Colts down Dolphins to win third straight

The Baltimore Colts used a balanced and efficient attack to knock out the Miami Dolphins 31-7.

The Colts 408 yards of total offense was split evenly with Lydell Mitchell once again being involved on the ground and through the air.

Mitchell ran for 130 and 2 TD's and caught 5 balls for 41 yards.

Bert Jones went 19 of 26 for 206 yards and a score with no picks. He also walked off the field after the game with a clean jersey as the Dolphins defense could not register a sack.

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	Total
1977 Miami	0	7	0	0	0	7
1977 Baltimore	14	7	10	0	0	31

Scoring Plays
Qtr	Clock	Poss	Scoring Description(Extra Point)	Score
1	11:29	1977 Baltimore	L.Mitchell 29 yd. run (T.Linhart kick)	7-0 BAA
1	4:43	1977 Baltimore	R.Lee 4 yd. run (T.Linhart kick)	14-0 BAA
2	10:33	1977 Miami	B.Malone 5 yd. pass from B.Griese (G.Yepremian kick)	14-7 BAA
2	3:38	1977 Baltimore	F.Scott 7 yd. pass from B.Jones (T.Linhart kick)	21-7 BAA
3	6:33	1977 Baltimore	L.Mitchell 1 yd. run (T.Linhart kick)	28-7 BAA
3	3:11	1977 Baltimore	T.Linhart 35 yd. field goal	31-7 BAA

Team Statistics
	1977 Miami	1977 Baltimore
First Downs by Rush-Pass-Pen-Total	2-9-0-11	12-12-0-24
Third Down Efficiency	3-10-30%	5-12-42%
Fourth Down Efficiency	0-0-0%	3-4-75%
Red Zone Efficiency (pts-poss-pct)	7-28-25%	24-28-86%
Total Offense-Plays-Avg Yards Per Play	190-44-4.3	408-71-5.7
Total Net Yards Rushing	63	202
Total Rushes	21	44
Average Per Rush	3.0	4.6
Passes Completed/Attempted	12/20 (60.0%)	19/27 (70.4%)
Net Yards Passing	127	206
Avg Yards Per Pass	7.3	7.6
Sacked/Yards Lost	3/20	0/0
Punts/Average	5/47.2	2/42.0
Punts Received/Return Yardage	2/23	2/26
Kickoffs/Returns	6/181	2/51
Interceptions/Returns	0/0	1/25
Penalties/Yards	0/0	0/0
Total Fumbles/Fumbles Lost	2/1	1/1
Time of Possession	22 mins 17 secs	37 mins 43 secs
Average Drive Start	MIA 41	BAA 25

Passing Stats
	Att	Comp	Yds	Comp %	Yds/Att	TD	TD %	INT	INT %	Long	Sack	Rating
1977 Miami
Bob Griese	20	12	147	60.0	7.3	1	5.0	1	5.0	40	3/20	78.5
1977 Baltimore
Bert Jones	26	19	206	73.1	7.9	1	3.8	0	0	30	0/0	108.8
David Lee	1	0	0	0.0	.0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	39.6

Rushing Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv	Fumbles/Lost
1977 Miami
Gary Davis	10	47	4.7	15	0	0	0/0
Leroy Harris	4	15	3.8	7	0	0	0/0
Don Nottingham	3	5	1.7	3	0	0	0/0
Norm Bulaich	3	-4	-1.3	4	0	0	1/1
Benny Malone	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0/0
1977 Baltimore
Lydell Mitchell	24	130	5.4	34	2	0	1/1
Ron Lee	8	33	4.1	8	1	0	0/0
Roosevelt Leaks	8	25	3.1	8	0	0	0/0
Don McCauley	4	14	3.5	8	0	0	0/0

Receiving Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv
1977 Miami
Gary Davis	3	39	13.0	14	0	0
Norm Bulaich	2	4	2.0	5	0	0
Nat Moore	2	46	23.0	40	0	0
Benny Malone	1	5	5.0	5	1	0
Duriel Harris	1	14	14.0	14	0	0
Don Nottingham	1	7	7.0	7	0	0
Leroy Harris	1	1	1.0	1	0	0
Andre Tillman	1	31	31.0	31	0	0
1977 Baltimore
Raymond Chester	7	63	9.0	11	0	0
Lydell Mitchell	5	41	8.2	12	0	0
Don McCauley	2	44	22.0	30	0	0
Roosevelt Leaks	1	16	16.0	16	0	0
Ron Lee	1	23	23.0	23	0	0
Glenn Doughty	1	5	5.0	5	0	0
Ricky Thompson	1	7	7.0	7	0	0
Freddie Scott	1	7	7.0	7	1	0

Field Goals
	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Totals	% Made
1977 Miami
Garo Yepremian	0/0	0/1	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/1	0.0
1977 Baltimore
Toni Linhart	0/0	0/0	1/1	0/0	0/0	1/1	100

Punting
	No	Avg	Net	Tb	Inside 20	Long	Blocked
1977 Miami
Mike Michel	5	47.2	42.0	0	4	59	0
1977 Baltimore
David Lee	2	42.0	30.5	0	0	44	0

Kickoff Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1977 Miami
Gary Davis	3	90	30.0	31	0
Freddie Solomon	3	91	30.3	32	0
1977 Baltimore
Bruce Laird	2	51	25.5	27	0

Punt Returns
	Ret	FC	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1977 Miami
Freddie Solomon	2	0	23	11.5	14	0
1977 Baltimore
Howard Stevens	2	0	26	13.0	14	0

Individual Defense
	Tackles	Sacks	Fum Rec
1977 Miami
Bob Baumhower	10	0	0
Larry Gordon	9	0	1
Bob Matheson	8	0	0
Steve Towle	6	0	0
Kim Bokamper	5	0	0
Norris Thomas	5	0	0
Vern Roberson	4	0	0
Curtis Johnson	4	0	0
Tim Foley	3	0	0
Vern Den Herder	3	0	0
A.J. Duhe	2	0	0
Gary Davis	0	0	1
1977 Baltimore
Ed Simonini	7	0	0
Tom MacLeod	6	0	0
Fred Cook	4	0	0
Bruce Laird	3	0	0
Mike Barnes	3	1	0
Lyle Blackwood	3	0	0
Norm Thompson	2	0	0
Joe Ehrmann	2	0	0
John Dutton	2	2	0
Nelson Munsey	1	0	0
Stan White	1	0	1
Ray Oldham	1	0	0

Interceptions
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1977 Miami
1977 Baltimore
Nelson Munsey	1	25	25.0	25	0

Game Story

Lydell Mitchell had a big game as Baltimore smashed Miami by the score of 31 to 7. Mitchell ran for 130 yards scoring 2 times. Bert Jones passed 26 times for 206 yards adding a touchdown. Baltimore was in complete control of the action. They out-ran Miami 202 to 63 yards, and out-passed them 206 to 147 yards. They controlled the ball for 37:43. Baltimore had a good start outscoring Miami 14 to 0 in the first quarter. They took the lead into the locker room at the half 21 to 7.