[EagleFan]

1972 Dolphins vs. 1999 Bills

Mercury orris has already declared his team the winner, saying they can never be beaten and even if they are it doesn't change he fact that they have never been beaten. Does Doug Flutie have any magic left after the qualifying round? We head to Lambeau Field to find out.


1st quarter

**- The Dolphins receive the opening kick and start from their own 27.
- They manage one first down but are forced to punt.

**- The Bills start from their 27 after the punt.
- They are held to a three and out.

**- The Dolphins start from their 41 after the punt as they see to be slowly winning the battle of field position.
- They are held to a three and out.

**- The Bills start at their own 21 after the punt.
- Jonathan Linton picks up 1. 2nd and 9 at the 22.
- Antowain Smith picks up 1. 3rd and 8 at the 23.
- Flutie hits Andre Reed for 10. 1st down at the 33.
- Smith bursts through the middle for 14. 1st down at the 47.
- Linton loses 2 yards. 2nd and 12 at the 45.
- Smith picks up 9 on a sweep left. 3rd and 3 at the Dolphins 46.
- Flutie drops back, pumps once, fires over the middle to Eric Moulds, complete to the 26 for a 20 yard gain. 1st down at the 26.
- Thurman Thomas picks up 4. 2nd and 6 at the 22.
- Smith gets 2 yards. 3rd and 4 at the 20.
- Flutie back, fires into the endzone to Moulds, incomplete. 4th and 4 at the 20.
- Christie tries a 37 yard field goal. It's good. The Bills lead 3-0.

**- The Dolphins start at their own 32 after the kickoff.
- Time expires on the first quarter with the Dolphins having a 3rd and 13 at their own 29.

1972 Dolphins 0
1999 Bills 3


2nd quarter

**- The Dolphins start the quarter with a 3rd and 13 from their 29.
- they are unable to convert and are forcedto punt.

**- The Bills start from tbheir 40 after the punt.
- They are held to a three and out.

**- The Dolphins start from their own 43 after a good punt return.
- They are held to a three and out.

**- The Bills start from their 39 after the punt.
- They are held to a three and out.

**- The Dolphins start from the Bills 48 after the punt.
- Larry Csonka gains 1. 2nd and 9 at the 47.
- Incomplete pass. 3rd and 9 at the 47.
- Morrall to Mercury Morris for 12. 1st down at the 35.
- False start. 1st and 15 at the 40.
- Morris picks up 7 on a draw play. 2nd and 8 at the 33.
- Incomplete pass. 3rd and 8 at the 33.
- Morrall to Marlin Briscoe for 10. 1st down at the 23.
- Incomplete pass. 2nd and 10 at the 23.
- Morris for 5. 3rd and 5 at the 18.
- Paul Warfield loses 2 yards. 4th and 7 at the 20.
- Yepremian attempts a 37 yard field goal. It's good. The game is tied 3-3.

**- The Bills start at their 28 after the kickoff.
- Smith picks up 2. 2nd and 8 at the 30.
- Linton breask throught eline, is into the secondary and has greenin front of him, he is across the 40, across midfield, inside the 40 and finally brought down at the Dolphins 33, a 37 yard pickup. 1st down at the 33.
- Flutie back, looking, no one open. He puts the ball down and runs and picks up 10. 1st down at the 23.
- Incomplete pass. 2nd and 10 at the 23.
- Flutie back, looking, hit and sacked by Manny Fernandez for 6 yards. 3rd and 16 at the 29. Two minute warning.
- Flutie back, throws, batted down. 4th down and 16 at the 29.
- Christie tries a 46 yard field goal. It's wide right.

**- The Dolphins start from their own 36 after the kickoff wih 1:50 left in the first half.
- Morrall hits Csonka for 12, out of bounds. 1st down at the 48.
- Morrall to Briscoe for a 1 yard gain. 2nd and 9 at the 49. Timeout.
- Pitch to Csonka, he is around the end and has running room. Across the 40, the 30, inside the 20 and down at the 19, out of bounds. 1st down at the 19.
- Morris around the left side and has room, inside the 10 and down at the 5 for a 14 yard gain. 1st and goal at the 5.
- Incomplete pass. 2nd and goal.
- Morrall to Warfield in the endzone, batted down. 3rd and goal.
- Morrall overthrows Briscoe in the endzone. 4th and goal.
- Yepremian hits the 22 yard field goal to give the Dolphis a 6-3 lead.

**- The Bills start at their own 26 with 43 second left following the kickoff.
- Incomplete pass. 2nd and 10.
- Screen to Smith but he gets just 1 yard. 3rd and 9 at the 27. Timeout.
- Flutie hits Jay Riemersma for 14. 1st down at the 41. Timeout.
- Incomplete pass. 2nd and 10 at the 41.
- Flutie back, looking, he is sacked by Doug Swift for a 6 yard loss. 3rd and 16 at the 35. Tmeout.
- Flutie back, fires deep down field, incomplete. A flag is down. Defensive pass interference. 1st down at the Dolphins 29 with 1 second left in the half.
- Christie tries a 46 yard field goal. No good, short.

1972 Dolphins 6
1999 Bills 3


3rd quarter

**- The Bills start the 3rd from theier own 26.
- Linton gains 1 yard. 2nd and 9 at the 27.
- Linton ahead for 1 yard. 3rd abd 8 at the 28.
- Flutie back, looking, fires over the middle to Peerless Price. Complete all the way to midfield for 22 yards. 1st down at the 50.
- Flutie drops back on a play action, pumps once, the saftey bit as he lofts one up top to Reed and hits him in stride. There is no one that can catch him, the 20, 10, touchdown. The extra point it good and the Bills take a 10-6 lead.

**- The Dolphins start from their 19 after the kickoff.
- The are held to a three and out.

**- The Bills start from the Dolphins 39 after a great punt return.
- Linton picks up 5. 2nd and 5 at the 34.
- Incomplete pass. 3rd and 5 at the 34.
- Thomas caught for a 1 yard loss. 4th and 6 at the 35.
- They go for it. Draw play to Thomas but the defense is ready for it and he only gets 2 yards. Turnover on downs.

**- The Dolphins start from their 33 after the turnover on downs. Griese is in.
- They are held to a three and out.

**- The Bills start at their own 42 after the punt.
- They are held to a three and out.

**- The Dolphins start at their own 35 after the punt. Morrall is back in.
- Morrall drops bac, fires over the mddle. Picked off by John Holecek at the Dolphins 43.

**- The Bills start out at the Dolphins 43 after the interceptions.
- They manage just 1 yard and are held to a three and out.

**- The Dolphins start at their own 4 after the punt.
- They manage two first downs but the quarter ends with them having a 4th and 9 at their own 32.

1972 Dolphins 6
1999 Bills 10


4th quarter

**- The Dolphins start at their 32 to start the 4th.
- They punt the ball away.

**- The Bills start at their own 35 after the punt.
- They manage one first down and punt from inside the Dolphins territory.

**- The Dolphins start at their own 20 after the punt.
- They are held to a three and out.

**- The Bills start on their own 43 after the punt.
- Flutie hits Reed for 7 yards. 2nd and 3 at the 50.
- Linton picks up 1 yard. 3rd and 2 atthe 49.
- Flutie drops back, looking over the middle, fires. Intercepted by Jake Scott and he is down at the Dokphins 39.

**- The Dolphins start at their own 39 after the interception. Griese is back in.
- Griese to Briscoe for 15 across midfield. 1st down at the Bills 46.
- Moris up the middle, breaks a tackle, is into the secondary, across the 30, the 20, the 10 and down at the 8. 1st and goal at the 8.
- Jim Kiick loses 4 yards. 2nd and goal at the 12.
- Griese fires to Warfield, incomplete. 3rd and goal at the 12.
- Griese hits towe for 4 yards. 4th and goal at the 8.
- Yepremian hits the 25 yard field goal to cut the Bills' lead to 10-9.

**- The Bills start from their own 25 with 5:32 left in the game after the kickoff.
- Linton loses 2 yards. 2nd and 12 at the 23.
- Thomas picks up 4. 3rd and 8 at the 27.
- Flutie hits Moulds for 9 yards. 1st down at the 36.
- Smith picks up 2. 2nd and 8 at the 38.
- Smith picks up 7. 3rd and 1 at the 45.
- Play action pass, flutie fires, deflected at the line, picked off by Tom Foley. He is down at the Bills 48.

**- The Dolphins start from the Bills 48.
- Csonka picks up 10. 1st down at the 38. Two minute warning.
- Incomplete pass from Morrall. 2nd and 10 at the 38.
- Incomplete pass from Morrall. 3rd and 10 at the 38.
- Morrall back, under pressure, he runs, he is inside the 30 and down to the 27 for an 11 yard gain. 1st down at the 27.
- Csonka picks up 1. 2nd and 9 at the 26.
- Csonka for 6, out of bounds. 3rd and 3 at the 20.
- Morrall fires into the endzone for Twilley, incomplete. 4th and 3 at the 20.
- Yepremian tries a 37 yard field goal. It's good. The Dolphins take a 12-10 lead.

**- The Bills start at their own 4 after a disaster of a kick return and penalty. 1st down with 55 seconds left.
- Flutie to Moulds for 18 yards, out of bounds. 1st down at the 22 with 49 seconds left.
- Flutie to Linton for 7 yards, out of bounds. 2nd and 3 at the 29 with 42 seconds left.
- Flutie to Price for 8. 1st down at the 37.
- Flutie back, looking, he is sacked by Jake Scott for 6 yards. 2nd and 16 at the 31. Timeout with 28 seconds left.
- Flutie back, looking, sacked by Bill Stanfill for 4 yards but a flag is down. Defensive holding. 1st down at the 36 with 22 seconds left.
- Flutie to Price for 9. 2nd and 1 at the 45. Timeout with 13 seconds left.
- Flutie drops back, throws deep down the sideline, incomplete. 3rd and 1 with 3 seconds left.
- Oe last play as they lineup for the hail mary. Flutie back, rolls out of trouble, heaves it towards the endzone, caught... no, he couldn't hold on, it falls incomplete. Game over.


1972 Dolphins 12
1999 Bills 10


Player of the Game: Jake Scott (Dolphins) - 7 tackles, 1 sack, 1 interception