| New York Jets at Miami Dolphins Game Statistics |
| Date: October 7, 1973 Location: Miami, FL |
| Venue: Orange Bowl Attendance: 63850 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 86 F Humidty: 65% Wind: 3 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York JetsNYJ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Miami DolphinsMIA | 14 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 31 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYJ | MIA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Mercury Morris 3 run (Garo Yepremian kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Marlin Briscoe 12 pass from Bob Griese (Garo Yepremian kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Garo Yepremian 19 FG | 0 | 17 |
| 2 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Paul Warfield 3 pass from Bob Griese (Garo Yepremian kick) | 0 | 24 |
| 3 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Paul Warfield 40 pass from Bob Griese (Garo Yepremian kick) | 0 | 31 |
| 4 | New York JetsNYJ | Bobby Howfield 38 FG | 3 | 31 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | WR | Jerome Barkum |
| 7 | WR | Eddie Bell |
| 76 | LOT | Bob Svihus |
| 66 | LOG | Randy Rasmussen |
| 52 | C | John Schmitt |
| 78 | ROG | Garry Puetz |
| 75 | ROT | Winston Hill |
| 88 | TE | Rich Caster |
| 18 | QB | Al Woodall |
| 32 | RB | Emerson Boozer |
| 44 | RB | John Riggins |
| Defense | ||
| 85 | LDE | Ed Galigher |
| 57 | LDT | John Little |
| 81 | RDT | Richard Neal |
| 84 | RDE | Mark Lomas |
| 51 | LLB | Ralph Baker |
| 59 | MLB | Rob Spicer |
| 55 | RLB | John Ebersole |
| 20 | LCB | Delles Howell |
| 22 | LS | Burgess Owens |
| 19 | RS | Chris Farasopoulos |
| 45 | RCB | Earlie Thomas |
| Miami Dolphins | ||
| Offense | ||
| 86 | WR | Marlin Briscoe |
| 42 | WR | Paul Warfield |
| 79 | LOT | Wayne Moore |
| 67 | LOG | Bob Kuechenberg |
| 62 | C | Jim Langer |
| 66 | ROG | Larry Little |
| 73 | ROT | Norm Evans |
| 80 | TE | Marv Fleming |
| 12 | QB | Bob Griese |
| 39 | RB | Larry Csonka |
| 22 | RB | Mercury Morris |
| Offense | ||
| 83 | LDE | Vern Den Herder |
| 75 | LDT | Manny Fernandez |
| 72 | RDT | Bob Heinz |
| 84 | RDE | Bill Stanfill |
| 59 | LLB | Doug Swift |
| 85 | MLB | Nick Buoniconti |
| 57 | RLB | Mike Kolen |
| 25 | LCB | Tim Foley |
| 13 | LS | Jake Scott |
| 40 | RS | Dick Anderson |
| 45 | RCB | Curtis Johnson |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Jim Nance | 10 | 47 | 4.7 | 18 | 0 |
| Emerson Boozer | 11 | 27 | 2.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Hank Bjorklund | 5 | 24 | 4.8 | 0 | |
| Cliff McClain | 4 | 21 | 5.3 | 0 | |
| Julian Fagan | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| John Riggins | 8 | 16 | 2.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Mercury Morris | 12 | 61 | 5.1 | 1 | |
| Larry Csonka | 12 | 60 | 5.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Charlie Leigh | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| Jim Kiick | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| Don Nottingham | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||||||||
| Al Woodall | 15 | 4 | 26.7 | 2 | 45 | 3.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| Bill Demory | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 2 | 14 | 2.8 | 0 | 8.3 | |||
| Miami Dolphins | |||||||||||
| Bob Griese | 17 | 10 | 58.8 | 1 | 173 | 10.2 | 3 | 108.6 | |||
| Earl Morrall | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 46 | 11.5 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 91.7 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Jim Nance | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Jerome Barkum | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| David Knight | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Eddie Bell | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| John Riggins | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Marlin Briscoe | 6 | 98 | 16.3 | 1 | |
| Paul Warfield | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 2 | |
| Jim Mandich | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | |
| Ron Sellers | 1 | 42 | 42.0 | 42 | 0 |
| Jim Kiick | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Earlie Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Tim Foley | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| Dick Anderson | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Jake Scott | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Julian Fagan | 6 | 234 | 39.0 | 0 | |
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Larry Seiple | 4 | 208 | 52.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Chris Farasopoulos | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 0 | ||
| Miami Dolphins | ||||||
| Charlie Leigh | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Hank Bjorklund | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 0 | ||
| Cliff McClain | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Miami Dolphins | ||||||
| Charlie Leigh | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 0 | ||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| New York Jets | |
| Miami Dolphins | |
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