Super Bowl VII (7) Miami VS Washington Play by Play

Super Bowl VII Team Drive Chart

*	Miami won the coin toss and elected to receive.
First Quarter
Miami Dolphins (15:00) Knight kick to M 7 Morris 17 return (Brunet).
M 24	1–10	Kiick 2 run middle (McDole).
MIA 26	2–8	Csonka 2 run off left tackle (Biggs).
MIA 28	3–6	Griese swing pass to Csonka loss of 1 (Pardee).
MIA 27	4–7	Washington penalized 5 for illegal procedure.
MIA 32	4–2	Seiple 50 punt Haymond 7 return.
Washington Redskins (12:05)
WAS 25	1–10	Brown 3 run around right end (Den Herder).
WAS 28	2–7	Brown 2 run off right tackle (Heinz).
WAS 30	3–5	Kilmer 7 swing pass to Brown right (Scott).
WAS 37	1–10	Brown 5 run middle (Heinz).
WAS 42	2–5	Harraway run left loss of 2 (Fernandez).
WAS 40	3–7	Kilmer rushed pass to Brown incomplete.
WAS 40	4–7	Bragg 28 punt Scott fair catch.
Miami Dolphins (8:27)
MIA 32	1–10	Csonka 7 run off right tackle (Hanburger).
MIA 39	2–3	Griese 7 pass to Warfield left flat (Bass).
MIA 46	1–10	Morris run right loss of 1. Play nullified and Miami penalized 15 for illegal use of hands.
MIA 31	1–25	Griese sacked loss of 13 (Biggs).
MIA 18	2–38	Morris 3 run around left end (Bass).
MIA 21	3–35	Morris 4 run middle (Talbert).
MIA 25	4–31	Seiple 35 punt Vactor fair catch.
Washington Redskins (5:05)
WAS 40	1–10	Harraway 3 run left (Swift).
WAS 43	2–7	Brown 1 sweep left. Washington penalized 15 from spot of foul (W 44) for holding.
WAS 29	2–21	Brown 2 run off tackle (Fernandez).
WAS 31	3–19	Kilmer swing pass to Brown no gain (Matheson).
WAS 31	4–19	Bragg 34 punt Scott no return (Vactor) fumbled Anderson recovered for Miami at M 37.
Miami Dolphins (2:55)
MIA 37	1–10	Kiick 3 run left (Pottios).
MIA 40	2–7	Kiick 8 run around right end (Pardee).
MIA 48	1–10	Griese 18 pass to Warfield left sideline (Owens).
WAS 34	1–10	Csonka 2 run right (McDole).
WAS 32	2–8	Kiick 4 run left (McDole).
WAS 28	3–4	Griese 28 pass to Twilley deep right (caught at W 5) touchdown (:01). Yepremian kicked extra point.
Miami scoring drive: 63 yards 6 plays 2:54. Miami 7 Washington 0
Washington Redskins (:01) Yepremian kick to W 13 Haymond 18 return (Mandich).
END OF FIRST QUARTER: Miami 7 Washington 0
Second Quarter
WAS 31	1–10	Brown 1 run right (Den Herder).
WAS 32	2–9	Harraway 1 run middle (Heinz).
WAS 33	3–8	Kilmer pass to C. Taylor intercepted at M 45 Scott 8 return (Hermeling).
Miami Dolphins (13:10)
WAS 47	1–10	Griese 20 pass to Fleming. Play nullified and Miami penalized 15 for illegal man downfield (Kuechenberg).
MIA 38	1–25	Morris 3 run middle (Pottios).
MIA 41	2–22	Csonka 6 run middle (Riggs).
MIA 47	3–16	Griese 4 pass to Kiick (Pardee).
WAS49	4–12	Seiple 49 punt into end zone touchback.
Washington Redskins (10:40)
WAS 20	1–10	Brown 2 run off right tackle (Anderson).
WAS 22	2–8	Kilmer 11 pass to Brown (Scott).
WAS 33	1–10	Brown 3 run middle (Den Herder).
WAS 36	2–7	Kilmer pass to C. Taylor incomplete.
WAS 36	3–7	Brown draw middle loss of 2 (Fernandez).
WAS 34	4–9	Bragg 38 punt Scott 4 return (Alston).
Miami Dolphins (7:35)
MIA 32	1–10	Csonka 13 run middle (R. Taylor).
MIA 45	1–10	Kiick 8 sweep right (Pottios).
WAS 47	2–2	Griese 47 pass to Warfield deep touchdown. Play nullified and Miami penalized 5 for illegal procedure (Briscoe).
MIA 48	2–7	Morris 1 sweep right (Fischer).
MIA 49	3–6	Griese sacked loss of 6 (Talbert).
MIA 43	4–12	Seiple 42 punt Haymond 2 return (Ginn).
Washington Redskins (5:41)
WAS 17	1–10	Kilmer 8 swing pass to Jefferson (Mumphord).
WAS 25	2–2	Harraway 8 run middle (Anderson).
WAS 33	1–10	C. Taylor 8 reverse right (Mumphord).
WAS 41	2–2	Harraway 4 run middle (Kolen).
WAS 45	1–10	Harraway 1 run middle (Fernandez).
WAS 46	2–9	Brown 6 run left (Anderson). Two–Minute Warning.
MIA 48	3–3	Kilmer rushed pass to Brown intercepted at M 41 Buoniconti 32 return.
Miami Dolphins (1:51)
WAS 27	1–10	Kiick 3 run middle (Talbert).
WAS 24	2–7	Csonka 3 run around right end (Sistrunk).
WAS 21	3–4	Griese 19 pass to Mandich diving catch right sideline.
WAS 2	1–goal	Kiick 1 run right tackle (Hanburger).
WAS 1	2–goal	Kiick 1 run over right guard touchdown (:18). Yepremian kicked extra point.
Miami scoring drive: 27 yards 5 plays 1:33. Miami 14 Washington 0
Washington Redskins (:18) Yepremian kick to W 21 Haymond 12 return.
WAS 33	1–10	Kilmer pass to Harraway off Stanfill’s deflection loss of 3.
WAS 30	2–13	Brown 3 run around left end (Stanfill).
END OF SECOND QUARTER: Miami 14 Washington 0
Third Quarter
Washington Redskins (15:00) Yepremian kick to W 15 Mul–Key 15 return (Stuckey).
WAS 30	1–10	Kilmer 11 pass to Smith (Kolen).
WAS 41	1–10	Brown 2 run right tackle (Den Herder).
WAS 43	2–8	Kilmer pass to C. Taylor incomplete.
WAS 43	3–8	Kilmer 15 pass to C. Taylor (Mumphord).
MIA 42	1–10	Kilmer 15 pass to Jefferson (Johnson).
MIA 27	1–10	Kilmer 7 pass to Jefferson right (Mumphord).
MIA 20	2–3	Harraway 3 run right (Den Herder).
MIA 17	1–10	Kilmer pass to C. Taylor right (at M 2) broken up (Scott) incomplete.
MIA 17	2–10	Kilmer screen to Harraway right incomplete.
MIA 17	3–10	Kilmer sacked loss of 8 (Fernandez).
MIA 25	4–18	Knight’s 32–yard field–goal attempt was wide right no good.
Miami Dolphins (10:21)
MIA 20	1–10	Csonka run left tackle no gain (Pottios).
MIA 20	2–10	Csonka 5 run right end (Fischer).
MIA 25	3–5	Csonka 2 run middle (McDole).
MIA 27	4–3	Seiple 49 punt Haymond return loss of 6 (Ginn).
Washington Redskins (8:17)
WAS 18	1–10	Brown 7 sweep right (Fernandez).
WAS 25	2–3	Harraway 6 run middle (Den Herder).
WAS 31	1–10	Brown 9 run right end (Buoniconti).
WAS 40	2–1	Brown 3 run right tackle (Matheson).
WAS 43	1–10	Kilmer 13 pass to Jefferson left (Anderson).
MIA 44	1–10	Kilmer pass to Jefferson deep incomplete.
MIA 44	2–10	Kilmer pass to C. Taylor incomplete.
MIA 44	3–10	Washington penalized 5 for false start.
MIA 49	3–15	Kilmer pass to McNeil underthrown incomplete.
MIA 49	4–15	Bragg 32 punt Scott fair catch.
Miami Dolphins (5:09)
MIA 17	1–10	Morris 6 run around left end (Hanburger).
MIA 23	2–4	Csonka 12 run left tackle (Taylor).
MIA 35	1–10	Csonka 49 run middle after breaking several tackles (Pardee Owens).
WAS 16	1–10	Morris 4 run around right end (Sistrunk).
WAS 12	2–6	Morris 5 run around right end (Pottios).
WAS 7	3–1	Kiick 2 run middle (Riggs).
WAS 5	1–goal	Csonka run right tackle no gain (Talbert).
WAS 5	2–goal	Griese pass to Fleming underthrown intercepted by a leaping Owens in end zone touchback.
Washington Redskins (:25)
WAS 20	1–10	Brown reverse left loss of 6 (Swift).
END OF THIRD QUARTER: Miami 14 Washington 0
Fourth Quarter
WAS 14	2–16	Brown 1 run left end (Kolen).
WAS 15	3–15	Kilmer 12 swing pass to Brown right (Anderson) fumbled ball rolled out of bounds.
WAS 27	4–3	Bragg 24 punt Anderson fair catch.
Miami Dolphins (14:05)
MIA 49	1–10	Morris 2 run right end (Biggs).
WAS 49	2–8	Griese pass to Warfield incomplete.
WAS 49	3–8	Griese 2 swing pass to Kiick (Hanburger).
WAS 47	4–6	Seiple 36 punt Vactor fair catch.
Washington Redskins (12:26)
WAS 11	1–10	Kilmer 7 pass to Jefferson left (Johnson).
WAS 18	2–3	Brown 6 run middle (Kolen).
WAS 24	1–10	Smith 6 reverse right (Matheson).
WAS 30	2–4	Brown 11 sweep left (Buoniconti).
WAS 41	1–10	Kilmer 9 run evading pass rush (Matheson).
50	2–1	Harraway 8 run right tackle (Fernandez).
MIA 42	1–10	Harraway 5 run left (Matheson).
MIA 37	2–5	Brown 4 run middle (Stanfill).
MIA 33	3–1	Brown 5 run right (Kolen).
MIA 28	1–10	Kilmer 9 run evading pass rush (Matheson).
MIA 19	2–1	Kilmer 5 pass to C. Taylor (Mumphord).
MIA 14	1–10	Brown 4 sweep right (Anderson).
MIA 10	2–6	Kilmer pass to Smith end zone hit crossbar incomplete.
MIA 10	3–6	Kilmer pass to C. Taylor middle intercepted 3 yards into end zone Scott 55 return (Harraway).
Miami Dolphins (5:08)
WAS 48	1–10	Csonka 7 run middle (McDole)
WAS 41	2–3	Kiick 4 run right (Talbert).
WAS 37	1–10	Kiick 3 run middle (Pardee).
WAS 34	2–7	Csonka run left tackle no gain (Riggs).
WAS 34	3–7	Griese pass to Twilley deep incomplete.
WAS 34	4–7	Yepremian’s 42–yard field–goal attempt was blocked by Brundige recovered by Yepremian rollout right fumbled recovered by Washington Bass 49 return down sideline touchdown (2:07). Knight kicked extra point.
Miami 14 Washington 7
Miami Dolphins (2:07) Knight kick to goal line Morris 16 return (Owens). Two–Minute Warning.
MIA 16	1–10	Morris 3 run around right end (out of bounds).
MIA 19	2–7	Griese 11 pass to Warfield left sideline (Owens).
MIA 30	1–10	Kiick run right tackle loss of 1 (Owens). Washington–first time out (1:39).
MIA 29	2–11	Csonka 4 run around left end (Hanburger). Washington–second time out (1:31).
MIA 33	3–7	Morris 3 sweep right (Pardee). Washington–third time out (1:23).
MIA 36	4–4	Seiple 40 punt Haymond 6 return (Ginn).
Washington Redskins (1:14)
WAS 30	1–10	Kilmer pass to Brown incomplete (Kolen).
WAS 30	2–10	Kilmer pass to C. Taylor overthrown incomplete (1:04).
WAS 30	3–10	Kilmer swing pass to Brown loss of 4 (Stanfill).
WAS 26	4–14	Kilmer sacked loss of 9 (Stanfill).
FINAL SCORE: Miami 14 Washington 7
FINAL RECORDS: Miami 17–0 Washington 13–4

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Super Bowl VII

Miami 14
Washington 7

Location:
Memorial Coliseum
Los Angeles, California
January 14, 1973
Attendance: 90,182

MVP:
Jake Scott, Safety
of the Miami Dolphins

Coaches
MIA Tom Landry
WAS George Allen

Super Bowl VII Ring, Miami 14 VS Washington 7, Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California, MVP Jake Scott, Safety of the Miami Dolphins