| Miami Dolphins at Houston Oilers Game Statistics |
| Date: November 16, 1975 Location: Houston, TX |
| Venue: Astrodome Attendance: 48892 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami DolphinsMIA | 0 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 19 |
| Houston OilersHOU | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 20 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIA | HOU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Houston OilersHOU | Skip Butler 43 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Skip Butler 25 FG | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Jim Mandich 26 pass from Bob Griese (Garo Yepremian kick blocked) | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | Houston OilersHOU | Billy Johnson 83 punt return (Skip Butler kick) | 6 | 13 |
| 3 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Benny Malone 2 run (Garo Yepremian kick) | 13 | 13 |
| 4 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Don Nottingham 3 run (Garo Yepremian kick blocked) | 19 | 13 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | Ronnie Coleman 7 run (Skip Butler kick) | 19 | 20 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | Nat Moore |
| 81 | WR | Howard Twilley |
| 79 | LOT | Wayne Moore |
| 67 | LOG | Bob Kuechenberg |
| 62 | C | Jim Langer |
| 66 | ROG | Larry Little |
| 77 | ROT | Norm Evans |
| 88 | TE | Jim Mandich |
| 12 | QB | Bob Griese |
| 22 | RB | Mercury Morris |
| 36 | RB | Don Nottingham |
| Defense | ||
| 83 | LDE | Vern Den Herder |
| 75 | LDT | Manny Fernandez |
| 76 | RDT | Don Reese |
| 84 | RDE | Bill Stanfill |
| 59 | LLB | Doug Swift |
| 57 | MLB | Mike Kolen |
| 53 | RLB | Bob Matheson |
| 25 | LCB | Tim Foley |
| 49 | LS | Charlie Babb |
| 13 | RS | Jake Scott |
| 45 | RCB | Curtis Johnson |
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 00 | WR | Ken Burrough |
| 84 | WR | Billy Johnson |
| 75 | LOT | Greg Sampson |
| 64 | LOG | Ron Saul |
| 55 | C | Carl Mauck |
| 60 | ROG | Ed Fisher |
| 75 | ROT | Elbert Drungo |
| 82 | TE | Mack Alston |
| 7 | QB | Dan Pastorini |
| 47 | RB | Ronnie Coleman |
| 30 | RB | Don Hardeman |
| Offense | ||
| 77 | LDE | Bubba Smith |
| 78 | MG | Curley Culp |
| 65 | RDE | Elvin Bethea |
| 59 | LOLB | Ted Washington |
| 57 | LILB | Steve Kiner |
| 54 | RILB | Gregg Bingham |
| 52 | ROLB | Robert Brazile |
| 19 | LCB | Willie Alexander |
| 29 | LS | Willie Germany |
| 48 | RS | Bob Atkins |
| 22 | RCB | Zeke Moore |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Benny Malone | 12 | 38 | 3.2 | 1 | |
| Freddie Solomon | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 |
| Don Nottingham | 8 | 13 | 1.6 | 1 | |
| Nat Moore | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Norm Bulaich | 6 | 9 | 1.5 | 0 | |
| Mercury Morris | 9 | 6 | 0.7 | 0 | |
| Bob Griese | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Don Hardeman | 7 | 60 | 8.6 | 0 | |
| Ronnie Coleman | 13 | 58 | 4.5 | 1 | |
| Fred Willis | 9 | 32 | 3.6 | 0 | |
| Billy Johnson | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Dan Pastorini | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |||||||||||
| Bob Griese | 29 | 21 | 72.4 | 2 | 257 | 8.9 | 1 | 82.1 | |||
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Dan Pastorini | 22 | 11 | 50.0 | 0 | 111 | 5.0 | 0 | 64.8 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Jim Mandich | 6 | 69 | 11.5 | 1 | |
| Norm Bulaich | 4 | 28 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| Nat Moore | 3 | 59 | 19.7 | 0 | |
| Freddie Solomon | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| Larry Seiple | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 0 | |
| Howard Twilley | 2 | 55 | 27.5 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Fred Willis | 4 | 33 | 8.3 | 0 | |
| Ronnie Coleman | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 0 | |
| Billy Johnson | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Mack Alston | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Ken Burrough | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Gregg Bingham | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Ted Washington | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Larry Seiple | 3 | 110 | 36.7 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Dan Pastorini | 5 | 200 | 40.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | ||||||
| Freddie Solomon | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | ||
| Jake Scott | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Billy Johnson | 2 | 99 | 49.5 | 1 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | ||||||
| Freddie Solomon | 3 | 68 | 22.7 | 0 | ||
| Hubie Ginn | 2 | 52 | 26.0 | 0 | ||
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Billy Johnson | 3 | 70 | 23.3 | 0 | ||
| Mark Cotney | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
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