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August 04, 1979 85° Miami Orange Bowl
Attendance: 47,883 (64%)
Green Bay Packers 7 0 0 3 - 10
Miami Dolphins 6 3 12 27 - 48
Scoring Summary
(Qtr 1) Miami Dolphins: 4-3-GB. 10 (10:13) 7-Hiram Deleon 27 yard field goal is GOOD. MIA 3 GB. 0
(Qtr 1) Miami Dolphins: 4-5-GB. 7 (4:50) 7-Hiram Deleon 24 yard field goal is GOOD. MIA 6 GB. 0
(Qtr 1) Green Bay Packers: 1-3-MIA 3 (0:50) 18-Thomas Deleon ran for 3 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 19-Carlos Beard. MIA 6 GB. 7
(Qtr 2) Miami Dolphins: 4-8-GB. 34 (3:25) 7-Hiram Deleon 51 yard field goal is GOOD. MIA 9 GB. 7
(Qtr 3) Miami Dolphins: 4-6-GB. 29 (14:05) 7-Hiram Deleon 47 yard field goal is GOOD. MIA 12 GB. 7
(Qtr 3) Miami Dolphins: 4-10-GB. 33 (12:08) 7-Hiram Deleon 51 yard field goal is GOOD. MIA 15 GB. 7
(Qtr 3) Miami Dolphins: 4-3-GB. 16 (6:23) 7-Hiram Deleon 33 yard field goal is GOOD. MIA 18 GB. 7
(Qtr 3) Miami Dolphins: 4-1-GB. 16 (1:34) 7-Hiram Deleon 33 yard field goal is GOOD. MIA 21 GB. 7
(Qtr 4) Miami Dolphins: 4-11-GB. 21 (14:57) 7-Hiram Deleon 38 yard field goal is GOOD. MIA 24 GB. 7
(Qtr 4) Miami Dolphins: 2-10-GB. 27 (14:41) (Hot Read) 6-Rickey Fisher pass complete to 15-Joseph Fullmer for 27 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-Hiram Deleon. MIA 31 GB. 7
(Qtr 4) Miami Dolphins: 2-10-GB. 33 (14:29) (Hot Read) 6-Rickey Fisher pass complete to 15-Joseph Fullmer for 33 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-Hiram Deleon. MIA 38 GB. 7
(Qtr 4) Miami Dolphins: 4-11-GB. 14 (8:40) 7-Hiram Deleon 31 yard field goal is GOOD. MIA 41 GB. 7
(Qtr 4) Miami Dolphins: 2-10-GB. 39 (4:42) 6-Rickey Fisher pass complete to 36-John Chrisman for 39 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-Hiram Deleon. MIA 48 GB. 7
(Qtr 4) Green Bay Packers: 4-10-MIA 29 (3:57) 19-Carlos Beard 46 yard field goal is GOOD. MIA 48 GB. 10
Team Statistics
Miami Dolphins Green Bay Packers
First Downs 20 7
- Rushing 5 2
- Passing 11 0
- Penalty 4 5
Total Net Yards 390 25
- Offensive Plays 101 72
- Yards Per Play 3.86 0.35
Net Rushing Yards 110 45
- Rushing Attempts 39 15
- Yards Per Rush 2.82 3.00
Net Passing Yards 280 -20
- Att/Comp/Int 62 / 30 / 2 55 / 0 / 9
- Gross Passing Yards 280 0
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0 / 0 2 / 20
- Yards Per Pass Play 4.52 -0.35
- Yards Per Completion 9.33 -
Fumbles/Lost 3 / 2 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 6 / 22 1 / 19
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 7.1 11.0
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 6 / 40 6 / 51
Punt Returns/Yards 4 / 24 1 / 3
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 33 2 / 54
Int Returns/Yards 9 / 10 2 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 6 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 6 1 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 44 OWN 27
Time of Possession 44:25 15:34
Drive Charts
Miami Dolphins
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:25 OWN 28 4 15 Punt
1 11:40 1:30 OPP 16 3 7 Field Goal
1 8:13 3:26 OPP 48 7 41 Field Goal
1 3:27 0:42 OWN 20 2 3 Interception
1 0:46 1:40 OWN 25 6 24 Punt
2 13:15 0:47 OWN 33 2 12 Fumble
2 11:31 0:52 OWN 20 3 4 Punt
2 8:58 5:36 OWN 16 10 50 Field Goal
2 3:00 1:10 OWN 25 3 2 Punt
2 0:51 0:51 OWN 16 4 24 Half
3 14:56 0:55 OPP 34 3 4 Field Goal
3 13:39 1:35 OWN 42 7 25 Field Goal
3 11:07 2:15 OWN 34 6 26 Punt
3 8:38 2:18 OPP 23 3 7 Field Goal
3 5:57 2:19 OWN 30 5 18 Punt
3 3:28 1:57 OPP 25 3 9 Field Goal
3 0:41 0:48 OPP 19 3 -1 Field Goal
4 14:45 0:10 OPP 27 2 27 Touchdown
4 14:32 0:09 OPP 33 2 33 Touchdown
4 14:05 3:27 OWN 30 6 9 Punt
4 10:35 1:58 OPP 13 3 -1 Field Goal
4 8:16 3:43 OWN 39 8 61 Touchdown
4 4:11 0:18 OWN 36 4 -7 Field Goal
4 3:53 2:30 OWN 25 5 11 Interception
4 1:04 1:04 OWN 11 2 6 Game
Green Bay Packers
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:35 0:55 OWN 4 5 3 Interception
1 10:10 1:58 OWN 25 4 16 Interception
1 4:47 1:20 OWN 25 3 7 Punt
1 2:45 1:59 OPP 22 4 22 Touchdown
2 14:06 0:51 OWN 20 3 -1 Punt
2 12:27 0:56 OPP 47 3 1 Punt
2 10:39 1:41 OWN 28 5 7 Punt
2 3:21 0:21 OWN 25 3 5 Punt
2 1:50 0:59 OWN 28 3 7 Punt
3 15:00 0:04 OWN 25 1 0 Interception
3 14:01 0:21 OWN 25 3 -10 Punt
3 12:04 0:57 OWN 25 3 -10 Punt
3 8:52 0:14 OWN 20 3 0 Interception
3 6:20 0:23 OWN 22 3 0 Punt
3 3:38 0:10 OWN 10 3 0 Interception
3 1:31 0:50 OWN 25 3 -10 Interception
4 14:54 0:09 OWN 25 2 0 Interception
4 14:35 0:03 OWN 25 1 0 Interception
4 14:23 0:18 OWN 25 3 0 Punt
4 10:39 0:03 OWN 12 1 0 Interception
4 8:37 0:21 OWN 18 3 0 Punt
4 4:34 0:22 OWN 25 3 0 Punt
4 1:23 0:19 OPP 37 3 0 Punt
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
Miami Dolphins
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#80 Edwin Durgin 13 50 3.85 12 1 0
#36 John Chrisman 19 48 2.53 13 2 0
#49 Joseph Fullmer 7 12 1.71 9 0 0
Green Bay Packers
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#18 Thomas Deleon 5 19 3.80 8 0 1
#15 Noah Becker 8 13 1.63 5 0 0
#37 Scott Boyd 2 13 6.50 7 0 0
Passing Stats
Miami Dolphins
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#7 Rickey Fisher 36 17 194 0 / 0 3 39 1 80.09
#9 Erik Fiorini 26 13 86 0 / 0 0 19 1 41.51
Green Bay Packers
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#3 Juan Rawlinson 55 0 0 2 / 20 0 0 9 0.00
Receiving Stats
Miami Dolphins
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#49 Joseph Fullmer 3 62 20.67 33 2
#36 John Chrisman 5 56 11.20 39 1
#42 Bobby Lopez 4 50 12.50 19 0
#85 Harry Holder 5 31 6.20 10 0
#45 Lester Patrick 2 23 11.50 16 0
#85 Paul Paul 2 22 11.00 19 0
#82 John Hodges 3 15 5.00 9 0
#18 David Richard 1 10 10.00 10 0
#17 Louis Martinez 2 6 3.00 4 0
#73 Andrew Perez 1 4 4.00 4 0
#84 Calvin Bond 1 3 3.00 3 0
#80 Edwin Durgin 1 -2 -2.00 -2 0
Green Bay Packers
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Blocking Stats
Miami Dolphins
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#78 Harold Larson 1 2 0 2
#67 Charles Sadler 12 2 0 0
#35 James Manning 0 2 0 0
#22 Lee Stanley 1 2 0 0
#25 Sammy Surles 0 4 0 2
#29 Olen Johnson 0 4 0 0
#97 Ethan Byers 0 2 0 0
#64 Todd Kirby 0 5 0 0
#91 Jason Morrow 1 3 0 0
#85 Joseph Hastings 22 21 0 3
#60 Dick Crain 25 21 0 0
#27 Andrew Coleman 10 16 0 1
#63 Brian Frenette 29 24 0 1
#84 Calvin Bond 3 17 0 2
#62 Willis Woolsey 32 23 0 1
#77 Ivan Soto 26 22 0 2
#85 Harry Holder 0 14 0 1
#65 John Warren 33 18 0 4
#71 David Rhoades 45 26 0 1
#73 Andrew Perez 48 33 0 2
#69 Mike Klatt 53 32 0 3
#79 Joseph Booth 55 28 0 0
#70 Larry Roberts 42 20 0 1
#80 Edwin Durgin 7 2 0 0
#59 Robert Ballesteros 0 2 0 0
#20 John Pena 0 1 0 0
#91 Paul Brannen 0 1 0 0
#17 Louis Martinez 0 10 0 0
#82 John Hodges 4 15 0 0
#36 John Chrisman 10 5 0 0
#45 Lester Patrick 17 33 0 3
#49 Joseph Fullmer 7 1 0 0
#42 Bobby Lopez 1 16 0 0
#85 Paul Paul 0 5 0 0
#95 John Levy 0 5 0 0
#18 David Richard 1 4 0 2
#53 Aaron White 0 2 0 0
#98 Frank Hudson 1 4 0 2
#65 Hector Hampton 0 2 0 0
#62 Anthony Brown 0 1 0 0
#33 Ricky McConnell 0 1 0 0
#82 Carlton Sullivan 1 0 0 0
Green Bay Packers
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#74 Alberto Kinsella 48 17 1 3
#68 Bradley Cooper 53 17 1 3
#71 John Hannah 53 20 0 0
#55 Kenneth McGrath 54 19 0 0
#75 Johnny Horner 69 21 0 1
#89 Juan Hagen 21 14 0 0
#88 Lawrence Mullins 11 15 0 0
#12 Chad Penn 0 4 0 0
#10 Edward Foster 0 7 0 0
#37 Scott Boyd 22 10 0 0
#64 Alvin Angel 18 4 0 0
#15 Noah Becker 9 4 0 0
#60 Charles Jordan 6 2 0 0
#35 Joshua Thomas 17 7 0 1
#16 Dale Wright 0 3 0 0
#73 Shelby Jordan 15 1 0 1
#60 Anthony Morales 24 10 0 0
#36 Daryl Hanson 14 5 0 1
#40 Mike Haynes 0 2 0 0
#33 Jerry Cottone 0 1 0 1
#32 Thomas Drago 0 1 0 0
#93 Timothy Jones 0 2 0 0
#18 Thomas Deleon 3 5 0 0
#46 Michael Watkins 0 3 0 0
#92 William Ferreira 0 2 0 0
#61 Sam Adams 3 1 0 0
#95 Benjamin Gram 0 2 0 0
#47 Vernon Mary 0 2 0 1
#94 Dylan Yarbrough 0 2 0 0
#54 Christopher Sills 0 2 0 0
Interception Stats
Miami Dolphins
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#95 John Levy 2 8 4.00 0
#33 Ricky McConnell 1 1 1.00 0
#35 James Manning 3 1 0.33 0
#91 Paul Brannen 1 0 0.00 0
#47 Paul Payne 1 0 0.00 0
#22 Lee Stanley 1 0 0.00 0
Green Bay Packers
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#97 Peter Harmon 1 0 0.00 0
#24 Robert Stamper 1 0 0.00 0
Fumble Stats
Miami Dolphins
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#36 John Chrisman 1 0 0 0
#7 Rickey Fisher 1 0 0 0
#85 Harry Holder 1 0 0 0
#69 Mike Klatt 0 1 0 0
Green Bay Packers
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#97 Peter Harmon 0 1 1 0
#73 Shelby Jordan 0 0 1 0
#64 Alvin Angel 0 1 0 0
Punting
Miami Dolphins
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#11 Joseph Park 7 332 47.43 41.14 53 3
Green Bay Packers
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#1 Kyle Sloan 13 597 45.92 43.08 53 4
Kicking
Miami Dolphins
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#7 Hiram Deleon 9 / 9 3 / 3 2 / 2 51 3 / 3
Green Bay Packers
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#19 Carlos Beard 1 / 1 1 / 1 0 / 0 46 1 / 1
Punt Return
Miami Dolphins
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#85 Harry Holder 4 24 6.0 11 0
Green Bay Packers
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#10 Edward Foster 1 3 3.0 3 0
Kick Return
Miami Dolphins
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#85 Harry Holder 1 33 33.0 0
Green Bay Packers
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#15 Noah Becker 2 54 27.0 0
Defensive Stats
Miami Dolphins
Name Tackles Sacks
#59 Robert Ballesteros 6 0
#65 Hector Hampton 3 1
#70 Roy Brewer 2 0
#20 John Pena 2 0
#64 Todd Kirby 2 0
#35 James Manning 2 0
#50 Jose Stroud 1 0
#80 Edwin Durgin 1 0
#91 Paul Brannen 1 0
#65 John Warren 1 0
#97 Ethan Byers 1 1
#45 Lester Patrick 1 0
Green Bay Packers
Name Tackles Sacks
#97 Peter Harmon 14 0
#24 Robert Stamper 8 0
#40 Mike Haynes 5 0
#33 Jerry Cottone 5 0
#42 Refugio Marquez 5 0
#32 Thomas Drago 4 0
#95 Benjamin Gram 4 0
#92 William Ferreira 4 0
#28 Joseph Vega 3 0
#46 Michael Watkins 3 0
#12 Chad Penn 2 0
#47 Vernon Mary 2 0
#77 Ray Dias 2 0
#24 Thomas Jones 2 0
#95 Gregory Quill 2 0
#88 Lawrence Mullins 2 0
#82 Robert Hoff 2 0
#37 Scott Boyd 1 0
#96 Bennett King 1 0
#10 Edward Foster 1 0
#53 Domingo Bryant 1 0
#75 Johnny Horner 1 0
#89 Juan Hagen 1 0
#94 Dylan Yarbrough 1 0
#18 Thomas Deleon 1 0
#97 Ronald Coleman 1 0