Griese getting into MVP talk as Miami improves to 9-2

Bob Griese threw two touchdown passes as the Miami Dolphins downed the St. Louis Cardinals 21-7 on Thanksgiving Day.

Griese, the league's highest rated quarterback with a 103.8 rating, threw his league-leading 17th touchdown pass to Nat Moore to give Miami a two-touchdown lead.

Griese was bolstered by a 233 yard rushing attack. Benny Malone led the Dolphins with 84 yards rushing.

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	Total
1977 Miami	7	7	7	0	0	21
1977 St. Louis	0	7	0	0	0	7

Scoring Plays
Qtr	Clock	Poss	Scoring Description(Extra Point)	Score
1	6:02	1977 Miami	N.Bulaich 5 yd. run (G.Yepremian kick)	7-0 MIA
2	1:45	1977 Miami	D.Harris 27 yd. pass from B.Griese (G.Yepremian kick)	14-0 MIA
2	0:08	1977 St. Louis	M.Gray 14 yd. pass from J.Hart (J.Bakken kick)	14-7 MIA
3	4:22	1977 Miami	N.Moore 11 yd. pass from B.Griese (G.Yepremian kick)	21-7 MIA

Team Statistics
	1977 Miami	1977 St. Louis
First Downs by Rush-Pass-Pen-Total	19-8-0-27	6-4-0-10
Third Down Efficiency	8-15-53%	5-12-42%
Fourth Down Efficiency	3-4-75%	0-1-0%
Red Zone Efficiency (pts-poss-pct)	14-28-50%	7-7-100%
Total Offense-Plays-Avg Yards Per Play	377-76-5.0	190-47-4.0
Total Net Yards Rushing	233	94
Total Rushes	56	27
Average Per Rush	4.2	3.5
Passes Completed/Attempted	12/20 (60.0%)	6/20 (30.0%)
Net Yards Passing	144	96
Avg Yards Per Pass	7.2	4.8
Sacked/Yards Lost	0/0	0/0
Punts/Average	2/46.5	5/42.6
Punts Received/Return Yardage	3/2	2/16
Kickoffs/Returns	1/15	4/82
Interceptions/Returns	1/4	0/0
Penalties/Yards	0/0	0/0
Total Fumbles/Fumbles Lost	3/2	1/1
Time of Possession	38 mins 21 secs	21 mins 39 secs
Average Drive Start	MIA 31	SLN 24

Passing Stats
	Att	Comp	Yds	Comp %	Yds/Att	TD	TD %	INT	INT %	Long	Sack	Rating
1977 Miami
Bob Griese	20	12	144	60.0	7.2	2	10.0	0	0	27	0/0	115.4
1977 St. Louis
Jim Hart	20	6	96	30.0	4.8	1	5.0	1	5.0	50	0/0	42.9

Rushing Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv	Fumbles/Lost
1977 Miami
Benny Malone	18	84	4.7	17	0	0	0/0
Norm Bulaich	14	56	4.0	6	1	0	0/0
Gary Davis	13	56	4.3	15	0	0	0/0
Don Nottingham	9	37	4.1	9	0	0	0/0
Bob Griese	2	0	0.0	0	0	0	2/1
1977 St. Louis
Wayne Morris	12	31	2.6	7	0	0	0/0
Terry Metcalf	11	55	5.0	17	0	0	1/1
Jim Otis	3	5	1.7	4	0	0	0/0
Steve Jones	1	3	3.0	3	0	0	0/0

Receiving Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv
1977 Miami
Nat Moore	3	27	9.0	11	1	0
Duriel Harris	2	44	22.0	27	1	0
Jim Mandich	2	20	10.0	13	0	0
Freddie Solomon	2	20	10.0	12	0	0
Benny Malone	1	19	19.0	19	0	0
Don Nottingham	1	13	13.0	13	0	0
Andre Tillman	1	1	1.0	1	0	0
1977 St. Louis
Mel D. Gray	2	33	16.5	19	1	0
Terry Metcalf	2	64	32.0	50	0	0
Ike Harris	2	-1	-0.5	3	0	0

Field Goals
	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Totals	% Made
1977 Miami
1977 St. Louis

Punting
	No	Avg	Net	Tb	Inside 20	Long	Blocked
1977 Miami
Mike Michel	2	46.5	38.5	0	2	61	0
1977 St. Louis
Duane Carrell	5	42.6	34.2	2	1	51	0

Kickoff Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1977 Miami
Gary Davis	1	15	15.0	15	0
1977 St. Louis
Terry Metcalf	3	69	23.0	25	0
Wayne Morris	1	13	13.0	13	0

Punt Returns
	Ret	FC	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1977 Miami
Freddie Solomon	3	0	2	0.7	4	0
1977 St. Louis
Pat Tilley	2	0	16	8.0	9	0

Individual Defense
	Tackles	Sacks	Fum Rec
1977 Miami
Steve Towle	7	0	0
A.J. Duhe	5	0	1
Bob Baumhower	4	0	0
Bob Matheson	3	0	0
Norris Thomas	3	0	0
Kim Bokamper	2	0	0
Tim Foley	2	0	0
Larry Gordon	2	0	0
Curtis Johnson	1	0	0
Vern Roberson	1	0	0
Vern Den Herder	1	0	0
Charles Cornelius	1	0	0
Bob Griese	0	0	1
1977 St. Louis
Tim Kearney	15	0	1
Eric D. Williams	11	0	0
Mike Dawson	9	0	0
Ken Reaves	7	0	0
Mark Arneson	7	0	0
Roger Wehrli	6	0	0
Charlie M. Davis	3	0	0
John Zook	2	0	0
Lee Nelson	2	0	0
Ron Yankowski	1	0	0
Mike Sensibaugh	1	0	0
Pat Tilley	0	0	1