MIA 10 @ DEN 10 - 1971 NFL

1971 Week 1

Miami DolphinsMIA

10-10

TIE

Denver BroncosDEN

Sun, September 19, 1971 · 4:00PM · Mile High Stadium

Surface: grassLine: Miami Dolphins -3.5

MIA: Don Shula · DEN: Lou Saban

MIA

Team Stats

DEN

1st Downs

31-118

Rushing

32-104

13-24-181

Passing

12-21-166

239

Total Yards

261

Scoring

1st Quarter

Garo Yepremian 22 yard field goal

Jim Turner 10 yard field goal

3rd Quarter

Dwight Harrison 31 yard pass from Don Horn (Jim Turner kick)

Offensive Stats

Player	C/A	YDS	TD	INT	SK	RTG
MIA
Passing
Bob Griese	13/24	181	1	1	5	75.2
Rushing
Player	ATT	YDS	TD	LNG	FUM
Jim Kiick	16	63	0	14	0
Larry Csonka	13	63	0	10	0
Paul Warfield	1	-3	0	-3	0
Mercury Morris	1	-5	0	-5	0
Receiving
Player	TGT	REC	YDS	TD	LNG
Jim Kiick		5	15	0	9
Paul Warfield		6	146	1	36
Howard Twilley		1	14	0	14
Jim Mandich		1	6	0	6
DEN
Passing
Player	C/A	YDS	TD	INT	SK	RTG
Don Horn	11/20	118	1	1	1	68.3
Bobby Anderson	1/1	48	0	0	0	118.7
Rushing
Player	ATT	YDS	TD	LNG	FUM
Bobby Anderson	8	25	0	6	0
Floyd Little	23	70	0	17	0
Dwight Harrison	1	9	0	9	0
Receiving
Player	TGT	REC	YDS	TD	LNG
Bobby Anderson		5	31	0	18
Floyd Little		1	0	0	0
Dwight Harrison		2	42	1	31
Jack Gehrke		3	82	0	48
Billy Masters		1	11	0	11

Defensive Stats

Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR
MIA
Nick Buoniconti			0	1			0	0
DEN
Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR
Charlie Greer			0	1			0	0

Kicking & Punting

Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG
MIA
Garo Yepremian	1/1	1/4	0	0	-	-
Larry Seiple	-	-	2	102	51.0	59
DEN
Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG
Jim Turner	1/1	1/3	0	0	-	-
Billy Van Heusen	-	-	7	287	41.0	54

Return Stats

Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD
MIA
Jake Scott	0	0	0	4	43	0
Dick Anderson	0	0	0	2	41	0
DEN
Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD
Charlie Greer	0	0	0	1	0	0
Bill Thompson	0	0	0	1	7	0
Dickie Post	1	18	0	0	0	0

Starting Lineups

MIA

QBBob Griese

RBJim Kiick

FBLarry Csonka

WRPaul Warfield

WROtto Stowe

TEMarv Fleming

LTDoug Crusan

LGBob Kuechenberg

CBob DeMarco

RGLarry Little

RTNorm Evans

MIA at DEN, 1971 NFL game