0 192 32.0 56 1 4 1 12.5 1 3 37.5 116.7 Morrall 154 85 55.2 1490 17.5 71 12 16 6 3.9 7 11 7.1 96.0 Briscoe 2 1 50.0 18 18.0 18 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 81.3 Griese 82 44 53.7 585 13.3 40 5 3 8 9.8 5 3 3.7 49.1 246 136 55.3 2285 16.8 71 18 23 15 6.1 13 17 6.9 84.5 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Yepremian 46 45 97.8 36 20 55.6 33.3 0.0 48 105 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Anderson 3 105 40 0 0 1 2 15 30.0 35.0 Lothridge 5 166 37 0 0 2 2 5 32.2 33.2 Seiple 36 1415 56 3 0 11 18 24 37.0 39.3 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Ginn 1 28 28.0 28 0 Leigh 28 9 274 9.8 24 0 Leigh 9 245 27.2 51 0 Scott 16 4 115 7.2 17 0 Morris 28 530 18.9 40 0 Anderson 6 0 27 4.5 10 0 Matheson 2 33 16.5 18 0 50 13 416 8.3 24 0 Briscoe 1 9 9.0 9 0 Jenkins,A 1 0 0.0 0 0 41 845 20.6 51 0 Fumbles Morris 7 Leigh 5 Morrall 3 Kiick 2 Del Gaiz 1 Ginn 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Stanfill 16 Stanfill 14 Den Herd 12 Anderson 10 Stanfill 5 Buonicon 3 Den Herd 6 Den Herd 10 Stanfill 9 Swift 9 Swift 4 Kuechenb 3 Kolen 5 Fernande 5 Fernande 6 Buonicon 6 Foley 2 Swift 3 Swift 4 Buonicon 2 Buonicon 5 Stanfill 5 Mumphord 2 Den Herd 1 Fernande 3 Heinz 2 Swift 4 Foley 5 Den Herd 2 Evans 1 Heinz 2 Moore,M 1 Heinz 3 Kolen 4 Buonicon 2 Fernande 1 Moore,M 1 Kolen 1 Kolen 2 Mumphord 3 Fernande 1 Jenkins, 1 Buonicon 1 Swift 1 Foley 1 Scott 3 Scott 1 Kiick 1 Matheson 1 Moore,M 1 Johnson, 2 Dunaway 1 Babb 1 Heinz 1 Heinz 1 Del Gaiz 1 Matheson 1 Twilley 1 Twilley 1 Den Herd 1 Howell,M 1 Warfield 1 Tackles Buonicon 76 Den Herd 59 Mumphord 33 Babb 14 Powell 11 Ball 9 Anderson 67 Foley 49 Heinz 22 Matheson 14 Twilley 10 Langer 4 Stanfill 61 Kolen 40 Scott 21 Howell,M 13 Dunaway 10 Stowe 3 Swift 61 Fernande 39 Johnson, 17 Moore,M 12 Briscoe 9 Kindig 1 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Mumphord 4 57 14.3 20 1 Foley 3 48 16.0 20 0 Swift 3 0 0.0 0 0 Anderson 1 37 37.0 37 0 Johnson,C 1 8 8.0 8 0 Kolen 1 0 0.0 0 0 Buonicont 1 2 2.0 2 0 Scott 1 27 27.0 27 0 Den Herde 1 33 33.0 33 1 16 212 13.3 37 2 1972 Miami Dolphins Coach: Don Shula Quarterbacks Dur Run Sho Bkwy Special QB Del Gaizo,Jim 1 O 2 1 QB Griese,Bob 2 O 2 1 QB Morrall,Earl 5 O 2 1 Skill Players BkR BkP Dur Att Yds Lg Ave Rec No Yds Lg Ave Special RB Csonka,Larry 2 1 5 213 1117 45 5.2 1 5 48 12 9.6 RB Morris,Mercury 2 1 5 190 1000 33 5.3 3 15 168 34 11.2 KR RB Kiick,Jim 2 1 5 137 521 26 3.8 5 21 147 15 7.0 RB Ginn,Hubert 2 1 5 27 142 22 5.3 1 1 23 23 23.0 KR RB Leigh,Charlie 2 1 5 21 79 10 3.8 0 0 0 0 0.0 RET RB Jenkins,Ed 2 1 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 WR Warfield,Paul 0 0 4 4 23 21 5.8 7 29 606 47 20.9 WR Twilley,Howard 0 0 4 0 0 0 0.0 5 20 364 44 18.2 WR Briscoe,Marlin 0 0 3 0 0 0 0.0 5 16 279 51 17.4 KR WR Stowe,Otto 0 0 3 0 0 0 0.0 4 13 276 49 21.2 TE Fleming,Marv 5 3 5 0 0 0 0.0 3 13 156 31 12.0 TE Mandich,Jim 4 2 5 0 0 0 0.0 2 11 168 39 15.3 TE Seiple,Larry 3 2 4 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 P Lineman BkR BkP Dur Special C Langer,Jim 8 8 5 G Little,Larry 10+ 10+ 5 G Kuechenberg,Bob 7 7 5 T Evans,Norm 8 8 5 T Crusan,Doug 5 5 4 T Moore,Wayne 5 5 3 G-T Jenkins,Al 4 4 5 C-T Kindig,Howard 4 4 5 Defense Overall Run Pass Rush Dur Sacks Int Special DT Fernandez,Manny 9 8 0 5 5 8 0 DT Moore,Maulty 5 5 0 1 5 1 0 DT Dunaway,Jim 3 3 0 1 2 0 0 DE Stanfill,Bill 10 7 0 9 5 9 0 DE Den Herder,Vern 8 7 0 5 5 6 1 DL Heinz,Bob 5 5 0 1 4 3 0 ILB Buoniconti,Nick 8 6 3 1 5 2 2 ILB Ball,Larry 4 4 1 0 3 0 0 OLB Swift,Doug 7 5 3 1 5 2 3 OLB Kolen,Mike 7 5 3 1 4 1 1 OLB Powell,Jesse 3 2 1 0 5 0 0 DE-LB Matheson,Bob 5 4 2 1 5 1 0 KR CB Mumphord,Lloyd 6 0 6 0 5 0 4 CB Johnson,Curtis 6 0 6 0 5 0 3 CB Foley,Tim 6 0 6 0 5 0 3 S Anderson,Dick 10 3 7 0 5 0 3 ALL S Scott,Jake 9 3 6 0 5 0 5 PR S Babb,Charlie 5 2 3 0 5 0 1 S Howell,Mike 4 1 3 0 5 0 1 Special Teams P Lothridge,Billy K Yepremian,Garo