Griese throws three TD's as Dolphins get in the win column

Bob Griese threw for 236 yards and 3 touchdowns as the Miami Dolphins routed the San Francisco 49ers 31-13 in San Francisco.

The Dolphins, who were plagued by turnovers and settled for field goals in their shocking week one loss to Buffalo, had no such issues in California.

Five different Miami running backs carried the ball at least six times, led by Benny Malone's 11 carries for 60 yards. Miami ran for 166 yards as a team.

Duriel Harris led the Dolphins with 102 yards receiving. He caught a 71 yard bomb from Griese to put the game on ice.

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	Total
1977 Miami	7	10	7	7	0	31
1977 San Francisco	3	3	7	0	0	13

Scoring Plays
Qtr	Clock	Poss	Scoring Description(Extra Point)	Score
1	8:31	1977 Miami	N.Moore 7 yd. pass from B.Griese (G.Yepremian kick)	7-0 MIA
1	3:18	1977 San Francisco	R.Wersching 41 yd. field goal	7-3 MIA
2	14:25	1977 Miami	G.Yepremian 27 yd. field goal	10-3 MIA
2	10:32	1977 Miami	N.Bulaich 16 yd. run (G.Yepremian kick)	17-3 MIA
2	4:34	1977 San Francisco	R.Wersching 21 yd. field goal	17-6 MIA
3	10:29	1977 Miami	D.Harris 71 yd. pass from B.Griese (G.Yepremian kick)	24-6 MIA
3	4:59	1977 San Francisco	P.Seal 5 yd. pass from J.Plunkett (R.Wersching kick)	24-13 MIA
4	14:44	1977 Miami	G.Davis 18 yd. pass from B.Griese (G.Yepremian kick)	31-13 MIA

Team Statistics
	1977 Miami	1977 San Francisco
First Downs by Rush-Pass-Pen-Total	10-9-0-19	7-9-0-16
Third Down Efficiency	5-11-45%	6-13-46%
Fourth Down Efficiency	3-5-60%	0-2-0%
Red Zone Efficiency (pts-poss-pct)	24-42-57%	10-28-36%
Total Offense-Plays-Avg Yards Per Play	397-60-6.6	250-59-4.2
Total Net Yards Rushing	166	120
Total Rushes	36	37
Average Per Rush	4.6	3.2
Passes Completed/Attempted	12/23 (52.2%)	10/19 (52.6%)
Net Yards Passing	231	130
Avg Yards Per Pass	10.3	7.9
Sacked/Yards Lost	1/5	3/21
Punts/Average	0/0.0	3/35.0
Punts Received/Return Yardage	3/21	0/0
Kickoffs/Returns	4/122	5/122
Interceptions/Returns	1/0	0/0
Penalties/Yards	0/0	0/0
Total Fumbles/Fumbles Lost	3/1	1/0
Time of Possession	28 mins 45 secs	31 mins 15 secs
Average Drive Start	MIA 37	SFN 37

Passing Stats
	Att	Comp	Yds	Comp %	Yds/Att	TD	TD %	INT	INT %	Long	Sack	Rating
1977 Miami
Bob Griese	23	12	236	52.2	10.3	3	13.0	0	0	71	1/5	127.9
1977 San Francisco
Jim Plunkett	12	7	90	58.3	7.5	1	8.3	0	0	31	3/21	109.7
Scott Bull	7	3	61	42.9	8.7	0	0	1	14.3	27	0/0	34.5

Rushing Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv	Fumbles/Lost
1977 Miami
Benny Malone	11	60	5.5	13	0	0	0/0
Don Nottingham	7	23	3.3	9	0	0	0/0
Gary Davis	6	36	6.0	15	0	0	0/0
Leroy Harris	6	21	3.5	9	0	0	1/1
Norm Bulaich	6	26	4.3	16	1	0	0/0
1977 San Francisco
Delvin Williams	20	63	3.2	15	0	0	0/0
Wilbur Jackson	9	44	4.9	14	0	0	0/0
Paul Hofer	4	-2	-0.5	1	0	0	1/0
Scott Bull	3	9	3.0	4	0	0	0/0
Bob Ferrell	1	6	6.0	6	0	0	0/0

Receiving Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv
1977 Miami
Nat Moore	4	67	16.8	31	1	0
Duriel Harris	3	102	34.0	71	1	0
Freddie Solomon	2	37	18.5	31	0	0
Gary Davis	1	18	18.0	18	1	0
Andre Tillman	1	7	7.0	7	0	0
Jim Mandich	1	5	5.0	5	0	0
1977 San Francisco
Delvin Williams	3	44	14.7	23	0	0
Tom Mitchell	2	44	22.0	31	0	0
Gene A. Washington	2	39	19.5	27	0	0
Wilbur Jackson	1	13	13.0	13	0	0
Paul Hofer	1	6	6.0	6	0	0
Paul Seal	1	5	5.0	5	1	0

Field Goals
	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Totals	% Made
1977 Miami
Garo Yepremian	0/0	1/1	0/0	0/0	0/0	1/1	100
1977 San Francisco
Ray Wersching	0/0	1/1	0/0	1/1	0/0	2/2	100

Punting
	No	Avg	Net	Tb	Inside 20	Long	Blocked
1977 Miami
1977 San Francisco
Tom Wittum	3	35.0	28.0	0	1	38	0

Kickoff Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1977 Miami
Gary Davis	4	122	30.5	39	0
1977 San Francisco
Paul Hofer	4	88	22.0	24	0
Dave R. Williams	1	34	34.0	34	0

Punt Returns
	Ret	FC	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1977 Miami
Freddie Solomon	3	0	21	7.0	13	0
1977 San Francisco

Individual Defense
	Tackles	Sacks	Fum Rec
1977 Miami
Kim Bokamper	6	0	0
Bob Matheson	6	0	0
Steve Towle	5	1	0
Larry Gordon	5	1	0
A.J. Duhe	4	1	0
Vern Den Herder	4	0	0
Bob Baumhower	4	0	0
Charles Cornelius	4	0	0
Tim Foley	4	0	0
Norris Thomas	3	0	0
Vern Roberson	3	0	0
Curtis Johnson	1	0	1
Duriel Harris	0	0	1
1977 San Francisco
Skip Vanderbundt	9	0	0
Mel Phillips	7	0	0
Cleveland Elam	5	0	0
Willie Harper	5	1	1
Ralph McGill	4	0	0
Dave Washington	4	0	0
Tony Leonard	4	0	0
Cedrick Hardman	3	0	0
Tommy Hart	2	0	0
Bruce Taylor	1	0	0
Stan Black	1	0	0
Woody Peoples	0	0	1

Interceptions
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1977 Miami
Curtis Johnson	1	0	0.0	0	0