1968 Colts 10 - 1972 Dolphins 9

In the Great battle of Earl Morralls both versions showed pretty poorly. Baltimore's Earl Morrall hit 40% of his passes, with no TD's, and 4 interceptions. Miami's Earl Morrall was even worse; he only threw 2 interceptions, but was good for only 5 of 18 passing and 37 net yards. It was a gruesome showing for two very good QB's. Of course, the fact that these were two legendary defenses played heavily into this as well, and I might even match up 68 Baltimore with 85 Chicago. Miami was able to use their dominating ground attack to maintain a lead for much of the game - they are such a machine that even the Colts Excellent run defense was only able to contain them rather than stop them outright - but contain them they did, restricting Miami's scoring to three Garo Yepremian FG's. Late in the 4th the Colts, down 9 - 3, managed to drive to the Miami 11, but threw their 4th interception of the game to give Miami the ball at the 5 with 3 minutes left. This time the Colts stoned Csonka and Morris, and forced a 3 and out. Miami punter Larry Seiple's punt only covered 34 yards, and Rick Volk returned it 17 yards to put the Colts back in business. The Colts hit a 16 yard pass to Tom Matte to set them up with 1st and goal at the two - and three plays later it was 4th and goal at the 4. At this point I went counterintuitive - having little faith in throwing into the Dolphins pass defense I ran handy backup halfback Timmy Brown around end, and the the Col;ts took the lead with :30 left. Ballgame over.

1972 Miami 9, 1968 Baltimore 10
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	Total
1972 Miami	0	3	0	6	0	9
1968 Baltimore	3	0	0	7	0	10

Scoring Plays
Qtr	Clock	Poss	Scoring Description(Extra Point)	Score
1	3:36	1968 Baltimore	L.Michaels 22 yd. field goal	3-0 BAN
2	1:22	1972 Miami	G.Yepremian 24 yd. field goal	3-3 BAN
4	13:31	1972 Miami	G.Yepremian 28 yd. field goal	6-3 MIA
4	8:15	1972 Miami	G.Yepremian 36 yd. field goal	9-3 MIA
4	0:30	1968 Baltimore	T.Brown 3 yd. run (L.Michaels kick)	10-9 BAN

Team Statistics
	1972 Miami	1968 Baltimore
First Downs by Rush-Pass-Pen-Total	9-3-0-12	3-11-2-16
Third Down Efficiency	1-13-8%	4-13-31%
Fourth Down Efficiency	0-1-0%	2-2-100%
Red Zone Efficiency (pts-poss-pct)	3-7-43%	10-21-48%
Total Offense-Plays-Avg Yards Per Play	195-59-3.3	265-63-4.2
Total Net Yards Rushing	158	42
Total Rushes	39	23
Average Per Rush	4.1	1.8
Passes Completed/Attempted	5/18 (27.8%)	15/37 (40.5%)
Net Yards Passing	37	223
Avg Yards Per Pass	2.7	6.5
Sacked/Yards Lost	2/11	3/18
Punts/Average	6/38.2	4/43.0
Punts Received/Return Yardage	1/27	3/15
Kickoffs/Returns	2/45	3/64
Interceptions/Returns	4/25	2/0
Penalties/Yards	8/85	3/35
Total Fumbles/Fumbles Lost	2/0	1/0
Time of Possession	32 mins 22 secs	27 mins 39 secs
Average Drive Start	MIA 27	BAN 35

Passing Stats
	Att	Comp	Yds	Comp %	Yds/Att	TD	TD %	INT	INT %	Long	Sack	Rating
1972 Miami
Earl Morrall	18	5	48	27.8	2.7	0	0	2	11.1	19	2/11	0.0
1968 Baltimore
Earl Morrall	37	15	241	40.5	6.5	0	0	4	10.8	34	3/18	23.4

Rushing Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv	Fumbles/Lost
1972 Miami
Mercury Morris	15	57	3.8	15	0	0	2/0
Larry Csonka	13	56	4.3	9	0	0	0/0
Jim Kiick	9	29	3.2	9	0	0	0/0
Hubert Ginn	1	8	8.0	8	0	0	0/0
Earl Morrall	1	8	8.0	8	0	0	0/0
1968 Baltimore
Tom Matte	10	19	1.9	9	0	0	0/0
Terry Cole	5	8	1.6	3	0	0	1/0
Jerry Hill	4	-2	-0.5	0	0	0	0/0
Timmy Brown	2	5	2.5	3	1	0	0/0
Preston Pearson	1	13	13.0	13	0	0	0/0
Earl Morrall	1	-1	-1.0	-1	0	0	0/0

Receiving Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv
1972 Miami
Jim Kiick	1	8	8.0	8	0	0
Mercury Morris	1	12	12.0	12	0	0
Paul Warfield	1	19	19.0	19	0	0
Otto Stowe	1	10	10.0	10	0	0
Marlin Briscoe	1	-1	-1.0	-1	0	0
1968 Baltimore
Tom Matte	4	65	16.3	19	0	0
Jimmy Orr	3	58	19.3	34	0	0
John Mackey	3	42	14.0	16	0	0
Willie Richardson	3	56	18.7	34	0	0
Alex Hawkins	1	5	5.0	5	0	0
Ray Perkins	1	15	15.0	15	0	0

Field Goals
	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Totals	% Made
1972 Miami
Garo Yepremian	0/0	2/2	1/1	0/0	0/0	3/3	100
1968 Baltimore
Lou Michaels	0/0	1/1	0/1	0/0	0/0	1/2	50.0

Punting
	No	Avg	Net	Tb	Inside 20	Long	Blocked
1972 Miami
Larry Seiple	6	38.2	35.7	0	1	41	0
1968 Baltimore
David Lee	4	43.0	31.3	1	2	50	0

Kickoff Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1972 Miami
Charlie Leigh	2	45	22.5	28	0
1968 Baltimore
Preston Pearson	2	48	24.0	27	0
Timmy Brown	1	16	16.0	16	0

Punt Returns
	Ret	FC	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1972 Miami
Charlie Leigh	1	0	27	27.0	27	0
1968 Baltimore
Rick Volk	3	1	15	5.0	17	0
Timmy Brown	0	1	0		0	0

Individual Defense
	Tackles	Sacks	Fum Rec
1972 Miami
Manny Fernandez	5	1	0
Dick Anderson	4	0	0
Nick Buoniconti	4	1	0
Jake E. Scott	4	0	0
Bob Matheson	4	0	0
Tim Foley	3	0	0
Curtis Johnson	3	0	0
Vern Den Herder	3	1	0
Bob Heinz	2	0	0
Doug Swift	2	0	0
Mike Kolen	2	0	0
Bill Stanfill	1	0	0
Lloyd Mumphord	1	0	0
Charlie Babb	1	0	0
Marv Fleming	0	0	1
Paul Warfield	0	0	1
1968 Baltimore
Ron Porter	9	0	0
Dennis Gaubatz	8	0	0
Mike Curtis	5	1	0
Bubba Smith	5	0	0
Fred D. Miller	5	1	0
Ordell Braase	3	0	0
Bobby Boyd	3	0	0
Rick Volk	2	0	0
Jerry Logan	2	0	0
Billy Ray Smith Sr.	2	0	0
Lenny Lyles	2	0	0
Earl Morrall	0	0	1

Interceptions
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1972 Miami
Tim Foley	1	15	15.0	15	0
Jake E. Scott	1	10	10.0	10	0
Nick Buoniconti	1	0	0.0	0	0
Mike Kolen	1	0	0.0	0	0
1968 Baltimore
Charlie Stukes	1	0	0.0	0	0
Bobby Boyd	1	0	0.0	0	0

Game Story

In a close game Baltimore edged Miami by the score of 10 to 9. Earl Morrall threw 37 times for 241 yards. Baltimore won the air battle out-passing Miami 241 to 48 yards. The game was tied at the half, 3 to 3. Miami out-rushed 0 158 to 42 yards.

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