Sunday, December 7, 1997
| DET | MIA | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Dolphins | Troy Drayton 27 yard pass from Dan Marino (Olindo Mare kick) | 0 | 7 |
| Lions | Jason Hanson 26 yard field goal | 3 | 7 | |
| Dolphins | Karim Abdul-Jabbar 1 yard rush (Olindo Mare kick) | 3 | 14 | |
| 2nd | Dolphins | Olindo Mare 19 yard field goal | 3 | 17 |
| Lions | Barry Sanders 7 yard rush (Jason Hanson kick) | 10 | 17 | |
| Dolphins | Olindo Mare 33 yard field goal | 10 | 20 | |
| 3rd | Dolphins | Olindo Mare 21 yard field goal | 10 | 23 |
| Lions | Johnnie Morton 35 yard pass from Scott Mitchell (kick failed) | 16 | 23 | |
| 4th | Lions | Bryant Westbrook 64 yard interception return (kick failed) | 22 | 23 |
| Dolphins | Troy Drayton 23 yard pass from Dan Marino (Olindo Mare kick) | 22 | 30 | |
| Lions | Herman Moore 16 yard pass from Scott Mitchell (Herman Moore pass from Scott Mitchell) | 30 | 30 | |
| Dolphins | Olindo Mare 42 yard field goal | 30 | 33 |
| DET | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 24 | 19 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 33-145-1 | 27-81-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 19-29-288-2-2 | 24-39-310-2-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-9 | 0-0 |
| Net pass yards | 279 | 310 |
| Total yards | 424 | 391 |
| Fumbles-lost | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| Turnovers | 5 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 4-47 | 4-19 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| Johnnie Morton | DET | 9 | 171 | 1 | 41 | ||||||||||
| Scott Mitchell | DET | 19 | 29 | 288 | 2 | 2 | 41 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Barry Sanders | DET | 30 | 137 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| Herman Moore | DET | 5 | 64 | 1 | 20 | ||||||||||
| David Sloan | DET | 2 | 32 | 0 | 25 | ||||||||||
| Pete Metzelaars | DET | 2 | 19 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Tommy Vardell | DET | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Dan Marino | MIA | 24 | 39 | 310 | 2 | 1 | 27 | ||||||||
| Brett Perriman | MIA | 4 | 75 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Karim Abdul-Jabbar | MIA | 23 | 70 | 1 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Troy Drayton | MIA | 4 | 62 | 2 | 27 | ||||||||||
| Charles Jordan | MIA | 5 | 51 | 0 | 21 | ||||||||||
| O.J. McDuffie | MIA | 4 | 41 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Jerris McPhail | MIA | 2 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 19 | ||||||
| Lamar Thomas | MIA | 1 | 26 | 0 | 26 | ||||||||||
| Bernie Parmalee | MIA | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 17 | ||||||
| Stanley Pritchett | MIA | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| 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 | ||
| Mark A. Carrier | DET | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Glyn Milburn | DET | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 97 | 16.2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bryant Westbrook | DET | 0.0 | 1 | 64 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Trace Armstrong | MIA | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Terrell Buckley | MIA | 0.0 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Charles Jordan | MIA | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Jerris McPhail | MIA | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Roosevelt Potts | MIA | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Irving Spikes | MIA | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 60 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| Jason Hanson | DET | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Jett | DET | 2 | 72 | 36.0 | 0 | ||||
| John Kidd | MIA | 5 | 212 | 42.4 | 0 | ||||
| Olindo Mare | MIA | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |