League Championship: Miami vs. New Orleans

November 30, -0001
70°
Minnesota Stadium (Minneapolis, MN) Attendance: 64,121 (100%)
Miami 14 7 0 12 - 33
New Orleans 2 0 3 0 - 5

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Miami: 1-10-NOS 22 (12:52) 5-Michael Dolan ran for 22 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 13-Theodore Rodgers. NOS 0 MIA 7
(Qtr 1) New Orleans: 1-10-MIA 7 (7:08) 17-Justin Zapien sacked at MIA -2 for -8 yards (77-Billy Hartman). Sack allowed by 65-Daniel Davis. SAFETY! (77-Billy Hartman) 65-Daniel Davis was caught flat-footed on this play. NOS 2 MIA 7
(Qtr 1) Miami: 1-10-MIA 7 (4:45) 17-Justin Zapien pass complete to 18-Fredric Martin for 93 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 13-Theodore Rodgers. NOS 2 MIA 14
(Qtr 2) Miami: 1-10-NOS 32 (14:22) 33-Wilbur Thompson ran for 32 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 13-Theodore Rodgers. NOS 2 MIA 21
(Qtr 3) New Orleans: 4-1-MIA 33 (3:12) 6-Tom McBride 51 yard field goal is GOOD. NOS 5 MIA 21
(Qtr 4) Miami: 1-10-NOS 1 (14:10) 16-Leland Dayton sacked at NOS -8 for -9 yards (79-Richard Gregory). Sack allowed by 64-Charles Martinez. SAFETY! (79-Richard Gregory) NOS 5 MIA 23
(Qtr 4) Miami: (14:07) 6-Tom McBride kicks 77 yards from NOS 20 to MIA 3. 5-Michael Dolan for 98yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 13-Theodore Rodgers. NOS 5 MIA 30
(Qtr 4) Miami: 4-5-NOS 23 (9:35) 13-Theodore Rodgers 40 yard field goal is GOOD. NOS 5 MIA 33

Team Statistics

New Orleans Miami
First Downs 12 14
- Rushing 2 7
- Passing 7 6
- Penalty 3 1
Total Net Yards 138 351
- Offensive Plays 62 63
- Yards Per Play 2.23 5.57
Net Rushing Yards 62 169
- Rushing Attempts 17 33
- Yards Per Rush 3.65 5.12
Net Passing Yards 76 182
- Att/Comp/Int 38 / 20 / 2 27 / 15 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 139 207
- Sacks/Yards Lost 7 / 63 3 / 25
- Yards Per Pass Play 1.69 6.07
- Yards Per Completion 6.95 13.80
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 4 / 16 4 / 13
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 7.6 7.4
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 5 / 35 6 / 45
Punt Returns/Yards 4 / 37 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 43 2 / 118
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 2 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 0 0
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 0 0 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 27 OWN 26
Time of Possession 27:31 32:15

Drive Charts

New Orleans

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 1:20 OWN 25 3 12 Interception
1 12:46 5:38 OWN 25 9 25 Punt
1 7:05 2:21 OWN 45 3 5 Punt
1 4:32 1:35 OWN 25 3 9 Punt
2 14:13 1:00 OWN 25 3 5 Punt
2 11:41 1:34 OWN 31 3 1 Punt
2 9:51 2:10 OWN 37 3 4 Punt
2 2:02 1:31 OWN 3 3 8 Punt
3 12:55 2:11 OWN 37 4 12 Punt
3 9:12 1:29 OWN 49 3 3 Punt
3 6:09 3:02 OWN 46 6 21 Field Goal
4 14:10 0:03 OWN 1 1 -9 Safety
4 9:31 2:22 OWN 25 9 21 Punt
4 1:15 1:15 OWN 7 5 9 Game

Miami

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 13:40 0:53 OPP 36 3 36 Touchdown
1 7:08 0:03 OWN 7 1 -11 Safety
1 4:44 0:12 OWN 7 1 93 Touchdown
1 2:57 3:44 OWN 23 8 77 Touchdown
2 13:13 1:32 OWN 25 3 6 Punt
2 10:07 0:16 OWN 11 3 0 Punt
2 7:41 5:39 OWN 13 8 44 Punt
2 0:31 0:31 OWN 38 2 -10 Half
3 15:00 2:05 OWN 17 3 2 Punt
3 10:44 1:32 OWN 11 3 5 Punt
3 7:44 1:35 OWN 8 6 6 Punt
3 3:08 3:58 OWN 25 7 33 Punt
4 13:52 0:40 OPP 25 4 -27 Interception
4 13:12 3:40 OWN 41 6 36 Field Goal
4 7:10 5:55 OWN 20 9 36 Punt

Rushing Stats

New Orleans

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Mark Walker 15 44 2.93 16 1 0
Leland Dayton 1 14 14.00 14 1 0
Thomas Miller 1 4 4.00 4 0 0

Miami

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Michael Dolan 13 78 6.00 22 4 1
Wilbur Thompson 8 41 5.13 32 2 1
John Tarrant 5 27 5.40 7 0 0
Andrea Page 7 23 3.29 10 1 0

Passing Stats

New Orleans

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Leland Dayton 36 20 139 5 / 45 0 18 2 41.32
James Lee 2 0 0 2 / 18 0 - 0 39.58

Miami

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Justin Zapien 27 15 207 3 / 25 1 93 0 92.67

Receiving Stats

New Orleans

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Mario Alvarez 10 64 6.40 18 0
Kenneth Perry 4 31 7.75 11 0
Benjamin Prewitt 1 13 13.00 13 0
Robert Fitzmaurice 1 11 11.00 11 0
Charles Yarbro 1 10 10.00 10 0
John Bjorklund 1 7 7.00 7 0
Mark Walker 1 4 4.00 4 0
Thomas Miller 1 -1 -1.00 -1 0

Miami

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Fredric Martin 1 93 93.00 93 1
Michael Dolan 2 20 10.00 11 0
Timothy Wingfield 2 19 9.50 10 0
Arthur Owens 2 16 8.00 14 0
Wilbur Thompson 3 16 5.33 13 0
William Freeman 1 14 14.00 14 0
Scott Payne 2 13 6.50 7 0
Travis Johnson 1 12 12.00 12 0
John Tarrant 1 4 4.00 4 0

Blocking Stats

New Orleans

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Jack Bruton 54 21 3 3
Charles Martinez 56 23 3 4
Mark Walker 18 4 1 1
Alex Witten 0 4 0 1
John Bjorklund 0 1 0 0
Charles Yarbro 0 1 0 0
Richard Holmes 0 1 0 0
Michael Mobley 2 0 0 0
Thomas Miller 11 2 0 0
Jeffery Richardson 0 4 0 0
Nicholas Gervais 0 3 0 1
Bryant Goodman 0 4 0 0
Jerry Burke 0 4 0 0
James Law 0 4 0 0
William Young 5 4 0 0
Robert Carroll 0 4 0 0
Jeff Watson 5 9 0 1
Robert Eggers 11 2 0 0
Joe Bond 53 21 0 0
John Greene 10 1 0 0
Scott Talley 3 5 0 0
Jeffrey Miller 6 13 0 0
Mario Alvarez 0 3 0 0
Robert Fitzmaurice 2 13 0 2
Colin Hill 0 6 0 0
David Alston 0 5 0 0
Kenneth Perry 8 18 0 0
Arthur Moreno 46 26 0 2
Gerald Stewart 57 20 0 0
Philip Guerra 11 17 0 1
Wm Diaz 1 0 0 0

Miami

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Thomas Sifford 32 38 1 1
Michael Dolan 4 6 1 3
Daniel Davis 38 37 1 4
James Johnson 0 3 0 1
William Freeman 0 7 0 1
Kenneth Walker 5 0 0 0
Trent Rush 14 5 0 0
Fredric Martin 0 11 0 0
Delbert White 7 0 0 0
Robert Pierson 13 0 0 0
Robert Callahan 0 2 0 0
Joseph Martz 0 2 0 0
Ed Childers 0 2 0 0
Anthony Johnson 0 1 0 0
David Chapman 0 3 0 0
Chad Clark 0 1 0 0
Scott Payne 15 26 0 3
John Tarrant 4 7 0 0
Robert Chambers 13 0 0 0
Robin Mello 0 3 0 1
Timothy Wingfield 0 17 0 0
Andrea Page 17 19 0 2
Travis Johnson 1 18 0 3
Arthur Owens 0 13 0 0
Wilbur Thompson 4 10 0 1
Britt Ward 43 35 0 0
Felix Green 42 36 0 1
Johnathan McLemore 36 41 0 2
Robert Pollard 0 3 0 0
Roderick Christiano 0 1 0 0
Dean Diaz 0 1 0 0
Antonio Marlin 0 3 0 0
Richard Gregory 1 3 0 0
Bruce Atwell 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

New Orleans

Miami

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Charles Bice 1 0 0.00 0
Roderick Christiano 1 0 0.00 0

Fumble Stats

New Orleans

Miami

Punting

New Orleans

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Allan Robson 10 467 46.70 44.20 59 6

Miami

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Cornelius Warren 8 362 45.25 40.88 53 3

Kicking

New Orleans

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Tom McBride 1 / 1 1 / 1 1 / 1 51 0 / 0

Miami

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Theodore Rodgers 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 40 4 / 4

Punt Return

New Orleans

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
David Alston 4 37 9.3 10 0

Miami

Kick Return

New Orleans

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
John Bjorklund 1 43 43.0 0

Miami

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Michael Dolan 2 118 59.0 1

Defensive Stats