| 1974 - Week 2 |
| Miami Dolphins at Buffalo Bills |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
| Miami Dolphins | 3 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 27 |
| Buffalo Bills | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Scoring Plays | Dolphins | Bills | ||
| 1st Quarter | ||||
| Dolphins | 0:22 | G.Yepremian 22 yd. Field Goal ( 10-67, 5:37 ) | 3 | 0 |
| 2nd Quarter | ||||
| Dolphins | 11:02 | G.Yepremian 25 yd. Field Goal ( 6-29, 3:47 ) | 6 | 0 |
| Bills | 4:43 | O.J.Simpson 12 yd. run ( J.Leypoldt Kick ) ( 12-80, 6:15 ) | 6 | 7 |
| Dolphins | 0:18 | L.Csonka 1 yd. run ( G.Yepremian Kick ) ( 8-73, 1:18 ) | 13 | 7 |
| 3rd Quarter | ||||
| Bills | 6:27 | B.Griese sacked by M.Krakau tackled in End Zone for Loss of 1 yard - SAFETY | 13 | 9 |
| Dolphins | 0:13 | H.Twilley 7 yd. pass from B.Griese ( G.Yepremian Kick ) ( 10-64, 5:00 ) | 20 | 9 |
| 4th Quarter | ||||
| Dolphins | 2:18 | D.Nottingham 14 yd. run ( G.Yepremian Kick ) ( 1-14, 0:07 ) | 27 | 9 |
| Drive Charts | |||||||||||
| Buffalo Bills | Miami Dolphins | ||||||||||
| Start | Time | Drive | # of | Yards | Start | Time | Drive | # of | Yards | ||
| Time | Poss | Began | Plays | Gained | Result | Time | Poss | Began | Plays | Gained | Result |
| 15:00 | 2:03 | Buf 25 | 5 | 19 | Punt | 12:57 | 4:36 | Mia 27 | 8 | 24 | Punt |
| 8:21 | 2:26 | Buf 5 | 3 | 9 | Punt | 5:55 | 5:37 | Mia 28 | 10 | 67 | Field Goal |
| 0:18 | 0:33 | Buf 36 | 2 | 1 | Fumble | 14:45 | 3:47 | Buf 37 | 6 | 29 | Field Goal |
| 10:58 | 6:15 | Buf 20 | 12 | 80 | Touchdown | 4:43 | 1:55 | Mia 18 | 5 | 16 | Punt |
| 2:48 | 1:12 | Buf 32 | 5 | 9 | Punt | 1:36 | 1:18 | Mia 27 | 8 | 73 | Touchdown |
| 0:18 | 0:18 | Buf 30 | 1 | -10 | End of Half | 15:00 | 1:47 | Mia 27 | 3 | 6 | Punt |
| 13:13 | 3:12 | Buf 42 | 6 | 15 | Punt | 10:01 | 1:00 | Mia 20 | 3 | -3 | Punt |
| 9:01 | 2:34 | Buf 32 | 6 | 18 | Punt | 6:27 | 0:07 | Mia 1 | 1 | -1 | Safety |
| 6:20 | 1:07 | Buf 28 | 3 | 36 | Fumble | 5:13 | 5:00 | Mia 36 | 10 | 64 | Touchdown |
| 0:13 | 1:52 | Buf 40 | 3 | -2 | Punt | 13:21 | 2:03 | Buf 45 | 3 | -11 | Punt |
| 11:18 | 2:13 | Buf 19 | 7 | 19 | Punt | 9:05 | 3:54 | Mia 3 | 5 | 20 | Punt |
| 5:11 | 0:06 | Buf 41 | 1 | 13 | Fumble | 5:05 | 2:31 | Mia 46 | 3 | -1 | Punt |
| 2:34 | 0:09 | Buf 23 | 1 | -9 | Fumble | 2:25 | 0:07 | Buf 14 | 1 | 14 | Touchdown |
| 2:18 | 0:52 | Buf 20 | 5 | -1 | Downs | 1:26 | 1:26 | Buf 19 | 3 | 15 | End of Reg. |
| 24:52 | Buf 28 | 60 | 197 | 35:08 | Mia 37 | 69 | 312 | ||||
| Time of Possession by Quarter | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | Total |
| Miami Dolphins | 10:13 | 7:00 | 7:54 | 10:01 | 35:08 | |
| Buffalo Bills | 4:47 | 8:00 | 7:06 | 4:59 | 24:52 |
| Team Statistics | Dolphins | Bills |
| Total Points | 27 | 9 |
| 1st Downs | 20 | 13 |
| Rushing | 14 | 7 |
| Passing | 6 | 6 |
| Penalty | 0 | 0 |
| 3rd-Down Conversions | 3-13 | 5-13 |
| 4th-Down Conversions | 1-1 | 0-1 |
| Penalties-Yards | 8-62 | 3-25 |
| Fumbles-Lost | 2-0 | 4-4 |
| Time Of Pos. | 35:08 | 24:52 |
| Total Net Yards | 358 | 217 |
| Total Plays | 69 | 60 |
| Average Gain | 5.2 | 3.6 |
| Net Yards Rushing | 216 | 127 |
| Rushes | 47 | 33 |
| Avg. Per Rush | 4.6 | 3.8 |
| Net Yards Passing | 142 | 90 |
| Completions | 12 | 11 |
| Attempts | 20 | 21 |
| Completion % | 60.0 | 52.4 |
| Yards Per Completion | 12.2 | 12.7 |
| Sacks | 2 | 6 |
| Had Intercepted | 0 | 0 |
| Touchdowns | 3 | 1 |
| Rushing | 2 | 1 |
| Passing | 1 | 0 |
| Other | 0 | 0 |
| Extra Points | 3-3 | 1-1 |
| Field Goals | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| Miami Dolphins | Buffalo Bills | ||||||||||||||||||
| Passing | Att | Cmp | Yds | Sk | Yds | TD | LG | IN | RT | Passing | Att | Cmp | Yds | Sk | Yds | TD | LG | IN | RT |
| Bob Griese | 20 | 12 | 146 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 99 | Joe Ferguson | 21 | 11 | 140 | 6 | 50 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 74 |
| Totals | 20 | 12 | 146 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 99 | Totals | 21 | 11 | 140 | 6 | 50 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 74 |
| Rushing | Att | Yds | Avg | Long | TD | Rushing | Att | Yds | Avg | Long | TD |
| Larry Csonka | 20 | 92 | 4.6 | 16 | 1 | O.J. Simpson | 20 | 103 | 5.2 | 13 | 1 |
| Mercury Morris | 9 | 37 | 4.1 | 7 | 0 | Jim Braxton | 8 | 1 | 0.1 | 4 | 0 |
| Jim Kiick | 6 | 33 | 5.5 | 14 | 0 | Joe Ferguson | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 10 | 0 |
| Benny Malone | 6 | 33 | 5.5 | 17 | 0 | Don Calhoun | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Don Nottingham | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 14 | 1 | ||||||
| Bob Griese | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 | ||||||
| Hubie Ginn | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 47 | 216 | 4.6 | 17 | 2 | Totals | 33 | 127 | 3.8 | 13 | 1 |
| Receiving | No | Yds | Avg | Long | TD | Receiving | No | Yds | Avg | Long | TD |
| Nat Moore | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 21 | 0 | J.D. Hill | 4 | 59 | 14.8 | 20 | 0 |
| Jim Mandich | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 21 | 0 | Ahmad Rashad | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 20 | 0 |
| Howard Twilley | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 23 | 1 | Jim Braxton | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 2 | 0 |
| Paul Warfield | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 27 | 0 | Paul Seymour | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 30 | 0 |
| Jim Kiick | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | ||||||
| Larry Csonka | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Marlin Briscoe | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 12 | 146 | 12.2 | 27 | 1 | Totals | 11 | 140 | 12.7 | 30 | 0 |
| Punting | No | Yds | Avg | TB | In 20 | LG | Punting | No | Yds | Avg | TB | In 20 | LG |
| Larry Seiple | 7 | 270 | 38.6 | 0 | 2 | 50 | Marv Bateman | 7 | 339 | 48.4 | 1 | 2 | 59 |
| Totals | 7 | 270 | 38.6 | 0 | 2 | 50 | Totals | 7 | 339 | 48.4 | 1 | 2 | 59 |
| Kicking | FGA | FGM | LG | XPA | XPM | Kicking | FGA | FGM | LG | XPA | XPM |
| Garo Yepremian | 2 | 2 | 25 | 3 | 3 | John Leypoldt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | 2 | 2 | 25 | 3 | 3 | Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Punt Returns | No | Yds | Avg | FC | LG | TD | Punt Returns | No | Yds | Avg | FC | LG | TD |
| Nat Moore | 1 | 43 | 43.0 | 0 | 43 | 0 | Donnie Walker | 4 | 12 | 3.0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Jake Scott | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | Bill Cahill | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 2 | 62 | 31.0 | 0 | 43 | 0 | Totals | 5 | 12 | 2.4 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Kickoff Returns | No | Yds | Avg | LG | TD | Kickoff Returns | No | Yds | Avg | LG | TD |
| Nat Moore | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 26 | 0 | Wallace Francis | 4 | 106 | 26.5 | 30 | 0 |
| Don Calhoun | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 26 | 0 | Totals | 5 | 118 | 23.6 | 30 | 0 |
| Interceptions | No | Yds | Avg | Long | TD | Interceptions | No | Yds | Avg | Long | TD | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Totals | Totals |
| Sacks | No | Yds | Avg | Sacks | No | Yds | Avg |
| Bill Stanfill | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | Merv Krakau | 2 | 4 | 2.0 |
| Vern Den Herder | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | ||||
| Maulty Moore | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | ||||
| Bob Matheson | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | ||||
| Totals | 6 | 50 | 8.3 | Totals | 2 | 4 | 2.0 |
| Fumbles | No | Lost | Rec | Yds | TD | Fumbles | No | Lost | Rec | Yds | TD |
| Bob Griese | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Paul Seymour | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Benny Malone | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Joe Ferguson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Heinz | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Jim Braxton | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Anderson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Tim Foley | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Don Nottingham | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Jim Mandich | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | ||||||
| Larry Ball | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 0 | Totals | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |