Week 16, 1981

played in New Orleans, LA

59 degrees, fair, 10 mph wind

Miami Dolphins	0	0	6	0	-	6
New Orleans Saints	7	3	0	0	-	10

Scoring Summary
1Q: 06:05 NOS - Mike Haynes 18 interception return (Dave Jacobs extra point)
2Q: 01:53 NOS - Dave Jacobs 23 field goal
3Q: 10:12 MIA - Freddie Steinfort 25 field goal
3Q: 05:36 MIA - Freddie Steinfort 54 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 06:05 NOS - Mike Haynes 18 interception return (Dave Jacobs extra point)
2Q: 01:53 NOS - Dave Jacobs 23 field goal
3Q: 10:12 MIA - Freddie Steinfort 25 field goal
3Q: 05:36 MIA - Freddie Steinfort 54 field goal

Team Statistics MIA NOS
Record 10-5 5-10
First Downs 16 15
- by Rushing 4 8
- by Passing 11 6
- by Penalty 1 1
Total Net Yards 244 234
- Offensive Plays 66 62
- Yards per Play 3.70 3.77
Net Rushing Yards 84 138
- Rushing Attempts 24 28
- Yards per Rush 3.50 4.93
Net Passing Yards 160 96
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 42 - 22 - 3 31 - 13 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards 160 118
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0/0 3/22
- Yards per Pass Play 3.81 2.82
Fumbles/Lost 1/1 1/1
3rd Down Conversions 3/13 3/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 5.3 8.9
4th Down Conversions 0/1 0/0
Penalties/Yards 8/54 9/64
Punt Returns/Yards 2/9 5/42
Kick Returns/Yards 1/25 2/55
Interception Ret./Yards 2/14 3/44
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 1 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0/1 0/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 21 OWN 35
Time of Possession 31:08 28:52

Team Statistics	MIA	NOS
Record	10-5	5-10
First Downs	16	15
- by Rushing	4	8
- by Passing	11	6
- by Penalty	1	1
Total Net Yards	244	234
- Offensive Plays	66	62
- Yards per Play	3.70	3.77
Net Rushing Yards	84	138
- Rushing Attempts	24	28
- Yards per Rush	3.50	4.93
Net Passing Yards	160	96
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	42 - 22 - 3	31 - 13 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards	160	118
- Sacks/Yards Lost	0/0	3/22
- Yards per Pass Play	3.81	2.82
Fumbles/Lost	1/1	1/1
3rd Down Conversions	3/13	3/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	5.3	8.9
4th Down Conversions	0/1	0/0
Penalties/Yards	8/54	9/64
Punt Returns/Yards	2/9	5/42
Kick Returns/Yards	1/25	2/55
Interception Ret./Yards	2/14	3/44
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	1	1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	0/1	0/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 21	OWN 35
Time of Possession	31:08	28:52

Drive Charts

Miami Dolphins
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	13:06	2:41	OWN 7	5	20	Punt
1	9:22	1:40	OWN 4	5	13	Punt
1	6:16	0:24	OWN 28	1	-16	Interception
1	5:52	2:18	OWN 25	3	6	Punt
1	0:23	1:01	OWN 7	3	4	Punt
2	12:11	1:19	OWN 20	3	26	Fumble
2	9:26	0:56	OWN 7	3	8	Punt
2	1:48	1:48	OWN 6	4	5	Half
3	15:00	4:54	OWN 30	9	62	Field Goal
3	7:53	2:24	OWN 46	5	17	Field Goal
3	1:24	2:14	OWN 36	6	27	Interception
4	13:32	2:12	OWN 22	5	13	Punt
4	9:42	3:15	OWN 26	6	22	Punt
4	5:53	3:25	OWN 40	8	23	Interception

New Orleans Saints
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	1:54	OWN 41	3	6	Punt
1	10:25	1:03	OPP 46	3	7	Punt
1	7:42	1:26	OPP 47	4	22	Interception
1	3:34	3:11	OWN 29	5	21	Punt
2	14:22	2:11	OWN 40	4	13	Punt
2	10:52	1:26	OPP 46	3	-4	Punt
2	8:30	6:42	OWN 14	14	80	Field Goal
3	10:06	2:13	OWN 36	3	-4	Interception
3	5:29	4:05	OWN 11	7	53	Fumble
4	14:10	0:38	OWN 31	3	-5	Punt
4	11:20	1:38	OWN 40	3	4	Punt
4	6:27	0:34	OWN 15	3	0	Punt
4	2:28	2:28	OWN 47	7	26	Game

Game MVP: Mike Haynes, New Orleans Saints

Rushing Statistics

Miami	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
George Rogers	12	50	4.17	12	1
Monroe Eley	11	29	2.64	8	0
Alonzo Becker	1	5	5.00	5	0

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
James Mayberry	19	99	5.21	17	2
Wayne Mosley	8	40	5.00	11	2
Rick Trocano	1	-1	-1.00	-1	0

Passing Statistics

Miami	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Bob Griese	42	22	160	0/0	0	29	3	31.8

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Rick Trocano	31	13	118	3/22	0	21	2	26.0

Receiving Statistics

Miami	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
RB George Rogers	4	5	11	2.75	6	7
RB Monroe Eley	3	8	8	2.67	3	8
WR Ike Harris	3	6	22	7.33	4	8
TE Wilbert Martin	3	3	34	11.33	0	15
FB Mike Hogan	3	3	11	3.67	0	7
WR Jeff Groth	3	6	48	16.00	29	29
WR Nat Moore	1	6	6	6.00	0	6
RB Alonzo Becker	1	1	6	6.00	0	6
TE Dana McKenzie	1	1	14	14.00	1	14
WR Rich Martini	0	3	0	0.00	0	0

New Orleans	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Art Monk	6	12	42	7.00	10	11
RB Wayne Mosley	2	5	7	3.50	0	8
TE Henry Childs	1	2	10	10.00	8	10
WR Ray Jarvis	1	1	19	19.00	6	19
WR Patrick Schulz	1	4	12	12.00	0	12
FB Vincent Horton	1	1	7	7.00	2	7
WR Al Walker	1	4	21	21.00	23	21
TE Raymond Chester	0	1	0	0.00	0	0
WR Larry Wilcox	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

Miami	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Clarence Ellis	1	0	0.00	0
S Chris Farasopoulos	1	14	14.00	0

New Orleans	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Mike Haynes	2	18	9.00	1
CB Nathan Conrady	1	26	26.00	0

Fumble Statistics

Miami	Fumb	Recov	Force
George Rogers	1	0	0
Ed Bradley	0	1	0
Brad White	0	0	1

New Orleans	Fumb	Recov	Force
Vincent Horton	1	0	0
John Andrews	0	1	0
Mike Haynes	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

Miami	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Eddie Hare	7	300	42.9	36.9	62	1

New Orleans	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Dan Melville	8	350	43.8	40.1	55	5

Kicking Statistics

Miami	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Freddie Steinfort	2/2	1/1	1/1	54	0/0

New Orleans	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Dave Jacobs	1/1	0/0	0/0	23	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

Miami	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Monroe Eley	1	3	3.0	0
Chris Farasopoulos	1	6	6.0	0

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Al Walker	5	42	8.4	0

Kick Return Statistics

Miami	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Monroe Eley	1	25	25.0	0

New Orleans	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Al Walker	2	55	27.5	0

Defensive Statistics

Miami	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Brian Kelley	5	0	2.0	12	10
OLB Fred McNeil	5	2	0.0	20	30
OLB Mike Varty	4	1	0.0	14	15
S Neal Colzie	4	1	0.0	15	17
ILB Ed Bradley	4	0	0.0	18	17
S Clarence Ellis	4	0	0.0	21	31
CB Ronald Cinkovsky	3	0	1.0	21	24
CB Lester Hayes	3	1	0.0	20	31
DE Leroy Jones	2	1	0.0	21	27
DT Donnell Erofeev	2	0	0.0	8	15
CB Roynell Young	2	0	0.0	14	15
ILB Dave Simmons	1	2	0.0	18	28
DT Brad White	1	2	0.0	20	28
DE Keith Gary	1	1	0.0	25	27
WR Rich Martini	1	0	---	---	---
CB Bobby Jackson	1	0	0.0	19	25
WR Jeff Groth	1	0	---	---	---

New Orleans	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Tim Baylor	7	1	0.0	11	17
ILB Joe Federspiel	7	0	0.0	19	33
OLB Lawrence Taylor	5	2	0.0	24	36
DT John Woodcock	5	1	0.0	14	10
S Tommy Myers	4	1	0.0	17	37
CB Ernie Jackson	3	1	0.0	13	33
S Doug Jones	3	0	0.0	22	39
OLB Scot Brantley	3	0	0.0	11	11
OLB Mel Kaufman	3	0	0.0	3	12
OLB Tom Dinkel	2	3	0.0	18	23
CB Louis Wright	2	0	0.0	16	28
S Mike Haynes	1	1	0.0	20	40
WR Al Walker	1	0	---	---	---
WR Art Monk	1	0	---	---	---
DE Tony Cline	0	1	0.0	10	25
CB Nathan Conrady	0	1	0.0	12	16
ILB Rick Razzano	0	1	0.0	6	5

Pass Rush Statistics

Miami	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
ILB Brian Kelley	2.0	0	0	10
CB Ronald Cinkovsky	1.0	0	0	24
DT Donnell Erofeev	0.0	2	0	15
ILB Dave Simmons	0.0	2	0	28
DE Keith Gary	0.0	1	0	27
OLB Fred McNeil	0.0	0	1	30

New Orleans	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DE John Andrews	1	1	30
DT Gary Dunn	1	0	32
OLB Lawrence Taylor	0	2	36
DE Greg Foggie	0	1	12
DT John Woodcock	0	1	10

Pass Defense Statistics

Miami	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Ronald Cinkovsky	2	1	0	24
S Neal Colzie	2	0	0	17
CB Lester Hayes	2	0	0	31
S Clarence Ellis	1	2	1	31
OLB Mike Varty	1	1	0	15
ILB Brian Kelley	1	0	0	10
OLB Fred McNeil	1	0	0	30
CB Bobby Jackson	1	0	0	25
DE Keith Gary	1	0	0	27
DT Brad White	1	0	0	28
S Chris Farasopoulos	0	2	1	23

New Orleans	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
S Tim Baylor	4	1	0	17
ILB Joe Federspiel	4	0	0	33
CB Ernie Jackson	3	0	0	33
S Doug Jones	3	0	0	39
S Mike Haynes	2	3	2	40
OLB Mel Kaufman	2	0	0	12
S Tommy Myers	1	2	0	37
CB Louis Wright	1	0	0	28
OLB Tom Dinkel	1	0	0	23
OLB Scot Brantley	1	0	0	11
OLB Pete Wysocki	0	1	0	6
OLB Lawrence Taylor	0	1	0	36
CB Nathan Conrady	0	0	1	16

Blocking Statistics

Miami	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	PPly
Craig Wolfley	3	5	17	35
Guy Morriss	1	3	10	10
Greg Sampson	1	3	22	38
Dennis Harrah	1	3	24	41
Robert Woods	1	2	17	28
Billy Bryan	1	1	7	7
Bob Kuechenberg	0	3	8	16
Sylvester Croom	0	2	14	32
Mike Hogan	0	2	17	27

New Orleans	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Jim Pietrzak	4	4	0	27	0	34
Dave Lafary	3	6	0	25	0	28
Will Grant	2	5	0	27	1	33
Leon Gray	2	4	1	28	0	34
Ken Bernich	1	2	0	27	2	30
Henry Childs	0	2	0	17	0	23
Richie Evans	0	2	0	4	0	7
Vincent Horton	0	2	0	14	0	15

Special Teams Tackles

Miami	Tackles	STPlays
Tim Sherwin	3	14
Neal Colzie	2	21
Monroe Eley	1	21
Wilbert Martin	1	18

New Orleans	Tackles	STPlays
Scot Brantley	1	15
John McMakin	1	14
Larry Heater	1	11

Participation

Miami	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Dennis Harrah	24	41	---	---	8	73
Bob Griese	24	42	---	---	---	66
Keith Gary	---	---	25	27	9	61
Greg Sampson	22	38	---	---	---	60
Brad White	---	---	20	28	9	57
Clarence Ellis	---	---	21	31	2	54
Neal Colzie	---	---	15	17	21	53
Lester Hayes	---	---	20	31	1	52
Bobby Jackson	---	---	19	25	8	52
Craig Wolfley	17	35	---	---	---	52
Chris Farasopoulos	---	---	22	23	6	51
Fred McNeil	---	---	20	30	1	51
Mike Hogan	17	27	---	---	7	51
Sylvester Croom	14	32	---	---	3	49
Monroe Eley	11	16	---	---	21	48
Leroy Jones	---	---	21	27	---	48
Roynell Young	---	---	14	15	19	48
Jeff Groth	11	24	---	---	12	47
Dave Simmons	---	---	18	28	1	47
Ronald Cinkovsky	---	---	21	24	1	46
Rich Martini	17	26	---	---	3	46
Robert Woods	17	28	---	---	---	45
Dana McKenzie	13	18	---	---	14	45
Brian Kelley	---	---	12	10	21	43
Wilbert Martin	10	13	---	---	18	41
Ike Harris	13	25	---	---	---	38
Ed Bradley	---	---	18	17	---	35
Nat Moore	11	24	---	---	---	35
Mike Varty	---	---	14	15	6	35
George Rogers	12	21	---	---	2	35
Bob Kuechenberg	8	16	---	---	---	24
Donnell Erofeev	---	---	8	15	---	23
Billy Bryan	7	7	---	---	9	23
Tim Sherwin	2	7	---	---	14	23
Guy Morriss	10	10	---	---	---	20
Richie Minter	---	---	10	6	---	16
Sammy White	2	6	---	---	8	16
Mike Clark	---	---	10	5	1	16
Claude Minor	1	2	---	---	9	12
Wes Hamilton	0	1	---	---	9	10
Mike Vardell	0	0	---	---	7	7
Eddie Hare	0	0	---	---	7	7
Freddie Steinfort	0	0	---	---	5	5
Alonzo Becker	1	3	---	---	---	4
Dan Manucci	0	0	---	---	2	2
Vince Evans	0	0	---	---	---	0

New Orleans	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Doug Jones	---	---	22	39	5	66
Art Monk	25	29	---	---	10	64
Lawrence Taylor	---	---	24	36	3	63
Leon Gray	28	34	---	---	---	62
Mike Haynes	---	---	20	40	2	62
Will Grant	27	33	---	---	2	62
Rick Trocano	28	34	---	---	---	62
Jim Pietrzak	27	34	---	---	---	61
Dave Lafary	25	28	---	---	7	60
Ken Bernich	27	30	---	---	---	57
Tommy Myers	---	---	17	37	2	56
James Mayberry	20	13	---	---	22	55
Henry Childs	17	23	---	---	14	54
Joe Federspiel	---	---	19	33	2	54
Nathan Conrady	---	---	12	16	21	49
Ernie Jackson	---	---	13	33	1	47
Larry Wilcox	25	21	---	---	---	46
Louis Wright	---	---	16	28	2	46
John Andrews	---	---	14	30	1	45
Gary Dunn	---	---	10	32	3	45
Tom Dinkel	---	---	18	23	3	44
Patrick Schulz	12	22	---	---	7	41
Vincent Horton	14	15	---	---	12	41
Scot Brantley	---	---	11	11	15	37
Tony Cline	---	---	10	25	1	36
Al Walker	7	15	---	---	13	35
Tim Baylor	---	---	11	17	7	35
Greg Foggie	---	---	10	12	12	34
Ben Williams	---	---	14	17	1	32
Mel Kaufman	---	---	3	12	16	31
Wayne Mosley	8	21	---	---	---	29
John Woodcock	---	---	14	10	2	26
John McMakin	3	0	---	---	14	17
Raymond Chester	6	6	---	---	4	16
Rick Razzano	---	---	6	5	5	16
Doug Dieken	1	4	---	---	9	14
Richie Evans	4	7	---	---	2	13
Larry Heater	0	0	---	---	11	11
Gerry Sullivan	1	0	---	---	9	10
Dan Melville	0	0	---	---	10	10
Sam Claphan	0	0	---	---	9	9
Ray Jarvis	3	5	---	---	---	8
Pete Wysocki	---	---	0	6	2	8
Dave Jacobs	0	0	---	---	3	3
Warren Moon	0	0	---	---	---	0
Dave Wilson	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	6	33	5.5
Middle	9	17	1.9
Right	9	34	3.8
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	5	19	3.8
Middle	14	65	4.6
Right	8	55	6.9
None	1	-1	-1.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Miami	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Bob Griese	42	22	1	0	2	8	5	0	3

New Orleans	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Rick Trocano	31	13	1	3	2	6	5	1	2

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	8	6	21	2.6
Short (0-8 Yds)	22	13	81	3.7
Medium (9-18 Yds)	10	3	58	5.8
Long (19+ Yds)	2	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	5	4	30	6.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	13	6	46	3.5
Medium (9-18 Yds)	10	3	42	4.2
Long (19+ Yds)	3	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Miami	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
RB Monroe Eley	8	3	1	8	0	16
WR Ike Harris	6	3	1	22	0	25
WR Nat Moore	6	1	0	6	0	24
WR Jeff Groth	6	3	0	48	1	24
RB George Rogers	5	4	0	11	0	21
TE Wilbert Martin	3	3	0	34	0	13
FB Mike Hogan	3	3	0	11	0	27
WR Rich Martini	3	0	0	0	0	26
RB Alonzo Becker	1	1	0	6	0	3
TE Dana McKenzie	1	1	0	14	0	18

New Orleans	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Art Monk	12	6	0	42	0	29
RB Wayne Mosley	5	2	1	7	0	21
WR Patrick Schulz	4	1	0	12	0	22
WR Al Walker	4	1	1	21	1	15
TE Henry Childs	2	1	0	10	0	23
TE Raymond Chester	1	0	0	0	0	6
WR Ray Jarvis	1	1	0	19	0	5
FB Vincent Horton	1	1	0	7	0	15
WR Larry Wilcox	1	0	0	0	0	21

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Miami	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
George Rogers	1	2	2.00	4.17

New Orleans	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
James Mayberry	2	5	2.50	5.21

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Miami	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Bob Griese	2	1	7	3.50	3.81

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Rick Trocano	1	0	0	0.00	3.81

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Miami	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
RB Monroe Eley	1	0	0	0.00	1.00
WR Ike Harris	1	1	7	7.00	3.67

New Orleans	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Patrick Schulz	1	0	0	0.00	3.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Miami	Rushes	Conversions
Monroe Eley	3	1
Alonzo Becker	1	0

New Orleans	Rushes	Conversions
James Mayberry	2	1
Wayne Mosley	1	0
Rick Trocano	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Miami	Att	Comp	Conversions
Bob Griese	9	2	2

New Orleans	Att	Comp	Conversions
Rick Trocano	10	3	2

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Miami	Targ	Catch	Conversions
RB Monroe Eley	4	1	1
WR Ike Harris	1	0	0
WR Nat Moore	1	0	0
RB Alonzo Becker	1	1	1
WR Rich Martini	1	0	0
WR Jeff Groth	1	0	0

New Orleans	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Art Monk	6	2	1
TE Raymond Chester	1	0	0
WR Ray Jarvis	1	1	1
WR Patrick Schulz	1	0	0
WR Larry Wilcox	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 38,900 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 11,900 (21,400)
End Zone 7,700 (15,400)
Mezzanine 5,300 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 8,200 (13,600)
Club Seats 4,600 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 1,200 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	38,900 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	11,900 (21,400)
End Zone	7,700 (15,400)
Mezzanine	5,300 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	8,200 (13,600)
Club Seats	4,600 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	1,200 (3,300)