Monday, December 18, 1978
| NWE | MIA | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Dolphins | Nat Moore 6 yard pass from Bob Griese (Garo Yepremian kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2nd | Dolphins | Duriel Harris 17 yard pass from Bob Griese (kick failed) | 0 | 13 |
| 3rd | Dolphins | Gary Davis 1 yard rush (Garo Yepremian kick) | 0 | 20 |
| 4th | Patriots | David Posey 35 yard field goal | 3 | 20 |
| Dolphins | Garo Yepremian 30 yard field goal | 3 | 23 |
| NWE | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 16 | 12 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 27-77-0 | 36-114-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 19-34-240-0-3 | 12-13-171-2-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-21 | 0-0 |
| Net pass yards | 219 | 171 |
| Total yards | 296 | 285 |
| Fumbles-lost | 3-1 | 1-1 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 7-50 | 2-15 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| Sam Cunningham | NWE | 10 | 33 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 51 | 0 | 19 | ||||||
| Tom Owen | NWE | 14 | 24 | 167 | 0 | 2 | 23 | ||||||||
| Horace Ivory | NWE | 9 | 27 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 55 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
| Russ Francis | NWE | 4 | 48 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Harold Jackson | NWE | 2 | 40 | 0 | 23 | ||||||||||
| Steve Grogan | NWE | 5 | 10 | 73 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| James McAlister | NWE | 4 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Don Hasselbeck | NWE | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Stanley Morgan | NWE | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Don Calhoun | NWE | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Duriel Harris | MIA | 3 | 95 | 1 | 40 | ||||||||||
| Bob Griese | MIA | 12 | 13 | 171 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Gary Davis | MIA | 13 | 49 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| Leroy Harris | MIA | 12 | 43 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
| Nat Moore | MIA | 2 | 43 | 1 | 37 | ||||||||||
| Norm Bulaich | MIA | 3 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| Andre Tillman | MIA | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Delvin Williams | MIA | 5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Jim Braxton | MIA | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | ||
| Dick Conn | NWE | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Mike Haynes | NWE | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Horace Ivory | NWE | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| James McAlister | NWE | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Stanley Morgan | NWE | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Mosi Tatupu | NWE | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Jimmy Cefalo | MIA | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Gary Davis | MIA | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Tim Foley | MIA | 0.0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Duriel Harris | MIA | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Gerald Small | MIA | 0.0 | 1 | 40 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Norris Thomas | MIA | 0.0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| David Posey | NWE | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jerrel Wilson | NWE | 3 | 101 | 33.7 | 0 | ||||
| George Roberts | MIA | 5 | 200 | 40.0 | 0 | ||||
| Garo Yepremian | MIA | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |