1972 Miami Dolphins 12-2 Score By Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Tot Miami 118 107 72 164 0 461 Opponent 34 73 53 42 0 202 Team Opp W/L Game Scores Points 461 202 1-0 23 @Kansas City 21 First Downs 327 200 2-0 55 Houston 3 Rush 183 74 3-0 45 @Minnesota 7 Pass 129 110 4-0 48 @New York(A) 16 Pen 15 16 5-0 16 San Diego 9 Penalties 83 83 6-0 30 Buffalo 14 Yards 769 641 7-0 24 @Baltimore 6 8-0 24 @Buffalo 21 Rushing Att 676 406 9-0 61 New England 17 Yards 3269 1548 9-1 23 New York(A) 35 Ave 4.8 3.8 10-1 51 St. Louis 7 TD 36 3 11-1 35 @New England 24 11-2 6 @New York(N) 19 Passing Att 246 349 12-2 20 Baltimore 3 Comp 162 167 % 65.9 47.9 Int 10 25 % 4.1 7.2 TD 19 17 % 7.7 4.9 Yards 2512 2288 Sacked 15 29 Punt Return 42 27 Yards 370 133 Ave 8.8 4.9 Kick Return 47 89 Yards 1001 1845 Ave 21.3 20.7 Punts 49 72 Yards 1901 2842 Ave 38.8 39.5 FG Att 29 23 Made 22 14 % 75.9 60.9 Third Downs 182 181 Made 86 56 % 47.3 30.9 Fourth Downs 15 13 Made 12 4 % 80.0 30.8 Safeties 0 0 Fumbles 28 26 Lost 14 10 Turnovers 24 35 Net Offense 5676 3647 Per Play 6.1 4.7 1972 Miami Dolphins Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Csonka 241 1263 5.2 37 78 39 15 Warfield 34 4 627 18.4 7 28 56 3 Morris 213 1183 5.6 34 60 38 11 Twilley 25 1 554 22.2 9 22 86 4 Kiick 135 553 4.1 12 30 26 5 Kiick 23 0 279 12.1 0 18 24 0 Ginn 30 133 4.4 2 9 22 3 Briscoe 19 0 276 14.5 3 16 36 5 Leigh 25 73 2.9 1 3 10 1 Morris 18 1 209 11.6 1 11 26 3 Morrall 24 42 1.8 1 1 12 1 Fleming 17 1 248 14.6 1 12 27 1 Warfield 2 20 10.0 1 1 11 0 Stowe 11 0 147 13.4 1 9 28 3 Del,Gaizo 1 3 3.0 0 0 3 0 Mandich 9 0 105 11.7 0 8 24 0 Jenkins,E 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Csonka 5 1 63 12.6 0 4 19 0 Griese 3 -1 -0.3 0 0 1 0 Langer 1 0 4 4.0 0 0 4 0 676 3269 4.8 88 183 39 36 162 8 2512 15.5 22129 86 19 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Del,Gaizo 3 2 66.7 31 15.5 25 0 1 0 0.0 0 1 33.3 140.3 Morrall 175 116 66.3 1913 16.5 86 12 18 6 3.4 10 14 8.0 115.3 Griese 68 44 64.7 568 12.9 38 3 3 4 5.9 5 4 5.9 85.9 246 162 65.9 2512 15.5 86 15 22 10 4.1 15 19 7.7 108.3 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Yepremian 57 53 93.0 29 22 75.9 42.9 0.0 46 119 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Seiple 49 1901 58 4 0 12 27 133 34.4 38.8 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Leigh 10 228 22.8 40 0 Scott 14 3 86 6.1 12 0 Morris 28 629 22.5 82 0 Leigh 28 6 284 10.1 18 0 Ginn 2 40 20.0 31 0 42 9 370 8.8 18 0 Briscoe 2 33 16.5 19 0 Matheson 6 71 11.8 20 0 Fleming 1 0 0.0 0 0 Mandich 1 0 0.0 0 0 47 1001 21.3 82 0 Fumbles Morris 7 Morrall 3 Kiick 2 Mandich 1 Fernande 1 Den Herd 1 Leigh 5 Csonka 3 Scott 2 Matheson 1 Del,Gaiz 1 Warfield 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Stanfill 9 Fernande 10 Stanfill 18 Foley 8 Anderson 4 Kolen 6 Fernande 7 Stanfill 7 Fernande 11 Johnson, 8 Heinz 3 Fleming 2 Den Herd 6 Den Herd 6 Kolen 10 Anderson 7 Scott 3 Foley 2 Heinz 3 Buonicon 2 Den Herd 8 Scott 7 Babb 2 Buonicon 2 Buonicon 2 Heinz 2 Buonicon 7 Fernande 5 Kolen 2 Stanfill 2 Kolen 1 Kolen 1 Heinz 4 Swift 5 Buonicon 2 Ginn 1 Swift 1 Ball 3 Den Herd 4 Stanfill 2 Johnson, 1 Anderson 1 Mumphord 4 Stowe 2 Den Herd 1 Swift 1 Stanfill 3 Den Herd 1 Kuechenb 1 Buonicon 3 Powell 1 Langer 1 Kolen 2 Dunaway 1 Leigh 1 Babb 1 Fernande 1 Little 1 Heinz 1 Briscoe 1 Mandich 1 Swift 1 Morrall 1 Fernande 1 Swift 1 Tackles Buonicon 79 Fernande 56 Swift 37 Powell 24 Twilley 11 Stanfill 68 Scott 52 Babb 34 Stowe 23 Ball 9 Kolen 65 Den Herd 48 Johnson, 33 Heinz 23 Mumphord 6 Anderson 64 Foley 39 Dunaway 27 Briscoe 16 Moore,M 4 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Scott 5 89 17.8 37 0 Mumphord 4 70 17.5 36 1 Foley 4 34 8.5 19 0 Anderson 3 43 14.3 18 0 Johnson,C 3 26 8.7 16 0 Swift 3 0 0.0 0 0 Babb 1 12 12.0 12 0 Den Herde 1 25 25.0 25 0 Kolen 1 17 17.0 17 0 25 316 12.6 37 1 1972 Miami Dolphins Coach:Don Shula Quarterbacks Dur Run Sho Bkwy QB Del Gaizo,Jim 2 O 2 1 QB Griese,Bob 2 O 2 1 QB Morrall,Earl 5 O 2 1 Offense Bk-R Bk-P Dur Run Sho Bkwy RB Csonka,Larry 2 0 5 I 3 4 RB Ginn,Hubert 1 0 5 B 3 4 KR RB Jenkins,Ed 1 0 2 B 3 3 RB Kiick,Jim 1 0 5 B 3 3 RB Leigh,Charlie 1 0 5 B 3 3 RET RB Morris,Mercury 1 0 5 O 5 4 KR WR Briscoe,Marlin 0 0 3 O 1 1 KR WR Stowe,Otto 0 0 3 O 1 1 WR Twilley,Howard 0 0 4 O 1 1 WR Warfield,Paul 0 0 4 O 1 1 TE Fleming,Marv 3 0 5 O 1 1 TE Mandich,Jim 2 0 5 O 1 1 TE Seiple,Larry 1 0 3 O 1 1 P Lineman Bk-R Bk-P Dur G Kuechenberg,Bob 7 7 5 G Little,Larry 10 10 5 T Crusan,Doug 5 5 3 T Evans,Norm 8 8 5 T Moore,Wayne 5 5 3 C Langer,Jim 8 8 5 G-T Jenkins,Al 4 4 5 C-T Kindig,Howard 4 4 5 Defense Total Run Pass Rush Dur DT Dunaway,Jim 3 2 0 1 2 DT Fernandez,Manny 9 6 0 3 5 DT Moore,Maulty 5 4 0 1 5 DL Heinz,Bob 5 4 0 1 3 DE Den Herder,Vern 8 6 0 2 5 DE Stanfill,Bill 10 7 0 3 5 DE-LB Matheson,Bob 5 3 1 1 5 KR ILB Ball,Larry 4 3 1 0 3 ILB Buoniconti,Nick 9 4 4 1 5 OLB Kolen,Mike 7 3 3 1 4 OLB Powell,Jesse 3 2 1 0 5 OLB Swift,Doug 7 3 3 1 5 CB Foley,Tim 6 0 6 0 5 CB Johnson,Curtis 6 0 6 0 5 CB Mumphord,Lloyd 6 0 6 0 5 S Anderson,Dick 10 1 9 0 5 ALL S Babb,Charlie 5 1 4 0 5 S Scott,Jake 9 1 8 0 5 PR Special Teams P Lothridge,Billy K Yepremian,Garo