Miami Bursts Redskins' Bubble, 14-7
By Richard Harwood
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, Jan. 15, 1973; Page A1

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 14 — The bubble burst and the illusions evaporated — officially — at 6:31 p.m. yesterday when a little gun was fired and the Miami Dolphins went off the field to collect their Super Bowl rings and the Redskins went off to weep over a 14-7 loss. The future was "now" but it was a future that neither Coach George Allen nor the 40 athletes of his team nor their millions of passionate admirers had wanted.
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Redskin Starters
Offense		Defense
Pos.	Player	Pos.	Player
WR	C. Taylor	LE	McDole
LT	Hermeling	LT	Brundige
LG	Leaveg	RT	Talbert
C	Hauss	RE	Biggs
RG	Wilbur	LLB	Pardee
RT	Rock	MLB	Pottios
TE	Smith	RLB	Hanburger
WR	Jefferson	LCB	Fischer
QB	Kilmer	RCB	Bass
RB	Brown	LS	Owens
RB	Harraway	RS	R. Taylor

Dolphin Starters
Offense		Defense
Pos.	Player	Pos.	Player
WR	Warfield	LE	Den Herder
LT	W. Moore	LT	Fernandez
LG	Kuechenberg	RT	Heinz
C	Langer	RE	Stanfill
RG	Little	LLB	Swift
RT	Evans	MLB	Bouniconti
TE	Fleming	RLB	Kolen
WR	Twilley	LCB	Mumphord
QB	Griese	RCB	Johnson
RB	Kiick	LS	Anderson
RB	Csonka	RS	Scott

Scoring

	1	2	3	4	Tot.
Miami	7	7	0	0	14
Washington	0	0	0	7	7

First Quarter:
Miami: Twilley, 28 yard pass from Griese (Yepremian kick); 14:59

Second Quarter:
Miami: Kiick, 1 yard rush (Yepremian kick); 14:42

Fourth Quarter:
Washington: Bass, 49-yard fumble return (Knight kick); 12:53

Team Statistics

	Mia.	Was.
First Downs (Tot.)	12	16
First Downs (Rush)	7	9
First Downs (Pass)	5	7
Fumbles/Lost	2/1	1/0
Penalties/Yards	3/35	3/25
Total Off. Plays	50	66
Total Net Yards	253	228
Avg. Yards Per Play	5.1	3.5
Missed Field Goals	1	1
Giveaways	2	3

Individual Statistics

Passing:
Miami: Griese, 8-11, 88 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT, 72.7%
Washington: Kilmer, 14-28, 104 yards, 0 TD, 3 INT, 50%

Rushing:
Miami: Csonka, 15-112; Kiick, 12-38, 1 TD; Morris, 10-34
Washington: Brown, 22-72; Harraway, 10-37; Kilmer, 2-18; Taylor, 1-8; Smith, 1-6

Receiving:
Miami: Warfield, 3-36; Kiick, 2-6; Twilley, 1-28; Mandich, 1-19; Csonka, 1- (-1)
Washington: Jefferson, 5-50; Brown, 5-26; Taylor, 2-20; Smith, 1-11; Harraway, 1- (-3)

Punting:
Miami: Seiple, 7, avg. 43
Washington: Bragg, 5, avg. 31.2

Punt Returns:
Miami: Scott, 2-4
Washington: Haymond, 4-9

Kickoff Returns:
Miami: Morris, 2-33
Washington: Haymond, 2-30; Mul-Key, 1-15

Interception Returns:
Miami: Scott, 2-63; Buoniconti, 1-32
Washington: Owens, 1-0

How They Got There: 1972

Miami: 14-0
Opponent	Res.	Score
at Kansas City	W	20-10
Houston	W	34-13
at Minnesota	W	16-14
at N.Y. Jets	W	27-17
San Diego	W	24-10
Buffalo	W	24-23
at Baltimore	W	23-0
at Buffalo	W	30-16
New England	W	52-0
N.Y. Jets	W	28-24
St. Louis	W	31-10
at New England	W	37-21
at N.Y. Giants	W	23-13
Baltimore	W	16-0
Cleveland*	W	20-14
Pittsburgh**	W	21-17
* AFC Playoffs

Washington: 11-3
Opponent	Res.	Score
at Minnesota	W	24-21
St. Louis	W	24-10
at New England	L	24-23
Philadelphia	W	14-0
at St. Louis	W	33-3
Dallas	W	24-20
at N.Y. Giants	W	23-16
at N.Y. Jets	W	35-17
N.Y. Giants	W	27-13
Atlanta	W	24-13
Green Bay	W	21-16
at Philadelphia	W	23-7
at Dallas	L	34-24
Buffalo	L	24-17
Green Bay*	W	16-3
Dallas*	W	26-3
* NFC Playoffs